The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 14

Decatur, Illinois, Saturday, February 23, 1957. THE DECATUR REVIEW FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY 5 Break-ins, $380 Stolen At One Cafe City police reported five brealc-ins during the night and the sher-ifls office reported one. Hardest hit was Collier's Grill St 4 to 1 I 1 A i It I i I- fi Industrial Rezoning for Tract Rejected The Countv Zoning Board of Appeals Thursday voted against re-zoning of a three-acre tract of land near the Wabash industrial site from country home to light industrial. The property, rezoning of which had been asked bv the Scale is located a quarter of a mile north of Route 105, and three-quarters of a mile east ol the illiam Street Bridge. In voting 4-0 against the rezoning, the Zoning Appeals Board said the request constituted spot zoning.

It suggested that the company could obtain land already zoned for industrial use. The company had asked the rezoning to permit it to build a business building there. The company is now located at 2525 E. William St. The Zoning Appeals Board rec- lommcnded two other requests lor reon ing, postponed action on a iside vard variance.

Approved were: Theodore righthouse's request for rezoning from agricultural to country home of a one-acre tract on Route 105 one mile west of the Oakley Road, in Long Creek Township. Ella Doolittle's request for re- zonin" Irom country home to residential of a 4-arre trai on Route 121 at the southeast cor ner of the intersection of Route 121 and the Mount Zion Road. Action was postponed to April 12 on: Fred, Ida and Karl Sthiwck's ll't'iuuui ior rcomng irom i agricultural to lx.al business' ot a tract located on South air-' i I Schools Seek Kindergarten Registrations A special effort will be made by school officials this year to obtain 100 per cent registration of children who will enter public school kindergarten next September. The date for the registration is March 6, a Wednesday. Parents are asked to register their children sometime during regular school hours that day.

They should go to the public elementary school where children of their neighborhood attend. Miss Charlotte Meyer, elementary school supervisor, said today the registration this vear is doubly important because of new buildings opening in September and the need to hire teachers for them. All children who will be five years old by Dec. 1 are eligible. Parents must bring birth certificates or other acceptable proof of age.

Kindergarten classes will be held in three new buildings next year which have no classes this year. These are Pershing School, now partly occupied, and the South Shores and Mound schools now under construction. Children ho will attend South Shores School should be registered, if possible, at Washington School. Small children from South Shores now go by school bus to Washington, Southeast, Enterprise and Ullrich schools. Children who will attend the new Mound School should be registered at the old Mound School now housing or.lv first and second grade classes.

Other small children of the area now attend Oglesby and Poach schools and are transported bv bus. Pershing School kindergarten children should be registered at their building. The little children now go by bus to Garfield School. This vear there are about 1.650 kindergarten children attending dailv. Next year's total is expected to be a similar figure.

This vear there arc 33 teachers iir x. I some on a nair-uav uasis. missi Mever said it is essential to know how many children wi children will attend each school in order that teachers can be assigned here needed. Nearly al! Decatur hve-vear Mc am.r.,1 tl, lin. I Sanders Equipment Co.

build ing at Water Street and Mckinley Avenue. A recent explosion blew the windows out. Thev have been covered with plvwood and not yet replaced ith new "lass. LePage's Pay Increase Set Employes of LePage's De-I catur cuhtuharv ol Per- macti tape nae acceptca 27-month contract which call for an average package increase of 2i cents an hour during the next 15 months. )c cnd ()f thM iod.

Mav 1958, another wage increase, varying from 7 to 1 1 cents an hour, will 0 jnto effect. 3 land Variety at Wycklcs Corner on Route 36. About S300 was taken from a desk in the apartment, about $30 in dimes from a pin ball machine and about $30 from the cash register. Mrs. Doris Collier told sheriff deputies she left the restaurant about 10:15 p.m.

yesterday to take a waitress home to Niantic. She said she returnco about 11:20 p.m. and heard someone go out the back way. She did not see anyone nor see a car, she said. Entrance was gained by piying open a bathroom door in the apartment, and a door from the bathroom into the apartment, which is at the rear of the restaurant.

A break-in was attempted Tlaby's Tavrrn. 90 X. Van Dike St. 2:57 a.m. Nothing was reported stolen, homas Butts, of 973 W.

'iew heard glass break and called police who lound glass broken out of the front door of the tavern. Butts told police be saw a blue 1948 or 1949 Pontiac parked ith the motor running in the 900 block X. VanDvke St. The Decatur Sirect Tavern, 521 iui ciniicu m.ui 6:33 a. m.

today. Reported stolen were pennies irom a cash register and an unknown amount of whis- kv. Crow Bar Used Rav Parmenter. of 431 S. Broadway, told police he saw man prv open the door of the tavern ith a crow bar.

