Franklin County Tribune (Union, MO), 1964-02-06

              - !. ;C4 CALIFORNIA t $ r 1 1 1 si if. s if man In County Jail If f ' 1 1 1 n f i ITS t L. Ill W it t t .2 year 1C65 ling Over $50 i iiv r ii ! r " ! lv f'ner Spcrry and Samuel W. I..;' :'"!i!t were returned from Orange V .'"!, Calif., Saturday by Sheriff ii l-.U Miller and were charted in r, ,,,.rf).e fotlrt with two ca?cs d I.. ling over $20. rr-?;;miBary hearing was set for U'i(is-sutj! The men werecommit-t.-fl n jaii in lieu of $3,000 bond. ' 4 i-J Pursley, JJew Haven, and T ' :t Kloeppe!, Gerald, charged slewing less than $50, also ap- . - . Khi .T-.!-..... , T t 4 - Wiw Ii Sihaper Saturday. They each re-ecivud a one year jail sentence which was stayed and $500 parole bond each was given approved. On Tuesday Don Gumow of Faelfic, charged with pew disturbance, was given a 60-day stayed j I sentence, a $500 parole bond was given and approved. Also appearing Tuesday was Dale Moses, Caledonia, Mo., on a charge (if abduction. Preliminary healing has been tentatively set for Feb. 14. Bond in the amount of 5,000 was given and approved. William icGee and Elmer Wide-eian, both of Calawissa, and Lester Cof'man, Robertsviile, appeared in jnagistrate court Jan. 30 on charges 13 Leave For Military Service The Selective Service office has reported the names of 13 ycung men who left for military service this week. .' Inducted Tuesday were Phillip E. Freeman, St. Louis; Raymond A. Straatmann, Villa Ridge; Daniel J. Iteador, St Clair; Vernon D Blanken- 1 ihip, Cuba; Garry W. Graf, Robertsviile; Wayne Knehans, Union; Lloyd F. Meyer, Berger; Charles F, Klee-kamp, Springfield; Tommy Kleinheid-er, Washington; , Lloyd , Wideman, Ronald W. Rowden, Donald E. Pohlmann and Douglas A. Schmidt, ... all of Sullivan. I . Two young" men' failed to report for induction. They were Charles Lee Ervin whose last known address was Indianapolis, Ind., and John D, Pippin, Sr., whose last known address, was Barnhart, Mo. JUNIOR HIGH WINS TWO VOLLEYBALL GAMES - The 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams of Union Junior High School won their first games of the season against Pacific in the Union High gym Monday afternoon.The 7th graders won by a score Of 24-16, with the 8th graders f tallying up a similar score, win- I dag 24-13. BREAKS PIPES IN CITY JAIL SUNDAY NIGHT ! .Michael Friend of Union, who was apprehended by Deputy Marshal McKinney Sunday night and lodged in the city jail, became destructive and broke the water pipes in the jail. According to Marshal Hadley Lewis, approximately 500 gallons of water per hoirTan through the broken pipes for six hours. Friend will appear In police court on charges of assult, resisting arrest and destruction of city property. Friend appeared in Magstrate court Monday on charges cf driving while intoxicated, filed by the state. He was lodged in the county jail Hearing was set for later in the week. City tmrioywj art (howo repairing brtsk i,i 4 wMior lit' aleMfl Hluhttay SO tir h iii!-.'fcfiin cf Hoover Avonue The of peace disturbance. IV h was given a 60 day jail sentence. The sentence was stayed and the defendants were ptroled when SGUO parole bond was given and approved Eugene H. Faerer, St. Louis, and William Stokes of Dallas, Tex., were iach fined $100 in magistrate court :tn speeding charges. Eat.1 were traveling at speeds of 100 miles per hcur when stopped by the highway patrol. ing the past week from this area included James Daniel Kennedy, Jr., Pacific, who paid a $50 fine; Harvey 0. Birknsann, Berger and Ceorge E. Pierce, Villa Ridge, $5; John S. Vogelgesang, St. Clair, $10 fines. Charged with C&I driving, Willie G. Brakefield, Bourbon, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and fined $25. The jail sentence was stayed. Del E White, also of Bourbon, was fined $50 and Oscar J. Story, Moselle. $25 on Cil driving, was fined $25 and given a 30-day stayed jail sentence. James G. Crocker, Gray Summit, was unable to pay a fine of $25 for C1I driving and was committed to jail Monday. Arendoll Receives License Bureau Appointment John Arendall of Washington has received the appointment as agent of the branch office of the Missouri State License Bureau in Washington. He relaces John Tobben, the former bureau representative. Mr. Arendall is spending several days this week in Jefferson City for a brief training period with the