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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO PASS
 LIQUOR LICENSES

The City Council will hold a special meeting next Thursday eve ming at 8 o'clock to consider recommendations on liquor license, for l948. At the regular Council meeting held last evening, applica tions for 42 licenses were received and referred 10 committee.
 The proposed ordinance to stop delivery of liquor by taXis and other messenger vehicles came up for second reading and two amend ments were made The first amendment changed the ordin- ance to read that no deliveries may be made after the offical closing hours for liquor establishments. The second amendment was added 10 enforce the liquor sale Icing Gom a bonafids liquor store. It would require that a person call ing for liquor to be delivered, iden- tify himself and all deliveries made by driver be accompanied by bonafide sales slips or written order showing name of receiver. This would also prevent liquor be- .ng delivered to minors
 A letter was received from the Governors office asking the city's active support in the raising of funds for the Pacific Northwest Alaska Christmas ship which will leave Seattle cn December 25 for Europe loaded with relief supplies. After discussion it was decided that it wasn't the work of the city to enter drives for charitable or Ranizations and it was decided tc ask the Business and Professional Women's Club to make the cam paign here.
 No action was taken on the re- quest made by A. s. Glover that the area on E Street be re-zoned to remove the district from the residential zone.
 Referred to committees were the fcllowing investigation of park
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06

ing area of Alaska Cab, garbage disposal. and bid made by Leslie A. Sturm for rental of lower floor of AB Hall
 Passed unanimously was the or dinance to transfer two tracts of land to the Alaska Juneau Gold | Mining Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
WORK MEETING OF A(CA 10 BE HELD ON MONDAY
 MORNING IN PENTHOUSE

The Alaska Crippled Children's Association will hold a work com mittee meeting on Monday, De- cember 8, at 9;30 a. m. in the penthouse of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Christ mas packages for the Sitka crip- pied childrln's hospital will be wrapped under the direction of Mrs. Lon Rice. Committee mem ters may bring sandwiches and coffee will be provided during the noon hour.
 One Aztec city of 300,000 had 600 temples.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
"GoLG0THA" FILM SHOWN T0NIGHT;;
 ALSO ON MONDAY

The religious film ''Golgotha v has arrived here and will be shown at the Northern Light Presbyterian church tonight at 7:30 o'clock and also on Monday night at the same hour.
 The showing of the film, said to he the greatest religious sound film ever produced, was advertised for Thursday and Friday nights but the showing was held up be- cause of non arrival of a plane on which is was being transported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06

He will be here until Tuesday He is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
 The Aztecs had 13 principal dei- ties and 200 lesser gods.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
SEWING MACL..,E MAN HERE

w. J. Swift, Singer Sewing Ma chine representat..e, is here from Anchorage for few days, and has brought several machines with him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
HERE FROM FAIRBANKS

Hans Jensen of Fairbanks is stop ping at the Baranof.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
PUBLIC SALE!

AS have discontinued farming and
have rented my farm, | will offer at
Public Sale at my home on the road
from Willow Grove to FELTON,, near
the Woodsde- Petersburg Road, on
the former Charles Clark Farm, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1947
AT ONE O'CLOCK p. NJ. SHARP
The following:
LIVE STOCK
Three good farm horses, two fresh
cows, three heifeFs. Is months old:
four heifers, six months old: one Ayr
shire bull, / year old; one fat hog.
10 shoats.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
Fordson tractor, l. c. H. 14-inch
tractor plow, one 6-foot cut /. G.. H.
moving machine, double disc tractor
harrow. spring-toot harrow, corn
planter. with fertilizer attachments:
two /. G.. corn workers, Case 2-horse
plow. two unit Mccormick Deering
milking machine. Rotary lime spread
er, John Deere binder, foot cut
5h foot saw, belts, harness and col
lars. small tools.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Parlor coal heater, oil heater, vacu-
um cleaner and a lot of other House
hold Furniture.
THEODORE b. SERRTLL
Wyoming. X. ID. No. /, Del
j. Z. Walker, AuctiOneer. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1s4,
AT 200 O'CLOCK p, NJ.
, Eastern Daylight Saving Tlme)
100 O'CLOCK p. M.
eastern STANDARD Tlme)

