Iowa City Press-Citizen from Iowa City, Iowa • 2

-Iowa City Press-Citizen May 23, 1960 Elect Lions Board Awards Contract "Death? Lightning Hits House Here Sradebook-Returned to City High Fifteen teachers gradebooks Road Oiling Mrs. Conant, 96, Succumbs Here Mrs. Sophia B. Conant, V6, died at a local nursing home Tuesday evening following a short illness. Born HUAuj eust 17.

1863. she had been a resident of Iowa City for many years. Mrs. uonam wan a meiuuer of the Methodist church and Doctor Bush" DR. JAMES B.

BUSH Dr. James B. Bush, head of oral diagnosis in the University of Iowa college of denusiry, w- Hnv wns elected president of the Iowa City Lions Club. He will be Installed June 29 to sue ceed Lawrence VV arcr; Other officers elected -at me club's regular noon luncheon meeting at the Mayflower inn included Fred Flugel, first vice president, C. Merton Spicer, second vice president.

Sterling Goplerud, third vice president- Others named were Robert L. Morris, lion tamer, Duane A. NollscTinannmteTrW'ilHanS: Cozine and 43r. Randall Ryder, f- Edward F. Butler Dies Here at 95 Edward F.

95, an earlv-dav merchant In Iowa county, died early today at Unl, verslty hospital after a 'short illness. He had resided In Iowa City for the past 35 year Born June 28,. 1864, at Nolan Settlement, he was a son of Thorn as and MaryJPeterBut- ler. He waa married to Eunice-Cray at St, Michaels church In Holbrook In 1882, Mr. Butler operated a gen eral store, post office and tele phone office at Armagh, iiu southwest Iowa county, we came to Iowa City" following his retirement.

Survivors Include two daugh ters. Mrs. Agnes of Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. Lor etta Bowman, of Downey; two aons, Joseph and Raymond, 7 both of Ft. Myers, Fa.rl3 grandchildren and 3 great, i erandchildren.

He was preceded In death by his wife, two sons and a daugh. ter. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's church with burial to be in Im maculate Conception cemetery at Armagh.

The rosary will be at the Mc6overn funeral home 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Georgefves, 72, Succumbs Today WEST LIBERTY George Eves, 72, a retired Cedar coun-tv. farmer died at 12:30 a.m. todav.

at. Mercv. hospital, Iowa Citv. He had resided in" West missing since last Thursday night from the desks of teachers at Iowa City high school hav been returned' to the school. They were returned to City high official! Tuesday.

Iowa City police recovered the gradebooks andare.lnveatlj:au mg the matter. The- gradebooks were taken Thursday night when the high school -was open fQC.JneeUnga of school groups. Return of the records relieves many City high student who otherwise would htTe had to take final examinations. Under a 1 school- certain tor. ranking students --on the basis of previous grades are ex- -cused from finals.

Hikers Continued from Page 1 est ever attempted by anyone. Only Montiverde had attempted it before the two sergeants dip. ped their feet in the Pacific and started out April 12. ine men aouni uieyu wear: out the four pairs of boots they have with them. "We don't drag our feet, you see," said Sergeant Moloney.

BUT, THEY DO wear out heels, just the same. They've changed heels several times so far Sergeant Moloney saidha has used only two of his four slit in various places to allow circulation of air. The men are on a three- British paratroopers. The is financed by several British clothing and shoe firms. Evans is from Wales, Mol- For Coiin L.

