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Tuesday, April 26, 1955, The Terre Hajite Tribune. 15 Armbruster To Work On Mound Coitfwied From Page Fourteen. Grant, a Negro. Playing for Fargo in 1954, Grant posted an impressive record of 21 victories and five losses with 175 strikeouts. He is 29 years old.

The only returning Kernel from last squad is Catcher Armando Flores. He hit .225 with Keokuk last season in 79 games. Other members of the mound crew are BUI Dailey, a righthander who had trouble with his throwing arm at Fargo last year, but lost only one and won six with Sherbrooke in 1955. Walter Harr, 22-year-old hander, was in the armed forces in 1953 and 1954. Prior to that was assigned to Cedar Rapids where he marked up a five and three record.

Robert Yanen, also a er, is another service veteran. He won 14 and lost nine for Fort Smith in 1952. Manuel Fierro, 23, a Mexican- American, won nine and lost eight for Fargo in 1954. The only southpaw on the roster 20-year-old Bruce Hemmerle. For Tifton, last year, he won 13 and lost 10.

From Indiaoapoiis. Spencer Leverette, last man on the pitching crew list, is on option to Keokuk from Indianapolis. will join the club shortly after the opening of the season. second baseman is the only rookie on the club. He is Leroy Hancock.

24, who was signed by Larry Doby while barnstorming with all-stars last season. Larry Spinner will be on third for Keokuk He hit .286 for Tifton last year and hit 19 homers. Enrique lzquierdo, 24-year-old Cuban, was named the most valuable player of the Carolina League in 1954 and will play at shortstop for the Kernels this season. Robert Pedigree will handle part-time shortstop and utility duties for Keokuk Winding up the 1955 roster is Willie Williams. Williams is 25 years old and hit .272 with Sherbrooke in 1954.

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HAMILTON, N. April Kollevol today was named assistant football coach at Colgate University. An ex-Colgate athlete, Kollevol had been serving as a three-sport coach at St. Lawrence University. NATIONAL LEADING By United Press.

It looks like the National League will be the run again this season. So far this year, there have been 100 homers in 44 N.L. games, compared to only 83 homers in 42 games in the American League. Last season, N. L.

sluggers hit 1,114 homers to only 823 for the American Leaguers. Castellani and Perez Win Boxing Battles NEW YORK, April Rocky Castellani and Lulu Perez were victors in the two fights Monday night. Castellani, the third-ranking middleweight contender from Cleveland, staggered Chico Varona often to win a decisive 10- round decision at St. Nicholas Arena. Varona.

outweighed to required 10 stitches to patch up a cut over his left eye. Castellani won by 8-2 round scores from each of the three officials. It was the 27-year-old ex- Mar third straight victory since he was outpointed in a title bout with middleweight champion Bobo Olson in San Francisco last Aug. 20. Perez celebrated his 22nd birthday by trouncing Rudy Garcia, sixth-ranking featherweight contender from Los Angeles, at Eastern Parkway Arena.

Lulu weighed 128, Garcia 129. CARTER AND BUD SMITH SET FOR BOSTON GARDEN GET RABBIT HOLES BEAVER ISLAND. Mich. April 26 Beaver Island Game Club has asked the State Conservation Department to ship a supply of woodchucks to this Lake Michigan island to dig holes for rabbits. right.

It seems there are few cottontail rabbits here because there many holes in which they can live. Rabbits dig their own; they borrow holes from other animals. NEW YORK, April Lightweight champion Jimmy Carter and Wallace (Bud) Smith, of Cincinnati, will clash in a 15- round title bout in the Boston Garden June 1. Carter outpointed Smith in Cincinnati March 28, 1950, a year before he won the crown by stopping Ike Williams in the 14th round. This will be his 11th title fight.

MICHIGAN STATE BOXING COACH JOINS AIR FORCE EAST LANSING, April 26. George Makris, Michigan State boxing coach, resigned Monday to become athletic director at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D. C. Clarence (Biggie) Munn, M.S.C. athletic director, said a successor probably will be named today.

