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a a SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1969 ANDERSON SUNDAY HERALD 6 Die In Single Crash By United Press International At least 16 persons were killed In traffic during the early hours of the weekend, including six in Indiana's worst wreck of the year. The six perished in a two car collision at a highway intersection north of New in Henry County. The deaths raised 'the state toll since Jan. 1 to at least 1,164, compared with 1,066 a year ago, Other fatalities including two Adams County high school crosscountry athletes enroute to a meet, two Chicago 19-year-olds, Muncie man, a Michigan man, a Terre Haute area teenager, a Sullivan man; and a Staunton woman. The New Castle area accident happened early Saturday at the intersection of U.S.

36 and Indiana 103 four miles north of that city. killed James Wiley, 19; his pregnant Wife, Nettie, 17; Jay Martt, 16; Lowell Day, 24; Linda Bush, 19, Nieme Beverly Zeph, 20, all of Castle, The cars burst into flames after the impact and some of the victims were trapped and burned to death. Athletes from Bellmont Two Belimont High School youths identified as Charles 0 Durr, 16, and Stewart W. Biebe. rich, 17, Preble, were killed when a car driven by Durr pulled into the path of a pickup truck driven by Thomas A.

Ruble, 36, Monroeville, at the in- struck a Penn Central at a crossing. Frank Moran, train Chicago, was hurt seriously and hospitalized. Muncie Man Killed Robert W. Ewry, 25, Muncie, was killed Saturday when his car collided head-on with another auto containing four mem- tersection of an Adams County road and U.S. 224.

Authorities said the youths were members of the crosscountry team and were on their way to their school to board a bus for Fort Wayne in which they were to partici pate. At Hammond, Pat Conden, 19, and Linda Leoni, 19, both of Chicago, were killed when their car, driven by Conden, was JUPITER! (bers of a family on a Delaware County road about nine miles north of Muncie. The others were hurt. Ewry's wife was working as a nurse at a Muncie hospital when she received word of the accident. Robert W.

Helfer, 28, Lakeside was killed late Friday night in a two-car collision south of Michigan City, and Michael D. Carson, 18, Lewis, wag his car skidded a curve into killed near Terre, Haute when a culvert and a tree. Four other teen-agers were hurt, one critically. Donald B. Hall, 33, Sullivan, was killed Saturday morning when two cars a big truck collided on U.S.

41 about two miles north of Shelburn in Sullivan County. State police said two vehicles collided head and the third plowed into the wreckage. Myrna B. Passen, 68, Staunton, was killed Saturday when a car driven by her husband, William, 66, collided with a pickup truck in Indiana 59 south of Brazil. State police also reported a fatal accident Saturday afternoon on Indiana 13 two.

miles north of Elwood in Madison County but details were not available. New Arrivals In Anderson and Vicinity Born at St. John's Hospital to: Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Herod, 4315 Mounds a boy.

Mr. and Mrs, Robert Ferrell, Fortyille, a boy, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Hunt, Chesterfield, a girl. Mr.

and Mrs. Billy Rains, 2210 1 Jackson a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sizelove, Alexandria, a boy.

School Credit Union Closes For Two Days Madison County School Empoyes Credit Union will be closed Friday, Oct. 3, and Saturday, Oct. 4. The office will reopen Monday, Oct, 6. DISCOUNT STORE 13 DOOR BUSTERS SUN.

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49c CREST Listerine TOOTHPASTE MOUTH Crest LISTERINE WASH Crest Tr ft 56 Limit 1 14 OZ. 6.75 OZ. 1011 MERIDIAN Airliner Found LA PAZ, Bolivia (UPI) The wreckage of a Bolivian airliner missing since Friday has been located on a foot peak in the Andes Mountains southeast of here, the Air Force announced Saturday. Rescue teams were ordered to the site to determine if there were any survivors among the 74 persons aboard, five of them crew members. None were sighted from the air.

Not His Day BOSTON (UPI). Chi. nese stacked belongings on the curb prepaTing to move to another apartment, then went upstairs for more. From the third-floor he saw a city trash crew pitch his cases into a truck scoop and dashed back down jumping for the scoop just in time to be picked up and dumped into the hopper with his belongings. The operator stopped his engine in time to prevent injury or damage, but the man, unable to speak English, vanished with his garbage splattered person and property before his name could be taken or his angry cries could be translated.

