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a a a a a 1 34 May 13, 1964 SPRINGFIELD (Mo.) LEADER-PRESS Today's Market For complete stock market details, read The Daily News, regularly. 1:30 STOCKS Quotations by Reinholdt Gardner 209 S. Jefferson Phone UN 9-2591 2:30 NEW YORK TIME 1:30 Allied stocks Stores Gen: General Dynamics Electric Royal Safeway McBee Stores Allis Chalmers Gillette St. Louis San Fran. American Airlines Greyhound Royal McBee American Motors Gull Oil Secony-Mobil American Standard Tilinois Central Sears Roebuck American TuT Intern.

Harvester Sperry Rand American 1 Std. Off Cat: Anaconda Cop, Kennecott. Copper Std. 01 NJ Beth Steel Lactede Gas Drug Borg Warner Lige. Myers Studebaker Burroughs Lily- Tulip Swift Co.

Chesapeake Ohio Litton Tenn. Gas Chrysler Mongom. Ward Texaco Continental Airlines Motorola 107 Union Carbide Dayco NY Central United Aircraft Deere Co. United Air Lines Dow Chemical Penney (JC) U.S. Rubber Du Pont Phelps Dodge 69 U.S.

Steel Eastman Kodak 131 Philip Morris Upjohn Emerson Elec, Phillips Pet. Western Union Empire Dist. Elec, Radio Fob. Westinghouse Ford Reynolds Dividend Republic Steel Livestock HOGS Saleable 600. Active, Barrows and gilts fully steady.

Supply largely U. 5. 1-3, 200-250 168. Sows scarce. Few sales steady.

Barrows and gilts, U. S. 1-2, mostly 2, 190-240 lbs. 14.75-15: near 104 head of 0. 8.

1-2. 190-220 U. S. 1-3, 200-240 U. S.

2-3, 200-260 13.75-14.25; 260-300 13.50- 13.75; sows. U. S. 1-2. 275-325 12.75- 13: U.

S. 1-3, 300-400 2-3. 400-600 Ibm. 11.50-12, boars, 8-9. CATTLE Saleable 100.

Calves 100. Supply light, largely slaughter calves cows. and vealers. Scattering of slaughter Too few of any class to fully establish prices. Scattering of early sales mostly steady, except vealers steady to weak.

SHEEP Saleable 100. Moderately active, Steady. Spring 23.75; lambs, old choice and prime, 85-95 crop clipped slaughter lambs, good and choice, 90- 100 17-18: yooled slaughter lambs, 19.50-2.50: few shorn slaughter ewes, cull to good, under 140 NATIONAL STOCKYARDS Esti mated receipts for Wednesday: Hogs 500; cattle 2.000: calves 250: sheep 300, Hogs 10,500: moderately active: barrows, gilts and sows steady; barrows and pitta 14.50-15.50; sows 11.25-13.25. Cattle calves 1501 slow; steers steady to 25-50 lower: good to choice steers 18.50-21.25; good to choice heifers 18.00-20.50: COWS 12.00-14.501 vealers good to choice 21.00-30.00. Sheep 200; spring lambs steady to 50 lower: choice and prime 24.00-25.00; ewes 5.00-6.00.

Cash Grain Couriesy ME Springfield A Milling Market Company CORN No. 2 shelled $1.25 -BARLEY' 48 lb. test 1.10 OATS Oats .70 MILO Per CWT 3.00 No. No. 1 band 1.70 Builder Fined $50 for Fight Springfield Dill, builder, 1636 was Catalina, found Magistrate Orville Kerr today of a common assault charge and was fined $50 and costs.

Dill was accused on the complaint of another builder, Robert Nothum, 1611 St. Charles, who said that he went to Dill's home April 27 to collect a bill and that Dill called him names, grabbed him, tore his shirt and shoved him against his truck. Dill also signed a common assault complaint against Nothum, who is scheduled to appear for arraignment tomorrow. Dill alleges that Nothum went to his home April 28, entered without permission, became belligerent and had, to be put out. U.S.

