Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 3

SB5 Deaths in the News Music ToMark Services .4 v. 4' t. i -z 'fas i If it ap.oirwwxri' IV-i uiP 7 SEARCH PUSHED State Police skin divers were probing the murky waters of a creek about five miles northeast of Portland Friday in their search for Stanley Schneider, 27, Fowler, subject of aa intensive hunt since Tuesday. Here Ionia State Police SgL Lincoln Dygert and Ionia County Sheriff O. Gary Newton watch divers Trooper David Town-sbend (foreground) and Trooper Donald Kenyea, THE STATE JOURNAL tarbj A-3 2 Drivers Injured In Eaton CHARLOTTE Two motor ist, one an Eaton County resi dent, crashed head-on near here rnday evening as they were driving alone- Botn were injured.

John A. Montgomery. 34, of 4371 Ainger, Charlotte, suffered facial cuts and left leg injuries. according to Eaton County sher iff's deputies. They said be was taken to Hayes-Green-Beach Hospital here, where his condi tion was listed as fair.

Billy Joe HilL 36. of Box 718. n. Ulster. Batue tne other driver, suffered internal injuries, deputies said, and was listed in serious condition in Ingham Medical Hospital, Lansing.

Deputies said tne mishap oc curred two and a half miles southwest of Charlotte on M-78, and added that both motorists appeared to have been driving over the center line. Area Clubs ST. JOHNS The annual pan cake supper of St Johns Ex change Club is Saturday, with serving from 5 to 7 jn. at Smith HalL NFO States Position tract with processors not only for meat but tor ail products, mcludirur. crops.

we a uke to know when we begin raising our products what we are going to get for them so we know bow much we can in vest. It's pretty hard on farmers when they plant corn in the spring thinking to receive $1.50 a bushel in the fall and find the price considerably lower," he explained. Love said a number of local churches arranged with the City! Rescue Mission to pay costs of processing the meat. Some will be smoked and the balance will be packaged and frozen before it is taken to the mission. 7 Rigs Bog "aTwei ef Mar ci Fire Fight .0 BATH Flames fanned by gusty winds burned over 250 acres in Bath Township Friday afternoon.

The township fire department was hampered by soft ground and two of its rigs became stuck in fields and had to be pulled out by a wrecker. The department was aided by 25 volunteers from Bath High School. Wayne Loomis. assistant fire chief, reported the blaze was touched off by sparks from a New York Central Railroad train. The railroad tracks cut diag onally across the township and the fire spread from the tracks east to Angle Road and south to Sleight Road.

Fire fighters kept the flames from reaching four homes on Sleight Road but a small shed on the property of Melvin Hat field was lost. OEO Grant WASHINGTON (AP) A grant of $110,060 has been awarded by the Office of Economic Opportunity to educate 345 preschool children in Gene see County. The grant went to Compact. Name Postmaster WASHINGTON (AP) Pres ident Johnson sent to the Senate the nomination of Donald J. Wiltshire for postmaster of Ona-way.

Mich. The Senate can give Wiltshire the job by approving the nomination. mm A QHHI0I 6 igCCujl 11 I Gratiot GIDies In Viet State Jooraal Gratiot Borm auia wow. lias been received here that another Gratiot County soldier has been killed in Vietnam. The victim is Set Robert D.

Kefcbert ZL son of Mr. and Mrs Clifton Refchert, 6870 Winans, R. Aims. Mr. Reichert is Chesa peake and Ohio Railroad freight agent for Alma and St Louis.

The parents were notified that their son was fatally wounded Sunday when the aircraft in which be was riding was fired upon near Cu Chi, about 25 miles nortnwest of Saigon. He was with the 25th Infantry Division. Born BekUng, he graduated from Alma High School in 1964. and from Northwood Institute in 19641, where he majored in busi ness management Arrangements are being made oy mo Dewey Funeral Home, Alma. Alpha S.