6 TEENAGERS HELD AFTER $45 HOLDUP COLUMBUS, April 26 Six heavily armed teen-age boys and girls were nabbed at a police blockade early today, just an hour after the $45 holdup of a filling station here. The youths were arrested by Scottsburg police after a state police trooper spotted their car at Austin a short time after the holdup. State police said they found six stolen weapons in the car. They were a Winchester rifle, three revolvers, a 22- caliber automatic and a 9-millimeter automatic pistol. The weapons were stolen Monday night from the Gross Hardware Store, police said.

Henry Shirley, 26, attendant at the filling station, said two armed youths held him up iust before midnight. Police said 'Shirley identified two of the boys picked up as being the ones who robbed him. State police identifed the six as John C. Bullington, 19, Columbus, and Donald L. Coffman, 19; Donald R.

Cross, 19, and his wife, Josephine Williams Cross, 17; Phyllis Stump, 15, and Kenna A. Martin, all of Indianapolis. County Council Takes Action On Appropriations NEWPORT, April the two-day special session of the County Council to act on additional appropriations for various county offices, a number of salary increases and per diem as authorized by the recent legislature were allowed. Salary increases for all first deputies to $250 a month were made while second deputy salaries were increased to $225 per month. Salary increases also were allowed the county commissioners although they were not granted the maximum set up by the legislature.

In the office of Circuit Clerk Donald Stokes, a total of $1,533 was allowed. This included clerk per diem, $118; first deputy salary, $675 increase; second deputy salary increase, $540, and registration for Clinton city election, $200. The county auditor, Mrs. Marsonne Bartlett, was allowed per diem, $585; first deputy salary, $675 increase; clerk salary, $450; tax duplicate operator, $500, making a total of $2,210. Treasurer Paul Thomas was allowed $117 per diem, first deputy salary, $675; clerk salary, $450, a total of $1,242.

Recorder Allen Hennis was granted $117 per diem; first deputy salary, $675; clerk salary, $450; of fees, $500, a total of $1,742. Assessor Crawford McMullan was allowed an additional $317; per diem of $117, and county assessor supplies, $200. Surveyor Spencer Groves an additional $567; surveyor per diem, $117, and mileage of $450. In the office of Sheriff Dom Costello, $675 was allowed the first POWER UP srPOWEPX and second deputies: $137.50 sheriff per diem; sheriff mileage, first and second deputy per diem, $137.50, and first and second deputy mileage, $137.50 each. County Commissioners had requested the maximum salary allowed by the legislature which was $2.100 since they receive no per diem.

The council split the difference between the minimum of $1,500 and allowed a salary of $1.800 to each of the three men. This includes mileage. Change of venue costs of $1.000 were allowed, as was $500 for salary of appraisers of county-owned land, and $200 for repair of county- owned land. Salary increase of $270 was granted probation office Mrs. Martha Potter.

An increase of $160 asked by the newly-appointed court bailiff, Frank Crawford, was granted. Prosecutor E. P. Zell, was allowed an additional $205; stationery and printing, $100; repair of office equipment, $75, and postage. $30 Clinton Township Assessor Ray Pickel was allowed $250 for establishing an office at Clinton.

$40 for telephone, $5 for postage, $600 salary and $85 for office supplies and furnishings. An increase of $4.50 in salary was allowed Highway Department Bookkeeper Mrs. Lucille Carlyle. Mileage of $280 was allowed the county 4-H Club leader for the rest of the year. Mr.

Hyde was appointed to serve as the council member of the Board of Review with Russell Crowder named as alternate. Two Clinton men, Fred Hill, county director of Civil Defense in Vermillion County, and Harold Doughty, deputy director, appeared before the council and requested an appropriation of $300 with which to set up a countywide Civil Defense. Since the request had not been set up in the published notice, the council members granted the money with a promise that it would be set up in the fall appropriations. Mr. Hill told the council that the Civil Defense had been allotted $200 in Clinton and that an organization must be set up in all parts of the county.

They have federal and state funds at their request but must have county approval and funds before they can make application. Members of the county council are Charles Hyde, chairman; Fred C. Myers, George Howard, Eugene Benetti, James Elder, John Riley, Russell Crowder and County Auditor Marsonne Bartlette as clerk. BONUS RECORDS TO BE VERIFIED INDIANAPOLIS, April Indiana Korean bonus applications will be verified free by the Department of Defense, State Auditor Curtis Rardin reported today. He said that assurance from federal officials will save the state about $250.000.

since the government normally charges $2 an hour to check service records. Bonus applications will not be accepted until some legal questions have been clarified by Atty. Gen. Edwin Steers. Elect Teachers For Year 1956 Plans Made for Graduation Exercises tho Latter Part of June.

