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rr C-2 THE STATE JOIRWL July 24, 1963 Festival Scheduled Lansing, Michigan I I ii mm rfr- Wilson and MMPA Nashville Event tc (Special to The Stat Journal) NASHVILLE Nashville is to is i Announce Of Their DETROIT (LTD The Michi gan Milk Producers Association and the Ira Wilson and Sons Dairy Co. of Detroit announced vast ex pansion plans today. MMPA and Wilson said nearly a $3 million exchange in proper- '-v a i.rA is a aairy iarmers mar- ties and expansion of their prop- P'keting and bargaining cooperative MMPA is a dairy farmers mar- WEIGHING IN Harold Peckens, of Howell has his Hereford steer weighed in Tuesday at the Fow-lerville Fair by Ruane Girbach, 4-H Club agent for Livingston County. Tuesday was entry day at the fair. (State Journal Photo) TRIMS SHEEP Janice Sheathelm, 18, of Dansville, trims up her Corriedale sheep for entry in the open class at the Fowlerville fair.

(State Journal Photo) Workshop r.ucs idke pidte lunowing approval Dy directors oi tneir re- spective organizations. Wilson will acquire the Dairy- land division of MMPA at Carson City in Montcalm County and an established consumer milk distri bution system in the Lower Pen insula. MMPA will acquire Wilson's Saranac manufacturing plant and all its milk transportation equipment and dairy receiving station equipment at Ovid. MMPA will also assume responsibility for sup Divine Wilson with all its raw milk Swap Dairies iChelsea, north to Algonac and sown to Monroe The expansion makes Wilson the only Michigan owned dairy serv ing all of Michigan's Lower Pen insula. It is the fourth largest dairy in the state and fifth largest independent dairy in the nation whose members supply most Michigan dairies with milk t) Guilty OfThefts Trio Arraigned in Court at Ionia (Special to The State Journal) IONIA Three Grand Rapids men arrested in connection with three Ionia burglaries that in- entering and all three plead- ere renumutu lJ Jau su later.

The three are accused of break ing into the Ionia Auto Glass, Paper and Supply offices here. They werf arrested by Grand Rapids police a few hours after mil Scheduled Fconoinic Kilucation Meet Starts Julv 28 (Special to The State Journal) OLIVET Approximately 60 teachers from 45 Michigan hieh! schools are enrolled for the 15thl annual workshop of the Michigan1 Joint Council on Economic Edu-I cation on the Olivet College cam-dus from Julv 28-Aue. 9. inclu-l and other dairy product require-! volved one safe cracking and theft ments for its processing plants in of money and merchandise valued Detroit, Ann Arbor and Carsoniat more than $1,200 pleaded guilty Citv. before Circuit Judge Leo Bebeau Stanley L.

Wilson, president of to breaking and entering, the Wilson firm, and Glenn Lake.) The prosecutor first had them president of MMPA, said the ex- scheduled for a break-pansion was a move toward ng and entering count. The trio greater specialization in the Mich-i insisted, however, that they com-igan dairy industry. in. the break-ins Sunday have a three-day Harvest Festival Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Aug.

22, 23 and 24. The celebration is being sponsored by the Volunteer Firemen and the Cham-. ber of Commerce. Festivities will open Thursday at 7 p.m. with a water battle between fire departments of the area.

This will take place in front of the fire barn on Main Street. At 11 a.m. Friday there will be a tractor pulling contest sponsored by the Future Farmers of America. More lhan 30 tractor opera-tors will participate. In the afternoon there will be i children's costume parade at p.m.

and at 8 p.m. an amateur contest, with cash prizes, will be staged. An ox roast is slated for 1 p.m. Saturday A pony pulling contest will be held at 2 p.m. and there will be midget auto races from 6 to 8 p.m At 8 m.

there will be free acts on a stage, and the celebration will close with a street dancd at 1C p.m. Also on Saturday will occur the clothesline art show sponsored by the Nashville Art Group. Stockbridge Fair Pays 1 nil f) LjijXl I UlL CIt special io me urate joornaif STOCKBRIDGE The Stock- riDDons ana one ti I tnese in tneir clouting displays. Jeill Perkins won hers with her quick bread exhibit, Hope Sheldon with her brownies, and Shar- on Frinkle, with her decorated Plant Misbap Injures Man (Special to The State Journal) CHARLOTTE Eldon L. John- tion here.

