Franklin County Tribune (Union, MO), 1960-05-05

              stats KisTC::r- r n n n n n r nnnnn i V i i J U J LJ Li 12 Pages THE MOST WIDELY CIRCUITED WCIKLY NEWSPAPER IN FRANKLIN COUNTY Established in tht year 1365 UNION, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1960 10 CENTS VOLUME 94-N0. 10 n a t - i 3 i r 1 '-'',, i . Three use forged credit card at f Pacific station Three Oklahoma resident are being held in the Franklin county jail on a charge of obtaining two tires from Bay's Texaco Service Station in Pacific through the use of forged credit card. Held in Union are Wathcna De-vine Wells, 37, and Bob Liles, 31, both of Oklahoma City, and Douglas D. Reese, 26, Durant, Okla. They reportedly went to the Pacific service station last Wednesday and used the credit card illegally to obtain the tires, from the firm owned by Lee Bay. They got two 6:70-15 tires at a total charge of $53.52. The accused told the station attendant that they needed the tires for a horse trailer, parked some distance from the station with two flats They managed to make the purchase through use of the Texaco credit card, purported to be made by one 0. Fred Men, Oklahoma City. County officials said the station attendants later became suspicious and looked for the horse trailer. The trailer could not be located and the highway patrol was notified. St. Louis county troopers arrested the three and held them at Kirk-wood for Sheriff H. Bill Miller. Sheriff Miller has made an extensive investigation and has uncovered evidence of other illegal purchase of tires through use of forged credit cards. Sheriff Miller advises all service stations to comply with the credit card provision which stipulates that tires purchased in this manner are to be mounted on the vehicle by the station making the sale. ' Preliminary hearings for the two men and the woman are scheduled for May 6 in Franklin county magistrate court. They are being held under $2,000 bond each.. . Water safety course starts in ', With Union to have a new swimming pool in the near future, there probably will be added local interest in a water safety instructors' course to be offered' at the Washington municipal pooL The course will last two weeks with the opening class scheduled for Tuesday night, June 28. Four classes will be held each week from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is no charge for the course and anyone wishing to enroll must be 18 years of age .or over and a good swimmer. Those interested in enrolling should contact Mrs. Dollie Palisch, Washington, as soon as possible. Mrs. Palisch said only a limited number will be accepted for the course. Beaufort student named treasurer of SMS group The Student National Education Association of SMS, College at Springfield, has elected Betty Ann Dreinhoefer as treasurer for the year 1960-61. Betty is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dreinhoefer of Beaufort, and is a sophomore at SMS majoring in elementary education. An installation banquet will be held in the Moran Hotel in Springfield, May 10. SNEA is the profes sional association for collegi stu dents preparing to teach. The SMS chapter has approximately 50 members. State apportions $1 9,220 for county road Franklin county's apportionment in county aid road funds for the 1961 fiscal year, beginning July 1, totals $19,220.92 for construction and $6,416.55 for maintenance. State apportionments were announced this week by the Highway Commission, totaling $1,450,000 for construction and $950,000 for maintenance activities. A like amount was apportioned last year. The counties may file their road program applications for this 1961 year money at any time between now and June 30, 1961. All of the construction or maintenance work included in this program then must be completed by December of 1961. The counties may obtain tip to Open play in Urtion Khoury League Play in the Union Khoury League got underway Monday night in the Bantam division with a nice crowd present despite the chilly weather. In the opening game, the Lions blanked Knights of Columbus 15-0 and Union Variety defeated Moose Lodge, 9-3, in the second game. The Lions jumped off with three runs in the first inning and were ahead, 13-0, by the sixth inning. Dave Wilmesher hurled the "no hitter" for the Lions. Mike Gazaway takes the loss. The Lions had 9 hits no errors and K.C. no hits and