I Pelling of Wil liamsburg, today was awarded a contract to do the year's road oiling program in Johnson county. r-The contract calls for work tcr-te "performed -on" the-265 miles of bituminous surfaced upon weather and the condition oMhesurf ace of the roaas. A low bid of 17.8 cents a gal lon from the Pelline firm was Grading Bids Due June 13 Bids on bringing 5.67 miles of Johnson county road to grade this summer will be received by the cotinty board of supervisors up to 1:30 p.m. June 13. 'i The work will be done on 10 separate projects scattered throughoutrthe county and con.

sists.of elevating and widening the road surface to 24 feetr cutting new ditch and installing necessary drainage culverts. Workis scheduled for; mile; Washington township, T.73 miles; Sharon township, .25 of mile; Pleasant st a ler-Big-Hjrovetownship, 28 of a mile; Cedar, .56 of a mile; Graham township, .5. of a mle. enson Approved by Committee WASHINGTON UPl The senate judiciary commitJte4p-proved today President Eisen, Iv accepted by the county board of supervisors from amonij five bids submitted by as many firms. Work is to start by June 1 and be completed by October 1 The contract specifies that the successful bidder will furnish, nd apply the oil.

LOVSTV ENGINEER R. H. Justen said the total cost can not be accurately estimated at this time because the weather will determine to a large extent how much work is done Thus, he said, a contract for $1 and "other-valuable considerations" was drawn. The Felling firm has won con. tracts for road oiling in John son county for the past several years.

In 1958 the low bid was 17.5 centfLa. galknu and last year it was 18.35 cents a gal lon. About is budgeted this vear for road oilinjr. Other bids received by tne board were those of: E. C.

Henningsen of Atlantic 18 7 pent a Fallon Kaser Construction Co.rcf-DesJ Moines. 18.9 cents; Western En gineering of Harlan, 19 cents; Hargrave Construction of Cedar Rapids, 18.2 cents. Father, Son, 3, Facing Charges" After Accident An Iowa City man son were and his charged 13.TyearrOld withT driving" "Of fenserTuesday night after the truck their car was towing hit another car on SquUl Riverside drive, They are Robert E. Branson 37. and his son.

Douglas, both of Route 3. Police- said -Branson car was towing southward a pickup truck driven by his son near tHeentraHtetotheS8nitary landfill about 7 p.m. They said the right side, llieii dilfted back to the left into the path of an oncoming car. The oncoming car was driven bv A. O.

Bollinger, 24, of 516 Third avenue. Lightning struck a house here at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, knocking out electrical power to the home and damaging its wiring. Neighbors saij they saw a balLjOfiireatthepolnt-'here electricity enters the home of Leo Fisher, of 1123 North Dodge The lightning, Mrs. Fisher said? apparently entered the house on the elec- The bolt damaged wiring in the electrical distribution box, then burned out several -wall sockets.

Although no one. saw heena small fire in a wall socket in the living room Mrs. sald.Ihe only damage was to wiring. Firemen were called after the family smelled smoke in the living room; They advised call' ing an electrician. Erbe-Shuns Debate by Candidates By The Associated Press State-Sen.

Jack-Schroederof. Davenport said --at Clin ton Tuesday night he is sorry Atty. KormairErbe had turned down his invitation to loin him and VilHamH.ficholas -of Clear Lake in a debate of po litical at Shenandoah Friday. All three, are seeking the puuuuBn nominauun lur gov ernor in' the June 6 primary. Schroeder.

in Clinton for an address, said: "Mr. Erbe, by rejecting my invitation to join Mr. Nicholas and myself in this debate, is passing up an opportunity Just nine days bef pre ihe election, to give the people -of-Iowa-a-oner- shot; concise look at the plat- forms and programs of all three Republican candidates for gov ernor. Schroeder said be hopes Erbe reconsiders. JErbe said Nicholas ararnged- the debate to attack Schroeder's legislative record and he (Erbe) considered it a' scrap between "those two almanac FOBKCAST FOR IOWA CIT AND KOLTHKANT IOWA i i tn-n and thundmrtormsid ing toniRlitt cooler, lows in tlie mid-5Us.