Peter ITHACA Alpha S. Peters, 78, Newark Township, died Friday. Be is survived by a son, Reno, Newark Township; five daugh ters. Miss June Peters and Mrs. Maria Krieger of Traverse City.

Mrs. Kathryn Brown of New Haven Township, Mrs. Edith Rapson of Arcada Township, and Mrs. Lucille Lombard, Spring field, Ohio; a brother, John. Muskegon; six sisters, Mrs.

Bertha toner of Alma. Mrs. Lizzie Minniger of Newark Township, Mrs. Mary Larson of Ithaca, Mrs. Hattie Toews of North Star, Mrs.

Lillie Litwiller of Louisiana and Mrs. Florence Peters of Flo rida; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Church of God in Christ (Mennonite) here. Burial will be in North Greenwood Cemetery.

Arrangements are by the Barden Funeral Home, Ith aca. rui j. Services will be at 10 Monday at Estes-Leadley Colo nial Chapel for Paul J. Fospecn. 22.

of 190 Bennett, who was one of three men killed Friday in a traffic accident' on U.S. 27 near Millett Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Mr. Pospech was a Lansing resident most of bis life and was a graduate of Mmcelona High School and Business Training School PlamweH. He bad been employed at Michigan State Uni-vrsity and the Michigan Beef Co.

Ha Is survived by his patents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yoas. and a sister. Miss Paulette Pospech, all of Newport Frances Whipple Mrs.

Frances Whipple. 81. of 1404 Vermont died Friday at Leesburg. Fla. A resident of Lansing for 50 years.

Mrs. Whipple was a mem ber of.Towar Hart Baptist Church. She is survived by her hus band. Walter a son, Ernest Wallace of Mason; two daughters, Mrs. Alvina Adams, East Lansing, and Mrs.

Cecil Alward, Lansing, and 17 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements win be1 made by Gorsline-Runciman Fu- nral Home. DEATHS In the News Dr. William M.Scholl CHICAGO (AP) Dr. William.

M. Scholl, 85, founder and chairman of the board of the foot-care products firm bearing his name, died Friday. Scholl began manufacturing and merchandising the foot products in 1805. He developed more than 1,000 foot aids made and sold by his company. LuU Benejam BIRMINGHAM.

Ala. (AP) -LuU Benejam, 53, concertmas-ter and assistant conductor of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, died Thursday. Benejam was a composer and teacher as well as a player. He was concertmaster of the Ecuado rian National Symphony in Quito before coming to Birmingham in W. Hjalmar Peter ion COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) Hjalmar Petersen, who was gov ernor of Minnesota for 4V4 months 1838, died of an appar ent heart attack Friday at the home of friends here.

Petersen, 78, was publisher of the Askov, Minn. American. He served two terms as a Minnesota state representative, was elected lieutenant governor in 1934 and filled, the vacancy left by Gov. Floyd B. Olson's death.

Sidney Gamble NEW YORK (UPI)-Sidney D. Gamble, 77, president emeritus of Church World Services, died Friday at a hospital here after a brief illness. Gamble served as chairman of Church World Services, the relief arm of the National Council of Churches, from 1860 to 1864 when he was named president emeri-l tut. He bad previously served as vice chairman and treasurer of the relief organization. Gordon H.

Luther ST. JOHNS Gordon H. Luther, 64, of R.1, St Johns, died Friday ai a Lansing hospital. He was a lifelong resident of Clinton County and. was em ployed as a printec by the Clin-j ion county News.

Luther is survived by his wire, trances. Services will-be at 1:90 tun. Monday at Hoag Funeral Home, with burial in Mt Rest Ceme tery. Julia J. Stewart MASON Mrs.

Julia J. Stewart, 72, died Friday in her home, aMi Harper, K.1 Hon, after a long illness. She is survived by her hus band. Howard; a daughter. Mrs.