eastern Standard Time)
in front of EliendaIe Esso Service Sta
tion, located at the Intersection of the
dupont Highway and the road leading
from Glendale to Greenwood. Sussex
County and State of Delaware. the
following described Real Estate, to-
wit:
All that certain tract, piece or par
eel of land. lying and being situate in
Cedar Greek Hundred, Sussex County
and State of Delaware. adjoining lands
of Edward Belts, Charles Gere and
Thomas j. b. Deputy, containing ONE
HUNDRED AND THREE (l03)
ACRES more or less, with improve
ments.
TERMS:-Twenty per cent of the
purchase money will be demanded on
the day of sale, and the purchaser or
purchasers shall, on or before the
Goth day of September, A. d., 1947.
being at an adjourned August Term
of the Orphans Court. in and for
Sussex County, deposit in the Farmers
Bank of the State of Delaware, az
Georgetown, to the credit of the said
Orphans Court, the balance of the
purchase money. If the. purchaser or
purchasers fail to comply with these
terms the percentum paid ON the day
of sale will be forfeited. The pur-
chaser or purchasers will be required
to pay the costs and expenses of the
deed.
NOTICE:--Notice is hereby given
to 'all persons having any lien or en-
cumbrance against the shares or in
terests of the said Thomas j. B,
Deputy. Charles Gere, Gladys ID. I4of-
land, Jane Reed Bennett, Wilbert Il.
Deputy. Alonzo Deputy, James Dep
uty Eva Donovan, Bessie Carpenter
and Blanche T. Conaway, or either
of them, to appear in the. Orphans
Court, at or after the said goth day
of September next and make proof OF
such claim,
FREDERICK p. WHITNEY, Esq.
Trustee
Issued August Is, 1947. II
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
FERRY SYSTEM

SCHEDULE-DAIL AND SUNDAY
eastern Daylight Saving Timel
EFFECTIVE MAY 20, te47
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER ,. a.

WEDNESDAY,, SEPTEMBER 3. az
AT NINE O'CLOCK A. NJ
Daylight Saving Time
In case of hard rain sale will he hold
next clear day. '0'N
All Personal Property, Live Stock
and Equipment on my farm, known as
The. Caesar Rodney" Farm, located
miles southeast of Dover, on dirt
Road to Little Creek.
LIVE STOCK
Is head of Milk Cows.
20 head of Heifers.
~ OF these cows are thoroughbred
milking shorthorns with registered
papers.
z Registered Pure Bred Milking
Shorthorn Bulls
All accredited and T. b. tested herd.
Nearly all are vaccinated for Bangs
disease.
! Black Mare. years old. weighing
zoo pounds. work anywhere, Single
] pair Mare Mules, coming 8 years
old, work anywhere. A good team, we'll
mated.
7 head of Hogs. weighing $50 pounds
FARM MACHINERY
F-2O Farmall. Mccormick -Deering
tractor, on steel. i'm No / condition;
l set Mccormick -Deering 12-inch
Mccormick Deering tractor cultiva-
tors; good as new; Oliver disc, foot,
good as new; l cultipacker 1O-foot
good as new; / John Deere corn plant
er with fertilizer attachment, practi-
cally new; ! eleVen-s spout grain drill,
i'm good condition; l Mccormick Deer
ing mower. good as new; / Walter A.
wood mower, ninety-tooth drag har-
row, new; ] Mccormick Deering bin
der, 8-foot cut; / New Ideal manure
spreader. good as new; / New Ideal
side delivery rake, i'm good condition; ;
/ 2 farm wagons with bodies. fam
racks. / new: 2 No. 40 Oliver riding
shafts for farm wagon, l phosphate
distributor, riding cultivator, No.
13 Oliver walking plows, walking
cultivatOrs. / "a Oliver pillow, l corn
grader. L set of platform scales,
three-row marker. ] block and fall.
sures, dinner hell, / boat anchor. 8
sets of chain harness, 2 sets of double
reins. sets of plow names, three
horse trees, double trees, cross
cut saw, carriage pole, l bush axe,
I 2 good axes, hramblng scythes, lot
of burlap bags. forks. hoes, shovels.
Takes. and other miscellaneous tools
too numerous to mention.
DAIRY EQUIPMENT
! l set of Mccormick -Deering milk
ers with motor attached 1.-TWO single
unitS), firSt-claSS conditions; l Wilson
| ice box. 10 milk cans, 2 milk strain
ers, milk buckets.
! TERMS or SALE-CASH.
! RAYMOND ID. HALL SR., Owner
Dickerson Brothers.. Auctioneers
Ralph Spence, Outside Clerk. a22-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
ORPHANS COURT SALE
TRUSTEES SALE
OF vAEUARLE-
Real Estate