WEATHER WEATHER DATA FOR SPRINGFIELD Temperatures: Highest yesterday 66; lowest yesterday 45; lowest this Ing 44; highest this date in 77. years 1956: lowest this date in 77 velars 40 in 1914. Precipitation: Rain or melted 500W from 6 a.m. yesterday to 6 a.m. today, heaviest rain this date in 77 years, 2.56 in 1923.

Sun: Rose this morning 5:07: sets tonight length of daylight 14 hours, 6 minutes. Data supplied by U.S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau: "first columm, highest temperature yesterdays cond, lowest last night: third, precipita. tion during past 24 sours ending 6 a.m. Stations High Low Free.

Albuquerque 78 Amaritio 71 Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo, N.Y. 4 Chicago Columbia Denver Des Molnes Detroit Duluth Fort Smith Fort Worth Kansas City Little Rock Los Angeles Memphis Miami Beach Minneapolis New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Phoenix Pittsburgh Salt Lake City Seattle St. Louis SPRINGFIELD 1 Tulsa Washington West Plains Wichita MISSOURI Considerable cloudiness east, partly cloudy southwest this afternoon, becoming generally cool fair tonight and Thursday. Continued through tonight, becoming, warmer Thursday. Low tonight In High Thursday 70s east to around so soutrwest.

through ARKANSAS Thursday. Fair Cool this afternoon and tonight. Lows tonight 40 to 50. Warmer Thursday. Highs 72 to 82.

KANSAS Generally fair and warmer tonight and Thursday, Low tonight 50. Thursday east to 805 west, day, Low OKLAHOMA tonight Fair to tonight 56. High and Thursday 76 to 86. Produce ket unsettled, but generally firmer. Missouri-Arkansas broilers fryers: Quotation difficult to define opinion of values mixed and generally divided equally among 12, and 13 cents.

Live offerings and supplies continue short to adequate with weights small to desir. able. Demand for ready good though mostly of prior however, some early trading developing. At the farm quotations on ers Wednesday, 12-13 centa. Some sales under contract or other agreements up to cent, higher.

Delivered plant prices, cents. Hens: Too. few sales to report prices. EGGS Southwest Missouri eggs: Market steady at unchanged prices. dozen, Prices paid to producers.

cento, deliver. per candled and graded after ed to door of buyer, cases exchanged, for 24 hours ending at 10 a.m., Wednesday. Consumer grades: A Large or better, 28; A Medium, 241 A Small, 18-19, mostly 191 Large, 24-25, mostly 24; Dirties and Checks, 15-19. Sales to Missouri Breakers: Markets slightly lower. Moderate volume of trading at mostly 10 cents lower prices.

06- ferings heavy. Prices paid by breakers, delivered to dock, 54 pounds minimum gross weight, cases exchanged, unclassified eggs, farm run. 7.80-8.15, mostly 8. Undergrades, few at 6.50-7. CHICAGO Live poultry: Wholesale buying prices unchanged 1 lower; roasters 23-25; special fed white rock fry.

ers 18-19: barred rock fryers 21; heavy bans 18. Butter unchanged. Eggs unchanged to M. Tower: 70 per cent or better grade A whites mixed 28; mediums standards dirties 25; checks ST. LOUIS.

Egg Barely. steady, A large 27-28; mediums 22-24, small 18-19, large unclassified 25-26. peewees 11-12. standards 24-25, 23-24, dirtieschecks 17-20. Poultry: Steady, heavy hens steady 16; light steady hens 5 ibs and over 10-11; light type under 5 lbs 5.6.