1 i i I i thc man uas a trou. Dar man as cam Ulg A hammer and a pair of pinchers "Cr he flr- An undetermined amount of money in a pin ball machine and a naner sack of moni'v wrrn talpn 01 5- broadwav. would have mone- to operate the business today, she told police. in the Decatur Armorv this morning. Some 250 bos turned out for the clinic which was directed by I lenry of the Recreation Department.

The bovs were divided into small groups with Thompson giving pitchers special instruction; Al Billy Morford, 6 vears old, son of Tom Morford, 24 Central Drive, remarked uhile driv ing doi N. Water "There is that building with the Wooden Windows." It is the Stray Scraps South of Sedan A school student called the reference department of the Deca- tur Public Library the other day nrl "U'Lw it Tudnr Fnit. Breaking Point Decatur High School social problems students who surveyed 1 .000 teenagers on questions about Selective Service made this discov- crv: oovs up to years oiu mougiu I 111 1 l. 1 .1 OI.l 01 UemOCf CY nC Saturday bringing Republicans to vote in the caucus made six First Mayor Was Soldier John P. Post Served in Two Wars I Ic could be Napoleonic on witness ioia ponce ne i The announcement was made mct a man at corncr of the yesterday by John I loman, plant trn vvno said nc had a fiat and manager, and Bradley Yoakum, vii jn a hum.

jhe witness said i.rt..iryAll-.li. view Avenue ust north ot St. gins snoum oc urattca me same as Louis Bridge. The dclav Vill al- boys arc. Bos older than 15 allow actual staking out of the pro-1 most unanimously opposed pcrtv involved.

I ing of girls for military sen ice. ipicsiucnr oi Local nineu in- i Workers ol Ammea 1959. and pay raises varying from; idustrial Workers ol America. 26 cents an hour begin mciliatel Now, Here's How Junior (Swede) Thompson, (center) former major league pitcher and now a scout for the New York Giants, demonstrates bis mound form for Garv Jop-lin (left) and Francis Gray at the Baseball Clinic conducted bv the Recreation Department Information on Fluoridation Not Released The U.S. Public Health Service is not yet releasing information on a new device for fluoridation of water supplies.

Dr. P. A. Steele, city health superintendent, wid y- tc''- I I he tederal agency recently an- inounced development of the de- vice, which uses the least expen sive torm ot tluonUc, fluorspar. formation until they are absolutely sure- He said a fluoride silicate which has been under consideration here would cost about six cents per so year, while the fluorspar TTic some 80 employes also will from Jozer's Pool Arcade, 124 E.

I covered bv thc AIW Region 8 Eldorado about 3 a.m. fodav. health and welfare insurance pro-; x.fc Girard of the Perfect I Window Cleaners told police he Bv May of this year, top paycud a car speed down the allcv will be $2.39 an hour. jwhen he opened the building to The 27-month contract was sign- Up morning, cd three months earlier than the: The sack of monev was placed expiration date of thc old contract under thc counter so Margaret occasion. Decatur's first mayor, elected.

101 vears ago, was a bearded, frockcoatcd man who could assume a Napoleonic pose on any occasion he deemed suitable. Histories of Macon Countv .1 1 1 1 i) missed many tacts about John 1. When and where he was born or when he came to Macon Countv arc not shown, but he was here in lbiy and his wiles nbtiincd and on Ian 7 1856. Frank Trnnrv'c nrtirinn 2 foot side vard vanance on Lot- 52 in Oak Ridge Point lh- vntrrf tbn i .1 lumiii unit. ij muuv ijic re- ler time to studv the re quest.

All of Thursday's actions are subject to approval by thc Countv Board of Supervisors. NURSING HOMES SURVEY A of Group Studying 20 in the Decatur area Twenty Decatur area nursing homes are scheduled to get questionnaires as part of a study of iiuisuij: inline i.iiniues iiv me i i health committee of the Assn. of Gimmcrce. The questionnaires, which arc scheduled to be returned bv W'cd- 1 .1 1 1 nesuav, asK me numner ana tvpc of patients, services offered and staff employed. Each home ill be visited bv ..1.1.

ui uit iiiiniiiiiii-c wiuioi thc next three or four weeks. nu.ml.M dergartens although attendance is! Dr- Stccle vas asked b' Water name xvas Kaufman. notVequired by law. Homer L. Chastainj ijc as a second lieutenant in However, manv each vear investigate the device in ar with Mexico and sulfered not register in advance and as a jnection ith the forthcoming fluor- a thest wound, result there' is confusion and shift- jidation of Decatur's water supply, Dccjtur was aij out in S29, ing during the first davs of school.