Situate 81 the Cedar Creek Hum
dred. Sussex County and State Of
Delaware. to be sold under proceed
ings in partition as the lands of
Thomas J. B. Deputy. Charles Gere.
nett. Wilbert b. Deputy, Alonzo Dep
uty, James Deputy. Eva Donovan,
Bessie Carpenter and Blanche l. Con-
away.
BY virtue of ain order of the Or
phans' Court of the State of Della
ware, in and for Sussex County, made
on the 10th day of August, A. d.,
1947, viii expose to sale, by way
of public auction, on
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29

ID Bus Connections daily except Weunesusy
and Sunday
IS Bus Connections Sunday, ~
Note: All boats leaving Claiborne make con-
nection with boats leaving Matapeake nOut
For connecting Carrier additional infOrma'
ton, consult: 2
RED STAR MOTOR COACHES. NO.
salisbury and Baltimore. Md.
BALTIMORE AND ANNAPOLIS r. r. CO.,
pENNsYLvAEIA GREYHOUND LINES.
washington. d. c.
The STATE ROADS coMMiS SSioN
or MARYLAND
les &. LEXINGTON STREET
BALTfMORE-S. MD.
mSo-tf
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
PUBLIC SALE!

AS ] have sold my farm and shall
discontinue farming, i will sell at
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property
AND
REAL ESTATE

Due to my accident several. months
ago. | will offer at Public Auction at
my home, 405 East Front street, Mil
ford. Delaware, on
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
'SATuRDAY, 'SRPTRMBER Is, ,47

The undersigned owners will offer
by way of Public. Auction. on
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10th, 1947
AT ONE O'CLOCK p. NJ.
Daylight Saving Time
Rain or Shine

Daylight Saving Time
Rain or Shine
The following:
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Three piece living room suite, 2 AK
minister rugs, IL; several throw
rugs, one 9-piece dining room suite,
2-piece living room suite, stands and
several rockers, ] desk and bookcase,
combined; kitchen extension table.
six chairs. sideboard / Perfection oil
clocks, good. corner cupboard, antique
lot of antique dishes, glassware, cook
ing utensils. oil lamps. hall seat, sew
ing table, 4 bureaus. l bedroom suite,
/ chifferobe. mirrors. l writing desk,
Congoleum rug. 2 wash stands.
chests, antique stool chairs. several
pictures. trunks. a feather bed, old
fashioned bureau, books, garden tools
and other things too numerous TO
mention, ~
Also three guns. No. 10, gun No.
IL and a rifle. About 400 feet of lum-
ber.
REAL ESTATE
At, 2:3O o'clock p. NJ. / will sell
the dwelling house and lot on S. +.
! Front street where i have resided
The Real Estate is offered free of all
liens. Immediate possession. ..r
TERMS: CASH for Personal Prop
erty On Real Estate: 20% on day OF
sale. Balance when clear and suffi-
cient deed is given. Purchaser pays for
'"e MRS. ANNIE E. POTTER
Dickersona Brothers. Auctioneers = t
| Brainard Poore, Clerk. a29-2tr
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29

