Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 3

TKE DAILY JOURNAL-GAZETTE AND COMMERCIAL-STAR, MATTOON, ILLINOIS irCDKESDAT, NOV. 11, 183 Sciireck Outfits Sock invesipfcr Tells Of Crusade To Unmask Van Doren Maittoon attorney Willis P. Ry Two Ccrr.icicd In Love Scc-ns YANCEYVILLE, N.C. Ut A Of Junior High Veter Csst Expensive in Referendum Votes In Tuesday's referendum on the Supervisor of Assessments office cost taxpayers of Coles County approximately $2 each. County Clerk Harry F.

Grafton said today that the cost of conducting the election would amount to "over $8,000." Unofficial tabulations show that only 4.309 of the county's nearly 25,000 registered voters cast ballots In the if Lecterer' i I -y "i.df By RALPH CLOSSON The junior high school1 curriculum in Mafctoon Community Unit District 3 is designed to accomplish 6even major goals, Dr. William P. director of curriculum and instruction, told the Board of Education at its regular meeting Tuesday night. The goals as outlined, by Dr. Cchreck To provide a smooth transition for students from an undepart-mentalized elementary school to completely departmentalized senior high school; adopt a schedule that is sufficiently flexible in organization and administration to enable teachers to provide for Individual differences in students; Give opportunities -tor children to engage in activity-type programs (research, experiment and field trips); require students to explore many elective subjects to aid them in selecting a senior high program that fits their needs and abilities; provide and use instruc tlonal materials suitable to the vide range of abilities found in students of each grade: Strengthen the individual and group guidance program; and finally, to provide a good terminal program for those jtudents who, In all probability will drop out of school before completing high school, as well as providing a good preparatory, program for students l'f i A htff 'J V4 --3 JuunMi-likxuut 1'lwiu by Vwrrtifi K.

Wuwly uate of Mattoon High School. He received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering at the University of Illinois, and served with the U. S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. He later graduated from the College of Mortuary Sciences, St.

Louis, Mo. Mrs. Jerdan, a graduate of Mac-Murray College, Jacksonville was a teacher in the Mattoon school system prior to their marriage. Jenkins has been associated with the Mitchell-Jerdan funeral home for the past three years. He is a licensed funeral director and embalmer.

He is a native of Louisville, 111., and graduated from the Kentucky School of Embalming, Louisville, Ky. Four Sentenced On Rape Charge NEW YORK Three young Negroes and a Puerto Rican youth have been sentenced to prison terms for the rape of a white woman who was seized and hauled off to the apartment of one of the youths. Brooklyn Judge John R. Star- key sentenced the youths Tuesday. The woman, 44, whose name was withheld by authorities, was on Auto Crash Fatal to Two MARSHALL.

111. UP) Two men were killed ana one critically in jured In a two-car collision a mile south of Marshall today. A safe, ts owner unknown, was picked up icai one of the wrecked cars. Killed in the crash were Lowell Gower. 38, Hutsonville, who wa.s alone in his car, and Michael Montgomery, 18, of Flat Rock, a passenger In' the other car.

In critical 'condition in a Terre Haute, hospital the driv er of the second; car. John Bryant, 25, of Lawrenceville. State police investigating the accident said they recovered an office safe which had apparently been thrown out of the Bryant car in the accident. They were attempting to find its owner. Ike Plans Stay At Augusta, Ga.

WASHINGTON Wl President Eisenhower will fly to Augusta Thursday for an indefinite stay. He wants to get in some golf and rest before his 11 nation goodwill our of three continents beginning Dec. 4. But "preparations for the-Janu-. ary session of Congress also will go aheadand Elsenhower will have frequent conferences In "Augusta with government officials working on the matters to be submitted to Congress.

In announcing Eisenhower'si plans, White House press secretary James C. Hagerty said, today he did not know how long the President would remain in Augusta, but; that he certainly would be back In Washington before Thanksgiving Day. OUR SINCERE THANKS 4 To each for your kindness dur ing our recent bereavement. rne or ARTHUR E. JONES who will go on to college or a university.