Division cf Motor Vehicle Registration, according to E. H. Blake, iTranklin County Democratic Committee Chairman. , Definite date for reopening the Washington office, which has been closed for two weeks for the annual audit and inventory check, had not yet been determined st press time. Loco! Girlslnjtsred In Accident Sunday Sarah Dosch and Linda Outright, both IS, of Union were involved in 1 cne-csr accident on Highway 66 near Stanton early Sunday evening. Miss Dosch, daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. George Dcsch, was traveling west when she apparently lost control of the car, ran off the road and down a steep embankment throwing her from the vehicle. Her passenger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Curtright, remained in the car and was not injured. Miss Dosch was taken to Sullivan Community Hospital and later transferred to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis with a possible broken pelvic bone and knee injury, according to A. J. Bcschert of the highway patroL Bockloge Bros. Buy Sullivan Store The Mac's Men and Boy's Store in the Fairway Shopping Center at Sullivan has been purchased by Bocklage Bros., who also own stores in Union, Washington, Hermann and Owensville. According to L. J. Bocklage of the Union store, part of the stock and fixtures have been purchased, however, it may be several weeks before the store is opened under new management due tore-stocking. . ,, The new shop will be known as Bocklage Bros., the same as their other stores. r project took S'r'iM l'V ;i ("r (i;i till WJU' h""' f, ,,i .. !,...,: !,;, . i er-tie j d m i i mji ry i e i,!:.l.i. 1 ' , I mi (f Mr. and Mrs. Genrre p,ncll. was crossip St ii '.CI Au'Uie just west of the d I-. - ton Avenue intcrsee-t i, vh n h a; patently darted out from two parked cars into the path of a vehicle driven by Clarence A. Duel II, 17, of St. Clair. The Eue! vehicle was traveling at a slow speed and attempted to Stop, evidenced by about 33 feet of black skid marks on the street. Billy was taken to a local physician's office and was found to be suffering from facial bruises and a possible slight head injury. He was returned - to his home and a member of the family stated that he would De taken to the hospital Wednesday morir.g for x-rays. Berger Woman Killed In Collision Mrs. Delia Edith Pilger, 56, Berger, was killed Instantly last Thursday afternoon in the collision of her auto and a panel truck. The accident occurred on Highway 100 just west of New Haven about 5:15 p.m. on a rain-slick highway. - : " Driver of the truck, which was owned by the Singer Sewing Machine Co. of Washington, was Clarence H. Schwenker, 55, of Washington. He suffered a fractured hip and head and hand lacerations and was taken to St. Francis Hospital. According to Sgt. Amos of the highway patrol, Schwenker stated that he was traveling east on Highway 100 and the Pilger car was westbound, when Mrs. Pilger apparently lost control and skidded into the Schwenker truck. ; The car driven by Mrs. Pilger which belonged to Mrs. John Pehle of Berger, landed in a ditch on the north side of the road, however toe truck., remained in the eaibound lane of the highway. Both vehicles were ; demolished. Funeral services for Mrs, Pilger were held Monday : afternoon at the Fertig Funeral Home, New Haven, with interment in the Cav Spring Cemetery at Sullivan. She is survived by her husband, Buel, two daughters of Berger; three sons, Junior Pilger of Berger; Dale of Hanover, Germany and Glen Pilger of Pacific. MUSIC BOOSTERS MEET AT HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT The Music . Boosters organization will meet at 7 o'clock tonight (Thursday) in the music room at Union High School. ! Plans for future fund-raising projects will be discussed. Band uniforms and chorus robes are purchased by the group. All persons interested in the Union High School band or chorus are urged to attend. KOHRINGS SELL HOME Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Kohring have sold their home at 117 Christina to Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. B. Stahlman, The home .has f living room, dinette, kitchen, 2 bedrooms and bath on the first floor, a bedroom and half-bath upstairs; and a full basement. The Stah'mans plan to lake possession during the early part of February. The Kohrings intend to build a new brick home on Springfield