DerrPuinK cloudinoss and eooltr-urdy, htgla-iB-4h-49w4i tvn. Central Iona Showers and thvnderstornm ending to 1 cooler, low. In the lower 60s. De creasing cloudinega and cooler Thursday, lug ha around 7U. Kortheait Iona Shower and thunderstorms tonight, diminishing to scattered showers Tnursaay.

cooler tonirht. -lows 46-52. CooIcrThursday, highg In the upper ous. Northwent Iowa Showera and thunderstorms endlna toniarht. low around 60.

Partly cloudy and cooler inuraciayL nigna in me upper tw. Sonthweit Iowa Decreasini cloudiness and cooler tonight ani Thursday. Lows tonight lnr- the lower 50s, highs Thursday in the loil-er 70s. FWe-dav forerast Temperatures win average near normal inrougn next Monday with no laree dally daily changes. Afternoon -hlgliB will be in tne vus ana orernigtu lows in me 50b.

Rainfall will average to. one Inch In showers and thunder storms, mainly tonight and Thursday and during the week-end. Iowa City Temperatures Th" temperature at noon today waa 72 after an overnight low of 63 and a hieh Tuesday of 78. Tho of ficial rainfall measurement here was .67 Of" an Inch; ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS SUNRISE today 4:41 a.m.: Tliurs- day 4:44 a.m. SUNSET today 7:24 p.m.; day 7:25 p.m.

Thurs- The moon rosi day and will set at 8:22 p.m-Thursday. SchooLMusic Soloists Will Present Program Instrumental soloists from the Iowa City public elemen- tary. and junior high schools perform Saturday in the departments rooms at Iowa City high school. Au-niM wilr he TViarlp pn Jhe basis of individual achievement relative to the length of time the youngster has been playing the instrument. No Competition will be held.

Judges will be Himie Vox-man, head of the University1 of Iowa music department; and John Ferrell, assistant pro fessor of music. The elementary hand and or- chestra played at the seven public elementary schools to Tiiriav in the annual; luui vy WIG givnu. the Stanley Cobb directed a directorsrlen-Eekardr-secre4palrs of-bMtavThe boots are- tarv. and Robert Munn, treas urer. Russell Hayes, division spe- cial agent oMhe Chicago, JlockLroonth, leave, of absencefrom.

Liberty for the past 10 years, Mr. Eves was born August 20. 1887. In Millville, Pa, a son of Milton S. and "Emily Eves.

He was married to the former Greta L. Lorerizen, Sep- from ScotlandSoth jrr-married. Moloney has two sons. has no children. Island and Pacific Railway spoke 'to the club on railroad police work.

Firemen Extinguish Rubbish Blaze Here Firemen Tuesday afternoon extinguished a-rubbish-f ire-at the rear of the Homer H. Jac obs home, 218 West sticct, Firemen said a fire amongst nlrl hoards waa heinp whiDOed by high wind from a stormiC. that hit about 1:40 p.m. No buildings were in danger, and and the walk oney Evans Benton Marriage Licenses Richard A. Kluver.

21. of a cnarier memDer or me hook and Basket club. Survlvori inc lude two daughters, Miss Bernlce Con ant and Mrs Carl Helm, both of Iowa City, "two "sons, Walter L. Conant, of Iowa City, and Theodore A. Conant, of St.

Paul," five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. She was preceded in aeatn by her husband, Walter H. Cpnant, in 1835. Funeral services wm De ai 2 p. m.

Thursday at the Dono- hue mortuary with Rev. L. L. Dunnington, pastor of the-First Methodist hurchJ. of lciating.

Burial willbe in the Hampton township ceme tery in Illinois. i Offers Water Pollution Bill WASHINGTON VP) Rep Fred Schwengel tR-Iowa had In the house hopper today a water pollution bill to replace one President Eisenhower vetoed in February. thei-newj. Schwengel said measure would meet the president's -objections to- federal erants of 90 million dollars a year-to help municipalities build sewage treatment plants. The veto did not affect the cur rent law that permits federal 'grant im tn no million dollars a yearf o-antipollutioiL- Schwengel said his bill would strengthen state and interstate water pollution control programs, would make more effective assistance to munici- lem, wouia proviue more met-tive prevention of pollution caused federal installations and wouli-strengthen the ed4 eralrole in abating pollution of interstate waters.