Bus IunnectIuf15s -
4, tc) Ferry service through to Claiborne for We
hicles via prompt connection at Roman
coke.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-07-10

trip to Marysville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murle Lewis and
son, Dickie, of Columbus, spent
the Fourth with their mother,
Mrs. Fay Jackson, and sister,
Louise, and Mr.. and Mrs. Asa
Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Swimming
daughter, Dian, and sons Jimmy
and Larry, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ara
Jockson, of near Bethel, spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ottie Gray and son, Barton.
Mrs. Hazel Gray was on the
sick list few days. Those who
called on her were Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley Lockwood, of Peoria; Mr.
and Mrs. Asa Jackson and Miss
Louise Jackson, of Bethel; Mrs.
Ollie Patch, Mrs. limo Jackson;
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Swimming
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-07-10
: BOXES CREEK
BY MRS. HALLE GRAY

Mr.. and Mrs. James Waugh and
son, Jim Earle; Mr.. and Mrs. John
O'Tool and daughter, Nina, called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Coins
and the Swimming family, Sunday.
In the afternoon the Waughs and
Swimming families visited at the
Jackson home, near Bethel.
Mr.. Barton Gray and sister,
Gwendolyen were dinner guests
of their brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Coins and
family.
Lester Shirk and family, Bobby
Shirk and Alfred Shirk called on
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Heber
Shirk and family.
We are sorry to hear of Reben
Wilcox's accident. He is to come
home 500.
Mrs. Vess Hull spent Thurs
day afternoon at the Leonard
Coins home, caring for Jerry and
Terry while Mrs. Coins, heI
father, Ottie Gray, and daughter
Gwendolyen, made business
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-07-10

and family, Dick Jackson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Coins and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Holbrook
and children, Con Holbrook an9l
wife, Leonard Coins, Wilma, Rop-
ME, Wesley and Forest Holbrook,
were called to Kentucky by the
sudden auto accident death or
their nephew, Lowell Siders, age
10 years. They were unable to
view the body. The entire fami-
lies have our sympathy.
Mrs. Ollie Patch and Mrs.
Dwight Jackson spent Monday
with Mrs. Herman Brooks. Mfs.
Brooks is improving at this writ
ing.
Miss Dois Porchett spent Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. Gray and
daughter, Gwendolyen.
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Morrissey, and family, at Wood
stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Bare and
daughter attended the funeral
services Tuesday of the formers
aunt, Mrs. w. w. Williams, of
Mt Perry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Besgrove
entertained the following guests
at Sunday dinner: Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Boyer, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
B. Boyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Hartzel
Besgrove and two children, Susan
and Marlene,. and Mrs. Edith
Orahood. The dinner was in hon
or of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Boyer.
Mrs. Walter Besgrove will be
hostess to the Women's Society
of Christian Service July II, at
g pm. Assistant hostesses will be
Mrs. Lena Boyer & Ercel Brake.
Friday July 18, Gam. has been
chosen as the time to begin the
Daily Vacation Bible school of
the Methodist church. The school
will close July 25, with pro-
gram exhibiting the work of
each class.
William Rausch, Ralph Ingram,
Harry Clouse, Seth Ingram, and
Reed Neer attended the ST. Louis
Cincinnati ball game, Sunday, at
Cincinnati.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. ]. Noyes, of
Ashland, spent Sunday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Knight Kim
ball, enroute home from visiting
relative in Indianapolis.
Miss Susan Lease returned to
her home in Columbus, Friday,
after a weeks visit with her
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Vance.
Mrs. Bertha Elliott and Mrs.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-07-10
NIT. Victory News

/ Mrs. Lee DickerSon.
Mrs. Mildred Richardson, OF
GAINESVILLE, has been visiting her
brother and sister-in-laW, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Miller, Mrs. Cecilia
Craig and daughter, Betty Lou,
and Mrs Margret Gibson, OF
near West Mansfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold, of Cleve-
land, were weekend visitors with
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Smiley
and son, Norman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sid Golf, of Co
lumbus, are vacationing with
with Mrs. Jessie McKin and son,
Dick.
Mrs. Martin Lee McClain and
son are visiting her mother IN
Williamstown for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tim Creamer
are the parents of son born
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Dickerson,
of Columbus, were weekend
guests of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Dickerson.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-07-10
By Mrs. ADA PATRICK
,arden Club Meeting