Johnston was listed in good condition at Hayes-Green-Beach Hospital. Area Deaths Through the exchange of dairy "ltr uieie-nrrvessinp nlanis and nthpr ennir-Iupon changed the charge to day ment, the Wilson Dairy will ex-i'' pand its sales and distribution operations to cover all of Michi sjve. i bridge Free Fair, which concluded This will be the fourth con-jSaturday evening, was successful socutive vear the council has been' in paying off the S700 note on the held in Olivet, where the college' American Legion mortgage, has made itself available as Although the final profit has not resource center on economic ed-. 1 totaled, it appears that the ucation. Post even nave some left over The Michigan Council on Eco- for additional improvemenfs on nomic Education was organized ie building, according to Paul in 1950 by a group of Stephens, adjutant, industrialists, labor leaders, ag- Legionettes.

auxiliary to the riculturalists, economists and ed-IPst. reports nearly $1,000 to show ucators to improve economic ed-jfor their efforts behind the re-ucation in the public schools, freshment counter. Since then the program has grown! All in all the fair this year waj to the extent that more than one of the most successful ever can's Lower Peninsula, a SDokes-l111 man said. MMPA said the exchange will Grand Valley Chair Co. and Ro-cnKcf ant i 11 ctron crthon itc KarJmanow Farm Equipment and I I vVl, tL.jA I 1 ltT-l'lllTlTllllWlllT'-fvtoMIMMl oainint.

for armor mpmWc and will also be a significant expan sion of its marketing and milk by-product manufacturing opera- ltf ourgianes wncn tney led the attention of an East Grand 1,500 teachers and administrators neld. according to Legion mem-are now taking part in its var-jhers. ious aspects, most of whom be- of 4 exhib ts which were -i RaP's man as 'hey ban a stolen aut0 Grand RaP luS. long to the Michigan oispiay in me i-egmu duhuuik. However, there are more than 66 were awarded ribbons, 41 STUFFED ANIMALS Big stuffed animals along the midway of a fair are always noticed by the small fry.

And Ginger Douthit, 4, of Bancroft, foreground, and her sister. Candy, 3, were no exceptions. Here they look over some big stuffed toys at the Fowlerville Fair. They are the daughters of Rev. and Mrs.

Troy Douthit. (State Journal Photo) 75.000 public school teachers in! 1 i Michigan nifie weie me idiiu The program includes courses. ribbons awarded this year. Jane; workshops and conferences foriHoPkln.s and Marilyn Boyce won- WOOPSI Susie Bishop, 9, of Gregory got an unexpected cooling off Tuesday during the opening day of the Fowlerville Fair. When Fowlerville she started to get a drink of water from a faucet near the cam Record With Entries elementarv and secondary school personnel, experimental curricu- lar programs, magazine articles, newspaper stories, radio and tele- vision programs 'and distribution of materials, use of community resourses, the writing of class-! room materials' on local econo-j mies, consultative help for class- room teachers, and working with existing organizations interested in economic education.

The staff of the 1963 workshop Says Pressure In His Battle In Their Fight FLINT (AP) The national co- chairman of the Prohibiten party said yesterday various Negro; "pressure groups" might lose the respect and support of many of their white sympathizers. E. H. Munn of Hillsdale "Extreme actions and demands of such groups are not seeking equal opportunity but opportunity beyond equality." Munn spoke at the convention of the Michigan Proiijition party at the Maple Grove Methodist Church in Flint. About 25 dele-l gates from 10 counties attended, includes Prof.

M. J. Pierce of ston. 26. of Battle Creek received the economics department and head injuries Tuesday when he fell workshop coordinator an dDean from a scaffold at the Owens-F.