Dr. Schreck said methods being employed to gain, these alms were to begin some departmentalization in the seventh grade, increase it somewhat in the eighth grade and almost completely departmentalize the ninth grade. Classes are arranged so that teachers spend more than one period wlti a particular group of children In order to become better acquainted 'with pupils so that better Individualized help can be offered. Students are also being grouped by ability Insofar as possible, Dr. ngcTifecTrMidrHe-also pointed-nut that teachers are being encouraged to take an active role In the atudent counselling program.

He predicted that- as result an, a veteran or world war was the main speaker at today's noon luncheon meeting of the KlwaniiS Club in Hotel U.S. Grant. Speaking in observance of Vet erans Day, Ryan discussed tne status of the veteran in America today. "Actually," he said, "while we're honoring veterans today, we're honoring ourselves because there are veterans everywhere you turn. "Now Is the time for veterans to start showing what we can do for our community and our na tion.

"Today the living veteran Is getting a good shake from his country," he said, "and better shake than veterans get in other countries." About those still In the he said, "The soldier in America today is the best paid soldier in the world and often better paid than the average married man with a family in Mattoon." "I think military service should be an obligation and a sacrifice. We shouldn't pay soldiers what they could make in a factory. It is not good to try to compete with private business on the pay scale." Guests of the club were Harry Gaines, Mattoon, and Stan Aus-brooks, St. Louis. Shrubbery Damaged Shrubbery in front of the resi dence at 816 Wabash was damaged about 8 :45 p.

m. Tuesday when someone threw a lighted kerosene warning' flare into it. Firemen estimated the damage at $12. The residence is owned by Terry M. Jayroe and occupied by Charles Jordan.

IN LOVING MEMORY Of Henry Goodson, who passed away one year ago today.) i cannot say, I will not say, That he is dead. He ia Just away. 8adly missed by WIFE. CHILDREN and GRANDCHILDREN IN LOVING MEMORY Of G. A.

"Sandy" Sanders, who passed away seven years ago, Novr 12. THE FAMILY mm I I 4 sir 2itM JEWELERS Kk.JsL ru. 'tl. of the Year! Worth of ttandtoma PfotetHve Chert. At No Cfwrjre OTTf UMITtD JJ time 0Nr her way to work Sept.

10. ShelSullivan American Legion Auxll- WASHINGTON Lfl The man Charles Van Doren ousted on the rigged TV quiz show "Twenty conducted a crusade to ex pose van uoren as a iraud, a House committee investigator The contestant, Herbert Stem pel, has testified he was ordered by the show's producers to lose to Van Doren. Stem pel himself had won $49,000. St em pel was Infuriated by Van Doren's going on' to win $129,000 great brain, investigator Ridh- nsazine article. "Stempei embarked upon what he called a crusade for trutii but which became, a campaign to expose Van Doren and the entire fraudulent quiz show business," Goodwin said.

Goodwin said Stempel was one of the best sources of information the House subcommittee had in setting up the hearings that dis closed that the television quiz shows were shot through with fixing and fakery. ine ciimax ior stempel came last week, Goodwin said, when Van Doren finally confessed to the committee that he had been given all the answers in advance, as well as coaching on how to grimace and wipe sweat from his brow in the Isolation booth. Sullivan Woman lies at Decatur Spdtl to th; Joumil-Giseltt SULLIVAN, 111. Funeral ser vices Mrs. Margaret Chapman Todd, 87, of Sullivan, will be at 2 p.m.

Friday at the McMullin funeral -homer Sullivan, with-RevJ George Meksher officiating. Burial will be in Greenhlll cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7:30 to 8:30 pm. Thursday- Mrs. Todd died at 9:20 pjn.

Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur. She was born May 30, 1872 in Sullivan, a daughter of George and Sarah Chapman; She was the widow of O. L. Todd.

