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Peeatar Illinois Monday, September 17, 1956, DECATUR HERALD Interim Pastor Announced at Westminster Dr. Raymond V. Reams, asso 111 Sheriff Probes I Crash in Which 7 Were Hurt Sheriff W. Peebles yesterday opened an investigation or tomobile accident in which seven persons were injured Saturday night. Two men, suspected being in a hit-run car involved in thi I I I I 'I If yV 1 f- "topped." Corn toppings mow-ingoff the top part of the corn plants is aimed at hastening drying of the corn for earlier New Method Eases Pkkint Farmers Topping Corn picking, making picking easier and cleaner and making plants better able to resist winds.

The topping device, which makes use to pick his corn eight to 10 days earlier than normal, he said. Two brothers, Leonard and Harlan Umbarger of near Cisco, have topped 1 50 acres of corn. Even though it is their first time, the Umbarger brothers be- lieve the clean picking and wind at a meeting with city, school and resistance features of the method 'civic leaders. will make it worthwhile. wi te, dty officias how of the tops should; their traffic program and safeiv make tor cieaner picking ana icss'record compares with other U.

S. C. Howard, Ex-Moweaqua Mayor, Dies haries L. (Chalk) Howard, vvho served as mayor of Moweaqua For 24 years, died suddenly Saturday night in his home. He was 71.

Mr, Howard began his public service as an alderman in 1923 and in 1925 was appointed to fill two years of an unexpired term as In 1931 Mr. Howard ran for the office and was elected. He re mained in office until 1953 when he retired because of poor health. Mr. Howard was an auctioneer and cattle buyer.

tie served nine years on the school board and also, had other civic interests. In 1931, following a Mowea qua coal mine disaster in which 54 men died, Mr. Howard toured the state at his own expense soliciting runds tor ramifies of the dead miners. His salary as" mayor, until his. last year, was $24 a yearTheh it was raised to $50.

Mr. Howard was unable to take part in Moweaqua's Centennial celebration in 1952 because he was Charles L. Howard recovering from a heart attack. However, so he could hear the speeches, a line was run from the speaker's stand to his The parade route also went past his house. Mr.

Howard was born June 10, 1885, a son of Charles and Frances Scott Howard in Missouri. On July 7, 1905, he was married to Pearl Standley in Decatur. They observed their 50th wedding anniversary with a buffet supper for about 200 friends and relatives. Mr. Howard a member of the Moweaqua Masonic Lodge and the Moweaqua Christian Church.

He leaves five daughters, Mrs. Frank Vilmure and. Mrs. Wihna Myers of Decatur, Mrs. Louise Stewart of West Palm Beach, Fla.

and Mrs. Betty Cearlock and Mrs. Evelyn Lowe of Moweaqua, a son, Robert Howard of Parchment, four grandchildren, two brothers, Roy Howard of Cisco and Jim Howard of Coffeen, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Decker of Marseilles, HI. Services will be at 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday in the Moweaqua Christain Church with burial in the West Side Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after 6 p.m. Monday. The Ater Memorial Home, Blue Mound, is' in charge. ENTRIES SOUGHT Transportation Club Sponsors Es say Contest "Transportation The Life Blood of the Nation," is the title of an essay contest sponsored by the Decatur Transportation Club.

Anyone from Macon County may enter and may write about any form of transportation. Entries will be limited to one a person arid should be' about 800 Entries will be judged on content, manner of presentation and style. They should be typewritten and double spaced. Prizes of $50, $25 and $10 will be awarded. Essays should be mailed to Miss Muriel Perry, Transportation Essay Award Committee, at the Decatur Public Library, no later than Oct.

4. Winners will be announced Oct. 9, and their entries will be submitted to a national contest. The judges are: Miss Perry Miss Ethel M. Parkinson, English teacher at Millikin University Ellis D.

Roberts, editorial writer Lindsay-Schaub newspapers. Fined $23. Nadine Bell Parks, 25, of 749 E. Grand was released from county jail "after being fined $23.20 on a charge of being disorderly in the 500 block North Short Street. ciate minister of Montview Boule vard Presbyterian Church in Den ver, has been selected as an interim minister of Westminster Presbvterian -Church here for the next few months.

He will temporarily replace Dr. Robert R. Crothers, who is mov ing to Topeka, Kan. this weekend to be minister of First Presbyterian Church. Dr.

and Mrs. Kearns will move to Decatur the first week inOcto-ber. For the last four years Dr. Kearns has served as associate pas tor or the Montview Church in Denver, which has a membership of 4,500. Dr.