Avenue. Hansen-Sehroeder Realtors handled the transaction. - .4 vssrs! to cs""p!e lT. ; i tf i id' I ( a 1 a m a c A in.' r l f Jjsi; p i . u. 1.1!,,'; Shi, s viere t.l i i i - cuit court last week. James Peters, ads. ;:.'':.. r f the estate of Raymond I n deceased, has filed a v 1 against Carter Mullen aad Out Just. St Clair, asking fie . n $25,000. The action i t'f. r t of alleged cai'eiesness and !! i- gence on the part of tne r I ants causing the death of Kjwi,.,i,.i Peters on Sept. 23, l'JC3 in V!. Clair due to a collision, aui. to the petition. John Peters has also filed a suit for damages in the anviunt of $25,000 against Mullen and Just. The petition states Peters is the husband of Dena Peters, who was killed in St. Clair on the same date as Raymond Peters, and alleges her death was due to the carelessness and negligence of the defendants. " The Bank of Sullivan has filed a suit on note against John Figone and Elsie Figone asking for $1841.-65, plus interest, for four cotes purchased from the defendants. Arch Montgomery, in a breach of contract suit, names Consolidated School District No. 2 and Dr. Ronald H. Scott, William Hiil- mann, John H. Center, George Tutterow, Harold Edgar and Cyrus Dace, directors of the board of education, as defendants. Montgomery asks $5,217.50 and costs on one count and $400 on the second count. C. J. Boland vg. Earl J. Koss- mann and Helen Kossmann, on change of venue from magistrate court, seeks $976.35 and costs on suit on contract involving real estate. " Claudius Spencer Barrett, admr. of the estate of Patrick Quenfin Barrett, deceased, has filed an action for wrongful death against Parkhill Truck Co. and C. L. Naffziger. The plaintiff alleges the deceased died as a result of injuries received when the , auto in which he was riding was forced off the highway by a truck operated by the defendants on April 7, 1963. $25,000 is asked on the first txint and $2,500 for the auto which allegedly was demolished, on the second count. ,"' The fn of $20,000 Is sought In a damagetuit filed by Warren Carriker against Harold Claas and Bud Schaeffer. The plaintiff alleges' he was a passenger in an auto driven by Claas which was involved in - a collision with a truck driven by Schaeffer on Feb. 3, 1959. Two divorce petitions were filed Tuesday. Thomas Anthony McKay, by next friend, seeks a divorce from Mary Roberta McKay. The couple was married Oct. 5, 1963 at Pacifie and separated Jan. 1, 1964. There were no children born of the marriage. Wanda L. Blankenship in her divorce petition against Robert G. Blankenship, states the couple was married July 23, 1962 at Bourbon and separated Feb. 1, 1964. The plaintiff asks custody of a minor child. Grocery Store Sold To Mings Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Ming, who operate Ming's Grocery & Sporting Goods on Highway 50, have purchased the stock and fixtures of the Washington Market from Mrs. Mary Eliza Woollen. The new owners took over the management on Monday. All em ployees wdl remain and Mrs. Woolen, who operated the store for a year and a half since the death of her husband, will also remain on a part time basis. Mrs. Woollen and her late husband have been at the store's present location on North Washington Avenue in Union for about 13 years. According to the new owner, some changes have been made in the arrangement of the store and plans call for additional improvements in the future. Ralph Stites of Union owns the building housing the market. The Week's Weather . v . HIGH LOW Wednesday, Jan. 29 . 52 16 Thursday," 30 : 49 23 Friday, 31 -.. 46 38 Saturday. Feb. 1 53 31 Sunday, 2 55 23 M-jmlay, 3 52 29 Tuesday, 4 52 25 STaximun h!;H for this week was 42'. .Minimum lew f.:r this week was IVt. , ' . . .1 ,r the etk was 29 f an r 1 j 1 i n is 1.75 inch n if' time is 2.1? i im it a. ! I.nri ....v t ;is stationary at !8 li'rt ' Li i k t .r l i t Jubilant UKS Wildcats gather around th.ir 'coveted championship trophy won at the second annual Union Invitational Basketball Tourney Saturday evening. Standing are Pam .Williams and Janet Hardy, cheerleaders; Bob Copeland, Steve Claggett, Tom Sieve, Wayne Bartel, Bud Enrollment Up 177 Students In Two Years Enrollment in Union schools has increased by 177 students since the 1961-62 school year. During the 1961-62 school year j there were 671 students in the elementary school and 467 in high school; 1962-63 elementary enroll ment was 713 while high school enrollment was 413 and in this school year, 1963 64 there are 764 in elementary school and 551 ..