Brotler-fryers steady 16-17, old roosters 5-7. KANSAS CITY Consumer eggs: Large 25-27, others unchanged. Wholesale eggs: Large, 80 per cent 27-30; mediums, 80 per cent A Poultry and butter unchanged. broilers: Missouri At and farm Arkansas 12-13; live fryers and at plant Carthage Cops Nab Runaways; Loot Recovered Two runaway boys from St. Louis, who were arrested in a stolen car at Carthage early today and who reportedly admitted breaking into a Strafford service station, remain in detention at Carthage awaiting the arrival of St.

Louis juvenile authorities. According to the Greene County sheriff's office and the juvenile office, all loot from a breakin at the McDowell service station at Strafford was recovered by Carthage police and is being returned here. The boys, reportedly aged 15 and 16, stole the car at Diamond after they ran away from their homes. Deputy Sheriff John O'Gorman reported that taken in tion theft were $2 in change, 20 packages of nuts and the display case, several packages of chewing gum, 5 cartons of cigarettes and possibly some candy, Carthage police arrested the boys about 5 a.m. Continuance Granted In Robbery Hearing Preliminary hearing for Ger.

ald William Kirkwood, 28, of Lead Hill, a driller, on 8 first degree robbery charge, was continued today to. June 3 at the request of the defendant, who said his Arkansas attorney wiy not be able to come to Springfield until 'next month. Kirkwood, who surrendered to Sheriff Glenn Hendrix April 26, is accused in connection with the theft of $1020 on April 14 from Ralph Dillard, 41, of 3031 Lochlomond, operator of thel Stardust co*cktail Lounge, 417 St. Louis. AN INSUFFICIENT fund check charge was dismissed by the prosecutor's office day against Homer Lee Wainman, 33, of 641 South Jefferson, a construction worker, Wainman was accused in connection with a $7.19 check given April 13 to.

the Rebori Shoe Store, 322 South Campbell. WEATHER FORECAST COOL- It will be cooler Wednesday night in the upper Press, Wirephete and central Mississippi valley, the Lakes area and the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. Rising temperatures will occur In the Great Plains. Showers and thundershowers are expected in the northeast section of the country from the eastern Ohio valley and showers are likely in the northwest section. Snow is predicted in the northern higher elevations.

Deaths MRS. LULA C. MASON Mrs. Lula Carrie Mason, 83, of the Kimbrough Rest Home, died at 3:15 p.m, Tuesday. A resident of Springfield 61 years, she was the widow of Arthur Houser ton Mason.

She was a member of the Second Baptist Church. She is survived by a son, J. Russell, of Springfield: a brother, County Clerk. A. E.

(Ted) Willis, 800 South Delaware; two sisters, Mrs. Bess Dixon, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Hazel Roeben, Long Beach, a grandson and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Gorman-Scharpf Chapel with the Rev.

Earl W. French officiating. Burial will be in John's Chapel Cemetery near Ash Grove. WILLIAM H. REDFEARN Funeral services for William Henry Redfearn, 88, a retired farmer of 2401 West Grand, who died Sunday in Handley Hospital, will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday in Klingner Chapel. The Re v. Cecil Daniel officiate and burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery, MRS. CARL MULLER Funeral services for Mrs. Grace L.

Muller, 73, a 50-year resident of Springfield, who died in a Kalamazoo, Mich. hospital Monday, will be at 11' a.m. Thursday in Klingner here. Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery. BRIEFS INVENTORY OF the estate of Frank B.

Hacker, 80, of 1001 East Chestnut, who died April 10, shows a value of $12,053.83. The inventory, filed today in probate lists $10,500 in real estate and $1553.83 in personal property, including $1500 in insurance policies. A ROUTE 9 LABORER, Oran Richard Stephenson, 46, was sentenced to 10 days in jail yes. terday afternoon he pleaded guilty in magistrate court to a common assault charge. Stephenson was charged on the complaint of his wife, Marjorie Stephenson, 606 South Overhill, who said her husband struck her May 9.