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The Milwaukee Rood 708 Union Station. Chicago 6. IlL PI mum tend Super Dome literature and free folder on vacations circled. 7 8 9 June baccalaureate and graduation dates for city high schools were announced Monday at the April meeting of the Terre Haute Board of School Trustees. Baccalaureate services for the high schools will be at 2 the afternoon of June 5 at the Student Union Building.

Dr. John J. Haramv of Indianapolis will be the speaker. Commencement schedule is: Gerstmeyer Technical High School on Tuesday, June 7. in the high school gymnasium: Garfield High School on Wednesday.

June 8. in the Student Union Building: Wiley High School on Thursday, June 9. also in the Student Union Building. and Laboratory School on Friday, June 10. in the Sycamore Theater.

All will be at 8 at night. School Board members named to precent diplomas at these commencements by the president, John L. Bloxsome, are Dr. V. Dewey Annakin, Garfield; Ray H.

Hahn, Gerstmeyer, and Dr. Joseph Weber, Wiley. In other business the board also named teachers for the 1955-56 year and approved a developmental reading program at Gerst- meyef High School next year. The same group meeting as the Board ot Library Trustees approved the appointment of Miss Carol Sue Molter, June graduate of Indiana State Teachers College, as a branch librarian, and Robert St. John as clerk-driver of the bookmobile.

Miss Molter, who was named to the library staff effective July 15, will be graduated from Indiana State Teachers College this summer with majors in library science and home economics. She has attended the Laboratory School, Rankin Junior High School and Garfield High School. At State she is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi and is working at present as part-time librarian at Union Hospital. Stillman K. Taylor, librarian, also reported the Bookmobile schedule working out well with but a few adjustments to be made as it begins its second two- week schedule on Monday.

Accompanied by Mr. Bloxsome, a group of local librarians will attend the District meeting of the Indiana State Library Association on Wednesday at Vincennes. All branch libraries will be closed Wednesday so that the librarians may go to Vincennes. Mr. Taylor also announced the resignation of Miss Phyllis McCoskey, library page.

Extension of leaves of absence were granted Nancy J. Smith, Mary E. Trimble and Mary Lois Williams. Florence Stout and Joseph Hoopingarner were named as home bound instructors. The Hartmann Company on a bid of $325 was given the contract for recoating the roof of the Gerstmeyer Shop Building.

Other bids submitted were $381.50 by the Guarantee Roofing Company and 449.75 by the Terre Haute Roofing Company. Bids for removal of the houses on property purchased adjacent to Davis Park School were taken under advisement as were those on fencing at the Cruft, Greenwood, Rea and Montrose schools. Authorization was given the business manager to advertise for bids for guttering at Montrose School, floors in Garfield and Wiley libraries and home economics room, Garfield gymnasium floor, Garfield heating plant improvements, wiring at Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Library, water line at Rea School and bell systems at Sarah Scott and Woodrow Wilson junior high schools. The board also approved the use of Crawford. Greenwood.

Thompson, Cruft, Davis Park, Montrose, Sandison, Fairview, Collett, McKeen, Deming, Warren and Lange schools and Wiley High School gymnasium by the primary election boards. In reporting on the vaccination of first and second grade pupils against polio last week, Wayne Watson, superintendent of schools, was high in his praise of the organization of the work. He also announced that arrangements have been made for those pupils absent April 19 to have the vaccine I administered at 8 45 o'clock Satur- day morning, April 30, in the Gerstmeyer gymnasium. Second vaccine is scheduled for May 17 at the school buildings, he also announced. Plans for a pilot developmental reading program at Gerstmeyer Technical High School next year were approved.