Mrs. Todd was a member of the Presbyterian the Order of Eastern Star and a charter member, of the Moultrie County Home Bureau. She served twice as president of the Sullivan Woman's Club. he also helped organize the iary. Mrs.

Todd was active in school as well as civic affairs. Surviving are -a "daughter, Miss Lois Todd, Sullivan, and a grand daughter, Mrs. Margaret Barlow, Afftdn, Mo. A son and a daughter are deceased. Grass Fire Firemen' extinguished a grass fire at the intersection of 32nd and Piatt at 4:46 p.

m. Tuesday. There was no damage. BIRTHS To Dr. and Mrs.

Joseph Miran-ti, Greenup, Monday at St. Anthony Memorial Hospital, Effingham, a daughter, Martha Elvira. To Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Carl, Greenup, Monday, in SU Anthony Memorial Hospital, Effingham, a son.

To Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Breeze. 2301 Western, in Memorial Hospital today, a daughter.

ro-Wfrmrmn. wiinan-j. Washburn, Toledo, in Memorial Hospital Tuesday, a son. QUICK CASH LOANS Personal Property Signature $25 to Door prixe each minister charged with photograph ing his nude wife in bed with a fellow minister was convicted Tuesday of blackmail, conspiracy and 'larceny. The Rev.

J. T. Swlnson, 51, a Baptist minister who1 since has resigned from his church, was sentenced to four years in He appealed and was released un bond. Swinson's 38-year-old wife, an attractive brunette, was sentenced i to 18 months in prison for aiding land abetting in blackmail, con spiracy and larceny. Caswell Coun ty Judge Earmlne- L.

Poteat su pended the sentence because she is the mother of two children, She also appealed. There was no defense testimony. The Rev. G. A.

Hamby, 58, a I Baptist minister of Tuxedo, N.C., who, brought the charges, said a friend of 10 years, in vited him to his near here Oct. 15 to go deer hunting. Hamby testified that during the visit he was lured by Mrs-. Swln son who had discarded a flimsy black nightie Into her bed with the invitation, "Come on now, let's have a good time." He said she told him she had given her husband a sleeping pill. Under cross-examination Ham by testified he did not know how he lost his clothes in the bedroom, but that a flash bulb went off and he was beaten by Swlnson with a three-foot stick.

He testified he accompanied the couple to nearby Burlington where he gave Swlnson a check for $650 as a down-payment on a new auto-; mobile for which he (Hamby) was to make the monthly payments. Unidentified Boy finds Rare Stamp PEEKSKILL, N. Y. UP) An un Identified New Brunswick, school boy has discovered what ay-be-one of theworld's rarest stamps. A stamp expert said the stamp was issued by the British African possessions of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.

It bears a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Owen Falls Dam. The picture of the dam is Inverted. The stamp was issued In 1954, No previous example of the dam Inverted had been dis covered. Present 'Chalk Garden The Mattoon Community ter will present "The Chalk Gard en" at 8 p.m. today and Thursday at the Burgess-Osborne Auditor! urn.

The play opened fpcJts first presentation- in Mattoon Tuesday night. MARKETS Nov. 11, 1959 MattooD Livestock Hogs Steady 200-220 13.00, 220-240 lbs. 12.70-13.00. Rough hogs 11.50 and down.

Mattoon Dairy Market Butterfat, Grade 2 per lb. Butterfat. Grade 1 per lb Mattoon Poultry Market 41o 44o Leghorns, lb. Hens, lb. 6c 8c Cocks, lb.

6c Eggs: large 28; mediums, 20 base price, 16; small, 12 Mattoon Grain Market -Because of different freight rates, grain prices may not be the same at all Mattoon area elevators, Soybeans $2.10 Corn $1.02 ouciicu wia flMi Wheat Chicago Produce CHICAGO UB Chicago Mer-cantile Exchange Butter steady; receipts unavailable; wholesale buying prices unchanged 93 score AA 63; 92 A 63; 90 62; 1 61; Cars 90 62; 89 61, Eggs iweak; unavail able; wholesale buying prices unchanged to 1 lower; 65. per cent or better grade A whites- 31; mix ed 31; mediums 23; standards 26; dirties 23; checks 21. Indianapolis Livestock INDIANAPOLIS Ifl USDA Hogs slow, opened steady to 25 lower, later 25-5Q lower; 1-3 180-240 lb. 13.25-75; late 1325-50; 1-3 190-225 lb. 13.75-14.00; late mostly 13.75; few lot mostly 200- 210 lb.