Mrs. Stephenson filed suit for divorce yesterday. A 30-DAY JAIL sentence was assessed in magistrate court yesterday for 35-year-old Springfield woman, Betty Louise Turner, Route 10, who pleaded guilty to an insufficient fund check charge: Mrs. Turner was accused of giving a $7.60 insuf. ficient check on April to the So-Lo Market at 1475 North National.

MRS. LOUISE NEWMAN, 41, of 3062 South Dayton, who was released from St. John's Hospital Sunday, says she did not take an overdose of sleeping pills Satufday night, as the sheriff's office reported Monday. Mrs. Newman said she had been taking medicine for a kidney ailment and that her husband became alarmed at her condition and authorities were notified.

$35,000 DAMAGE suit against John Edward Koch, 927 North Main, was filed today in circuit court by Elizabeth Clift of Springfield. The woman alleges that she was a passenger in the defendant's car on Nov. 13, 1963, and that she was injured when their auto collided with another car near Market and Mt. Vernon. T.

D. Quinn Estate Goes to 3 Persons Three persons are to inherit the estate of Thomas D. Quinn, 71, of 518 East Meadowmere, who died May 7, according to the will admitted to probate today. Mrs. Golda Boepple, Ganado, a cousin, is to receive all household goods and furnishings, wearing apparel and jewelry.

Two thirds of the residual estate is go to Roy Haseltine, 526 East Meadowmere, and. one-third to 'Mrs. Louis Sloan, 1409 South Avenue. -continuance 1-14 local 68 -1-18 1 loal builder 68 -new charge 1-14 local 68 Motorist Is Jailed In Lieu of $80 Fine Harold Charles Miles, 54, of 2600 West Walnut, was committed to the Greene County jail today when he failed to pay a fine of $80 assessed by pal Judge Gerald Gleason. Miles pleaded guilty to cated driving, after having been charged by police about 2 p.m.

Tuesday. Officers said his car struck a parked car owned by Robert G. Turner, 25, of 1909 Catalina, Miles was also cited for no operator's license. Army Needs 8000 Draftees in July WASHINGTON (AP) The dered the men Defense Department, today orfor the Army in July. This is 2,000 more than the June quota but 4,000 fewer than the quotas for April and May.

The Marine Corps, the Navy and the Air Force will not draw on the draft for their manpower needs during July, the Pentagon said. Give your expandable blood to an unexpendable American. Bush CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 lems it has now. "This country goes to sleep and dies when the Republicans are in power, he charged. He said Republicans are "ill advised and mistaken people." Prior to his scheduled speech, Bush, paid tribute to the late Howard Hannah of Springfield, known as Democrat, ing Springfield Democrats will never be the same.

Mr. Hannah. was recently killed in a Florida, automobile accident. In Bolivar last night, Bush said if he is elected governor he will "launch a vigorous war against pollution of our water resources." -He -told Polk County Demo crats at a rally that "protection of our water resources means of our health, fish and game and recreational areas of Missouri. It also means protection of our tourist basiness." Act to Name Dam 'Cannon' WASHINGTON (AP) A res.

olution to rename the Joanna multiple-purpose and reservoir project in Rails County, the Clarence Cannon dam and reservoir, was introduced in the Senate today by Sens. Stuart Symington and Edward V. Long. Missouri Democrats. Rep.

Clarence Cannon, dean of the Missouri congressional delegation and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, died Tuesday, Symington told the Senate that the multiple-purpose project the first In northern Missouriwill stand as a Cannon. The project, be monument to undertaken, is not more than an hour's drive from the Cannon farm home in Lincoln County, Symington said. He pointed out that Cannon's standard as appropriations committee chairman was that publie investment in such projects must recovered with ample margin of benefit to the people. When it was shown that the anna dam project would meet that standard, Cannon became its champion. "Several years ago, when it first appeared: certain this projeet would be a number leaders in district sug.

gested that it bear his Symington said. "However, with characteristic modesty, Mr. Cannon declined the honor dur. ing his lifetime." Book 5 Boys For Slaying ST. LOUIS (AP) Five teenage boys were charged Tuesday in connection with the beating death of a 35-year-old St.

