Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 3

Illinois, Monday, January 3, 1955. DECATUR HERALD 3 Assumption Man Held After Moultrie Chase An Assumption man was held in county jail here last night after a stolen car was wrecked while being chased by Moultrie County sheriff's deputies west of Sullivan. Robert Grammar, 18, was picked up by Moultrie County Sheriff Harry Grady as Grammar was hitchhiking on Route 121 west of Sullivan. Grammar was returned here on the basis of warrants signed by J. W.

Robinson, Mt. Zion, and Dale Brunson, Rural Route 7. Robinson's warrant charges Grammar with driving away from his Phillips 66 station at the intersection of Routes 36 and 121 about 8:15 p. m. without paying for gas.

Brunson's warrant charges car theft. It was Brunson's car which was wrecked while being chased west of Sullivan near Kirksville. The chase started when Robinson called Macon Deputy Sheriff Chris Vallas to report the gas theft. Vallas radioed Moultrie authorities, who spotted the car near the junction of Routes 32 and 121, at the west edge of Sullivan. As they pursued the car it turned west on the County Farm Road and sped down the rural road.

As the deputies gave chase the driver lost control near Kirksville, and the car was wrecked. The driver jumped from the car and fled into a cornfield as the deputies approached. Macon County Deputies John Curry and Everett Miller were dispatched by Vallas to assist Moultrie authorites in the hunt for the driver, and state police also joined in. Shortly after 10 p. m.

Moultrie Deputy Grady, patrolling west of Sullivan, picked up Grammar on the highway. Grammar told officers he has been in the Army and also an inmate of the St. Charles training a school for boys. Officers said Grammar told them he was bound for Sullivan to see a girl friend when Grady picked him up. He denied stealing the car.

Grady took Grammar to the Moultrie County jail in Sullivan, and Deputies Curry and Miller re- a turned him here shortly before midnight. MAN CHARGED WITH INDECENT EXPOSURE A 27-year-old Riverton man was held in county jail last night on four charges of indecent exposure. Robert Jean Gathard was arrested by city, police officers shortly before midnight Saturday after police received two complaints. The first came from two girls, one 13; the other 14, who told police they were accosted in the 200 block East King Street about 6 p.m. The second complaint was made at 11:13 p.m., when two 16- vear-old girls and one 15 reported being approached by a man in the 1000 North Main Street.

Gathard was picked up while the second complaint was being received and later admitted he had approached the girls, police said. The four warrants on which he is being held were signed by parents of the girls. CONDITIONS GOOD Henry Manley, 84, of 443 N. Morgan injured when struck by a car Thursday, remained in good condition in St. Mary's Hospital last night.

The condition of Frank Prell, 59, of 2301 E. Eldorado also struck by a car Thursday, remains good in St. Mary's Hospital. CAFE ENTERED A breakin at the Turkey Treat cafe, 135 N. Broadway, was discovered at 4:15 p.

m. Saturday by Harry Fowler, the operator, who said he found the back door forced open. The juke box and pinball machines had been forced but they had been emptied of cash contents before the cafe was closed at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Held for Indiana Gilbert L.

Harmon, 29, Spencer, and Hazel Harmon, 25, Whiteland, were arrested by state police Saturday and held in county jail last night on theft charges originating at Spencer. The woman told sheriff's deputies the two are not relatives. Brownie Coal Office Entered The office of the Brownie Coal Company, 840 N. Morgan was ransacked Saturday night, police reported yesterday. The thief or thieves also took an estimated $2 in change from a peanut machine Picture Craft Cited in Human Relations Field Picture Craft Company has been selected to receive Decatur's first Human Relations Award for Business and Industry.

The award, planned as an annual honor, was instituted by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce to recognize and encourage the progress local firms make in the field of human relations and community betterment. A bronze plaque will be presented to Picture Craft representatives at the annual Bosses' Night dinner on Jan. 19. Picture Craft, originator of the paint-by-numbers kits, was selected for the honor award by comparing its record with those of other nominated businesses and industries. The team of judges included: Mayor Robert E.

Willis The Rev. George A. Bates, of the Association of Commerce church advancement committee Mack Ray, of the Decatur Trades and Labor Council Buryl F. Engleman, of the A of board of directors Guy C. Thompson, president of the Decatur Citizens Commission on Human Relations Picture Craft's basic philosophy in favor of "the little guy" is the outstanding feature of its eligibility for the award, according to the judges.