'Uneasy' Continued From Page One recreation area. Senior Captain Jason Huckeby, the only officer among the men at the time, called for assistance from the tower guards. Huckeby was knocked to the ground after being head by struck a on piece the of glazed brick It about took four hours prison to authorities plete control. Nine men remain hospitalized, one in serious condition, at Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis Saturday night. Charles Lane, 24, originally listed as critical, had improved as of late last night, Black militant leader Charles "Snookey" Hendricks, of Indianapolis Saturday threatened retaliation if authorities fail to file murder charges against the killed guard or guards whose shots the Negro prisoner dur.

ing the riot. Madison County Prosecutor William F. Lawler Jr, still was undecided whether to present the case to the grand jury when they meet on another, matter next Monday. He the matstill being investigated was, Indiana State Police. Prisoners were confined to their cells except for feeding, according to authorities.

Visiting privileges from outsiders have been denied because of threats of demonstrations. Phend said 100 men have been placed in solitary confinement and authorities were attempting to identify the ringleaders. The reformatory's institutional court, the Conduct Adjustment Board, composed of staff members, will review the cases of those identified and decide punishments such as transfer to the state prison at Michigan City, Phend said. The superintendent said the riot is an outgrowth of "a black and white problem." He said it would be solved "inside when we solve it in the streets." North Viets Continued From 1 Page One matter what happens in Washington." Asked about the statement, Thieu defined victory as "no (the Americans) should say, President Thieu you do not accept a coalition with the Communists, we abandon you, I will say, thank you, we continue to fight." aThieu defined victory as "no Communist domination and no coalition with the Communists." "I will never try to kill all Communists, or try. to invade North.

Vietnam," Thieu said. "I am promoting national reconciliation (with the Communists) through free JAPAN BUILDING MOST WASHINGTON-Japanese demand for U.S. logs climbed from 100 million board feet in 1960 to 2.2 billion board feet in 1968, a 22-fold increase. Japan is leading the world by. building houswilling at the rate of 1.9 million units annually, Pendleton Furniture Mart Will Be Closed Monday All Day In Respect for Our President FRED T.

DUNCAN Deceased Poland Eases Roman Travel Catholic Cardinal WARSAW (UPI) Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Poland's Roman Catholic primate, has been granted a passport to visit Rome for a bishops synod Oct. 11. church sources said Saturday. Wyszynski plans to leave for the Vatican on Oct. 7, the sources added.

It was the second consecutive year that Polish authorities allowed the 68-year-old cardinal to visit the Vatican. Poland's communist regime imposed a travel ban on the primate for three years in 1966 during the height of a churchstate controversy. The government also refused the Pope permission to visit Poland in 1966 for the Polish church millenium celebrations. Although Wyszynski has emphasized that the situation of the Polish church has not noticeably improved, there has been a cooling off in the public controversy between Wyszynski's pulpit and the Communist party press. Power Lines Break In One-Car Crash A Daleville youth was treated and released from Community (Hospital late Saturday afternoon after his car struck a city utility pole, breaking power lines near the Cross Street and Rangeline Road intersection.

Michael K. Fitch, 19, complained of back injuries, He told investigating Anderson City Police officers that he lost control of his car prior to striking the pole. Father Of Local Resident Dies Joseph L. Stout, 80, father of Mrs. David Fesler of Anderson, died Saturday evening at his bome in Manilla, Ind.

Funeral arrangements are pending at the Carmody Funeral Home in Manilla. Surviving beside Mrs. Fesler are the widow, three other daughters, 14 grandchildren and eight great-granchildren. Indy Attorney Safe After Crash Landing CLOVERDALE, Ind. (AP) Ferdinand Samper, 55, an Indianapolis attorney, escaped injury forced to land his single engine Saturday when he plane in a field about.

3.5 miles north of Cloverdale. Samper was en route from Terre Haute to Indianapolis the Piper Comanche developed engine trouble, state police said. The plane's landing gear and wings were damaged. Two Die Continued From Page One of the Vermillion Church officiating. Wisehart was an active member of the Frankton Knights of Pythias Lodge and the Central Indiana Chapter of the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation.