Louis musician. Police said a gang attacked Vernon Coleman when he was asleep in his home. They beat him with bricks and sticks. Coleman struggled to the door and was tackled as he tried to escape into the yard. Police said the gang picked up a section of brick wall and dropped it on Coleman's chest.

"Why are you doing this to me? Don't I make pretty music for you?" one of the five quoted Coleman as saying before he died. All five admitted taking part in the attack. They said Coleman shoved a food carton in the face of one of the youths during an argument Monday. Police said the oldest member of the group, Courtney Beasley, 17, was charged with second degree murder, The other four were charged with murder under the juvenile code. Charged are Richard Brown, 15; Thomas Brown 16, Richard's brother: Jimmie Sharp, 15 and Harold Frazier, 14.

Police said the younger Brown escaped last Thursday from the state training school at Boonville, Mo. All are Negroes. Writers File Suit Against MGM, NBC LOS ANGELES (AP) Two writers have filed a $367,000 plagiarism suit against MGM Studios and the National Broadcasting contending they were not paid for story ideas used in the television series, "Mr. Novak." Henry Crane and Stan Dre. ben contended that MGM agreed orally to pay $1,000 for an option on ideas they develloped under the title, "The The studio failed to exercise.

its option, said the suit filed Tuesday, but nevertheless filmed a series, based on their Ideas and televised by NBC, -Don't be caught dead sitting on your seat belt. Fires Damage 2 Residences Rug on Furnace Spreads Flames Springfield firemen made ruts to fires at two homes and a botel this morning as cool weather brought beat into style again. While Rebecca Fowler away from ber at 1020 East Talmadge at 4:50 a.m. to day, the thermostat on her floor furnace apparently kieked and the beat ignited a rug 00 top the grill. The rug blaze apparently set fire to the floor around the furnace, firemen said, and caused smoke damage throughout the house, which is owned by Leslie Conley, Kansas City.

A dog inside the house apparently suffocated from the smoke, firemen said. Heat from stove at the apartment of K. W. Reffitt, 1465 North Grant, set fire to a nearby cabinet containing towels and caused some smoke damage in the apartment at 10:45 a.m. today, firemen reported.

Firemen answered a call to the Hotel Hoff, 200 East Olive about 11:30 a.m. after receiving a report that a mattress was on fire on one of the rooms. spokesman at the botel said Paul Bayless, about 48, of Staunton, had apparently been smoking in bed. The mattress, sheet and bedspread were burned. and Bayless reportedly was burned slightly about the fingers.

Con to Testify At Third Trial Of Wilwerding Ronald Eugene Kennedy, 22, who was taken to the state penitentiary March 24 to begin serving 20 and 10-year terms for armed robbery and felonious assault, will be returned here to testify Monday at the trial of Daniel Allen Wilwerding, 25 year-old Kansas Citian. Circuit Judge William R. Coltinson today sustained an application for a habeas corpus for Kennedy filed by William A. Moon, Wilwerding's attorney. Wilwerding, who is charged with Kennedy in the armed robbery last July 13 of the So-Lo Market, states in the application that Kennedy's testimony is material in that he has cOnfessed the holdup and said the defendant was not involved.

Wilwerding is scheduled for his third trial Monday in Judge Collinson's court. Two previous trials have ended in hung juries. France Cuts Off Cash to Tunisia PARIS -France decided today to cut off financial aid to Tunisia following Tunisia's decision to seize held farm land. The decision came at a Cabinet meeting presided over by President Charles de Gaulle, France said the Tunisian action violated an agreement of March 2, 1963, under which most of the foreign land owners were permitted to keep their holdings until 1968. The Tunisian move affects about 500.000 acres of land.