two bobbjes. ' Union Variety surged ahead of Moose Lodge in the fifth inning and went on to get the 9-3 win. Don Bay was the winning pitcher and Dale Matthews is charged with the defeat. Bay got pitching help from Dave Loyd, hitting star-of the game with three base hits. One of his hits was a two-run homer. Schedule of games for the week of May 9: i Monday, May 9, Union Variety vs. Lions Club and K. of C. vs. Moose Lodge. Tuesday, May 10, Harms station vs. Jaycees and Carmo Shoe vs. Karraker Drug. Wednesday, May 11, Lions vs. Finck Oil Co. and Brown Shoe vs. United Bank. Thursday, May 12, BRIM vs. Union Furniture and Hoemeyer Drug vs. Leo Peirick's team. 150 dogs are vaccinated ; . .- ; ..... : .. The annual Dog. Vaccination Day was held in Union Saturday awl Monsorsr report rthatra- total of 150 dogs were given the anti- rabies serum. The event was sponsored by the Umpn Lions Club in cooperation with Dr. William Hervey. County realtors attend state convention . Four Franklin county realtors were among the approximately 500 registrants at the Missouri real estate convention held at Joplin, April 27, 28 and 29. C. Armel Nutter, president, na tional association of real estate boards of Camden, New Jersey, and speakers from 10 other states besides Missouri, appeared on the 3-day program. The Missouri Real Estate Association Educational Foundation which provides a scholarship in real estate at Missouri University, was explained to conventioneers. Any interested person can obtain further information from a realtor. The Franklin county group included Anthony C. Schroeder, county president, A. F. Pues, W. J. Wiemann and Geo. F. Wilson, board members. United Bank to open at 8 a.m. on Saturdays Officials of the United Bank of Union have announced a new schedule of banking hours on Saturdays,, effective immediately. Ray Arand, cashier, said the new hours for Saturdays are , 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The local bank formerly was open from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on this day. construction $1,000 per mile for road and bridge construction purposes and up to $100 per mile for maintenance work provided they put up matching funds on at least a two-thirds state, one-third local basis. The state funds involved come from General Revenue appropriated by the Legislature to help the counties meet their local road problems.Local matching funds for the work -may come from any source. However, all applications from the individual counties for the state aid must be filed through their respective county courts. The State Highway Commission is charged by law with the supervision of the county aid road program. Take first communion at Immaculate Conception Church Sunday Members of the class taking their first communion at Immaculate Conception Church in Union Sunday. ' 1 v First row (left to right Geraine Tschappler, Jane Selz, Mary Ritter, Sally Patke, Monica VanBooven, Betty Jacobs-, meyer, Linda Klenke, Barbara Vanderpool, Janet Wilme sher, Karen Rathgeber., Second row (left to right) Laurel Karraker, Glenda Klenke, Robert Sawicki, Paul Helfrich, Dale Scharfenberg, Free shows each day to feature Monkey Rascals Frick's Market, to celebrate anniversary this weekend Free prizes, three free shows each day, and special prizes on all items, are features of the Frick's Market anniversary sale which opens today (Thursday) and continues through Saturday. Owners of the well-known Union super market have arranged for the free shows by "Parnell" and his Monkey Rascals and Zobo the Clown. Owen Frick said "We have one of the last of the old organ grinders and live, trailed monkeys and we Invite one and all to see them. The children, especially, will love the shows." The schedule for the free shows each day will be found in Frick's full page advertisement.The Pet Milk quiz master will award free prizes throughout the day Thursday and Friday. Frick's Market serves a wide area and large crowds are expected for the big sale this week end. The sale and free shows are held to celebrate the firm's third year in its new building, design and layout of which make it a model market.Khoury League benefit rummage sale planned by Auxiliary Plans were made for a benefit rummage sale to be held May 14 at the Hansen building by . the Khoury League Auxiliary at a meeting Monday evening at the Moose hall. It was suggested