Mrs. William McKim and Mrs
!R. B. Cowgirl were hostesses tc
"The Garden Club" at the home
of Mrs. Cowgirl, Wednesday af'
/ ternoon.
! Mrs. Grace Willauer, the presi-
dent, presided. Mrs. E. d. Hunt
Tread Scriptures and Mrs. McKin
offered prayer Twelve members
and two guests responded to roll
call by naming their favorite
perennial flower.
Mrs. Willauer gave a report OF
what was expected of THE Gar
den Club" at the benefit sale
Aug. l, at the Hardin county
Fair Ground for Memorial hospi-
tai. The clubs booth is to be a
bargain center if all plans ma
terialize. Mrs. Willauer is chair
man of the organizations project
here.
The following took part in the
literary program: Mrs. Morris,
Mary Starner, Mrs. Willauer,
Mrs. N. L. File, Mrs. David Nc
Neal, Mrs. Essid Brewer, Mrs.
Harry Barrett, Mrs. E. ID. Hunt.
Mrs. Cowgirl had arranged the
program.
Other members present were:
Lilly Starner, Mrs. r. N. Coy,
and Ethel S. Tapp. The two
guests were Mrs. Gertrude Eddy
and Mrs. David McNeal.
The August meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. r. N.
Coy, with Mrs. Geo. Mason assis-
ting.
Miss Ruth Gillfellen of Chilli
cothe spent two weeks with her
sister, Mrs. Lauren Temple and
daughter. Mrs. Temple and
daughter Judy Kay returned
home with her for a weeks visit
Mrs. Ada Patrick spent from
Saturday until Tuesday with her
son, Charles and family of Mar
ion.
O. D. McClain attended the
races in Marion Wednesday eve
ming
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Coy anc
daughter of near Pifer station
spent Monday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Font and son
Gary Wayne.
Mrs. Gail Smith and Mrs. Vera
Headington are spending several
days in Michigan with Mr.. anc
Mrs. Bill Wachmache and family
Denzel Wachmache returned
home after spending several
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Cal
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Patrick
and son, Dewey, of Marion, called
on their mother, Mrs. Ada Pat
rick, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Miller
and sons, Robert and Richard, o
Crestline, spent Sunday with
their mother, Mrs. Kindle.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Small anC
daughters, Janet and Jane, o
Germantown, spent Sunday will
Mrs. Smalls' parents, Mr.. anc
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Milford Center News

Huber. No definite date for the
wedding has been set.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Violet and
son, Edwin, of Columbus, spent
the Fourth with the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Violet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Ford, of
Hartford City, Ind, announce the
birth of a z h., OF. son, born
Saturday, June %, at a hospital
in Portland, Ind. This is their
second son. The Fords were for
mer residents of this place and
Mrs. Ford, the former Clara Mae
Paver.
Mrs. Anna Hamilton left Tues
day for Hartford City, Ind, where
she will make an extended visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Ford
and family.
Mrs. Addie Brubaker and grand
son, spent the Fourth in Urbana,
as guests of Mrs. Clara Logan.
Farm Bureau Council No. 5
met Monday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Vance
on the Milford and Marysville
rd
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Fade
ly and daughter, Barbara, of
Piqua, were Thursday night and
Friday guests of Mr.. and Mrs,
j. H. George.
Mrs. Emma Gorton was an
overnight guest Wednesday of
Mrs. Mary Thomas and Miss
Helen Downer, at Plain City
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bishop
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Mildred Longbrake and two sons
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Poland and
family, of near Allen Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lease
and Mrs. Henry Summerford, OF
Columbus, were Tuesday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Vance.
Mrs. Ada Davis and Mrs. Mar
tha Kimball were in Urbana.
Monday, Mrs. Kimball in the in
terest of her dress shop.
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dinner and a friendly good time
together.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartzel Besgrove
entertained Tuesday in honor of
the second birthday anniversary
of their daughter, Malaine Linn.
Guests present were Mr.. and Mrs.
R. B. Boyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Boyer, Mr.. and Mrs Walter Bes-
grove and Mrs. Edith Orahood.
Mrs. Frank reed announces
the engagement of her daughter,
jeanne VanAtta, to Mr.. George
Huber, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-07-10
BY MRS. MARTHA KIMBALL