About 2.000 French farmers are involved. France has earmarked aid totaling about $20 million for Tunisia this year. In addition France- had pledged about $20 million in credit insurance for Tanisia. Novelist Basso Is Dead at 59 NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)Novelist Hamilton Basso, 59, died today in Grace New Haven Hospital.

A native of New Orleans, Basso was the author of such novels as "The View from Pompey's Head," and Light Infantry Ball." He made his home in Connecticut. Basso was admitted to the hospital Monday. A Tulane University graduate in 1926, Basso went to work reporter for the New Orleans Tribune and late: for two other newspapers in that city, the Item and the Times Picayune. He later became a copy writer for an advertising agency, but resigned in 1932, and became an associate editor of the New Republic and the New Yorker magazines. In Weston, Conn, where resided since 1944, be was member of the Board of Education.

His other novels include "The World from Jackson Square" and "The Green Room." Daily Record LEONARD VENTURONI Leonard Venturoal, 51, of 1648 East Lombard, was dead' upon arrival at Burge Protestant Hospital Tuesday afternoon aftbecoming ill at his home, Mr. Venturoni, a letter carrier for 15 years, was local president of the National Association of Letter Carriers. He was member of the Grace Methodist Church and a veteran of World War IL. Surviving are his wife, Helen; daughter and a son, Carol and Joseph, both of the home; his father, Joseph, Wheaton. three sisters, Mrs.

Anna. Halford, Wheaton, Mrs. Ann Brittain, Minnetonka, and Mrs. Juanita Larimore, Milwaukee, and three brothers, Raymond, Chicago, Carl, Glen Ellyn, and Rudy, Madison, Wis. Funeral arrangements, will be announced by Rainey, ROWENA M.

CLINGMAN MIRS, Funeral for Mrs. Rowena Clingman, 87, of 1102 East Brower, who died Tuesday at the home of a daughter at 2237 North Douglas, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Methodist Church in Pleasant Hope. The Rev. E.

H. Koerber will of. ficiate and burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of Butler of Pleasant Hope. MRS. DORTHY HOELCHER Mrs.

Dorthy Hoelcher, 63, of 2609 East Sunshine, died at 6 a.m. today at her home after a long illness. She was the widow of Carl L. Hoelcher, formerly of Ohio. Mrs.

Hoelcher served in World War II first lieutenant in the Womens Army Corps after the death of her husband in 1942. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church here. Surviving are 8 son, Robert F. Hoelcher, 2841 East Crestview, and grandson. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Rainey's.

J. EVERETT HOWARD J. Everett Howard, a retired Springfield businessman, who lived on Route 5, died in the Medicine Lode County Hospital at Medicine Lodge, late Tuesday after a short illness. Mr. Howard and his wife, Maude, were on a trip when he became.

ill. Survivors include a. son, Ralph, Long Beach, daughter, Mrs. Marsadee Parson, Long Beach; three stepsons, Ralph, Claude and Clarence Murray, all of Springfield; and several grandchilden. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Friday in Medicine Lodge. Burial will be in Medicine Lodge under the direction of Forest Funeral Home. LEONARD J. SWINGLE BOLIVAR Leonard J. Swingle, 60, of Bolivar, died about 8' p.m.

Tuesday in BurgeProtestant Hospital after a short illness. He was a veteran of World War II and a native of Polk County, moving back to Bolivar about four years ago from Kansas. He was co-owner with his brother, Karlene, of the Bolivar Plumbing Company. Survivors include one other brother, Merle, of Flemington; two sisters, Mrs. Marie French, Long Beach, "and Mrs.

Cleo Whiteaker, Cameron. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Rondo Baptist Church with the Rev, William D. Bamman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of Pitts.

M. ROGERS NEVADA- Funeral services for Mrs. Cora M. Rogers, 70, of Route 3, Nevada, who died Tuesday in Nevada City Hospital er a short illness, will be at p.m. Friday at the Ferry Funeral Home here.