Hayn, consultant, both of Oli-j Illinois plant now under construc- vet College. Other members of the staff are Theral T. Herrick. executive di rector of the Michigan native of Olivet and alumus of the college, who will be director of the workshop: Paul W. Thompson of the department of economics at Michigan State University at Last Lansing.

D. B. Leonardelli assistant director of field services The delegates approved a reso-jiroiis most noiaup proot DanKs.SK)nary seryice v-Ul be July 31 at lution urging that Congress take.The bandit made off with $24,595 3 p.m., the memorial candle-light1 action to permit Bible reading iniafter ordering 14 employes and i i i i b.1 i Mrs. Rose A. Barber FOWLERVILLE Mrs.

Rose A. puoiic ie rewiu ion baiu the U.S. Supreme Courts pro- nouncement violates the spirit of Wilson said his company will continue to bottle milk at the i auii vuy JidxiL uiiuci nit; utuy land Valley Lea label and for pri vate brand customers. Wilson serves the Detroit Metro politan area extending west to APPOINTED Appointment of Frank M. Curtiss of St.

Louis as 1964 Michigan Week chairman in Region 19 Bay, Genesee, Gratiot, Midland and Saginaw Counties was announced this week. Curtiss, personnel director, Michigan Chemical will name a county Michigan Week chairman and cejn-cil in each of the counties of his region. Each county council will then set plans and name committees for Michigan Week, May 17-23, 1964. Curtiss, 1963 Gratiot County chairman, will succeed Osmund Kelly, executive director. Manufacturers Association of Flint, as regional chairman.

Four Persons Hurt in Crash At Lake Odessa (Special to The State Journal) LAKE ODESSA A 15-month-old; boy was critically injured and! three other persons were hurt Tuesday in a two-vehicle acci- dent on M-50 east of Jackson Road. Mate rolice oi tne loma post; said Laverne O'Connor. 48. of; Lake Odessa was driving west in the constitutional provision thatilice believe Mathews had. an ac (Special to The State Journal FOWLERVILLE Barns on the fairgrounds here bulged to capacity Wednesday and activity hummed alone the midway as the 77th annual Fowlerville Fair hit its first big, busy day.

New marks were reeistered in almost everv asrject of the aeri cultural exposition, according tn Arthur B. Chase, fair board Dresi- dent Entrjes Tuesday at SUch a rate that Chase said several changes were made in the sched ule, most important being an earlier starting time for matinee harness racing slated for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons. He said the racing card was split into two shifts getting underway at 1 p.m. instead of 3:30 as announced earlier. Chase said judging the more Tests for Wells Are Suspended; Money Needed (Special to The Mate journal, OWOSSO Further tests for new wells in Owosso have been suspended, it was announced Tuesday by Water Commissioner Ray Gellatly.

The reason, he said. Barber. 80. died Tuesday at Turk an area farmer, was a well-known for Western Michigan University Lake near Greenville where she at Kalamazoo; and Carl visiting a niece, Mrs. Thomas of Lexington, a member of the Hoyland.

Mrs. Barber, widow of. barns the water gave her a quick Robs Bank At Detroit Suspect Captured; S2 1,.9. Missing DETROIT (AP) Police said terday that Horace Mathews, 25, r. penanaea noiaup oi one oi ve- customers into a vault said The loot was not recovered.

Po- complice who waited in a car and escaped wtih the money. Lewis Gervasi, 48, of Warren. of the Bank Cornmonweealthi said the ban. fc yesterday, just before closing time. He pushed a pistol agamst Gervasi throat and ordered ey eryor.e except two tellers into the Th tellers were handed a shop- ping bag, and told to fill it with money.