Ralph and Loxa Grossman, founders of the company in 1938, call this policy "financial therapy" because it provides work opportunities and individual human dignity to many persons who might otherwise have no employment, including the aged, retired, disabled and invalid. Shunning over-mechanized methods of kit assembly, Picture Craft farms out part of the assembly work to teams which work on a contract basis. The firm employs 65 people in Decatur in addition to its national sales organization. It hires people on the basis of merit and capability, drawing no distinctions on the basis of religion, race or sex. Wages are paid on the basis of equal pay for equal work.

In the field of community betterment Picture Craft has a distinguished record locally and nationallv. The company has made numerous contributions to charitable or religious causes including, Boy Scouts, the Scout pool project, Decatur and Macon County Hospital's therapy room, programs for crippled children, St. Teresa High School building fund, and the Decatur Council of Churches. Picture Craft makes its kits available at cost to charitable groups conducting money raising projects. It sponsors occupational therapy programs and scholarships throughout the country.

In the category of labor-management relations, Picture Craft provides life insurance and hospitalization insurance for its emploves and pays the entire cost. Dr. Herman W. Dorn, manager, says the firm's team arrangement for assembly work promotes rapid development of leadership abilities. "It is wonderful," he said, "to see someone who has worked all his life in a routine non-administrative position suddenly develop managerial Gregory Fined $10.40 James Ray Gregory, 24, of 971 N.

Fairlawn paid a fine of $10.40 yesterday after Steve Moore complained that Gregory pulled a knife on him. Beef Cattle Breeders', Herdsmen's Short Course at of I Feb. 4-5 First annual beef cattle breeders' and herdsmen's short course at the University of Illinois will be held Feb. 4-5. Warren E.

Myers, Macon County farm adviser, said yesterday that registration will open at 8 a.m. Feb. 4 in the College of Veterinary Medicine Building on the of I campus in Urbana. The Feb. 4 program will concern cattle diseases.

Some of the topics scheduled for discussion include internal and external parasites of beef cattle, infectious diseases related to breeding problems, ventilation of cattle barns and sheds and services offered by the university's veterinary clinic. In the afternoon session a panel of producers will talk on feeding problems. They will discuss cow herd feeding, "handling weaned calves and replacement heifers, feeding sale and show cattle, feeding and managing the herd bull and making silage and hay. After a barbecue that even- Decatur Internal Revenue Office Ready to Help With Tax Returns The Decatur office of the Internal Revenue Service will open at 8 a. m.

today to begin assisting taxpayers in preparation of their 1954 income tax returns. Paul A. Hannon of Decatur will be in charge of the local office, plus six other offices in Central Illinois. These other offices will not open until later in the month. The Decatur office will be open through April 15, the deadline for filing 1954 returns.

A five-day week will be observed with four exceptions. It will be open three Saturdays--Jan. 29, Feb. 12 and closed on Tuesday, Feb. 22, Washington's Birthday.

Hours for the Decatur office will be 8 a.m. to 5. p.m. in January, February and March. April 4 April 14 they will be extended to 6 p.m.

and on the final day, the office will be open to midnight. Services provided by the office will include forms for use in preparation of returns; information concerning income taxes, and assistance in preparation of returns. Priority will be given those taxpayers who need assistance or Chicago Man Wins Illinois Chess Event A Chicago man yesterday won the $75 first prize in the fourth annual Illinois Open Chess Tournament, sponsored by the Decatur Chess Club. Albert Weisbord, who was competing in the local tournament for the first time, took top honors by the narrow margin of one Swiss point. He won five of six games and had Swiss points, while Edward P.

Vano, Highland, won five games and had Swiss points. A player's Swiss points are based on the number of games won by players he has defeated. The points are used to decide the winner when there are ties. Vano's second place share of the prize money was $35. Other winners in the three-day tournament held at the YMCA: Sam Cohen, Chicago, $25 third prize; games won.

Dennis Roszkowski, Chicago, $15 fourth prize, four games won and Swiss points. Alpen Murphy, New York City, $10 fifth prize, four games won and 12 Swiss points. Two other players won four games but did not have enough Swiss points to prizes. They are Humberto Tejada of Colombia, South America, a student at the University of Michigan, and Angelo Sandrin, Chicago, winner of last year's tournament. In addition to the prize money, the first place winner received a medal and the second, third and fourth place players were given lapel pins.

Five members of the Decatur Chess Club were among the 30 entrants in the tournament. The local players are: Gerald Garver Hugh J. Myers Jr. Dr. Max Schlosser R.