that persons desiring to contribute items for the sale should take them to the Hansen building after 4.30 p.m. May 13. , Mrs. Wilbur Redhage, chairman of the season ticket sales, reported a successful campaign on April 23. Plans are also being made for the mothers softball team and in terested persons are asked to con tact either Mrs. C. J. Otte or Mrs Forrest Claggett The next meeting will be held June 6 at the Moose hall at 7:30 p.m. The Week's Weather May is ushered in with light frcst May was ushered in Sunday with a light frost, .02 inches of rain and a low of 30 degrees, according to Cornelius Sieges, official weather observer for Union and the area. Mr. Sieges reported .73 inches of rain April 29 and rainfall of .76 inches the following day. Temperature readings for the week: Day Hlfh Lew Wednesday 70 39 Thursday 75 45 Friday 63 51 Saturday 66 59 Sunday 63 30 Monday 73 35 Tuesday 77 39 Wednesday ..... 42 Jefferson county ; man arrested after collision A Jefferson county man was arrested on a charge of careless and imprudent driving, 1 following a traffic collision at 6:30 a.m. Friday est Highway 47, south ol Union, Fined $23 in local magistrate court, on the C&I charge,' was Lester A. Reiss, 43, of High Ridge. According to the highway patrol, a 1955 model convertible driven by Reiss, and a 1955 model sedan, driven by Joan A. Parks, 18, of St. Clair, were involved in the accident Both were traveling north. There were no injuries and damage to both vehicles was described as moderate. The investigating trooper said Reiss was apparently traveling at an excessive rate of speed and crashed into the vehicle driven by Joan Parks from behind. The. con vertible ran off the road on the left side, plunged over an embankment and came to a stop in a gul-ley. The vehicle did not overturn. Operetta at Union Grade School Friday night The annual Union Grade School operetta will be presented at the school Friday night, May 6, start ing at 8:15 p.m. The two-act operetta "Make Believe Magic" will be presented by pupils of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades. The school mixed chorus will appear on the program. 5 , i " " x ''4 t - . r- - 4 ": I Top winners in Share-the-Fun competition Members of the Villa Ridge 4-H Club who Christie Hurt, Cynthia Eckelkamp, and Jean-won first place in the recent Share-the-Fun nie Frisinger. Title of the winning act event. Left to right: Jackie Laubinger, Steve was "Every Golden Minute. Eckelkamp, Carl Hurt, Marie Elaine May. (Dickey's Studio) 1 w. 4 r Daniel Murphy, Steven Rivara, Ronald Griffin, Patrick Pinnell, Ronald Temme, Robert Piatt, Dale Klenke, Dennis Allen, Gerald Stieffermann, Carol Stuckenschneider,, Janet Axton. Third row (left to right) Janet Beasley, Diane Zimmer, Mark Pisane, Dennis Boyer, Varise LaValle, Raymond Pracht, Melvin Voss, Roy Schmuke, Joyce Eckelkamp, Deborah Borberg. Father Schuermann, pastor. (Dickey's) Soil Conservation , board approves basic plans ' The Franklin County Soil Conservation Service board has approved applications ' as new district cooperators for Lloyd W, Rohlfing and Wilbert J. Rohlfing of New Haven and Arthur G. Lauth of Robertsville. ,, The board approved basic plans for T. H. Willenburg, Bourbon; Anthony . Speckhals, Rerger : Clar ence Laubinger and John Kub-lak of Leslie; R. A. Wieman and k Chris Kehr of Washington; R. iHtieller of Union "and Theo. Koelling of Sullivan, who were as sisted by the Soil Conservation Service in developing these plans. i The board arranged to return the posters from the Conservation Poster Contest to each school and to present the ribbons and cash premium. Services Wednesday for Mrs. I. T. Cope Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Kitchcll Chapel in St. Clair for Mrs. I. T. Cope of Moselle. Interment was in Moselle Cemetery. Mrs. Cope, 65, died at her home Monday and is survived by her husband, Hey T. Cope. Mrs. Cope was the Moselle correspondent for the Tribune for several years. Blake attends regional school meeting Ed Blake, member of the local board of education, was in Flat River Monday night for a regional meeting of the Missouri School Board Association. Mrs. Blake accompanied her husband and visited with their daughter, Miss Sandra Blake, a student at Flat River Junior College. 