He was widely known in the Frankton and Anderson area for the hundreds of dollars he raised for the cystic fibrosis cause through the collection of waste newspaper, much of which was used recently to provide a major portion of the funds required to install equipment items in the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic of Children's Pavillion at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born Feb. 8, 1918, in Wilkinson, the son of Howard Basil and Elsie Pearl Moore Wisehart, both deceased, Wisehart was an assistant in the program at Killbuck Park. His wife, Juanita Gladys Burton Wisehart, survives in addition to two children, Howard Basil Wisehart of Decatur, and Mrs. Cheryle (Henry) Young of Frankton.

A brother, Howard Earl Wisehart of Pendleton and two nieces also survive. Burial will be in the of IO0F Cemetery in Frankton. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday. Wisehart belonged to the Vermillion Christian Church.

He was financial secretary and; al member of Dokees for the Frankton Knights of Pythias. Lodge. He was also a youth advisor for boys in Phi Delta Phi. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II.

Tyner Rites Services for Leon Tyner will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Copher and Fesler Funeral Home de in Elwood. Rev. Stephen Salsbery the Harmony Christian Church at Leisure will officiate. He was born March 5, 1899, in Madison County, a son of Curt and Sarah Tyner.

He was actively engaged in farming. He was twice married, the second time to Helen Yohe who survives. A son, Fred Tyner of Elwood and a stepson, Robert Yohe of Tipton, also survive. A brother, Harry Tyner of Elwood in addition to four grandchildren also survive, Burial will be in the Elwood City Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m.

Sunday. WE RENT AND SELL HOSPITAL BEDS WHEEL CHAIRS, Etc. MASSENGILL'S 517 W. 11th Ph. 642-4675 ANDERSON OBITUARIES Mrs.

Voilet Mrs. Violet Gruenholz, 83, of Terre Haute, mother er of Mrs. Doris Brann of Anderson, died Saturday morning at Danville, Ind. Final rites have been set for $1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Cross Funeral Home at Terre Haute.

Interment will be in the Highland Lawn Cemetery there. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Monday at the mortuary. Surviving besides Mrs. Brann here are three other daughters, a son, a sister, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren, Fred Duncan Final rites: 1 p.m.

Monday at the Baker Brothers Funeral Home for Fred T. Duncan, 66, of 2 Willow Edgewood, president of the Pendleton Furniture Mart. Interment: Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers: Joe Williams, Jim Ritter, Tom McIndoo, Catlin Whitehead, Jack Settlemyre, Borman, John Baker and Dale Kelly, Calling hours: after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home, Miss Alice Higman Mrs.

Bertha Lee (Pike) Swinford, 73, a longtime resident here, died Saturday morning at the city hospital, Somerset, after an extended illness. She had made her home recently at Jamestown, Ky. A native of Madison County, she was born Aug. 6, 1896, to Jess and Frances C. Pike.

She was married in 1914 to Howard J. Swinford who died in 1967. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren. Surviving are two ILLNESS IS FATAL Mrs. Nora L.

Hoover of Jamestown, and James H. Swinford of Leesburg, a sister. Mrs. Hazel Richards of Arcadia; three brothers, Lavell and Fred Pike, both of Anderson; and Guy Pike of Prescott, six grandchildren and three great -grandchildren. The body is being returned to the Baker Brothers Funeral Home where friends will be received Monday after 3:30 p.m.

Funeral services have been arranged at the mortuary for 1 p.m. Tuesday to be conducted by the Rev, Elden Petry of the Church of the Brethren. Interment will be in Grove Lawn Cemetery at Pendleton. County Writers Plan Seminar Madison County Association of Writers discussed a six-week! writing seminar for club members at their recent meeting. Richard Wickens read "The Drought," an original anecdote about striking workers suddenly deprived of coffee breaks.