He said Public Health officials' uas govcmcj hv the countv Miss Meer said she is especial-: think the method will be "Fr" commissioners until 1836, when it ly anxious to avoid overcrowding fectly all right," but 'that investi-: incorp0ratcJ as a village of 300 of classes through incomplete reg- gation is still going on and they; population. istrations because she wants to "don't want to start giving out in-1 js55t a special citv charter The Eisner Food Store at 345 W. Eldorado was entered about 12:37 a.m. Nothing was reported stolen. Police said entrance was gained jhy breaking out the glass in the front door.

An undetermined amount of Post as elected as the first mayor. Aftl.r cotnplcting his term' as mavor he served two terms as an Before he became mayor, in iij v'Yr llnser handling the yourg catchers; Bob Bauer instructing potential infielders; 1 lerman Niehaus demonstrating first basing skills; and Dae Bat-tluucr giving some tips to the outfielders. I lerald and Review photo) ft- 4 i John P. Post 7 Arrested in Gaming Raid Seven men were arrested about 6:15 p. in.

yesterday in a raid on' a gambling game at 1240 San- gamon St. he men pleaded guiltv to gamb-j line and were lined a total! of $391.80 bv Justice of thc Peace Lrnest Booker. Thc heaviest fine, S209. 40, was paid bv Joseph Perkins. 53, of 744 E.

Wood who was charged with being thc keeper of a gaming house. Thc six other men were charged with being inmates of a gaming gaming! house and were fined $30.40 each. Thev arc: Louis Read, 65, of 950 E. Sangamon St. James Carl Burk, 40, of 529 S.

Main St. Barney Oldlidd, 54, of 540 Jasper St. Charles Yarbough, 48, Springfield James Wcslev Perkins, 29, of 929 S. Jackson St. Albert Dean Love, 32, of 1335 N.

Railroad Ave. Boisterous Youth A 1 6-vcar-old Decatur boy is be- ing held in county jail today on a charge of disorderly conduct, I He was arrested about 12:20 la.m. todav at home where he was arrest card said. ti i ijc ''f i i 1 ,1 1 1 1 i a 1 i Thc study is intended to deter- and handed him a card. mine future needs of thc homes! The voter said.

"I've already! and ways of meeting them. 'made up mv mind who to vote! avoid the necessity to take kinder- garten children on school buses to buildings far from their homes. DRUNK DRIVING CHARGED AFTER PARKED CAR HIT, John Bernard Yuctten 32, of 1763 E. Wood was charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor to- Aiu afrT Klc nr Ctrin-L- a Tvirlr pti car in the 900 block East Wood Street. Yuctten said he turned right: off Mafiit Street into Woodl Street and did not sw ing back fast I method would cost three cents, Within 24 hours after a call Tor Earlier estimates had been nearer volunteers was issued following 10 cents for the costlier he fall of Fort Sumter, Post Dr.

Steele said information on opened a recruiting office. He the use of fluorspar might be Ucnt into service with the first and tne union. Representing thc union in bargaining were: Bernard fields, chairman Mrs. Mildred Hatch Mrs. Rubv Reynolds Don Richardson Bradley Yoakum Raymond Rcinhold AIW gional representativ e.

l.eprcscnting thc company were: John Green, director of indus- trial relations John I loman Charles Aikman, director of manufacturing. I YOUTH POSTS $800 BOND dCTfB nUT I LI Tltrfikl r.nun mcW Robert Eugene Ryan. 19. of ijiuc Mound, posted bonds total-1 inp $800 today on haror of di-' nr.i,.rv assau, anJ battery. county Uc as leased from t- t- nearino vijri ni' nrl lie n-i nl Ihr Frnt R.

wa5 ated aKout 1 :45 a todav for attei empting to start a fight I I re-! I I 1 I was the postmaster. company recruited in Decatur and r0se to the rank of colonel command of a rcsimcnt. He as captured at Fort Doncl- son. Later, released in an exchange state. avai'aD'e in two or months lor about the time the citv would 'be considering equipment pur- chases.

I Fluoridation of the water supply inc'uded in the 1957-58 budget, enough to avoid hitting the car I13 to "S1" attcr tne water- ol prisoners, he rejoined his rcgi-owncd by Joseph Moran, of 935 i works expansion and modcrniza- mcnt, but resigned in December, E. Wood St. f'on Program 's completed. It isj 1863. not expected to be started before1 In 1871, he moved to Colorado DRIVER FAILS TO PAY next ut aPProPriatins will and held public office in that trips into Kintncr L.vm.