Phyllis Walton of Bayside, a son, Phillip, Eaton Rapids; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and a sis ter. Mrs. Ruth Moore, East Jor dan. Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Jewett Funeral Home.

Mason, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Aurelius. Myrtle TMorrice PERRY-Mrs. Myrtle Morrice. 81, of 8950 S. M-47, died Friday at the residence after a long illness.

She was a member of Perry Methodist Church. Surviving are a son. George of Perry; a daughter, Miss Ruth Morrice of Detroit and a sister. Mrs. Grace Millspaugh of Mor- ncc.

Services will be' Monday at' 1 p.m. at the La now Funeral Home here, with buriaf in Rose- lawn Cemetery. Pfc. Elgie Hanna EATON RAPIDS-Military fu 1 v-u c.oi wui p.m. Aionqay in cnapei ai me VFW National Home for Pfc Elgie Hanna, 19.

a former resi dent of the home. Burial will be In Rose Hill Cemetery. The body will arrive at Skinner Funeral Chapel on Sunday morning and remain) there until noon Monday. Pic. Hanna.

a member or the 1st Cavalry Division, was killed in action recently in Vietnam. He was a resident or the vfw Home from 1955 until he entered the Army last September. Pat Shepardson EATON RAPIDS-Mrs. Pat Shepardson. 26.

of R. 2, Spring- port, was dead on arrival Friday at Eaton Rapids Community! Hospital An autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause of death. Mrs. Shepardson was em ployed by an Eaton Rapids beauty shop, She is survived by four daugh ters, Cheryl, Jodey, Jeannie and Elizabeth; three brothers, Jerry Merchant of Livonia, John Rowe of Springport and Pvt James Rowe. with the Army, and a granmother, Mrs.

Lillie Pratt of Lansing Funeral arrangements will be made by the Skinner Funeral 0 Aletha G. Palmer EATON RAPIDS Mrs. Aletha G. Palmer.4 61. of 5194 died unexpectedly Friday at her home.

She is survived by three daughters. Mrs. Irene Vliek, Mrs. Pauline Eaton and Mrs. Dolores Cervantes, all of Eaton Rapids; three brothers, anion Nichols of Charlotte, ueorge Nichols of Long Beach, and Thomas Nichols of Battle Creek, 19 grandchildren and one great-grandchud.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Skinner Funeral Chapel, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Awards Contract WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. Post Office Department has awarded Northland Construction Detroit a contract to build a 8200,000 post Office building at Gaylord. Completion target date is Apru 1, un.

Weather Data Obunntiwii at 7 a.m. Lowest temperature this awnine 32 Temperature at a.m 32 Wind walarttv at 7 a.m. Procietfoflaaj Total atiaeWtanonFfWav (mMnteht to midnight) Total tinea Ant at month Accumulated departure from Aeamwiitad oom since first tinea finr ram ooaanuro from I Hlenett Friday (mid to mid) Lowest Friday Iluii FrkUv 43 3 50 12 Accumulated departure tram normal tinea first of month 114 Accumulated departure from inoi Departure trom normal J-no since first ot year im Hlohest one year ago today 74 Lowest one year eoo todev Hishest on record this data 75 MO Lowest, on record this data a In lta Sun rtset Sunday at a.m. Sun eats Sunday at p.m. Hianest temperature Friday, Hlahest temperature ana year ooo today, aii lowKt.

14. Highest temperature wilt oate tmce 1172, 7e In l43i lowest, tan above nro in 121. The tun tets today at 4:57 a.m. and rhet Sunday at it a.m. The moon sets today at it pm.

and rises sunoay at a.m. Teaav-t HKM Alpena 27 Bay city-saainaw i Cttv-Saainai 33 Escanoba Flint Grand Rapids Houehton Houghton Lake Jackson S7 1 I 41 3 a 30 32 25 32 32 37 32 Lansing wia larouetta MtnfcfMOA Peltoton Traversa City 40 Albuoueroue 4 47! 52 47 46 Aflame 71 Boston hlceoo tf ian 30 33 44 Houston Indianapolis Jackson, Miss. 47 42 jecxsenvtiie Kansas City Las Vegas 42 5 .54 'S 40 70 30 41 57 41 0 74 Louisville 7.. I Miami ieach Milwaukee MlnnaeaiTlt H. Paul New Or leant New Vorlt Music will be an important voice in religious celebrations and special programs in Lansing area churches mis weekend.