The Rev. E. A. Stoddard will officiate and burial will be in Moore Cemetery here. Mrs.

Rogers was born at Bronaugh and had been a lifelong resident of Vernon County. The widow of Delbert Raymond Rogers, who died Jan. 25, she is survived by four sons. Weldon Independence, Ivan Kansas City, Calvin Paramount, and Carl Fort Leonard Wood: seven daughters, Mrs. Emma Burcham, Miss Ruby Rogers, and Miss Beverly Rogers, all of Kansas City, Mrs.

Edith Stueber. Abilene, Mrs. Nina Elaine Farris, Redding, Mrs. Carol R. Gragg.

Nevada, and Mrs. Betty Jo Roark, Anderson, and two stepsons, Ansel Delbert Rogers, Nevada, and Donald Morris Rogers, Independence. MRS. LLOYD DEATHERAGE GAINESVILLE Funeral services for Mrs. Arizona Deatherage, 66, a former resident of Ozark County, who died Sunday in Dixon, Ill, will be 4 2 p.m.

Thurdsay in Isabella General Baptist Church. The Rev. Allen Ledbetter will officiate and burial will be in Friend rection Cemetery under the diof Clinkingbeard of Gainesville. Survivors include her S- band, Lloyd, of Woosung, two sons, Delbert and Gerald. both of Dixon, two sisters, Sirs.

Elmer Griffith, Long Run, and Miss Velma Tellham, Wathena, two brothers. Edward Tellham, Empire, and Allen Tellham. Thornfield: three grandchildren and step-grandchildren. WALTER T. JOHNSON LEBANON Walter T.

Johnson. 82, longtime clothing store manager here, died at his home in Lebanon about 10:05 p.m. Tuesday after a lingering illness. Mr. Johnson was also a road and bridge contractor.

He foundted the Johnson Clothing Company about 26 years ago, retir. ing about two years ago, He is survived by seven sons, Clifford, Leland and Clint, all of Springfield, Glenn of Formosa, Elwin, Ray and Paul, all Lof Lebanon: three daughters. Mrs. Pauline Jones, Mont. gomery City, Mrs.

Louise Dean and Mrs. Jeanne O'Reilly, both of Springfield; three sisters, Mrs. Fannie Pitman, of Spring. field, and Mrs. Ann Gunnell and Mrs.

Minnie Groves, both of Buffalo: 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Colonial Chapel with the Rev. Mark W. Randle officiating.

Burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. DONALD C. THORNSBERRY MT. VERNON Donald Curtis Thornsberry, 41, Mt. Vernon, died at 2:10 p.m.

in the Missouri State Sanatorhere, where he had been a patient for 12 days. Before he became ill two years ago, Mr. Thornsberry was a nurse at the sanatorium. A member of the First Christian Church, he had resided in Mt. Vernon since 1941.

Surviving are his wife, Peggy; a son, Tommy, of the home; his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Thornsberry, Richland; a brother, Dayle, Excelsior Springs, and two sisters, Mrs. Frank Shawver, Kansas City, and Mrs. George Roam, Richland. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday in the First Christian Church here with the Rev. Eugene Mallett officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Vernon Cemetery under direction of Max L. Fossett.

A. M. (OTT) HAWKINS BUFFALO Funeral services for A. M. (Ott) Hawkins, 69, vell-known retired realtor here, who died Tuesday at his home, will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday in Jones-Cantion Chapel. The Rev. John Glover will officiate and burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Ellis Farmer, of Goodson, not previously listed. MRS.

REATH GARRISON HUMANSVILLE- Mrs. Fenia Garrison, 77, of Modesto, died lowing a Saturday lingering at her illness. home A foiltive of Humansville, she had lived here until moving to Modesto three years ago. Surviving are her husband, Reath; a son, Raymond, to, three sisters, Eva Hudson, Stockton, Mrs. Ruby Hornbeck, Humansville, and Mrs.