Mrs. Susie Dewey, teacher who has attended a conference on the subject will at- addai tend a three-week course at Purdue University as a part of the teacher-traning program for this course, apd Cecil Martin, principal, were authorized to plan for the experimental course during the next school year and the business office was authorized to purchase necessary equipment for it Repairs and improvements reported to the board by the superintendent included new cabinets, replacing of window glass, plumbing and electric repairs, roof necessitated by the recent heavy hailstorm, installation of a whirl tank at Wiley ffigh School removal of a flag pole base at McKeen School as a safety guard, installation of a railing in the center of the front stairway at Woodrow Wilson Junior High Schol and replacement of the front walk at Sarah Scott Junior High School. The quarterly report to the Bureau of Internal Revenue recently was completed, the amount being $80.908.09, the superintendent said. Non tenure teachers elected for the 1955-56 school year are: Rose Alston, Mildred Andrews, Helen H. Martha Baker Warren F.

Bandy, Richard Barnhart, Beniamin Blair. Robert Blair. Barbara R. Boyle, Charlea Bren ton, Brown Alao, Gayle Comoford tT. for Mary E.

Trimble, Evelyn Connelly, Margaret R. Conrad, Frances Cook, C. Kenneth Cottom, Billy Joe Dodson. Ann B. Dunnichay, Dorothy English.

Mary Ellen Esperson, Leslie Evmger. Also, Robert Fiess. Jean U. Foltz, Wygondo R. Foltz (H Patricia Fouty, Mae K.

Frazier Beverly Fuson, Gladys Gaston. Phyllis Gerrish, Alice Gordon. R. Elsie Greenwood, Elizabeth Grimes (T. C.i for Lois P.

Stutz. Dorothy Gummere. Also. Margaret Hallock, Eulice Halt, Norman Hammond. William Hamrick, Mabel Hargis.

Virginia Havercamp, Ethel Heady (T. for Mary Lots Williams. Joe Hoopingarner, Donald Hopkins. Martha Hose T. for Norma Bauer.

Kathryn Howald. Mildred Humphrev. Also. Frances McCrisaken Jacques. Lois Jessup, Betty Johnson, Helen ntz, Lillian Kruse.

Vera Laughlin Ci for Mary Treat. Naia C. Lawson. Barbara Laxen, Ruth Laxen. Edith Long, Esther Lorey, Lawrence R.

Lutz. Also, Mark McCullough, Mary Ann McQuillen, William Malloy, Jack Martin, Richard Martin, Thorval Mat tax, Eunice Moore, Maurice Moore, Margaret Moran, Elsie Myers. Also, Betty Nasser, Katherine Nasser for Nancy J. Smith, Herman Neckar, Bert Nelson, Patricia Newby, Roy Newman, Earl Newton. Ruth Olson C.l for Norma A they, Kenneth H.

Payne, Tacquelinc Payton, JLuby N. Pound. Also, Janet Raines. Robert Rau- buck, James Rentschler, Delbert Rice. Anna Richards.

Helen T. Richey (T C.i for Robert Ross. Rosemary D. Risk, Bertha Romby, Virgil R. Rubeck Also, Odessa Sandlin, Waunita Schepper, Milton Schlatter, Jack Schroeder, Iris L.

Seid, Frank Sibrel. Nancy Simes, Vivian Sinclair, Alene Sleeter, Elizabeth Smith, Vernona Stewart, Jo Ann Moore Stiller, Thelma Stone, Paul Strahla, Lillian Stuart, Naomi Summer lot. Also, Gilbert Thomas. Ruth Thomas, Mary Claire Thomas, John W. Tipton, Elizabeth Tryon, Louis Wailly, Marjorie Walker, Betty Waltman.

Florence Waters. Harriet Watkins. William Welch. Pauline Asbury Wilson, Rosemary Wilson, Mary Ellen Zimmerman. Joan B.

Zwerner and Joan Walker Williams. Teachers who have completed five successive years of teaching in the school city and appointed for the coming year, making them tenure teachers, are Gladys Apple, Joanne Hutchins meyer, Mary Ann Carroll, Robert Myers, Carl Ramsey, Marjorie Shepherd and Martha Stahl. Teachers eligible to retire at the fk of the present school year and whom the school trustees agreed at the last meeting should be re-appointed for the coming school year due to the new retirement bill passed by the 1955 Legislature are Laura Ellis, L. Louis Harris, Bertha Heaton, Jesse Lord, Mahle Phillips, Helen Ross and Beraie Stantz. About a third of all cancer deaths in the United States could have been avoided if the cancer had been located and treatment begun before it started to spread.

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