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THE STATE JOURNAL Aug. 27, 1962 Lansing, Michigan State Weekend Traffic Accidents Claim Other Fatalities Include Boy Killed Driving Tractor (By The Three double-fatality car traffic toll to 14. A 12-year-old rural Holland he was driving overturned, neous accidnts. No drownings The Associated Press the period from 6 p. m.

Friday to' midnight Sunday. TRAFFIC Mrs. Ramona Eglinddsoefer, 34, of Benton Harbor, and her 11- killed Sunday when their car colold daughter, Sally, were lided with another at a rural intersection six miles southeast of Benton Harbor. Gandelario Lugo, 22, of Vassar, and Celedonio Jiminez, 20, of Gilford, died when their car and two others piled on M-81, eight miles east of Saginaw, Sunday. Charlotte Jolley, 7, of Riverview, and Walter Messner, 19, of Trenton, were killed Saturday night in a two-car collision on Telegraph four miles north of Monroe.

Jack Kriton, 31, of Benton Harbor, was injured fatally Sunday when the car in which he was riding left US-31 and rolled over twice in Berrien county. Gertrude Zaleswski, 54, of Detroit, died Saturday night in a Bartolo Torres, 56. of San Francisco-Rinton, Mexico, a migrant worker, fell from a truck and was crushed to death under its rear wheels Saturday on a road near Stanton in Montcalm county. George H. York, 82, of Niles, was killed Saturday night when he walked into the side of an auto on US-31 just north of the state line in Berrien county and was knocked down by a second car as he started to get up.

Clarence Williams, 70, was struck and killed by a car Saturday as he crossed a Grand Rapids street. William R. Murphy, 64, of Harpr Woods, was killed Saturday in a he collision near Commerce in Oakland county. James L. Rozema, 19, of rural Holland, was killed Saturday when his car collided head on with another as he tried to pass a national guard truck convoy on US-31 near Saugatuck.

Albert Stockero, 40, of Crystal Falls, was killed Friday night when his car rolled over twice on US-141 near his home in the upper peninsula. MISCELLANEOUS Dr. Dirk J. Scholten, 83, of Kalamazoo, died Saturday of injuries suffered Friday night when his auto went out of control in his driveway, struck his home and careened into a tree. Roger Howard, 12, of suburban Holland, was injured fatally Saturday when a tractor he was driving overturned on top of him.

Thomas Duncan, 47, of Flat Rock, was struck and killed by a slow moving switching locomotive Saturday as he worked near railroad tracks at the Wyandotte Chemical corporation. Area Deaths Ernest L. Wells ST. LOUIS. Aug.

27 Ernest L. Wells. 75. of 1016 Michigan St. Louis, died Saturday afternoon at Wilcox hospital in Alma.

He had been a resident of St. Louis, and was a welder by trade. He survived by his widow, Ted Mary; of four Midland, sons. Howard of and Norman and John of St. Louis; two daughters.

Mrs. Lewis Gould of St. Louis, and Mrs. Roscoe Doll of Shepherd: 15 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren; a brother, Theodore of Florida: five stepchildren, Mrs. Ben Diehl of Davison, Mrs.

Ted Carter of Ithaca. Dale McCliggott of Sunfield. Francis McCliggott Cliggott of Pinconning, and Bernard Mcof Maryland. and nine stepgrandchildren. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1:30 p.

at the Carter funeral home in St. Louts with Rev. Charles Vermilyea officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery in St. Louis.

Mrs. Edna E. Myers OVID, Aug. 27 Mrs. Edna E.

Myers. 81. of 8112 Kinley near Shepardsville, died Sunday at 8 St. Johns hospital of a heart ailment. She was a member of Duplain Church of Christ and a member of an alumni group composed of University of Michinursing school graduates.

She graduated from the school in 1905. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Mary Myers, Dearborn; a son, George, with whom she lived: two sisters. Miss Jennie F. Hudson and Amie B. Hudson.

both of Ovid, and four grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Houghton funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Grove cemetery.