Then they were ordered into the vault. Mathews was arrested in a va cant house near the bank, less than 15 minutes after the robbery. Mathews insisted he stuffed the monev into a garbage can near by, police said, but a search was unsuccessful. White Students A Minority in Detroit Schools DETROIT A report re- L. a til to all long-time resident of Fowlerville.

and vicinity. Survivors include daughter, Ellen, at home; two' granddaughters, two sisters, board of trustees of the Council Opening Sunday afternoon, July 28 with registration, followed by a lunch in Dole hall and a wel coming talk by Olivet President Gorton Riethmiller. the week-day programs wil include classes, addresses and discussions on economics topics. Accident Victim's Rites Thursday (Special to The State Journal) ST. LOUIS Final rites will be conducted Thursday for Glen Cof fin, Alma father of sx children, who was fatally injured in an early Monday morning accident.

Pnffin a trivpr fir tj-ia Qt Tnic Fair Sets ul IHHIHIill I'll Ii IIIJIillWIIHlH Fair Program WEDNESDAY 1 p.m. Harness Racing 7 p.m. Band Concert 8 p.m. Professional Wrestling THURSDAY 9 a.m. Judging 4-H horses and beef cattle; open class dairy cattle, hogs and sheep 1 p.m.

Harness Racing 7:30 p.m. 4-H Parade 8:30 p.m. 4-H Festival and Horse Show 9:30 p.m. Fireworks than 1.000 animals on the grounds ponies, horses, dairy cattle, beef steers, sheep and hogs will require more time than had been expected due to the record turnout of entries. The number of pleasure horses showed the greatest jump over previous years, the official said Most of these were in the 4-H division.

Chase said the fair opened to such a crowd Tuesday that activity along the midway contin- I ItiA inlA ') r-1 1 mArninn ll fil 1 A randstand was on hand for the opening night's auto thrill show. Wrestling will be featured on the grandstand program tonight and a 4-H Share The Fun Festival is slated for Thursday night. Meanwhile judging continues through the week in the numerous classes that include flowers, foods, 31 Ct 1 I casses -p ft 1 IeD0rt IS MaGC A In Laton County (Special to The State Journal) CHARLOTTE Eaton County Dairy Herd Improvement Associ ation production summaries for June show the following Eaton County dairymen with high herds, according to John D. Johnson of Charlotte, county extension di rector. One to 20 cow herds, Robert Hunt, Eaotn Rapids, 1,404 pounds milk and 51 pounds butterfat; 21 to 30 cow herds, H.

O. Clark Son, Eaton Rapids, 1,138 pounds: milk and 51 pounds fat; 31 to. 40 cow herds. Dale Davidson, Grand Ledge, 1,359 pounds milk and 50 pounds fat; 41 cow herds and over. Theron Slade, Vermontville, 1,512 pounds milk and 54 pounds fat.

Hign cows according to age class are as follows: Under 3 years Allen Lahr, Charlotte, 2,340 pounds milk and 92 pounds fat under 4 years, Clifton Mason Nashville, 2,050 pounds milk and 96 pounds fat; under years. Wright Farm, Charlotte, 1,840 shower. (State Journal Photo) Camp Meeting Starts Thursday At Eaton Rapids EATON RAPIDS The Eaton Ranids Camp meeting will begin! Thursday and continue throuchl 4 at the campground of the' Holiness Camp Meeting Associa-! tion. Memorial services will be held Thursday at m. The mis I service will be Aug.

1 at 9:30 p.m i 1 1 and the annual association meeting will be July 23 at 4 p.m., according to the association program. Former Clerk At Hospital Dies (Special to The State Journal) EATON RAPIDS Mrs. Pauline Rowe, 39, of 406 W. Plain died Tuesday morning at a Lan- sing hospital where she had been patient for five months. She had been an office worker at Edward W.

Sparrow Hospital prior to her illness and a Lansing resident un 16 years ago when she moved Eaton Rapids. A past worthy matron of the Or- der of Eastern Star, she is vived by three sons, Jerry Merchant, James Rowe and John Rowe, all of Eaton Rapids; a daughter, Jirs. Patricia Shephard-son, Eaton Rapids; her mother, Mrs. Lillie Pratt, Eaton Rapids; three brothers, Lawrence Galvin, William Galvin and Ivan Tyler, of Lansing; a sister, Mrs. Na-I Home and burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Graveside services will be conducted by the Eaton Rapids Order of Eastern Star. Donkey Softball Game Is Tonight At Dimondale (Special to The State Journal) tor, said Dimondale residents will join the Oklahoma donkey soft- ball entertainers to stage the game. Green said admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. Proceeds will be used to finance summer athletic programs, he Isaid. that the water department is running out of money.