Kearns is a graduate of I las- tin (Jollege in INcbraska and McCormick Seminary. He began his career as a minister in Oswego, and was later in Canton, Ul. He then returned to Nebraska, and soon was called to Salina, where he was minister for 19 years. He then became secretary for evangelism with the Board of Na tional Missions of the Presbvterian Church, U.S.A. Kearns has twice been a featured speaker at the General As- semblv, the annual meeting of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.

He was responsible for liclping the evangelistic program of the denomination throughout the coun-try and in Alaska. Dr. Kearns told the Denver church a year ago that he planned to retire Jan. 1, 1957, as its associate minister and would devote' two or three years to serving a few churches as minister on an interim basis. FRANCIS WILEY HURT IN HUNTING ACCIDENT Francis A.

Wiley, 50, of 452 E. Central was reported in fair condition last night after being shot in the head and left shoulder in a hunting accident. The accident occurred about 8:45 a.m. yesterday near Rea's Bridge. Wiley was taken to Decatur and Macon County Hospital.

John Mullins of 737 N. Main St. told sheriff's deputies he fired at a squirrel with a shotgun and apparently some of the shot glanced off a tree and hit Wiley. Mullins and Wiley were hunting on opposite sides of a tree, deputies said, and apparently the men did not see each other be- fore the shot was fired. Wiley was brought to the hospital in Mullins car.

a friend, Mrs. Shelly said. The dog was about three miles from his home. The Shcllys tried to feed him, but he would not come when they were Michael spent 30 days in the. crash, were released after question ing, but their car was neid tor further examination.

"I don't think we have right car or the right merv Peebles said. The Saturday accident started with a two-car collision on Rout 36 just west of Macon County Memorial Park Cemetery. Then one of the xars and one of the passengers who was thrown to the pavement were struct Dy tne rut--run driver. According to a witness' at the accident scene, Peebles said, the hit-run car should be damaged on the right side, probably toward the rcar'of the car. The search for a car with type of damage will continue, he said.

The two men questioned vester dav were picked up near Harris-town and deputies said there appeared to be a blood spot on one side ot the car. Peebles said he also plans to talk to State's Attorney Kenneth E. Evans todav -about the circum stances of the two-car collision. Sheriff's deputies said Miss Nancy Sigmon, 14, of 655 W. Packard was driving a car which apparently was turning on to Route 36 from a side road.

The car collided with another driven bv Mrs. Lucille Shepard, 37, of Indianapolis. Two of the seven persons in jured remained in serious condi tion yesterday in Decatur and Macon County Hospital. They are Miss Lola Crowe, 15, of 1315 Ravina Park and Michael Skelton, 2, of Rural -Route 8, both passengers in the car driven by Miss Sigmon. The bov was struck bv the hit-run driv er after being thrown from the jcar.

Miss Sigmon, Mrs. Shepard and Oran Gatchell, 33, of Indianapolis, a passenger in the Shepard car, were reported in fair condition last night. A brother and sister of Michael Skelton, Dennis, 5, and Karen Sue, 3, were released from the hospital yesterday. Mrs. Charlene Skelton, mother of the injured children, reportedly Jert net children in the care of Miss Sigmon Saturday night.

The car driven by Miss Sigmon was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard McKinney of Rural Route 8, with whom Mrs. Skelton makes her home. Month Remains Until Subway Job Must Halt Three to four weeks wort re mains on the Grand Avenue subway before the job must be halted because or postponed steel deliver ies.

Supt. E. T. LaBoube of the H. H.

Mass Construction Co. said half of the main wall of the sub- ay on the north side will be poured today, leaving only the south main wall and cleanup Delivery of structural steel for Hlinois Central Railroad bridge section of the subwav is nromiser? for February, when work will be resumed. LaBoube said the subway should be ready for traffic by Memorial Day next year. Ihe McElrov Inc. has mur ed most of the concrete for widen ing the west side of Jasper Street rrom Law shore LJnve to Cantreil Street.

Remaining on the west side is curb and gutter work, and street intersections. The contractor is preparing to start pouring concrete for widening the east side ot the street. The Berry Construction Co. has done about 30 oer cent of tha pradinp for wirlenino Rnih CrX. lege Road from Faries Parkway to' noute fa, supt.