Ira E. Foster PERRY. Aug. 28 Services for Ira E. Foster, 63.

of 228 Watkins will be at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the LaRowe funeral home. Burial will be in Roselawn cemetery. Mr.

Foster, an employe of the Lansing division of the White Motor company, died of a heart attack Saturday at a Lansing hospital. F. was a life member of the Perry A 350, and Corunna R. A. M.

Surviving are the widow, Maude: a son. Kenneth, Cedarhurst. N. a daughter, Mrs. Francis Appleton.

Los a sister. Mrs. Purl Comer. Webberville' six' grandchildren. Mrs.

Rhea F. Stewart EATON RAPIDS, Aug. 27. Mrs. Rhea Stewart.

69, of 309 Crane died Sunday of a heart ailment at an Eaton Rapids hospital. She was a former telephone operator and a former house mother at the Veterans of Foreign Wars' home. Surviving is a nephew, Van Knowlton of South Gate, Cal. Services will be at 4 p. m.

Tuesday at the Skinner funeral home. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. George R. Wellman HOWELL. Aug.

27 George R. Wellman, 70. a lifelong Livingston county resident, died Sunday at a Pontiac nursing home. He was a farmer in Marion township south of Howell. Surviving are the widow Emily, one son Lawrence of Pontiac, four brothers.

Silas. Byron, Lloyd and Gerald, all of rural Howell, and three sisters. Nina Wellman of Howell. Mrs. Grace Feuston of Lansing and Mrs.

Elva Hanson of Charlotte. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Schnackenberg funeral home with burial in the Green cemetery. William P.

Curtis DANSVILLE, Aug. 27 William P. Curtis. 93. for many years a leader in Masonic activities at Dansville, died Sunday forenoon at a nursing home in Mason.

He had been a life-long resident of Dansville and was a past master of Lodge No. 160, F. A. M. He was a retired farmer.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Vogt funeral home. Dansville, conducted by Rev. Robert Brubaker and the Masonic lodge.

Burial will be in Fairview cemetery, Dansville. Surviving are a son. Lawrence of Danville, six grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. 00 0 0 00 Claim 14. Lives NEWS 2 Michigan BLUE RIBBON -Although he appears he might lose his pants young Michael Majorana, 8, of Southfield, was more interested in winning the blue ribbon for his age in the blueberry pie eating contest Sunday at the Michigan state fair.

He said he'd be back Monday for watermelon contest and maybe some more scheduled through the fair which ends Labor Day, Sept. 3. (AP Wirephoto.) Vermontville to Vote On $690,000 School (Special to The State Journal) VERMONTVILLE, Aug. 27 Facts concerning the proposed building program of the Vermontville Community schools will be discussed Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 8 p.

m. in a meeting at the high school called by the board of education. The Vermontville district will vote in a special election Tuesday, Sept. 11, on a $690,000 bond build and furnish a junior senior high school for 270 students, add six classrooms to the Maplewood elementary building, and acquire land for site expansinento satisfy public the state instruction's derequirements for high schools. The old high school building will be razed and the area used for 4 In Eaton Injured Accidents Associated Press) collisions pushed Michigan's weekend boy, crushed fatally when a tractor was among three victims of miecellawere reported.

weekend accidental death count covers Bath Pair Injured Gas Explodes, Burns Melvin Fesk, Wife WAWA, Aug. 27 (P A vacationing Michigan couple suffered burns yesterday when the lighting of a match touched off leaking propane gas in their trailer at Fungus lake, about 175 miles northwest of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Melvin Fesk, 44, of Bath, suffered, brought second-degree to a hospital burns here. and His wife, Mary, had lesser burns.

Police said the explosion was set when Fesk awoke and lit a cigaret. Burglars Labor Hard to Steal An Empty Safe (Special to The State Journal) STOCKBRIDGE, Aug. 27-Burglars who took a 250-pound safe sometime early Monday from the Oakwood grocery near here are in for a surprise. It's empty! Ingham county sheriff's officers said the men broke into the grobert cery owned by Mr. and Mrs.