A choral drama, "The Circle Beyond will be the wor ship medium at the am. Sun day service in Mayflower United Church of Christ. 2908 Belaire Drive. The two-part choral drama, by Darious Swann. is concerned with the question, "Where is thy brother?" The story of Cain and Abel provides the background for the predicament of humanity in the first part of the drama.

with the mercy of God conquering Cain through the mark of the; cross of Jesus Christ in the second part Eleven youths will present the cnorai drama: Nancy Courey. Kami HalL Nannette Pickens. Kathy Fariin. Cynthia Siders. Mary Riley, Keith Shaw, John! vayoik, Bruce Stasia, TJxmas Mackey and Gary Wffioughby Directors are.

Miss Sheila Van- Voorhis and the Rev. Lyman Farrar, pastor. The combined choirs of Cen- tral Methodist Church will pre-l sent "One Great Day of Music" at both the 1:45 and 11:15 a.m. worship services Sunday in the church at 215 N. Capitol.

The Prep. Boys. Girls. Cecil ian and Chancel choirs will take part as individual groups and as combined choirs. The last part tauon ot the cantata.

"Psalm of R-deniDtion" bv Rnhirf El more. Accompanying the choirs will be an instrumental ensemble of organ, trumpets, trombones and percussion. Participants include Marion N. States, narrator, and Donald Crane, Stephen Crane, Erie Thuma, Damon States. Philip ropnam, Stephen Townes and Daniel Kitch, instrumentalists.

The program is directed by Frank Bartlett church di rector of music and organist I A Spring Sunday School Rally will be observed with a combined! Sunday School tand wor ship- Service beginning' -at -10 a.m. First Pilgrim Holiness Church. 5200 W. Willow. The service will feature the Gospel Troubadours, a vocal and instrumental ensemble with two harps, a trumpet and cordovox.

The group members perform traditional sacred and gospel songs, as well as their own orig inal music. They are Joe Toth and his wife. La Donna, Teri Amstutz, ana klien Baumgartner. An evening of singing featur ing the Wagner Trio and local talent is scheduled to start at 7:30 this evening in the North Lansing Church of God, 1901 Massachusetts. The trio also will appear at.

6:45 p.m. Sunday in concert at the Portland Naza- rene Church in Portland. The Harbor Lights Quartet of Battle Creek will appear in a "Singspiration" at p.m. Sunday in the Cedarway Free Methodist Church, 4515 S. Cedar.

The King's Men, an octet from Grand School of the Bible and Music, will present a program Sunday at the p.m. Youth Hour at South Baptist Church, 1518 S. Washington, for a combined meeting of young people of high school and junior nigh age. The octet will appear at the 7 p.m. Sunday service and will be featured at the annual spring reception for college students at 8:30 p.m.

Sunday in the Fire side Room. Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Simonec of Chicago will speak at this reception. Banders "Messiah" will be presented at 7 p.m.

Sunday by the senior choir' of Trinity A.M.E. Church. 3500 W. Holmes. Guests from Friendship Bap tist Church, Pennway Church of God, and Wiuiamston Community Methodist Church also will be The choir is directed by Miss Charron Gilli son and the guest organist James Wade.