Sentenced in Theft of Thousands in Stamps NEW-YORK -tW -A-maill clerk- who -cheated his broker- age firm of an estimated half-million dollars in postage 10 3'i years in prison. General Sessions Judge Mlt- cnen i. scnweir Jjuesaay. sentenced Charles A. Willis; 56, after his lawyer 'pleaded that he-had made $22,000 InPrestitu-tions.

Police said Willis sold kamn. n-h nh tnH hoen ntir. chased with company money. State Appointments Ow i i the. Mississi ppi parkway plan-: commission Given reappointments were Hans Morgan Clarinda, to the i Strawberrv7 iCharter Oak.

and Barbara Maa hower'-minationf-oy-4Jrrthe truck IeftJhe-Payementon Gallowayr 21. of Maquoketa. Richard V. Halverson, 21, of Calumet City, HU and Nancy lemDer ivit, ai Mr. Eves was a "memfeePTsf at Tipton.

Rochester Masonic, lodged Survivors' include his widow, one son, Harold, of West Liberty, and two grandchildren. -Funeral services will be at 1-30 ii.m. Saturday at Methodist church with the Rev T. E. Bauman.

pastor of the West Branch Methodist church, officiating and burial will be in the Tipton cemetery. The Snider funeral home is in charge of arrangements; 2 Ask Damages In Suits Arising From Accidents Two -damage automobile, accident Police charged Branson- whithere-was ho damage. Cityrboth of legal age, Nicholas -said In- a statementjuam Gower. pfofessor of oriusic. Stephenson of Des Afoihes toj be U.

S. judge for southern Iowa, Committee attaches said Stephenson's nomination, to succeed-JSdwin R. Hicklin. retired, was approved without dissent. -The -committee- action -fol lowed a hearing on the 43-year-o 1 Stephenson's nomination Tuesday.

--t- urKe a. Hickenlooper rrtu E. Martin, Iowa Republicans, praised Stephen- ucy, as a ttttutiic. aiiu as anarmycaptain jn World War II. Sen.

Roman L. Hruska (R- presiding at the hear-ing, said U. S. Judge Robert Van, Pelt of Nebraskahad written, at the request of the com mittee, a letter in which the judge ra i Stephenson's abilities. said the committee also had received letters from Meredith and Wallace fOF COURSE! THIS IS TIIEW I Tour Money I 1 hanH nri fwia.

Eckev direcUdison record as a private attor- wits--erekdniPiTwslfeeen iiefflwdjtor released through his Des Moines office: "I arh haDDV that Mr. Schroeder har agreed ttrlhe de bate. I am sorry that he finds the record he, himself, has made so distasteful. have said; many times that I am not interested in personalities, that I am in- tlrested only in principles and issues. J3rbe spoke Tuesday night to the Coggon High school gradu ating class.

-He urged Iowa vouths to make. certairTthe quality orad- j. performance by the state is a part of their responsibility in being citizens of the state. "That kind of interest "will ide the strongest available. jforce: toward improving the TCorriBetencirnrl oualitv of state) Johnson county dlBtrlct court William A.

Castles seeks' from iudement of $570.19 Welco Teed Manufacturing and Charles R. Wood for ailegecLdamage to his car in a xt 7 iqsq vwusnni Dubuque and Fairchild the other car was driven 'by MrWootfr- is; Judgment- asked in the petitiorifiled by permitting an unauthorized minor to drive and the boy with driving without a license. Th ey were freed without bond for police court appearance later. Seeks Judgment for Professional Services Atty. Shirley Porter has filed suit in Johnson-county district court- foraudgment-of 5150 against Wayne and Charlene Olson, and a writ Of attachment on certain of their property.