Under the city charter, the wa- ter department is is operated as a separate entity and must fi- nance its own operations. However, Gellatly said that one nf tho now tx-olle rppnt1v cllnlr I Freight Lines, left St. Louis about non Cemetery Mr Clark died 4:30 a.m. Monday to make deliv- of a heart a tack at hls home here -ery in Roseville. His loaded semi-lMonday niRht- He IS survived by trailer and cab overturned as it turned onto a ramp leaving Inter-ianQ aaugnr.

wrs. kuw instate 75, north and east of of Pontiac. tiac. I i- i Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise fre-ligion." rr-l ..1 Me cuuvcuuuu sb for the national convention of he Prohibition party at St. Louis.

4 From Redford Township Killed In California OROVTLLE, CP A fam ily of four from Redford towiiship, was killed yesterday when their car slammed into a semitrailer truck. Killed were David Kehoe, 22, his 21-year-old wife, Arlene, and their sons Steven Martin, 2, and Michael David, 5 months. The family had just left San Diego where they had lived during the father's Navy enlistment. Kehoe's four-year navy enlist- ment, served mostly on the U.S.S. Salmon, a submarine, ended Sat- urday and he was on his way to CI l( SI1U IIlO Ul UUICI II mi 1 tc1UC 1 1IIV 1 11! 1 H.

U1IUC1- stood the death car blew a tire the instant before the collision. California highway police said it appeared the auto's driver had dozed, but said it had not been determined who was driving the Kehoe car. Soviet Building Delayed by Court WASHINGTON (UPD A dis trict judge Tuesday issued a temporary injunction holding up con struction of a proposed new Soviet will be put into commission asiOri DflirV Herds soon as the necessary connectine Investigation of the mishap con- tinued Tuesday. The vehicle was! so badly damaged that cutting torches were required to release) the driver. Funeral services at the Moodv- a iracior puiiing a dyun wiien visit his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. he was hit from behind by a sta- cietus Kehoe. and his wife's tion wogan driven by Mrs. Daryl ther William Mitchell all of Red Hartzler. 21.

of R. 2. ClarksvUle.iforf Township The impact knocked O'Connor toj ThP riraH man's hrother Kih- leased by school Supt. Samuel M.one renneu. insing; mree siep- ljnks wjtn tne cjt bj reser yesterday revealed and -fivoir can be completed within a ind three grandchil-'volr.

io'P'eu, wiuun for the first tlme in hlstory- a' He aso.ad students have become a "minor-l Funeral services will be at 2 tnat nen happens, hrnited rwrnit Friday at the Skinner 01 awnS ana garaens, the Davement and he suffered rib' i i Edward Brookland, Mrs. Ed win Ancel, both ot fowlerville and four great grandchildren. Services ill be held Friday at 10 a.m. from St. Agnes Catholic Church.

A rosary will be said Thursday at 8 p.m. at Liveranc Funeral Home Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Sanford J. Clark OWOSSO Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

at the Jennings-Lyons Chapel for Sanford J. Clark, 83, a retired railway mail clerk living here. Burial will take place at the Ver- one son, tvan oi fliempnis, 1 rr" HOWELL Funeral services will he at 2 o'clock Thursday for Fred H- Riemann. 59, of 3915 Eager Koaa. wno aiea oi a neart attacK Monday.

Burial will be in Lake- survived by the widow, Frieda; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Barry. Lansing; a brother, Ernest, of. Howell, and his mother, Mary Riemann, and two sisters' in Germany. Area Funerals Mrs.