Members present were Phoebe Alice Wicker, Doris Boyd, Rosemary Richard Hobbs, Velma McKelvey, Wickens, Ann Weldy and Ester Dittlinger. Teen Democrats Plan Social Event Today Madison County Teen Democrats have scheduled a picnic and hayride this afternoon beginning at. 3:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend the function at the home of Steve Anderson, located on county road 150 West, just off Prosperity Road. Ten Electrocuted NEW DELHI (UPI) Ten persons, including three women, were electrocuted when a bus in which they were traveling knocked down a telegraph pole in Bihar State, Press Trust of India reported.

Panicking passengers became entangled in fallen high-tension wires, the news service said Saturday. Outlook Speaker Clay Cundiff, area extension agent, management Purdue University agricultural economics, will be the discussion leader for the Annual Outlook Meetling Cooperative Extension Agent Harold Berry reports. The meeting will be at 8 p.m. on Oct. 1, at the W.

G. Smith Auditorium at New Castle, mile north of the junction of 3 and 38 and also at 8 p.m. on Oct. 2, at the Delta High School in Royerton, 1 mile south of 28 on St. Rd.

3. All area farmers and farmrelated businessmen are encouraged to attend this meeting. Record carryover supplies of soybeans and another billion bushel crop coupled with lower price supports has resulted in lower soybean prices. Export has demand for our corn and wheat been disappointing this past year; what are the prospects? Livestock prices have fallen sharply from summer highs in response to changes in hog and beef output and some slackening in the strong demand experienced earlier this year. Mr.

Cundiff will help you 'analyze what changes can be expected and will comment on their impact on the individual farmer and farm-related business. Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties Robert 0. Green FORTVILLE -Robert O. Green, 61, 8809 Madison father Indianapolis, step of' William Ferrand Fortville, died at his home Friday. The body was brought to the Fisher Funeral Home here where services will be held at 1 p.m.

Monday. Burlial will follow in Lincoln Memorial Gardens in Boone County. The Rev. Chares White of Indianapolis will preside. Mr.

Green was an employe of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company and was a Navy veteran of World War and a member of the General Assembly of the Church of the First Born. His wife, Shirley, died in 1966. Surviving in addition to the stepsons here are two brothers, Elmer of St. Louis, Beryl, Lafayette; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. IN HAWAII-Miss Carol Carollo, a 1964 graduate of Pendleton High School, is presently teaching third grade in the Kamahameha Schools of Honolulu, Hawaii.

She is a graduate of Indiana Univer-: sity, where she obtained her Master's Degree this summer. A member of Alpha Chi Omega Social Sorority, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Carollo, 831 Ernie Lu Ave. Convicts Quit 'Post' Two Reformatory inmates have been captured and one remains at large after they escaped from the Indiana State Police Post at Pendleton Saturday afternoon about 4:15 p.m.

The trio had been assigned as an outisde work detail to wash windows at the post. They had asked permission to remain until 5 p.m. rather than returning at the normal 4 p.m. Officers on duty, thinking the three did not want to spend any more time than necessary at the Reformatory after Friday's riot, granted permission to stay the extra hour but found them missing from the post at the 5 p.m. quitting time.

Officers said the three took a car belonging to Russell Doty of Rt. 2, Pendleton and traveled south on Ind. 13. They wrecked the car between Fortville and Greenfield on Hancock County Rd. 600 N.

Inmate Gary Lee Eisenhower, 23, of Crawfordsville, was found in the wrecked car. He taken to Hancock County waster pital in Greenfield where he was treated for minor injuries and returned to the Reformatory. Donald Ray Koerner, 20, of Seymour, and Kenneth Cross, 25, of New a Castle, ran from the wreck into surrounding cornfields. Cross was captured about one hour after the crash. Koerner remains at large.

Eisenhower was serving a 2-5 year sentence for second degree burglary. Cross was given a 1-5 year sentence for auto banditry and Koerner was sentenced for two concurrent terms, a 2-5 year sentence for second degree burglary and a 1-10 year sentence for second degree arson. New Money Continued From Page One isters -are expected to give formal approval late next week to Schweitzer's plan for distributing $9.5 billion of the SDRs over three years. The decision will come near the end of their five day annual joint meeting with governors of the World Bank, which opens Monday. Schweitzer: spelled out his view on the effect of the new monetary plan at the end of his annual pre -meeting news conference.