Alan In. Buck ot the county highway department es timated. 3 PERSONS HURT AS AUTO MISSES TURN Three persons were injured early vesterdav when a car missed a turn and crashed into a bank on a county road southeast of Macon. Marcella Fisher, 25, of 241 Longview PL, and Thelma Brown, 24," of Moweaqua, were reported in good condition last night in St. Mary's Hospital.

They were passengers in the car driven by James J. Johnson, 32, of Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. A third passenger, William Co-bcrly, 31, of Ft. Leonard Wood, was released after receiving emergency treatment at the hospkaL Frank H.

Byers Byers Takes Millikin Class Frank 11. Byers, a Decatur attorney, has been appointed a part-time instructor at Millikin University. He is teaching a course in government in the Millikin fall semester. His appointment was announced by C. L.

Miller, dean and acting president of the university. A graduate of Decatur High School and the University of H-linois, Byers has -been practicing law in. Decatur since February, 1955. He formerly was employed by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Mr.

and Mrs. Byers have two children. Their home is at 28 Glenview Dr. SPRINGFIELD WOMAN HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT A Springfield woman -was in fair condition in Decatur and Macon County Hospital last night with injuries received early yesterday morning in an accident on Route 36 just wst of Stevens Creek. She is Mary Thomas, 25, who was riding in a car driven bv her husband, William, 31.

Thomas admitted to the hospital for treat ment of minor injuries, but was released later vesterdav. Sheriff deputies said the accident occurred when the eastbound Thomas car, attempting to pass another vehicle, collided with a westbound truck driven by DonalJ Leahenbauer, Hannibal, Mo. He was not hurt. Fight Reported State policemen" and Macon County deputies broke up a fight at the Macon Speedway Saturday. The disturbance was caused bv spectators.

There were no arrests made and no report of-injuries. hospital after an accident this summer, and Sparky has been a close companion since his release. (Herald and Review Photo) Leonard Umbarger, left, and his brother, Harlan, of near Cisco took over a field of corn which has been partially School Bus A total of 5,554 Macon County children were transported to pub lic schools by school bus in 1955- 56. This is shown in a pupil trans portation report prepared by Coun ty of Schools William R. Woodward.

He prepared the report in con nection with the organization of a school bus driver training program in Macon County. Details of the program, financed partially by state and federal funds, are now being worked out. Woodward said 78 school buses and 'two school-owned cars were used to transport children in the 1955-56 school year. he buses and cars were oper ated by 106 certified school bus drivers. Of the total of 5,554 pupils served by buses, 5,214 were transported more than -1 Pi miles to school.

Total cost of county school bus rransportanon tor tne year was $279,075, a per capita cost of $50.25. State reimbursement for bus transportation was $104,281.40. STATE TO SEED STALEY BRIDGE APPROACHES The Association of Commerce beSutification committee was told last week that the state highway department will seed the approach es to the btaley Bridge and do simi lar work at South Franklin Street. Details of the type of beautifi- cation improvement were not giv A subcommittee will study the fountain in Central Park and the Transfer House. The history, use and potential improvement cost of both will be considered.

Kenneth Crames THREE-YEAR-OLD SON OF DAVID CRAMES DIES Kenneth Crames, 3, of 1070 W. William died at 1 a.m. yesterday shortly after being taken to Decatur and Macon County Hospital. The boy, who was the son of Mr. and Mrs.

David Crames, had been ill for only a few hours. A post-death examination was planned. Kenneth was bom in Decatur, Nov. 1, 1952, a son of David and Louise Schwartz Crames. He leaves his parents, two sisters, Irene and Lizabeth, a brother, Joel, and his grandparents, Mrs.

Ike Schwartz of St. Louis, and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Crames of Paterson, N.J. Kenneth was enrolled in the Sunday School of Temple B'nai Abraham and in a private nursery school.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. today in the J. J. Moran Sons Funeral Home with burial in Fair-lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m.

today. The family requests that flowers be omitted. Use Reported Vi of two seven-foot mower blades, is mounted on a high clearance, self-propelled spraying at right. Safety Report Due Thursday The National Safety Council's annual report on Decatur's traffic safety program will be presented here Thursday. The report will be.

given bv I report Paul W. Hvde, district safety di rector of the Chicago Motor Club, cities of comparable size. the report will also cover an analysis of the city's traffic death and injury record, the school traffic education program, public safety program and police traffic supervision system. Recommendations for improving the Decatur safety record will made on each program covered. FOUR ENLIST Four men have enlisted for two-year hitches in the U.