&b"h? .Ui '.:'i i ':x-- In the same two year peHod the teaching staff has increased by 10 instructors, from 46 in 1961-62 to 56 at the beginning of this school year. ' .. . Union schools were rated A by Missouri's State Department of Education in the 1961-62 school year and for 1962-63 and 1963-64 our school system has a AA rating. By adding an additional foreign language and a school nurse Union schools would achieve the AAA rating, which is the highest rat ing of the state department. Since January 1962 there have been 134 adults who have partici pated in some 12 classes of Adult Education. Adult students have been from Washington, St. Clair, Beaufort, New Haven, Villa Ridge, Pacific and Union. They have been awarded certificates in such sub jects as Mechanical Drawing, Grammer and Speech, Art-Oils, Shorthand, Typing and English Grammer. Plans are made : to continue Adult Education in subjects in which sufficient interest is indicated.fn the Dast three vean 18 rooms have been added to Union school buildinzs. Six have been completed in the high school build ing and a 12 room addition has been constructed at the elemen tary school. These accomplishments have been made in the past three years without the necessity of a bond issue or an increase in the tax levy. Files For First District Judge Sam L. Jones of Labadic has filed as a candidate for judge of the county court, first district, on the Democratic ticket. He filed Monday with Ralph Smith, County Clerk. Charles F, Carman, Washington, is aiso a democratic candidate for jurise of the first district. Filings for committeewoman and committeeman have been made recently by Olanda C. Stephans and William H. Browne, Democratic candidates from Boles Township. Both reside in Gray Summit. Harry A. Watters, Robertsviile, has filed for Democratic committeeman r-orn Calvey township and LesUe J. Kd, St. Clair, has filed for ;;in from To! . ,p 1,(1 o I'('llhiOi.UlC ticket. 1 f i i it t'" I J, 1 ! M -! - i . t H i i L i ' ( 1 1 I T i ,) and t : :: i i-;v t m t .,lT P" 'i i n f j' :. Vy, '-' Herman F. Zehrt Dies Unexpectedly Herman F. Zehrt, 52, died early-Wednesday morning at the St. Francis Hospital where he had been taken about an hour before his death after suffering a heart attack at his heme just west of Union. ' Mr. Zehrt, a farmer, served as commissioner and also treasurer of the Union Special Road District. He also had been employed recently as a sales representative for New Haven Motor Co. ? Surviving are his wife, Martha, and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Otto " Plagamann of Pacific. - Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the 31tmann Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Union Cemetery. City Council Met Monday Five aldermen, William C, Jones, city clerk, and Mayor Lewis Schmelz were present at the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening. Aldermen attending were Hubert Dearing, John J. Gunn, Herbert J. Lake-brink, Alvin G. Mueller and Thomas F. Neher. The members of the board instructed the city attorney to notify Harvey A. Berg, proprietor of Union Bowling Lanes, to vacate the east side of the Memorial Auditorium for non-payment of rent Also included on the agenda was the approval of payment of $1,060,26 to Russell & Axon for engineering services on water System improvements, ordering of 8 fire extinguishers to be placed in the auditorium as listed by the fire chief, and submitting the names of Herman Zehrt, Gilbert Kroeter and Charles Hansen to the county court. One of the three will be appointed by the court as commissioner of Union Special Road District. The council also voted to have the city call all unredeemed waterworks bonds of the issue dale of Dec. 1, 194a Lincoln Banquet Set Feb. 20 The anmiiil Lincoln Day Banquet sponsortKl by the Republican Central Committee will be held at the new Immanuel Lutheran School Auditorium in Washington Thursday, Feb. 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Guest speaker at the banquet will be Ethan Shepley, candidate for the Republican nomination for Gwfcrnor of .Missouri MRS. OSICK' ASSISTING IN TREASURER'S OFFICE Mrs. Vjra Osiek is working part-time i" t!n C"iec of the counfv trtasurer during the al'vme of tne Treasurer. Lmiv Overv uninu. I (' M II I I 1 i f ' , I r I 1 1 i f 1 ! l - jl I t v' 1 f i i !;;,-! v..', k. .