HuThompson at M-36 and M-92 by cutting a screen and breaking the glass on the front door. They used some cloth gloves from one of the sales counters in the store to work with. The safe Thompsons said they emptied the. Sunday. Charlotte Resident's Skull Fractured a as Car Leaves Road (Special to The State Journal) OL' FAMILY BUS--Dr.

and Mrs. John F. Coyne of Sharon, and their seven children are shown in the family bus while vacationing at the home of Mrs. Coyne's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs.

Don Jones of Grand Ledge. Front row, from left, Cathryn, Joseph, Mary Jane and Rosemary, and back row, from left, Michael, Patrick and Kevin. Family of Nine Has Own Bus for Traveling By MARGE WALDO Jane, 11; Cathryn Ann, 10; Kevin, (Journal Special Writer) GRAND LEDGE, Aug. 27 When Dr. John F.

Coyne of Sharon, tells his family to pile into the family bus he isn't joking. The doctor, his wife, the former Marilyn Ashe of Lansing, and their seven children are spending a vacation at the home of Mrs. Coyne's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Don Jones of Canal Grand Ledge, and they came in a converted airport shuttle bus! Dr.

Coyne decided to buy a bus when the family grew to such numbers that it was too expensive stopping at motels on their frequent summer trips. The bus was bought in February and it has been outfitted with bunks for six, seating for eight, camping equipment and toys. The Coynes plan before another summer to install permanent sleeping quarters, a stove, refrigerator, gas lights, space heater and a pressurized water system. The shining red and silver bus took the family to Portland, for a two weeks' trip in July and almost every weekend carries the nine Coynes to Lake Erie about 80 miles from their home in Sharon, Pa. "I get 10 miles a gallon on gas and gas station operators like to see us coming, said the doctor.

bus can hold 100 "They didn't like us' so much when we had a station wagon," remembered Mrs. Coyne. "Especially when all the little Coynes piled out for rest stops." Making up the family besides the doctor and his wife are Mary Explorer Scouts May Not Hear Famed Astronaut ANN ARBOR, Aug. 27 (UPI)Youngsters attending the first National Explorer Scouts convention hoped to hear an address todays astronaut John Glenn, Jr. His appearance was announced by J.

H. Brown, New Brunswick, N. but then it appeared the wholes thing it was was indefinite. understood, was agreeable to having Glenn speak here. This left it up to Glenn.

And Glenn was en route with his family from Virginia to the new space flight center at Houston, camping along the way. He was due in this area last night, but did not arrive. The Explorer Scout convention opened Sunday and runs through Wednesday. Officials had hoped to have Glenn speak tonight but said today, "We'll be glad to have him whenever we can get him." Pastor Resigns At Laingsburg (Special to The State Journal) LAINGSBURG, Aug. 27 Rev.

Henry Busch, pastor of the Baptist church here, announced his resignation during the Sunday church service. He will leave effective Sept. 16. Rev. Busch had been here since 1957 and had been active in the church program and other affairs.

He said that his temporary plans are to move to Chesaning and continue working at MidlandRoss in Owosso. Couple Injured In Rural Mishap (Special to The State Journal) ITHACA, Aug. 27 Gratiot county sheriff's officers said Ivan Eicher, 58, and his wife. Irene, injured Sunday afternoon when their car went out of control on Luce nine miles southwest of here. Both were taken to Gratiot Community hospital where Mrs.

Eicher was released following treatment but her husband was reported suffering from a head laceration and a possible skull fracture. Officers said I the woman was driving when her car struck a hole in the rural gravel road and then went into a ditch stopping when it hit a tree. City Teens Visit Fair Farm Youths Conduct Tour of Exhibits DETROIT, Aug. 27 UP) City teen-agers visited the livestock barns and farm youths lived it up city-style in an exchange program at the Michigan State Fair today. Visiting farm youths took a group of Detroit high school students on a round of chores, demonstrating how they care for cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry.