Un each trip she went the rounds and col-' hcted free pencils and matches from each candidate's representatives. Wear Your Woolies One person who mailed his con-j tribution to the annual ubcr-culosis Christmas Seal sale gave these instructions for use of the monev: "Whv don't vou spend some of 1 i i that money teaching people to wear i arm ciouics in wiiuerr Hot Race At last Saturday's Republican caucus several teenage girls were workino for individual candidates handing out campaign cards, match folders and pencils. 1 1 t- 1 one voter approacneo iini- 'ner C.vm onp oirl stennrd forward for. What would I do with that card?" A second girl stepped forward 11 and said 1 Icre arc some matches. toucan burn thc card.

Ahem Thc ere were smiles in Icmplc Ten B'nai Abraham. last night follow ing a remark in a sermon bv habbi I TuritT lid tt iMii in nn J. through ith a lagging proiect: i i "We don't want to be you should pardon the expression ham- strung in this el fort Commercial Generation A Model-Paris laundry and dry cleaning salesman, whose uniform is blue ith a mil'tarv stvle head gear, was asked bv two schoolboys. "Arc vou a policeman?" "I sure am." he joked, ''and if (vou don't behave I'll put you in the Kelly wagon." "If you do," they retorted, wc 11 eat all thc potato chips. Correct The return address on mail from Menard Penitentiary inmates is "Lock Box 711." Lose Your Plates? One lost license plate was claimed at thc Decatur Police Station traffic division, but six others were still unclaimed todav.

PUBLIC LIBRARY GETS FOUR FILMS FROM FORD The Decatur Public Library has: received four motion picture films from the rord Motor to be available for loan during the next tar- The films, all 16 arc: "Crash and Live" (25 minucs) rjn Human Bridge" (30 mm- utes) "6,000 Partners" (20 min-the American utes) "Freedom of Road" (27 minutes) I i I 1 Dump Draws Complaint in thc I air I avern, 121 h. Main Mr. an(J Dale Perkins, Mr. land Mrs. Al Powell, Mr.

and Mrs. Frederick Randolph Jenkins. loward Rvdcr and Mr. and Mrs. 21.

of 1 31 8 '4 S. Maffit paid Dick Protzmann. a fine of $38.20 after pleading! guiltv today to a charge of assault! Bert Harrison Dies jnd battery. ord has been received of the Wyckles Corner Residents Dislike Odor Operation of the Macon County, visit the dump, then return to play Landfill Corn's, dumo south of ith neighborhood children. Jle was released from county jail on $500 bond after pleading nnoccnt to a charge of disordcily monev was reported stolen from a juke box and pin ball machine in jm-s jthe Tavern, 1464 E.

illiam St. NEW GROUP AT YMCA TO BE ESTABLISHED A new MCA-sponsnred group. turdav nio'nt. Thc group ill be made up of vnnno 1 tn unit isvsui i month. Satnrd.iv' W1C A Wl11 'nclude dancing, entertain- merit, and tree rctrcshinents.

Sponsors for the Live Ycrs re: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Higdon, and tr fTiarl RrtKrtc lr death on Jan. 27 of Bert Harrison, 70, a former Decatur resident, in Golden, Cclo. ot Casner, and three grandchil- dren.

One daughter preceded in death. Is Dog a Rover Or Did He Follow To Go on Watching? Jim's Niche Tavern, 1464 E. William was broken into last night. Police found a window in a door broken at 6:01 m. today.

Reported missir.g was an undetermined amount of monev from the juke Los and pin ball msciiines. A cigar case glass also as broken. The poiice report also said: "The dig he keeps in the tavern as a watch dog is also ne committee includes of the Macon Countv Medical Society, Women's Council of Decatur and Macon County, the citv department of health and safety and thc fire department. The fire inspectors, whose visits were planned before the recent nursing home fires in Warrchton, and Council Bluffs. Iowa, Tl will till out regular lire ins; spec- tion forms.

DRIVER GIVES $530 BOND ON INTOXICATION CHARGE John M. Stewart, 23. of 1225 XT. 19th preliminary hearing today on a charge of driv- ing while under tin influence of intoxicating liquor. He was released from county jail on $500 bond for that" charge jand on $300 bond for a charge of disorderly conduct.