The attorney alleges that he provided professional services for Mrs. Olson in a recent crim inal action and that the defend ants are "about to remove their property from the county with 4ntent to--rdefraud theuv-cr itors.1 He is represented by -Atty. Old Linoleums Get Glass Like! Beauty Yes. you can Obtain a glass l-ke onour-old lino! eum that will Increase Its use fulness, for a long No, it's not slippery Glaxo makes a beautiful floor that seals out dirt InThe average home Glafko is applied about once a year 'YottbedecedirriviUL-blte beauty. Ends waxing.

LENOCH CILEK The Hardware Store Tme Value ajST il ft .1 CunninghamcthftlanUcusrnii Oliver, 18, of Burnham, HI Robert F. Harris, of Montour, Thelma G. Brown, of Iowa YOU HOW! iadministrative practices." he'airector of the federal DES MOINES iJPi James saidf Ryan 0f insing has beenl appojnted by Gov- Herschelj -iLoveless to in Compounded Semi-Annuollv I I Frein in connection Messcr. Hamilton WiTCahillj arei attorneys tiffs. Dean M.

Frein in connection with an accident on Highway 6vA in Coralville, November 2, 1959. or both 41. A Shooting Accident "WEST UNION UPt the orchestra, Pacific Coast harbor Declared Disaster Area LOS ANGELES JP Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor, TmnFMrty-wares anrl-tidesr has been declared a disaster area. Donald -McEarnan, Tagional small otrsmess- fldmtoistrationsaid -Tuesday-owners of moorings, 'landing docks and boat repair businesses can apply for government loans to repair dam-age. Individual boat owners are not.

eligible' of Torrance, who Uisappeared- uaea BUIm5 1 Ambulance Driver Gilbert E. Knedler, 6a; an ambulance driver from Blakes-burg. was fined $10 in 'police running a red light. His ambulance was involved in a collision Tuesday afternoon with a car driven by Wayne A. orthJtiverside drive, at the Highway 6 River- Noelj Search is continuing for a and his son John, 17, Ravmond Stuart30.

criticizing the nomination. Neither responded to an invitation to testify. Cunninghamlf was Icriticar of the handling of an investigation i in a housing casft Meredith wrotethatJie. Jntended to jue: Stephenson. Stephenson testified the case mentioned byCunningham is Till ppnrhng; a not considered it proper to com-ment on it to Cunningham.

He salirn'e asotTulfp'Hseilrtd learn that he might be sued by Meredith, who, he said, has been a frequent litigant. be a HILLS BANK point, to' the state vrimniIZV1' about tne time.ChUean 49. l1 sn001 I Tl iline of fire While IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN r.stabllthtd IMI Fit Vara Oldfr Thai th 8tt of lows HILLS, IOWA Deposit, Federally Insured to $10,000 boardrandlafence ETwrighCT Sioux City, to the state board of barber examiners Air Force Has Own Version of Salute Publlshd eteningV Sun-davj by the Press-Citlten Company. at 319 East Waihtnston street. Iowa Citv, Iowa.

Second class postage paid at lows City. low. The Iowa CttykPress-Cltlien Is a member of 8pefdel Newspapers. Inc The Associated Press is entitled eX- "rluslTelv toTWUse -for TermbHc-tion of the local news printed in this newspaper, as well aa (JPi news dispatches. EGLIN AIR FORCE: at the acreage at Fla.

JP The air force rer-, edge of town. the gun and was fatally wound- e-L Rose was taken to the West) TUnion tospitar-where-hig wif ej -dutyeJLSuperyJsprof, thpoting. The accident oc- SERVE THEIR PIBFOSE Books written to make a pro- fiL qnirkly. in Ihe current rr.ar- ket for a typical type. of story actly what they ar a 13-g-un urate sion of rendered Kelly as REPAINT REMODEL REDECORATE DURING THE Mai.

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