L. Flecher Willard Jones. Other players in the tournament included Louis Persinger, head of the violin department at Juilliard School of Music in New York City. He has taught several of the world's top-ranking violinists. B.

F. COOPER CHARGED WITH INJURING WIFE Benjamin L. Cooper, 34, of 1456 N. Calhoun Saturday pleaded innocent to assault and gave $500 bond pending a hearing Jan. 14 before Justice Harry Sackriter.

Mrs. Decie Cooper, the complainant, told police she and her husband got into a fight in the 800 block North Calhoun Street and he cut her with a knife. She was released from St. Mary's Hospital after 28 stitches were required to close face cuts. Cooper was treated for a cut finger he received in the fight.

SERVICES TUESDAY FOR DELMAR DENTON Funeral services for Delmar Chester Denton, 44, of 2065 E. Pythian who died Saturday in Decatur and Macon County Hospital, will be at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday in the J. J.

Moran Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a. m. today.

vice to clarifv or expiain points not understood. Anticipated volume of calls makes it impracticable for the office to prepare business schedules or returns of individuals with high incomes. Such business or farm schedules should be prepared before calling at the office for aid. Farmers must either file a declaration of estimated 1954 tax and pay it before Jan. 17 or they may file and pay their complete 1954 tax return by Jan.

31. Taxpayers required to file declaration of estimated tax for 1954 are 'urged to review their declarations and, if necessary, file an amended declaration and pay the amount due by Jan. 15. The schedule for the other six Central Illinois ofices is: Mattoon- -Jan. 17 to 31; Feb.

7 to 18; April 4 to 15 -Jan. 17 and 18; April 4 to 8 Shelbyville--Jan. 19 and 21; April 4 to 15. Lawrenceville-Jan. 17.

to 31: April 4 to 15 -Jan. 17 to 31; April 4 to 15 Pana-Jan. 17 to 31; April 4 to George Evans Illinois Cafe Co-Owner Dies George Vern Evans, 61, of 2284 N. Union a carpenter at the Union Iron Works, died at 9:30 p. m.

Saturday in Decatur and Macon County Hospital. He entered the hospital after suffering a heart attack a week ago. Mr. Evans and his wife purchased the Illinois Cafe at 153 E. Eldorado St.

in January, 1953. Mrs. Evans operates the restaurant. A life-long resident of Macon County, Mr. Evans was a member of First Evangelical United Brethren Church and Ben Hur Lodge.

He was born May 21, 1893, in Argenta, a son of Frank and Ozeta Evans. He was married to Flossie Weatherford Sept. 6, 1913, in Decatur. Besides his wife, he leaves: a son, Orville, Decatur; two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Corbridge and Mrs.

Ozeta Poling, Decatur; a brother, Russell, Long Creek, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Blakley, Clear Lake, Iowa, and Mrs. Opal Fry, Oakley. The body is in the J. J.

Moran Sons Funeral Home where friends may call. Funeral services will be at 3 p. m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Point Pleasant Cemetery, near Long Creek.

The Illinois Cafe will be closed indefinitely because of the death of Mr. Evans. Demo Woman To Be Here Mrs. Belva Hackley of Springfield, state chairman of the Democratic Women's Organization for central Illinois, will be a guest of the Macon- County group at a Thursday luncheon meeting. Mrs.

Hackley will act as moderator for a panel discussion on the subject, "How can women help see that more information is given and assist in prompting accuracy and honesty in elections?" Local women who will participate in the discussion include Mrs. Katherine Dougherty, Mrs. John Marvin, Mrs. George Whaley and Mrs. Ted Gard.

All -Democratic women are invited to 'attend the luncheon Thursday noon in the Longview administration building. Each should bring table service and a covered dish. Reservations should reach Mrs. Fred May, 906 W. Main by Wednesday.

Traffic Arrests Traffic Arrests Bobby Edward Heitz, 2620 E. Main paid $20.40 for running la stop light. 3,138 More Acres Under Soils Program A These six members of the Ma- ings they helped shoot from their Sprague, Ed Hogan and Willis con chapter of the Future Farm- roosts in Central Park as part of Sprague. In the rear are Homer ers of America pose with a few their pest control project. Left Rambo, Roger Talbert and Rayof the several thousand starl- to right, front row, are Larry mond Luka.