Dora Gutchess CHARLOTTE Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Pray Funeral Home for Mrs. Dora an -1 oamuei arnej NASHV ILLE Services for Sam-. 'uel C. Varney, 17 -year-old Nash- iville sailor who drowned July 14 1 in a pool near Tokyo, will be held iat 2 pm' Friday' The was returned to Nashville Wednesday ,11 lv nt Tl Home, uuriai win te in Lakeview Cemetery.

Woolfel Funeral Home, Alma, will'view Cemetery. Mr. Riemann is iraciures ana neaa injuries resulted from a romance that' system. Mrs. Hartzler suffered ur.deter- started at Uni(m Hj mined injuries.

Her nephew, 15-1 anfl th. two marrilji lnerePri snows mere were, as month sld Randv Wheeler re-ifr marr'ed of last February. 148,510 non- iiiuiuiiuiu ndiiuy ni eeiei, the year after they were gradu- ceived a fractured skull, and her'ated 1959 white students and 148.179 white, niece. Diane Cowels. 10, of Grand; nKor vihM Lr a nnn.uhito ivrrpntflPP nf so V1' Of the non-white students, or 49.4 per cent of the total enrollment were Negroes.

The 2,007 non-white students were Asiatics, American Indians and "others The racial count was the third al be at 2 p.m. Tractor Mishap Injures Farmer (Special to The State Journal) ALBION Clarence Zook, 53, an Eckford Township farmer, suffered a fractured skull and a shoulder injury Tuesday afternoon whpn he was ratamilfpH nff thp rear platform onto the pavement suspended two months ago can be renewed. The search for an additional water supply for the city has been under way for several months. Several potential sources were tapped but proved inadequate. A fourth well was to have been started when Gellatly called a halt, saying that his department had no more money to spend on these experiments, for the present at least.

The drilling firm that has been operating here has left its equipment on the scene at Hokins Lake, and will be in a position to resume work when Gellatly gives the word. Retiring Postal Worker to Be Feted (Special to The State Journal) PERRINTON There will be an open house in honor of Mrs. Elma since 1961. The schools abandoned; DIMONDALE A donkey soft-a long-standing "color blind" pol- ball game for the benefit of the icy at the suggestion of a citizens'' Dimondale summer recreation de- in front of his larm residence ulcu uuajr. he was starting to a field to com- at the home of a daughter in bine wheat.

Carmel Township. Burial will be; Zook was admitted to Sheldon in Lakeside Cemetery. Nashville. Memorial Hospital, where the se- g. Ledge, a fractured right leg.

The four victims were taken to Blodgett Hospital, Grand Rapids, where attendants listed the baby's condition as critical. Police said the accident was still under investigation. Teens Confess Setting. Fires DETROIT CD Three boys who. police said, admitted setting a $25,000 fire in the Tilden Elementary school, were arrested Tuesday.

Police said two 14-year-olds and a 13-year-old admitted breaking into the school late last Saturday in a vain search for money. They poured an inflammable liq uid on the wood floor on a first floor hall and ignited it, police said. advisory committee probing pos- partment fund fa for 8 m. t0-sible racial bias the schools. L.

The count is made by principals nl8ht at the atnIetlc fleId-and other supervisory personnel! Walter Green, recreation direc- riousness of his injuries was not immediately determined. A grandson was driving the trac tor at the time. ArAO RiVtlic Cd Dll Ills by observation" and they report; only numbers to top school system ers 24.3 per cent compared with per cent in 1961. Union tmbassy-Chancery in a oflicials. Washington residential district.

The report also showed that the Judg-? John Sirica set Oct. 1 as number of Negro teachers in-the date for arguing the caseJcreased. Residents of the area oppose the There were 2.648 Negro teach- WIIXIAMSTON To Mr. and bL UIK' -H Decker, retiring employe of the pounds milk and 123 pourds fat; Perrinton Post Office, July class, Loren Wilmore, from 1 to 5 o'clock at the post 2,520 pounds milk and 210 pounds office. i fat.

proposed Russian building on grounds the area is residential. Aanan Amnifr. 3.V70 webhen. in Rwd. a daujhtr.

Deiwmh Su- July 16. at Lansing G.meral Huiital. i.

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