1 M ' ' , , 1 i b s 2 sentenced and paroled on car theft charge Two Franklin county men charg ed with stealing a motor vehicle were sentenced and then granted parole, in circuit court this week. tit1 riA fnanntt f F A Antonnofl ' vwugv wwovjii A m Vi j BVIIVVIIVVU Harold Edward Masse and William Louis Timlen to three year terms each and then granted them paroles on the car theft charges. - Two divorce cases were heard: Stella M. Ridgel vs. Frederick Rid-gcl and Helen L Detjen' vs. Neil A divorce decree was granted to Stella M. Ridgel and she was given custody of a minor child. ; Helen I. Detjen was granted a decree of divorce and cuslody of three minor children. The divorce case of Mary A. Boland vs. Robert L. Boland, listed for setting on the May 3 Session Day docket, was dismissed. St. Clair woman gets 3 years on forgery count Helen Ganh, St. Clair, was sentenced to a three-year prison term and ordered turned over to the department of corrections, in local circuit court this week. She was charged on two counts of check forgery. One of the. counts was dismissed and she was sentenced on the other. ' t The state charged the woman with giving a $30 forged check to Eddie Sanders, d-b-a Eddie's Confectionery of St. Clair, and with giving $25 forged check to Edward Allred, of Allred's Home and Hob by Shop, also of St Clair. The woman, also sometimes known as Helen McGraw, had been free on a total of $2,000 bond, posted by a professional bonding firm. x ; 1. 1 t .... - ir 'rr -:r - 1 Jl J im-t III i imi ,irrMll.ii.i.1ir....i Preliminary work for $130,000 City asks bids to clear tka Union parbprcpsrty Severaksuits are filed in circuit court James R. Fancer. of Pacific, Is defendant in two damage suits filed in local circuit court this week in which the plaintiffs each ask Jugdment for $13,020. , The plaintiffs are Charles Sanders and James Wheeler. Each filed a short petition in which they state that they were permanently injured In an automobile accident which resulted from the negli gence and carelessness of the de fendant. . One damage suit got underway this week and is to be completed later in the week. It is the case of Fred Reichelt vs Emil Otto Mueller, of Japan, and Rudolph Herman. Normandy. The latter defen dant is the brother-in-law of the plaintiff. The olaintiff asks a total of S35.000. stating that he wis in jured in an automobile collision Dec. 16, 1957, involving vehicles owned by the defendants. Reichelt was a passenger in the automo bile owned by nts Dromer-m-iaw. The City of Washington filed edition for declaratory Judg ment prior to a vote on a proposed city limits extension. The City proposed to take in approximately 25 acres at the southeastern part of town. , ' i Rauch Lumber and Grocer Co. is plaintiff in a suit to enforce mechanics lien. The defendants include Roy W. Hoemann and Mary Hoemann. The business firm asks judgment in the amount of $2,218.02. contending the money is due for materials used la the construction of a dwelling. A suit ' on s account lists! ' E. "C, Souther Iron . Co. as plaintiff and Edwin DoerrjmdJtay Doerrrflb! uoerr Heating co- as oeienaams. The plaintiff , seeks judgment for $4,915.93. -i'V''' Three divorce suits were filed Mary A. Howard vs. Eugene M. Howard; Herman Lawrence vs. Shirley Lawrence; and Esther Pat-ton vs. Ralph Patton. : r. , .' Esther . Patton states that ' the defendant has told her that he didn't want to live with her as ber husband. She aski custody of three minor children and support money for two of the children. One of the children isself-supporting, being 17 years of age. Herman L. Lawrence states that he married Shirley Lawrence in Sullivan Aug. 20, 1959, and lived with her till Sept. 21, 1959, at which time tthe defendant deserted him and never returned. , Mary A. Howard charges . that Eugene M. Howard has been addicted to the use of intoxicating liquor for over a year. She seeks care and custody' of three children, alimony and support money. Purschke, Devine 3-sport winners at Borgia High Two Union athletes were among the three awarded letters in three sports during the annual St. Fran cis Borgia Monogram Banquet in Washington April 27. etting the coveted awards for basketball, baseball and football were Bob (Pete) Purschke, Dave De- vine, and John (Butch) Droege, Purschke and Devine live in Union. Purschke is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Purschke and Devine the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Devine. Droege