Thousands of Birds Die in Pest Control Project Macon FFA Routs Starlings Here The growth of Decatur's ling colony suffered a setback last night as members of the Macon Future Farmers of America staged shooting bee in Central Park. Fourteen chapter members, supervised by four adults, killed several thousand of the pesky birds between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. One four-shot volley by four of the high school students brought death to an even 100 starlings. For the first time in months, not starling could be found in the park at 7 p.m. yesterday.

The students reported limbs of Farm Bureau Vote to Start Nine farmers will be named candidates for Macon County Farm Bureau director posts in a series of township meetings starting today. Farm Bureau directors will be elected during the group's annual meeting here Feb. 8. The annual township get-togethers for Farm Bureau members and families will feature reports by managers of Farm Bureau ed companies. Each program will be preceded by an oyster stew supper at 6 p.m.

Townships electing directors this vear are Pleasant View, Austin, Friends Creek, South Wheatland, Milam, Hickory Point, Decatur, Long Creek and Niantic. Schedule of the township meetings: Today--Blue Mound and Pleasant View Townships, Blue Mound High School. Thursday--Austin and Illini Townships, Austin Grade School. Jan. -10 Whitmore, 'Oakley and Friends Creek Townships, Argenta High School.

Jan. 1 13-South Macon, South Wheatland and Milam Townships, Macon High School. Jan. 17-Maroa, Hickory Point and Decatur Townships, place of meeting not yet determined. Jan.

19 Mount Zion and Long Creek Townships, Salem School. Date of the meeting for Niantic and Harristown Townships in Niantic High School has not been set yet. FRED W. KREKEL'S MOTHER DIES AT 84 Mrs. Louis F.

Krekel, 84, of Burlington, Iowa, mother of Fred W. Krekel Side Country Club Road, died at 8 a.m. yesterday in a Burlington Hospital. Besides her son in Decatur, Mrs. Krekel leaves four daughters and five other sons, all of whom live in Iowa.

Funeral services will. be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Burlington. Light Bulbs Stolen Theft of nine light bulbs and two flood lights from outside Beck's Hardware Store at 1659 N. 22nd St.

was reported to the sheriff's office Saturday. Farm conservation plans developed during 1954 for Macon County Soil Conservation District cooperators brought 3,138 more acres der a conservation program. A summary of district work accomplished for 1954 was announced by Kent Alverson, county farm planner for the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. SCS is the U.

S. Agriculture Department agency which makes available the services of trained soil conservation technicians to farm owners in legally organized county soil conservation districts. Alverson said there now are 394 district cooperators with 64,270 acres for which complete conservation plans have been developed or are yet to be made. There are 315 complete farm conservation plans covering 51,342 acres, he said. That is 3,138 acres more than the 48,204 acres covered by complete farm plans last year at this time.

That leaves 12,928 acres for which complete conservation plans have yet to be developed, the farm planner said. Under the district's progressive planning procedure a farm owner can sign an initial cooperating agreement with the district and get SCS help with conservation practices that eventually will become part of his complete farm conservation plan. The system enables the farmer to start gradually and work progressively into conservation farming, Alverson explained. Twenty-five owners of Macon County farm land signed initial agreements during 1954. Alverson listed these 1954 accompishments by district farmers: New contour farming, 341 acres Contour field divisions, 5.2 miles Pasture improvement, 47 acres Multiflora rose hedge planting, 3 miles Farm drainage, 191 acres including 59,563 feet of tile and 2,3 miles of open ditches Terracing, 4.2 miles.

Grass waterway development, 41 acres. Other conservation work included four concrete structures, six metal pipe tile outlets and two sod flumes. In addition to regular work with cooperators, SCS technicians also gave help to groups of farmers with mutual drainage problems, Alverson said. This work consisted of 3.8 miles of open drainage ditches involving excavation of 75,202 cubic vards of earth and nine acres of brush and tree clearing for the ditches. Alverson said technical assistance was furnished on permanent type conservation work to an estimated 125 farmers referred to SCS by the county Agricultural Stabilization Conservation committee.

trees in the park breaking under the birds' weight when they arrived to begin the shooting. Birds fell "like rain" at the first of eight volleys, they said. After the eighth, however, the birds had found other roosting places, temporarily abandoning their favored haunts in Central Park. Permission for the shoot, held as part of the chapter's pest control project, was granted by Mavor Robert Willis and Police Chief W. Glenn Kerwin.

Each starling killed last night represents 25 points in the pest WOMBACHER ON $1,000 BOND AFTER ACCIDENT William Wombacher, 26, of 1690 Lake Shore was released from county jail on $1,000 bond yesterday after pleading innocent to charges of drunken driving. A hearing will be held before Justice Wayne Ellis Jan. 10. bacher was arrested Saturday after his car collided with one driven by Bates Bond, 1079 W. Sunset at Broadway and Prairie Avenue.