13.85-14.00; 2-3 240-270 lb. 12.75-13.35; 270-320 lb. 12.00-12.75; 160-180 lb. 12.00-13.00; sows steady to 25 lower; lb. 10.50-11.75; 400-450 lb.

1055-75. Cattle calves 150; moder ately active, slaughter steers and heifers steady; few lota good and choice lb. slaughter steers 24.00-26.00; heifers 23.50-25.00; cows steady to weak; utility and commercial 14.50-16.00; ea nere and cutters' 12.50-15.00; veal- ers jteadjr at 30.00-33.00., Sheep 725; wooled slaughter lambs steady to 50 lower it 16.00- 18.3d; slaughter ewes steady at The Mitchell-Jerdan funeral home, 1204 Wabash, today marked 25 years. of service In Mattoon. Associated with the funeral home are Mrs.

Eva Mitchell and her daughter, Mrs. George S. Jerdan, Ronald Keith Jenkins and George S. Jerdan. The business was first owned and operated by John Franklin Mitchell, husband of Mrs.

Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell died" in March, 1948, and in July, 1953, the name of the business was changed to the Mitchell-Jerdan funeral home. A new chapel, with a capacity of more than 500, and a new selection room were added in n953. Recently, a new air conditioning system was installed.

Jerdan, a lifelong resident of Mattoon, is a 1938 Police Court News i Miss Hatfill, 18, of. Rural Route 1, paid fines of $5 for driving without an operator's license and $5 for failure to yield the right-of-way Tuesday. Costs werei assessed on each charg? Miss Hatfill was charged after her' car collided with one driven by Gale Durre, 2116 Lafayette, at the intersection of 19th ahdllich- mond at 5:27 p.m. Monday. Joseph Chamness, 39, of 32l6 Marlon, charged with failure to yield the right-of-way, Tuesday paid a fine of $5 and costs.

Chamness was ticketed after his car collided withorte driven by Mrs. Lowelf Ward, 3232 Prairie, at the intersection of 32nd and Prairie The accident occurred at 7:05 a.m Tuesday. Jack McCleIIanr1716 Shelby, was fined $3. and costs Tuesday for parking across a sidewalk in the 100 block on N. 15th.

Minor Haycroft, Rural Route 4 ticketed for speeding by State Trooper John Greathouse, paid a fine of $10 and costs Tuesday Haycroft was ticketed on U.S Route 45 north of Mattoon at 8:10 p.m. Lloyd Drumm, 26, of Lerna, Is in city jail awaiting hearing on a charge of disorderly conduct. Po lice said Drumm was jailed after he became abusive and directed profane language at them when they approached hinf in the 1800 block of Broadway about 10 p.m. Tuesday. Awarded $25,000 CHARLESTON, 111.

Lindon Broeter-a-foriner-postal employe, nf. Mattoon, was awarded $25,000 damages in Coles County Circuit Court here Tuesday. A jury, after two hours of deliberationr found Janet Molno also of Mattoon, guilty of negligence in an accident on Nov. 19, 1958, at the intersec- t(n nf 17th W(1ft1. i Mflf.

toon In which Brock driving a postal delivery truck was seriously injured. Report Vandalism James R. Allee, 420 S. 21st, and David Fickes, 2709 Champaign, told police Tuesday night that someone marked their cars with crayons and soaped the windows, The cars were parked at the U. S.

Army Reserve Center, 2921 Shelby, when the incidents occurred between 7 and 9 p. m. Tuesday, Allee and Fickes stated. i HAMPTON'S LEADING SILVER BUY 27.50 A. S.