Lottie Mann, St. Joseph. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Alder Church west of here with burial in church cemetery under direction of Tillery. HARRY M.

SHORTER MOUNTAIN GROVE--Harry Melmer Shorter, 84, of Mountain Grove, died Tuesday morning at his home after a short illness. A retired farmer and stockman, he was an active member of the Freewill Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Viola; five sons, Harland, New Port Richey, Lyle, Neoshu, Ancil and Jack, both of Colville, and Wayne, Lockwood; two daughters, Mrs. Neoma Hunton, Centralia, and Mrs. Elaine Spurgeon, St.

Louis; a brother, Wallace, Wichita Falls, 19 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Freewill Baptist Church with the Rev. Gene Rogers and the Rev. Dixon officiating.

Burial will be in Hillerest Cemetery under direction of Barber. MRS. LAURA A. PEARCY LEBANON Mrs. Laura Alice Pearcy, 90, of near Lebanon, died at 8:40 p.m.

Monday in Wallace Hospital. She is survived by six daughters, Miss Leone Pearcy and Miss May Pearcy, both of Lebanon, Mrs. Ora Mings, Kansas City, and Mrs. Gladys Reed, Mrs. Lela Reed, and Mrs.

Myrtie Reed, all of Lebanon; two sons, Harvey and Thomas, both of Falcon; two sisters, Mrs. Lula Lewis and Mrs. Maude Watkins, both of Lebanon; brother, James Harrill, Lebanon; nine grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and six greatgreat- grandchildren. Funeral services were to be at 2 today in the New Home Church with the Rev. Roy Jones officiating.

Burial was in New Home Cemetery under direction of Holman. BERT ALFORD ROGERSVILLE Funeral services for Bert Alford, 77, of Rogersville, who died of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near here Monday, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Kelley Ferrel Chapel. The Rev. James Melton and the Rev.

Howard Blevins will officlate and burial will be in Palmetto Cemetery, The Pacific Ocean covers about one-third of the entire area of the globe. Additional Record en PAGE Magistrate Court 90 Grace set May Company Alsole: asks for Stale Morris, director against Jack Mallard, in for 46. Credit George W. Bearenk, suit Judgmen laver of plaintiff for Citizens Bank Bob Harrell. suit promissory default judgment in favor of plaintiff for Finance Company against Kermit note: came dismissed by and pisintill pays cats.

Bank for 8503. Citizens Gary Daniel and en in for Robert Gibbs, Going pliances by Gracie, Rebret Vetof Mate: and Police the wait meat in of Portable The Diverse Corporation against Moran Motor and Crowder, plaintiff for Family Wondrow Hammock Riviera Cree for May Mary Henderson, doing guard Shop accounts for May She Company a Robert D. and doing business Beb'a Store. suit aska met for May Citizens Finance Company Trey Ovens and Ruty suit note. asks 8009: pet for May 27.

Guaranty Cycle against Bend. doing business Surope Bike Shop, en account: set for May 17. Royal Collective Coralee and Peal Stewart. account: aka set for June C. Weimer, doing a Tax Service.

Mr. R. suit for June Ernest Seller against Fern Vetteer, property. for May 18. Case Harold Dens Route fined imprudent driving and Beatrice Irene Campbell.

Litchfield, and William Ervin UpteDir be legs, Charge of permitting drive Glenn Desale Fair charge following 100 closely acainet Holmes Myers 325 North Kansas, Gnat $38 Improner muffler end failure 817 each for Luther Themes Amarillo, Tex ant Expired missed Ronald Route Waukegan. markings. Edward Lombard fined 122 for and 20 Joseph for carrier. Farm for May Dale Fred Gotham. Simp Grenda.

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Address: Apt. 524 43384 Minnie Prairie, South Edda, MA 62804

Phone: +5931039998219

Job: Sales Strategist

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