U.S. Census Of Businesses Set This month Decatur business firms will receive questionnaires from the U.S. Census Bureau seeking data for a new business census. E. E.

Buck, chairman of the Association of Commerce statistical committee, urged Macon County businessmen to give prompt and accurate replies to the questions. Buck said full and prompt replies will save government expense by avoiding the need for followup telephone calls and telegrams. Actually, three censuses will be taken--of manufacturers, of mineral industries and of wholesale, retail and service trades. The last manufacturers census was made in 1947; businesses were last censused in 1948 and mineral industries in 1939. Data compiled by the new census will be useful to businesses in advertising campaigns, marketing, product development decisions on plant locations, and other business matters.

The Census Bureau promises that data received will remain confidential and reports published in such form that the operations of no single firm will be revealed. SERVICES TUESDAY FOR, MRS. MABEL McGINNIS Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel McGinnis, 69, formerly of Argenta and Decatur, who died Thursday in San Anselmo, will be at 2 p. m.

Tuesday in the Argenta Evangelical United Brethren Church. Burial will be in Friends Creek Cemetery, near Argenta. The body is in the Heinle Funeral Home, Argenta, where friends may call after 4 p. m. today.

control program. Each of the boys taking part would receive an equal share of the night's points. The points will be accumulated, with others from other projects, toward a summer camping award for the high-ranking member. In addition, members of the losing pest control team will stand treat to the winners at a dinner to be held later. The chapter's teacher is O.

L. Hastings. Other adults supervising the shooting last night were Charles Talbert, C. R. Sprague and Harold Wickline.

Blood-Soaked Knife Found managerial Fined $28.20 William C. Porter, 25, of 1646 Police yesterday were to determine the origin of a soaked knife and other objects found in a lobby leading to the offices of the Service Blue Print and Letter Shop, 136 N. Franklin St. Roger Burks, proprietor, reported the objects to police yesterday morning. Besides the pocket-knife, investigating officers found several blood-stained rocks, several sticks which had apparently been used for stabbing or scratching, a beer can and several spots of blood on the floor.

No reports of injured persons were made to the police or sheriff's office and hospitals likewise had no injured patients. Fined $28.20 N. 33rd charged with disorderly conduct after a disturbance at the Bottle House tavern at 12:50 a. m. Saturday pleaded guilty and was fined $28.20.

I GUSTAV K. TONK, 59, RETIRED FARMER, DIES ing in the of I Stock Pavilion, purebred association representatives will discuss new regulations on tattooing, registration, transfers and naming purebred beef cattle. Topics on the Saturday morning Feb. 5 session will include a work week on the show circuit, method of running a consignment sale and ways to sell purebred cattle, as reported by various breeders. The program that morning also will include demonstrations of foot trimming, tattooing, clipping, horn care, hair care and barn dressing, spraying, halter-making, tilation and feed preparation.

Visitors also will be able to take bus tours of the beef cattle barns where the of I purebred herds and experimental cattle will be shown and discussed. The short course is sponsored by the of I animal science department in cooperation with the purebred beef cattle breed associations. Gustav Karl Tonk, 59, of 1315 W. Wood a retired farmer, died at 8:10 P. m.

yesterday in Decatur and Macon County Hospital. He had been in failing health for 10 years. Mr. Tonk came to Decatur from Germany in 1923 and for a time he was a molder at the Wagner Malleable Iron Co. He farmed near Argenta for several years before retiring and moving back to Decatur.

He was a member of the First Evangelical Church here. Mr. Tonk was born in Germany June 19, 1895, a son of William and Anna Tonk. He was married to Freda E. Kochman in Springfield Sept.

7, 1936. "Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Mrs. Hilda Monska, Decatur, and two step-daughters, Mrs. Erna Pietruska, Germany, and Mrs. Dorothy Heiser, Hopkinsville, Ky.

Other survivors include six brothers, Albert, Chicago, and Gottfried, Otto, Fred, Paul and Karl, all of German, and a sister, Mrs. Emma Krischik, Germany. Three grandchildren also survive. The body is in the J. J.

Moran Sons Funeral Home where friends may call after 7 p. m. today. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. School Safe Burglarized The safe at the Warrensburg High School was opened and about $75, mostly, in change, taken by someone who broke off the knob to gain entry, sheriff deputies reported yesterday..