Petzoldt of Quincy will present a public lecture at 3:30 p. m. Sunday, at the Burgess-Osborne Auditorium. Petzoldt, an active lecturer and teacher for the Baha'l World Faith, will speak on "The Promised Day Is Come." He la an "executive secretary for a radio equipment manufacturing company and a former minister. For several years he served churches In and around' St.

Louis, Mo, and Quincy. He and his family resided in Mattoon about 25 years ago. The public is invited to attend the lecture. No collection will be taken and no donations will be accepted. Arkansas Blaze Takes 4 Lives PINE BLUFF, Ark.

WT Four persons" burned to death in a house fire at nearby Tucker early to day; It was the third such tragedy in Arkansas since Sunday morning. In each of "the previous fires Those who died today were Ne groes. The victims were Susan Har graves, 65rof Milwaukee, a visitor at the house; Ora Lee Rob and Ms. Robinson's two children, Frank a year old, and Beverly Lynn, 3 months Luke Robinson, nusoand of Mrs, Robinson, was burned badly and may not live. Sept.

3, 1960. The club agreed to pay any expenses incurred by the district incidental to. use of the field. A letter was read from Mrs Merle Karnes, an official of Champaign Community schools informing the Board that it would be Impossible to re-arrange ached ules this year so that two children attending special education classes there could be in school during the same hours. The Board presently is paying expenses for transporting each of the two children to Champaign daily in separate cars.

It was announced that the Board meeting scheduled for Nov 24 would not be held since several members of the Board will be In Chicago for the annual meeting of the Illinois Association of School Boards. Hosoital Notes Visiting hours 11 a. m. to 1:10 p. to.

A tl. T. VI used Tuesday, Admitted Today. Frank Cooley, 625 B. 9th, Thomas E.

Green, 1117 Prairie. Charles Ppston, Charleston. Mrs. William F. Schreck, 520 Wa bash.

Admitted Tuesday. Golden Ash will, Toledo. Mrs. Andrew Barelther, Rural Route 1. Mrs.

Nehemiah Eaton, 1020 Broadway. Connie Hampton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vellma Estell, 1408 N. 10th.

--Mrs. Minnie Jones, Lerna. Miss Yvonna Leffler, 617 S. 27th, Mrs. Daisy Mason, 20' Wabash.

Mrs. Diamond Perry, 2313 Champaign. Terrie M. Punches, daughter of! and Mrs. Roger Punches, Decatur, John Robertson, 1401 N.

10th. Lester Steele, Olney. Mrs. John Vaultonburg, 701 Edgar. Miss Maude Walters, 80814 Char leston.

Mrs. Milton Wlrth, 3100 Pine. Released Tuesday. Arthur G. Greenup.

Mrs. William F. Fleming, Rural Route 2. Charles G. Glosser, Greenup.

Jack Gunther Jr 1415 DeWltt. Marsha Hood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hood, 800 Oklahoma. Mrs.

Charles Keown and daughter, Sullivan. 5 Mrs. Ronald1 McMechan and Casey. Mrs. Charles Russell and daugh ter, 1812 Shelby.

Richard A. Smith, Sullivan, i 111 111 1 About a million cattle graze in Kenyft Tanganyika, Africa. Extra 8erving Pieces FREE was set upon near a subway sta tion in Brooklyn, and driven to an apartment In the Bedford-Stuyves ant section. he was raped by the four youths there Louis Vilella, 19, the Puerto Rican: Daniel Mellamy, 20, and! Jimrflie Lunsford, J7, interrupted their Mai OcLlQ and pleaded guilty while the juy was delib erating. Alexander Williams, 18, stayed on trial and was convicted by the jury1! Vilella got 15 to 30 years, Luns ford and Williams 10 to 20 years each, and Bellamy 7V4 tq 15 years.