-J Frick, Coach Dan Callahan, Norm Eads and cheerleader Beverly Webb. In the front row re Dean Williams, Gary Barnes, Bennie Elk ins, Dave Velander, Jim Vincent and Larry Peirick. Union defeated Pacific, 68-43, to win the title in the finals. (Tribune Photo) Divorces And Dismissals In Circuit Court Richard M. Stevens received a decree of divorce from Helen Stevens in circuit court Tuesday. The plaintiff also received custody of a minor child. Custody of a minor child was awarded to plaintiff . Levurne Sugrue' along with her divorce decree from James Sugrue. The damage suit of Emil Meyer vs. Sandra Penn was . dismissed, aa was the suit on note filed by State Savings' 'Cank - 'of; Lebanon" against Clinton Barnhart of Pacific. A decree in divorce was granted Betty Lee Manion on her cross bill after the plaintiff, Donald Gene Manion, by next friend, dismissed his petition. Change of venue was granted Ralph Stroud in his suit against Mid-American Coaches, Inc. and Beverly Doerner. Admistrator of the Estate of Joseph F. McNamee, deceased. It was changed to the circuit court of the City of St. Louis. 1 4-Year Sentence For Lynn DeYoung Lynn DeYcung entered a plea of ?uilty cn a no account check charge in circuit court Tuesday. She was sentenced to four years in the cos-tody cf the department of corrections by Circuit Judge Joseph T. Tate. Lee Franklin Caves, who received a one-year sentence in the county jail on Jan. 27 for tampering with motor vehicle, was granted probation Tuesday and probation bond of $1,000 was given. Special conditions of the probation included that Jie defendant make restitution as ordered by the court, pay ail court costs and report to the court In January, April and September. - lil I ill Hi 1 ii.i1i lt"al 1 iiifi t v Ii i i i c av i 1 1 i 1 f-M t Sir I i ll n ' i c v s 1 1 g r 1 .i 4. at. Ci.i.r o.) .. ii.. i ic I l he hail (ftil i v ani lu i, 1 ' 1- c male. In the third place game CLb4 CIV - .s t; r to ( ' a eJ i v ao ii ,11 70 i c , ii e t ii It v .1 ..! rutin! I h f t 1 p'-" 1 ' 1 r t Lan v i ( i it h 1 ! e ( ing in i! t c n i jf ! p E 19 points and Dave Vein credited wi;h 15. Eennv I es we: 1 s l Vi V. is t. led 13, Dean Williams 9. J.m Vin cent 7 and tiud fmk 5 f r t..e V. .-cats,' Frick scored his five P'.n.t. in the final two minutes of j he was sent in the game Union's 6-5 center, Larr tu :i . .f 'j s' Peirick, who fouled out. Mike Lawrence of Pacific had 23 points with Ray Schafer gaining 13 and Danny Birdsong 1.2 for high scoring honors for the Indians. In the semi-final Union-St. CUir game Thursday night, the Wildcats were well ahead at haiitime, 4014, and Coach Callahan put his second team into action, scoring 15 points. Peirick with 22 and Bud Frkk's l.J points made them high point men for Union and Mike isaimg of St. Clair get 23 for his team for t-.p scoring honors. Union, which was seeded! second in the tournament and Pacific, seeded first lead the Four Rivers Conference. The local Wildcat are 81 and the Indians. 7-2 in the conference. However, the two teams met at Pacific Tuesday nUltt and the .-landings mht enange with Cmoa having one more same this weekend Pacific "meeting two', more - twirij" during the week. ' The Wildcats played their best game of the season against the Pacific Indians Tuesday nittht is a nip and tuck battle until the end of the first half. Final score for the varsity was Union 88, Pacific 78. - Until the end of the first half, when the score was 4138, the Cats never held more than a two-point lead, but midway in the fourth quarter they suread thi score 20 points. Great - team effort was shown by Coach Callahan's squad and they were backed by a tremendous following of fans from the locat city who journeyed to Pacific fi r the game. Wildcat scoring was led by Larry Peirick with 21 nnints an't 23 rebounds. Dean Williams' was" credited with 19. Bennv F'.lkins 13, Dave Velander 10, Jim Vincent 7 and Bud Frick 6. High point man for Pacific was Birdsong with 25, followed by Schafer with 15 and Brooks and Lawrence with 10. The junior varsity edged past their rivals with only a two-point margin, 40-38. Gary Wilmesher led the scoring for Union with 16 and Mark Hecger had 11, for the only two players scoring in double figures. j I' 4 U af kdi tl