Hallelujah, What a Savior' by John W. Peterson will be presented by the 35-voice adult choir of Maranatha Baptist Church, 2300 N. Waveriy, on Sunday, April 7 at 7 p.m. The Easter cantata presents the crucifixion and resurrection through song and narration. Soloists include Miss Lexa Wash burn, Miss Bonnie Ward, Roger Andrus, Rom' Ramsberger and Ren Hawks.

Director is Charles Parmelee; organist, Mrs. Margaret Eno, and pianist, Mrs. George Rosen- dale. CSil IneWeai: MuHi'Pei'll Pnptrty CHARLES OHMAN CAeOhman To Present Concert Charles A. Ohm an, recording artist and trumpeteer, will pre sent a musical concert Satur day, April 6, at the annual ban quet of East Lansing Trinity Church, 120 Sparta East Lansing.

Ohm an will be accompanied by his sister at the banquet which-will be in the Big Ten Rflfltn af Kellim Center at Michigan SUte University. Oh- man plays for concerts through out the country and minuter of music at calvary Baptist Church in Hazel Park. The banquet started as an annual event two years ago with the successful response to a banquet to inaugurate a fund drive for a new church building in the area adjacent to Walnut Heights subdivision hi bast Lan sing. A few tickets to the banquet are available to me duduc. Collegians Will Sing On Sunday The Vennard a capella choir of a College, University Park.

Iowa, will present a con cert of sacred music at 7:30 p.m Sunday in the First Methodist Church, Grand Ledge. The program, open to the public, includes works from tra ditional concert repertoire and compositions of contemporary writers. Participating on the program with the 38-voice choir will be the Vennard chamber singers, an eight-voice ensemble. Selected choir members' will pre sent a choral reading. Directed by Prof.

Benjamin E. Bellus. the Drosram will con clude with a number of gospel song and hymn arrangements. The choir is on a 10-day singing tour of Illinois and Michigan. The Sunday program is sponsored by the Eagle- Methodist Church and the Trinity Methodist Church of Grand Ledge, along with the First Methodist Church.

Church Notes "The Gospel Blimp," a color film based on the book written by Joseph Bayly, will be shown at 7 p.m. Sunday at the First United Missionary Church, 900 N. Waveriy. The film tells the story of a group of enthusiastic but misguided ohurcb people who set out to take the gospel to the townspeople through use of a blimp. Mayor Floyd McCree of Flint will be guest speaker at a banquet in the Jack Tar Hotel at 6 pjn.

Saturday (April 6) to mark the conclusion of the annual financial drive of the Mt Zion Baptist Church. 1317 Ballard. The Rev. J. E.

Graves, church pastor, said everyone is welcome to. attend tne. banquet The Rev. Roy R. Finch, repre senting the Board of Missions of the Methodist cnurcn.

ui ne personally directing a building crusade at tne nou Mewoaisi Church in Holt on Sunday. He will preach on the topic "The Christian Imperative" and comes to Holt from symrna, where he has been conducting a similar campaign The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Grace Methodist Church will sponsor a Lenten breakfast at 9 a.m. Tuesday the church at 1900 Boston Blvd. with the Patience Circle as hostesses. Mrs.

Clarence Hutchen, wife of the minister, will be guest speaker. "How Green Are My Dollars will be the topic of an address at 7:30 p.m. April 7 at a meeting of Hers and sirs in peoples cnurcn, 200 W. Grand River, East Lan sing. The speaker will be Thomas Astley of Investors Di versified, a Lansing investment firm.

Single adults are invited to attend the meeting. far (4le fBapffja tS9nVVIjfo)v aWllCnlfoMo State Journal Clinton Bureau OVID Hogs donated by 20 area farmers were slaughtered at Sheldon Packing House here by the Clinton County National Farmers Organization to dem a te dissatisfaction with prices they are receiving for meat. All oi the meat was given to charitable organizations, with one ton to be delivered to the City Rescue Mission in Lansing and 500 pounds to be distributed to needy persons in Clinton County by George Eberhard, di rector. Clinton County Social Services. Paul Love.

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