Miss jeanette Downey and Mrs.
Katherine Bodey, of Urbana, were
Thursday evening callers of Mr..
and Mrs. Knight Kimbali.
Mrs Hazel Haggard, of Column
bus, spent Friday and Saturday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. A. Hageman.
The Lincoln reunion was held
Sunday, June % at Legion Park,
Marysville. Forty-two relatives
were present to enjoy a picnic
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26
REP. KELLER APPOINTED
TO MANY COMMITTEES

Our Representative, Nick
Keller, serving the state at
Springfield as a representa-
tive from the 9Th Senatorial
District, has been appointed in
the Illinois House of Represen-
tatives to the following Com
mittees:
Chairman of the important
Illinois House Committee on
Military and Veterans Affairs;
he is also a member of the Ex-
ecutive, the Liquor Regulation,
Waterways, Fish and Game
committees, and a member
of the Commission on Small
Business and Interstate Gov
eminent, and Rep. Keller is
always present at Roll-calls.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26
ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS

Awards were made to the
winners of the Essay Contest
at the last Chamber of Com
merce dinner meeting on Feb
ruary 18th, in the Gold Room
of Zion Home, with ROLAND
H. Lundahl, the Chambers
president, in charge.
Mr.. Lundahl explained that
some time ago Glen Reinier,
program chairman of the
Chamber, suggested an essay
contest to be entered into by
the upper grade school chill
dren and the students of the
High School. When the con-
test got under way, the con-
test committee, composed of
William Schwager, Lee Wheel
er, Phil Pennington, Richard
futile, William J. Bicket, l..
Eric Carey, and Howard Mar
shall, began judging the es-
says as they were turned in
and after considerable diff
Guilty, because of the many
fine papers, they unanimously
selected one Sixth Graders,
one Seventh Graders and one
Eighth Graders, as we'll as one
Sophomore's, productions as
the best of the many essays
handed in.
The topic of the contest
WaS:-
"Why Zion is a Friendly
City"
The Sixth Grader from
Continued on Page ~
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26
CHAMBERS DIES IN PLANE
CRASH

Rev. Glenn Chambers, a for
mer Zion boy, was transferring
to his new missionary post at
Quito, Ecuador, by plane Con
board of which were So per-
sons) when it crashed into the
sheer cliffside of 5000 foot Ell
Tablazo mountain of the An
des range at 2 p. m. February
Is, killing all the passengers.
His mother was advised of
the tragedy by the Columbia
Avianca Airlines, for which
company the four-engined DC
4 operated.
Glenn's mother, the former
Mrs. Page Chambers of Zion,
CONTINUED on Page ~
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26
AMATEUR PROGRAM
AT ELMWOOD

The Amateur Program at
Elmwood School was sponsor
ed this year by the pupils of
the two Eighth Grades. They
held one program for the chill
dren on Monday afternoon.
The evening programs on
Tuesday and Wednesday were
for adults. The two classes de-
cided to use the proceeds
from admission fees for a part
ing gift from the two grades
to the Elmwood School.
Mr.. Lester E. Rowe, princi-
pal of Elmwood, followed the
pupils inclinations in this un-
Continued on Page 81
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26
VETERAN BONUS
PROGRAM

Ways to speed the payment
of the Illinois Bonus to it's 9OO,-
900 Veterans of World War
II were suggested by Govern
or Dwight H. Green and Ad-
miral John Downes, director
for the State Service Recogni-
ton Board in a radio broad
cast to the citizens of Illinois
last week.
Downes announced that
headquarters had been leased
in Springfield and Chicago and
that the training of personnel
to staff these offices was al
ready under way. He said that
application forms would not
be distributed until the en-
ployees of the two offices were
Continued on Page 81