S. Army, Sgt. J. D. Snider, of the Decatur recruiting office, said.

Thev are training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. The men are: Ronald Donnerstag, 614 W. Jackson St. Ted R.

Schroeder, 1415 California Ave. Joseph Faletto, Tovey Larry D. Sanders, Atwood. Traffic Arrest Marvin Brian Hansen of Bovd St. was fined $19 44 6 for driving a car with a defective muffler.

After 10 Days the dog's disappearance in the, Sunday Herald and Review. She contacted Michael's fadicr, Roy, of 1721 N. College St. When he drove up, Sparky jumped in theacar, happy to see; Bv James C. Tippett Of The Herald Staff Many area fields of corn this year look as though someone had mowed otf the tops of the corn plants.

And that's exactly what happened. Topping of corn cutting off the tops of the plants just above the ears is being tried out by at least 30 area farmers. Objectives of corn topping are: 1. Hastening the drving of corn so that it can be picked earlier. 2- Eliminating the tassels and upper leaves of the plants to make easier and cleaner picking pos sible.

3. Making corn less likely to be blown over bv wind. At least 1,500 acres of corn have been topped this year in Macon, Piatt and Sangamon Counties, according to farmer reports. Topping is accomplished bv a device mounted on a high clearance, self-propelled spraving rig which enables the machine to move through tall corn. I he corn-topping device con sists of a platform under which is mounted rotating flat blades similar to the type used in rotary lawn mowers.

One topper now in use in this area makes use of two seven-foot blades which can top four rows of corn at a time. Another device has six 42-inch blades which cut six rows of corn simultaneously. Prices for the topping devices were quoted by farmers at $350 for the six-blade model and $695 for the two-blade device. Prices charged bv custom operators for topping corn in this area have been quoted at $1.50 and $2 per acre. Fifteen farmers in the Illiopolis- Lanesville JVlechanicsburg area have topped.

more than 1,000 acres of corn this vear, according to Rov J. Whitten who farms 1V4 miles south of Hliopolis. Whitten said he topped 150 acres, his first experience with the system. "We picked a little of the topped corn recently to feed to hogs and it sure was easier picking," Whitten said. Less 'Trash "With topped vou don't have all the trash (the upper part of the corn plants) to run through ycur picker and clog up the pick er elevator, Whitten said.

When trash clogs up on the ele vator, it prevents corn ears from being carried back into the wagon and forces the operator to stop and clean out the trash, he explained. "Bob Richards of near Lanesville tried it last vear and he said his topped corn didn't blow down as bad as the other corn," Whitten said. In addition, Richards was able AMERICAN FARMERS CO. TO MARK 10TH BIRTHDAY The 10th anniversary of the founding of American Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. will' be observed here starting today.

A three-day meeting of 100 em ployes trom 14 states will attend. Hathaway G. Kemper, president of Kemper Insurance of which American Farmers is a division, will be present. A reception and dinner at 6:30 p.m. luesday the Hotel Orlando is scheduled.

Pleads Innocent Thomas Gage, 35, of 345 E. Sheridan was released from county jail on $100 bond last night after pleading innocent to a disorderly conduct His hearing is set for Sept. 21 before folice Magistrate Edward A. Schroeder. trash going into the crib along with the corn, Leonard Umbarger said.

With a tractor-mounted picker, the dry tassels and leaves also can clog up around the tractor manifold, presenting a fire hazard, he said. Operating on a custom (hire) basis, Orville Ludwick of Cisco said he has topped about 350 acres of com in Macon and Piatt Counties. "Corn can be topped anytime after it is dented, usually after mid-August," Ludwick said. Without the tops of the plants, the com ears get more sun and tend to drv fastef, bt said. The University of Illinois Col lege of Agriculture has little data on corn topping, according to Dr.

O. H. Sears, soil biology profes sor. In a 1952 experiment, Dr. G.

H. Dungan of the agronomy de-partment staff "found a difference in moisture content of the com grain in favor of topping but it was verv small," Dr. Sears said. Sparky, Michael Reunited Michael Cederstrand, 9, forgives Sparky, his dog, who disappeared about 10 days ago. Sparky was found by Mrs.

Frank A. Shelly of Rural Route 3, after she read a story about Vw4 I4fi be M. S. n7T JU: "-'V 4. iV -v.

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