Programs to solve the problems nations have in keeping their balances of payments in surplus can work, he said, only if there is more "liquidity" money Making each ounce of gold worth more than $35 would do this, but the United States is firmly opposed to any such move. will answer the need immediately, They will be bookkeeping money created by international agreement and usable only in transactions between nations. They will be acceptable like gold hence the name "paper gold" -although they not be exchangeable for it. R. L.

KETTRON DIES Final rites: 9 a.m. Monday at the Baker Brothers Funeral Home for Miss Alice Higman, 59, of 1204 Syracuse teacher in the Anderson Schools for many years, Interment: Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. Calling hours: after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home, Mrs. Luelva Hilligoss Final rites: 2 p.m.

Monday at the Brown and Butz Funeral Home for Mrs. Luelva Hilligoss, 76. of Highland, formerly of Anderson. Interment: East Maplewood Cemetery. Calling hours: 4 to 9 p.m.

Sunday alt the funeral home, James Critchlow Final rites: 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Baker Brothers Funeral Home for James C. Critchlow, 46, of 321 W. 29th St. Interment: East Maplewood Cemetery.

Calling hours: after p.m. today at the funeral home. Anderson Continued From Page One his face, chest, back and arms. Correll was born August 9, 1926, in Wayne County, Kentucky, to Grover and Emma Correll and came to Anderson in 1946. He was employed by DelcoRemy Division and was a member of the UAW Local 662 and was a veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his parents, now living in Monticello, five sisters, Mrs. Marie Nelson, Monticello, Gussie Morrow, Mrs. Betty Markleville, Mrs. Virginia Gossage, Anderson, and Mrs. Buelah Riffle of Anderson; and six brothers, Ray Correll of Oxford.

Clarence Correll of New Castle, Ed Correll of Converse, Carter Correll of Anderson, Paul Correll of Philadelphia, and Orville of Lexington, Ky. Correll was taken by Baker Brothers Funeral Home Saturday to the Lee Funeral Home in Monticello, where further arrangements are pending. (Guide Opens Continued From Page One clarifiers and other equipment has the capacity to treat million gallons of water daily. In Plant 7, the computer-controlled storage and order filling system occupies over 28,000 square 4 feet of floor space. Storage racks, rising to the height of a six-story building and containing 6,120 storage spaces, are trolled serviced by stacker five computer which can move pallets of finished goods in or out at the rate of 280 hourly.

An equivalent of 127 railroad cars of finished goods can be stored in the system. Inventories, shipping information, bills of lading and other details are handled by computers. An elaborate conveyor, system can serve 15 cars inside the building. Outside switchyard facilities can handle an additional 22 cars. In addition to railroad operations, as many as 40 truckloads of manufactured goods from Guide plants west of Pendleton Ave.

are brought to the new plant each day. An equivalent number or more of finished products are trucked out daily. The new -controlled storage and order filling system became necessary to handle Guide's expanding operations and increasing product output, according to the announcement. Guide is the world's largest manufacturer of motor vehicle lighting equipment, turning out about 70 million lamos yearly. The division also is one of the largest molders of plastic parts for automobiles and trucks.

In the 1970 model year alone, Guide will produce more than 200 million plastic parts in 2,140 designs, using 120 different plastics. The Oct. 8 open house will be the first opportunity in a number of years for the general public to see Guide operations, although organized tours have been available to groups on request. Albert L. McColloum is superintendent of Plant 7.

which employs about 600 men and women. Total divisional employment lis approximately 5,800. Richard L. (Dick) Kettron, 62, of Cincinnati, a former resident of "Anderson and Elwood, died early Saturday morning at St. Francis Hospital there.

He had been in poor health for several years. Mr. Kettron had served as city, clerk, of under Anderson the admin- from istration of Harry Baldwin. He had been employed at the West Southern Life Insurance Company in Anderson and Cinenna ti before his retirement. A native of Elwood, born 19, 1907, he was a son of and Bridgett Kettron, land" had attended the Elwood schools, He had moved from Anderson to Cincinnati 20 years ago.