He will ap l' Justice of thc Peace rncst Booker March 6 on the aisoracriy cnargc. disorderly charge. Stewart was arrested about 12:45 a.m. today at 22nd Street i.ind Olive Street after his car was i i i involved in an aeeiueni un uue driven bv Robert Dale Moore, 36, of 512 N. Main St.

Check Charge Luther Harrison Williams, 41, of 4007 E. Hickory and formerly of Champaign, was being held in city jail todav on a charge of defrauding bv check. He was charged with passing a bad check at the Eisner Eood Store, 1171 N. Water. Williams also is being held for Champaign Countv authorities who say he is wanted there on a similar charge.

Traffic Arrests Dclbcrt Gene Mundv, 26, of 1321 Sesom was fined $39 for speeding 50 miles per hour be- tween the 600 and 1000 blocks jWest Eldorado Street. tonuct- He lived in Decatur for manv He also was arrested about before moving there about 20 a. m. for trying to start a fight in: years ago. thc Fjir Tavcrn- I Ic leaves his wife, Ida, of Geld- en; a forme: wife, also named Mrs.

Traffic Charge Ida Harrison of Decatur; sons, Jackie Lee Gordon, 19. of, Shelby of Melrose Park, Tommv, Wvcklcs Corner is drawing com- landfill dump was opened last April 1. Most members ot thc plaints from residents or the area, 1 111 a 1 Decatur Garbage Haulers County Zoning Inspector II. Tjpus citv lllmp there. James said he has received several -j-he citv 'pavs corp0ration complaints about smoke from burn- $1,000 a vear under a contract, ing refuse at the dump.

Goodman, Mrs. Schwitck and James said that after thc first Mrs. Carter said they understood complaint was received, he went to when thc dump was opened that the dump and was told that refuse refuse was to be dumped into a from a glue factory was being trench and covered daily by a bull-burned, dozer. This not being done, He said he then talked with thev said. Carl Tucker, second vice president The landfill dump is being op-of the corporation, and that Tucker I crated on a non-conforming basis promised cooperation in eliminat-in an area zoned for agricultural ing the cause of thc complaints, use under the countv zoning ord- FINE; HELD IN JAIL Alton Lee Watson, 40, of the St.

James Hotel, remained in countv jail today on failure to post $2,500 bond or to pav a fine of S38.20. Watson pleaded innocent Tuesday to leaving the scene of an accident early last Saturday. The accident, on Lost Bridge Road, resulted in injury to three persons. Watson was fineS for failing to report an accident. Hard-to-Find Needle Not in Haystack Found in Baby's Foot Richard Britton, 19-months-old son of Sgt.

and Mrs. John E. Britton of 2540 Illinois Circle, had an unusual operation last Tuesday. The cause of a sore heel turned cut to be a small needle in his foot and it was removed by surgery at Chanute Air Force Base hospital. His condition is good and he can return home Monday.

Mrs. Britton said it is a mystery how the needle got into her son's foot because she never had such a needle in her home and she has no memory of the child's ever stepping on anything painfully sharp. She said physicians told her the babv mav have swallowed it or she herself mav have swallowed it before the baby was born. This is allowed since the old dump was in existence before' N. Ncvv complaints were later ceived, however, James said, and the matter was discussed Thursday with the corporation attorney.

Mrs. Eugene Schwitck and Mrs. t. Locust pleaded in noccnt yesterday to a charge of making an illegal turn. I le was released after posting $15 bond, pending preliminary hearing March 6 before Justice of the Peace Ernest Booker.

Earl E. Brady. 30 Benson said Gordon made an illegal left turn in front of him at 11:55 p. m. yesterday.

VFW OPEN HOUSE Wilson Taylor Memorial post 730, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will have open house Sunday at 2 n.ii m' in. in me i iiiiec iiiti iwdsuilll. Temple, 430 S. Water St. Guest speaker will be William A.

Fickcr. superintendent of the Macon County Veterans Assistance Commission. Robert Carter, Rural Route 8, who Schwitck and Mrs. Carter yestcr-live just west of the dump, said day could detect no odor from thc refuse is burned almost daily. dump.

Particularly during the summer There were, however, large months odors from the dump are quantities of uncovered rubbish, the ordinance was passed. A reporter and photographer who talked with Goodman, Mrs which had apparently been there for some time, at the west end of I the dump. A bulldozer was working, ap severe, they said, often requiring residents of the area to kedp their windows closed. Both Mrs. Schwitck and Mrs.

Cartcr claim the dump presents a sanitation problem because dogs parcntly covering garbage, at thcitcaring up thc furniture, thc police east end..