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AITwrlliffTT iTTjillffinnilr'T1 ii•' PMKPOOL FRANK — Ann Johnson, Parsons college rood, appears (o be heading for office ol Dr. Benin Belch, mythical character whose name keeps popping up on campus. Actually, it’s all a gag. painted on the wall of unfilled municipal swimming pool by anonymous but artistic prankster. Pool officials may leave the painting intact, proving thev have aWsense of humor, but they hope no other unsolicited art will appear. Dr. Belch is believed to be civilian descendant of Kilrm of Mot Id War II fame. Led'or photographt i. who like prett girls, added Miss Johnson. Sheffield, III., freshman, just ilt; make it more interesting —I.FIKiKR IMIOlotBaccalaurcalcService Sunlt;la\At llijjh SchoolA busy round of activities will :ogin soon for members of the!W2 iuat nclass at Fan lt;« M11 gh school.The first formal event will be baccalaureate services Sunday at•lt; p m Hi the school audit triunirhe Rev. Han Id Kruger, pastor nf the First Lutheran church, will give the baccalaureate sermon.Other local ministers takingpart in tho service will be the Reverends J. Roland. Crandall. C. R. Douglass and Edward 1ler .A record class of 165 students will receive diplomas at com meneement exercises Thursday June 7 An outdoor server is planned, beginning at K p tn in the stadiumSenior classes will bo excused at the end of the fourth period Friday. Those enr; lied in underclass subjects, however, must attend classes as directed by the teacher.Caps and gowns wall be issued to seniors Friday at 1 p m andbaccalaureate rehearsal w iLI follow at 1:45. The senior class picnic will be held Tuesday, June 5 at 5 p.m at Waterworks park. In the event of rain, the picnic will be moved to Chautauqua park.Other senior events whll include commencement rehearsal June lt;at 8.40 a.m. and the annual awards assembly June 8 at S: 40a in.Senior class sponsors who are assisting graduates with their activities are Mad.elon Peterson, chairman; Louise Messer, Iliff Leu, Mrs. Zelma Wood, Emily O'Connor, William Mitchell and Lou Bohnsack.Four members of the graduating class wrill serve as commencement speakers.Ad On Juneig Summer Work)1, high school, or collegeTimer . . . the Ledger willn Monday, June 4.-k wanted, and any exper-ne, age, and phone numberit (or mailed) to the Ledgere Calls Accepted% *Capturrd \\ rdnrschn(iavnoamlainsW!nnocenlt;*cIn Shs vi nosrSIGOCRNEY (AP)—Gavno (.1 bert Smith s topsy-lurvey world, in which hr* is accused of killin his unde, aunt and three cousins without apparent reason, closed in on him Thursday as he faced a murder charge on five countsHungry, unkempt and with a four-dav stubble of beard on ’ isfface, the 24-year-old handyman was captured W. dnesday morning near Drakesville in a barn haymow whore two farmers tracked him down.Gayno, as he was known in the southern Iowa hills, denied Satur* day night's slaying of the rnem-befs of the Andrew McP th family with wh 'in he lived.They were still alive, he told Keokuk Cou°tv Sieriff Jo n Wal-lorieh, when he drove off eariv%Sunday to visit his mother in I) river, Colo.After hours of questioning the sheriff said: “I don’t think he isleveling with us.”Smith was arraigned on five counts of murder Wcdnesdavnight before Justice of th ■ Peace Tom Johnston The case was continued until Smith lt;btained counsel .After he was locked up, Gavno asked for paper to write his mother. Mrs. Ada Marie Smith Johnson .Still under treatment for a bullet wound in the sh ulder is a M -bcth cousin, Patsv Lou. 15. Patsv, who escaped in th * dark from the Melk’ti home at Martinsburg, named Smith as the killer.Gayno declined an offer to attend under guard the mass funeral services held in the high school gymnasium at Ilrdrick six hours after he was capturedMore Phan 6(H) persons atk* 1lt; 1 the services for Andrew McB th, 51, his wife, Dora. 42. their year-rid twins, Amos and Anna and their divorced daughter, Mrs.Donna Jean Kellogg, 17.The services had been seh 1-uled in advance, 'rhe apprt hon-sion of Gavno was orly the ch-max of a manhunt that had extended over a half dozen counties It started Sunday wh n Gayno \ car was found aba'don.,I nearUnionviUe.The fugitive told the sheriff ho had stpped along the road to sleep and awoke to hear a broadcast of the slayings, list in • him asthe suspect. He claim cl !e te k off in the rough cwintry to work his way back to Sigourney and tell his story to the sheriff.I’wo ether Smiths, not relat I to the fugitive, figured in his captureFarmer Lester Smith. 6fi. a i xpert at tracking, saw a man of Gayno's description around hi barn near Cnionville and deci led to follow his trail, summoning help along the way. Two highwaypatrolmen Richard Smith and Lowell Harris ferreted Gay no cut udthe havmow.'the combination Saf.igun endrifl1 gun with which Gavno was alleged to have killed the Me-Beths was nowhere in sight. When asked where it w as Gavno did notanswer.Authorities credited Farmer Smith with bringin_i t ie manhunt to an tml. The officers learned from Gayno that during an earlier period (f the search they once came within 15 minutes of him hiding in the brush.A patrolman said Gavno related that while bloodhounds wen* after him he walked up a creek to throw the hounds off the scent.Farmer Smith said another farmer Walter Cantrell joined himand they stopjxd at the Charles Swain place and ask. d him to call the sheriff.A half nule south the tracks led to the Pete Nathenv farm w here (iayno was found.MEMORIAL DAY PARADE - I hicolors as annual Memorial Day par; for services honoring dead of all ' left! Col. O. IS. Nelson, Col. RobertJames.—LEDGER PHOTO.
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Fairfield Daily Ledger
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Thu, May 31, 1962
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