He is survived by his widow, Lydia; two daughters, Mrs. Norbert (Mary Angela) Krause and Mrs. Howard (Caroline) Weihe, both of Cincinnati; a son, the Rev. William Michael Kettron of St. Joseph Church at Delphi; two sisters, Mrs.

James (Louise) -Fogarty and Mrs. Mike (Katherine) Brown, both of Anderson; and ten grandchildren. Friends may call Sunday at the Simminger Funeral Home, 3050 Harrison Cincinnati. After a funeral mass. Monday morning at St.

Katherine's Church there, the body will be brought to the Brown and Butz Funeral Home here where friends will be received after 5 p.m. Monday and where rosary. will be recited at 7:30 o'clock that evening. A funeral mass will be said at St. Mary's Catholic Church here at 10 a.m.

Tuesday by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis Kienly. Interment will be in St.

Mary's Cemetery here. Marijuana War Bottlenecks Mexican Border By United Press International Cars backed up miles Saturday waiting to cross into the United States from Mexico as the U.S. government pressed its war on narcotics smuggling, and pedestrians trying to escape the jam by crossing on foot also found themselves caught in long lines. By midday Saturday, the average wait for a car traveling from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego, was two hours despite beefed-up manpower on the inspection detail, and the jam was lengthened considerably by evening when racing fans returned. Many motorists tried to avoid the long, wait by leaving their cars the border and crossing on foot.

The result was "very heavy" pedestrian traffic with delays of about one hour. To help its Caliente U.S. patrons beat the traffic, race track in Tijuana provided free bus and taxi service from the border to its afternoon racing program. The Armed Forces buy 61, lion lbs. of oranges a year.

Carroll Worthington NOBLESVILLE Final rites: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Coaltrin Funeral Home for Carroll C. Worthington, 67, -of Sebring, formerly of Noblesville. Interment: Crownland Cemetery. Calling hours: after 2 p.m, Monday.

Mrs. Violet Heffner ALEXANDRIA Final rites: 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Karl M. Kyle Funeral Home for Mrs. Violet Mae Heffner, of 218 W.

Tyler St. Interment: I00F Cemetery. Calling hours! after 2 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary. a Mrs.

Josephine Hyatt FRANKTON Final rites: 10 a.m, today at the Karl M. Kyle Funeral Home in Alexandria for Mrs. Josephine Collis Hyatt, 72, of Frankton. Interment: Parkview Cemetery Alexandria. Calling hours: after 2 p.m.

today at the mortuary. Lee Roy Barker MUNCIE Final rites: p.m. Monday at Parson Mortuary for Lee Roy Barker, 58, of 824 Main St. Interment: Brookside Cemetery at Lapel, Calling hours: from 2 p.m. today until a.m.

Monday at the family residence. Mrs. Myrtle Ormes PENDLETON Final rites: 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Cornell Bright Funeral Home for Mrs. Myrtle Ormes, $87, longtime resident of Huntsville.

Interment: Huntsville, Cemetery. Calling hours: today at the Bright mortuary, Mrs. Lucia Benefiel FRANKTON Final 2 p.m. today at the George Harper and Son Funeral for Mrs. Lucia A.

Benefiel, of Rt. 1. Interment: of 100F Cemetery. Boy, 5, Continued From Page One lited Elwood to discuss the progress in the medical struggle to conquer leukemia, praised the Elwood residents for their generosity and for their concern for little Richie. Letters have come from all over the state to the Elwood chapter of Beta Sigma Phi regarding the effort to aid little boy.

Richie was born Nov. 18, 1963, in Elwood, a son of Richard and Patricia Van Blair Plake of 426. N. 12th St. He is survived by his parents; a brother, Thomas Blair Plake, at home; his maternal grandmother, Mrs.

Wilma Van Blair of Elwood; and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Plake, also of Elwood. Funeral arrangements at the Copher and Fesler Funeral Home are yet incomplete. Enjoy Stevens Quality Furniture Have Distinction Without Extravagance from Famous Brand Manufacturers "At Sensible Prices" At Stevens you'll see fashionable furniture from Thomasville, Drexel, Broyhill, La-Z-Boy, Sealy, Lees, American, Craft and many more fine famous brands.

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