Fireman Killed JANESVILLE (-Falling bricks killed one fireman and injured two others as they battled flames that broke out in an industrial plant today. William Finnane, 26, died at Mercy Hospital two hours after he was injured while the blaze at the Schlueter a producer of washing equipment for the dairy industry. Among the Sick B. McMorris of Greenup un derwent surgery Monday at the Union Hospital in Terre Haute Ind. Nick Ettelbrick of Greenup i .1....

uuuci wcih surgery ucauaj on i Springfield hospital. Mrs. Ruby Edwards of Greenup Is convalescing-at-herlhomt after being a surgery patient at Rich land Memorial Hospital, Olney. Mrs. Stuart B.

Scott has entered Carle Hospital in Urbana for ob servation and treatment. Ryan Bros. Station hours 6 a. m. to 8 p.

m. daily, Friday until 9 p. m. 33RD and MARSHALL 2621 Marshall Avenue mwm ef4he-Junlor hlglr school program, three years from now wnen present seventh graders enter senior high school noticeable Improvement will be seen in the students level of preparation, ability to work Independently, study habits, there will be less need for remedial courses in senior high and students will exhibit more in telligence and realism in selecting a high school program Dr. Schreck announced that Mattoon Junior high schools are included In a list of prospective schools which Dr.

James B. Con' ant. president emeritus of Har vard University, is considering for a Junior high school study he will conduct In the near future. Rental rates for nipht usage of the gymnasium at Jefferson Junior High School for the city recreation program were recommended at s5 for the first hour; two hours for $8.50 and three hours $8 The rates apply only to the organized city recreation program and a physical education instruc' tor must be present. Approval of the recommended rates was held up pending check to see if the schoors comprehensive liability in surance will cover such usage.

It was recommended that no charge be made for use of the gymnasium on Saturday mornings by the recreation program provided a qualified supervisor is Approval was given for students in the unit to oartlclpate a vsed children's clothing drive niothin collected In the drive K. nffarari tst t.hft IfVftT United mi 1 haWeTorganKatr6n and after that group has selected what it can use the remainder will be lor-warded to the Christian Children's Fund, Supt. Virgil H. Judge said The Board also approved a con tinuation of the after school ac tivity program conducted at ete mentary schools to give pupils an ODDortunity to participate in van ah tvnes of eoorts under the supervision of a physical educa tlon Instructor. John D.

KnodelL acting as spokesman for a group of four Lincoln School Parent-Teachers Association members, requested that the outdoor basketball court at the school be resurfaced with asphalt and that an additional piece of playground equipment be added. Judge wag; Instructed to get an estimate of the cost of resurfacing the basketball court, and report his findings at the next board meeting. Permission was granted the American Kennel Club to use Rinse! Held for. Its annual show on If You Fail To RECEIVE YOUR PAPER Did ADsnis 5-5555 fief or 6 p.m. (3 p.m.

Saturday) CiKta IH Choict of 4 btstttitnl FOSTER'S with th purchase of 52-Pc. Service for 8 of only $OQ75 Pay Only 1 a Week Uokl 51 Pimm In Alt! 16 Teaspoon' Knivtj I Soup Spoont 1 ButUf Kmll I Fofkt 1 Suiif Spool I Salad Foiki 2 Soiwnf Spoon loclvdn Ufviit Htt fri Siin Ladla Piorctd Stmnt SpaM Sorin Fork Saltd Srm( Fork' Pastry Sivk Salad Sarving SpoM JEWELERS' "PHONE 4-3131" SAVE MONEY Oil NEW FURNITURE Living Room Suites from $109.95 Chairs (all kinds) from $10.95 Cedar Chests from $29.95 Dinette Sets from $54.50 3-Pc. Bedroom Suites from $159.50 LEADING iMff Special This Wek Only: FIATF0.1M ROCKERS Come in and register, No purchase necessary 1523 BROADWAY MATTOON. ILL lClSTetO AMtMlCAN CtW SOCHTf-OFFICIAL WATCH IMSCCTOaS 016 C. t- Saturday through November.

Open Monday through Friday 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. SaL 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. .,1.