Then they joined the city group for fun a rock 'n' roll dance grandstand. -and refreshments in the Some 2,000 persons sat in the rain for the traditional sunrise service yesterday, Religion Day at the fair. Gov. Swainson offered a cold war prayer, saying: "We muster give thought to the rest of the world." "Whether it be the family down the street or a mother wading the rice paddies in Swainson said, "we must think of them as individuals, with love of family, who have the day-to-day concerns about their children, the need to work and earn a livelihood with hopes and aspirations for an ever better future in peace and security." I A crowd of 117,486 visited the fair yesterday, bringing the total for the three opening days to 250,572. Fair officials hope thatwith good weather-at least one million will attend before the fair ends on Labor Day.

Injuries Fatal To Former Actor At Eaton Rapids (Special to The State Journal) EATON RAPIDS, Aug. 27-William E. Tracy, 80, of 545 died Sunday at an Eaton Rapids hospital of injuries he suffered in a fall from the roof of his home Aug. 8. Mr.

Tracy was repairing the roof of his home and fell when he started to climb down the ladder. He was in show business for 55 years, starting out working for the nation's top circuses and then in a vaudeville act with his widow, Mary. Their act was called Gene and Marie. He was a clown, a blackface comedian and did character impersonations. His wife was a contortionist and did vaudeville skits.

They specialized in a dog, monkey and clown act in later years. They started their act in 1910 and retired in 1956. Mr. Tracy was a member of the First Methodist church. Surviving besides the widow is a brother, Harry, Eaton Rapids.

Services will be at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Pettit funeral home. Burial will be in South Eaton cemetery. Holland Girl Arrives at Perry 27-Janny Makken, 19-year-old Dutch girl from Sneek, Holland, has arrived here to spend year living with the Victor Darling family.

Foreign youths from Germany and Finland had previous lived at their home. Miss Makken, whose father is a dental technician, will attend Perry high school during the coming year. Area Funerals Mrs. Leola Byers ST. LOUIS.

Aug. 27 Funeral services Byers. were held Saturday for Mrs. who 69, died lifelong last Gratiot county in dent hospital. She is Wednesday survived by a the husband Fred.

four sons. Elmer and Lawrence St. Louis. Norward and Maynard of Alma. five daughters, Mrs.

Norton of Hildred St. Hevel Louis. and Mrs. Mrs. Lucy Bernice Gulick of Alma.

Sarah Hibbard of New York state and Marjorie Van Nuys of Ohio, one brother. Alfred Holmes of St. Louis and one sister, Mrs. Hildred Mattison of Frankfort. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery.

Ray L. Hamlin DURAND. Aug. 27 Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m.

Tuesday at Bellows funeral home for Ray L. Hamof 504 E. Clinton who died Friday at a Flint hospital. A lifelong resident of Durand. he was a postal clerk and rural mail carrier for 38 years.

Surviving are the widow Wanda, his mother, Mrs. Addie Hamlin both of Durand. and a sister. Mrs. Charles June of Flint.

Burial will be in the Vernon cemetery, CHARLOTTE, 27 Four persons were injured, one seriously, in two one-car accidents in Eaton county Sunday evening. All were brought to Hayes Beach hospital here. Most severe injuries were received by George Fickes. 49, Charlotte, who was a passenger in an auto driven by Saglon Ryan, 56, of 2115 Reo Lansing, when it ran off US-27 five miles southwest of Charlotte at 8:30 p. m.

Sunday. Eaton County Sheriff Elwin Smith reported Ryan apparently lost control of the car while he was driving southwest on the highway. Fickes suffered a skull fracture anl lacerations of the face and head. His condition at the hospital was reported as fair. Ryan was in fair condition with internal injuries and facial lacerations.

Another occupant of his car, Max H. DeFoe, 56. Charlotte, received fractures of the left foot and right arm as well as lacerations of the face. His condition Monday was fair. In the second accident.