is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Droege, Washington. ' This was the first year for foot ball at St Francis Borgia and the three boys are the first in the school's history to earn the mono grams in the three major sports. Purschke is a junior and the other three-sport winners are mem bers of the senior class. Feasel appeals to high court after new trial is denied A motion for a new trial by Lewis Sylvester Feasel, Jr., who was convicted on a manslaughter charge by a Franklin county circuit court jury, was .denied by Judge Joseph T. Tate this week. Shortly after Judge Tate turned down the request for a new trial, Feasel filed an appeal to the Mis-. improvement program Mayor Bud Roesner and members of Union's board of aldermen Monday night voted to clear the locl city park property as soon as possible in preparation for the park improvement project given top- heavy approval by voters April 26. The city officials decided to call for sealed bids on wrecking the buildings on park property including the kitchen, dance pavilion,-beer stand, soda stand and band stand. The city has called for three bids in all; one to wreck the buildings and stack the materials for remov al, another for the purchase and removal of. the buildings from the city park within 30 days from the signing of the contract, and one for removal of the kitchen only. The bids art to be opened at a public meeting of the board at city hall Monday, May 16, starting at 7:30 p.m. In addition to clearing the prop erty of the buildings the city will bring the property up to the proper grade as soon as possible, getting ready for construction on the improvements in the $130,000 bond issue. A swimming pool and sev eral other recreational facilities are included. It was announced at the board meeting Monday night that all five of the absentee ballots in the special city election were in favor oi the $130,000 bond issue. The official count shows a total of 785 in favor of the bond Issue and oriy 181 against One ballot was voided. The city officials agreed that the work of clearing the park property will prevent the holding of several programs at the city park in the near future. However, it was generally agreed that this preliminary work should begin as soon as possible. ., , , , . Ray Steffens, representing the Union Junior Chamber of Commerce, appeared before the board in the Interest of the annual Jaycee You& Fair scheduled, for July 8, 9,', and 40. -Mr. Steffens told the city officials that the Jaycees needed to know If It via be possible to hold the Fair at the city park in view of the improvement program. Since the group decided to proceed with the preliminary work it is doubtful if the Jaycee Fair will be held at the city park. It was pointed out that even if the build- ings are all clear by Fair time, the ground will be1 torn up due to the grading work. Local Jaycees helped put the bond issue over the top and Mr. Steffens told the board members, "we certainly understand your problem." Business Monday night included the reelection of Bob Purschke as president of the board of aldermen by unanimous vote. The board members voted to call for bids on painting the interior of the city hall and fire house building.' ; At the instigation of Mayor Roes ner, the city officials decided to study a 20-year franchise granted the Central Missouri Gas Company in 1958 to furnish and distribute natural gas in Union. City officials indicated that they are interested in determining Intent of the company as to exercising the franchise within a reasonable time; also how the franchise might affect the city in the event another organization comes up with a natural gas proposal.Annulment decree is granted in circuit court . A decree of annulment was granted to Alfred Crawford, husband of Peggy Crawford, in local circuit court this week, f ' According to Crawford's petition, they were married at Cuba, January 10, 19S9, and approximately one week later his wife informed him that she was physically unable to bear children. He stated that prior to the marriage she led him to believe that they would have children and rear a family. souri Supreme Court The local jury found Feasel guilty and sentenced him to a year in the county jail Feasel, of Chesterfield,' was charged following a collision in St Clair several months ago which took the lives of two young people. 1 ,! - i ,