Gordon H. Hale, 29, of Flint, who was driving alone, went into the median strip of US-27 nine miles northeast of Charlotte. Sheriff's officers said Hale told them he fell asleep at the wheel. The car rolled over after leaving the pavement. Hale received multiple face lacerations.

His condition Monday was good. Michael, Rosemary, Patrick, 3, and Joseph, 14 months. Oh yes, there is also "Hot Shot" their 12-year-old dog, who keeps a watchful on the young Coynes Dr. at Coyne the company doctor for Westinghouse in Sharon and Mrs. Coyne, formerly a nurse, attended Sexton school in Lansing when she was Marilyn Ashe.

Calm Ends At Albion Pastors on Campus For Varied Activities (Special to The State Journal) ALBION, Aug. 27-Six weeks of summer calm at Albion college will be ended when a throng of Michigan Methodist ministers begin arriving for late summer campus activities. Some of the ministers arrived Sunday to spend the evening and Monday planning for a church school cultivation campaign that will be staged in Methodist churches this fall and winter. Dr. Everett K.

Seymour of Detroit is in charge of the sessions. Beginning Monday afternoon will be the annual Michigan Methodist Pastors school, a five-day assembly, of which Dr. Hoover Rupert of Ann Arbor is dean. This school will attract about 350 pastors. As in recent years, Bishop Marshall R.

Reed, head of both Michigan and world Methodism, will be the school's preacher, speaking five times on various phases of "Religion as Experience." A special feature will be six hymn festival sessions, conducted by Dr. Emurian, pastor of Cherry dale Methodist church, Arlington, and prominent organist, columnist on hymnody and a song leader. He is the author of 16 books, including six that contain collections of original plays. Dr. Dawson C.

Bryan, director of the institute of religion at Texas Medical center, Houston, will conduct a course in "Pastoral Counseling of Individuals and Families." Dr. K. Morgan Edwards, professor of preaching, Southern California School of Theology, Claremont, will be teaching and lecturing concerning "The Preacher's Credentials," while a course concerning New Testament interpretation will be taught by Dr. Ernest W. Sanders, professor of New Testament interpretation, Garrett Theological seminary, Evanston, Ill.

Dr. W. Astor Kirk of the Methodist Board of Christian Social Concerns, Washington, D. will be discussing "Relations Between Church and State" during another set of class periods. In addition, beginning Monday noon there will be special sessions and classes for new ministers.

Renovation Starts On Olivet Theater (Special to The State Journal) OLIVET, Aug. 27-Olivet's State theater, built and run as a movie house in the 1940s by a former local resident, is being renovated and enlarged for use by the Olivet Theater corporation. Noble Ryor of Olivet is the contractor. Larry Church, corporation president, said work includes enlargement of the stage and dressingrooms enabling future theater and co concert entertainment as well as movies. Olivet college is being given a lease on the building, Church said.

The theater had an illustrious past but during the more recent years the building had been closed. Overseas Outlay to Fall SAN FRANCISCO For overseas facilities, United States food manufacturers are expected to spend about $112,000,000 in 1962 compared with $142,000,000 in 1961 and $97,000,000 in 1960. parking. If possible, the existing shop will be left for bus repair and general storage. Facilities planned in the proposed junior-senior high school building include six general classrooms, a commercial classroom, typing room, two science rooms, homemaking room, general farm shop, agriculture drafting room, gymnasium, boys' and girls' locker and shower rooms, library, cafetorium with stage-band room, kitchen and kitchen-storage, administrative offices and guidance room, boiler room, toilets and miscellaneous storage space.

A breakdown of estimated costs show the elementary addition at new junior- senior high school, furniture and 'equipment, additional site of 37 acres, $7,000, and fees and miscellaneous costs, $38,000. The bonds are to be for 29 years callable after 10 years. The average yearly cost, including interest, will be approximately 7.83 mills based on the present state equalized valuation figured at an average interest rate of percent. If the bonds are sold for less, the millage will be less. Under present plans the new junior-senior high school would be constructed north of the old high school.

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