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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1966
Page
4
Hollywood interview highlights Peter Ustinov as the pirate hero in Blackbeard's Ghost. He jokes about succotash and recalls his varied work from Barefoot in Athens to The Lady L and a Royal Shakespeare Company stage pair.
Mrs. Robert Evans 63 of Ottawa died Saturday at Ryburn Hospital after four days as a patient. Funeral Tuesday at Hulse Funeral Home with Rev. William Kermott. burial Oakwood Memorial Park. Also listed are survivors, birth details, and family ties. Mrs. Christenson 79 of Delavan died Sunday in Tremont Nursing Home. Funeral Wednesday at Hallmann Funeral Home with burial in Prairie Rest Cemetery. services and memberships noted.
Mrs Elizabeth Jones, 89, of Lisbon died at 4:35 p.m. Saturday at Morris Hospital after a brief illness. Services will be at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Lisbon with Rev Ralph Chelsea officiating. burial in Lisbon Cemetery. She was born March 4 1877 in Yorkville and married Thomas Jones October 29 1898. he died in 1948. Survivors include daughter Doris Kjellesvik and four sons George Harry Robert Roger, plus nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Researchers note that the Weddell seal can stay underwater for half an hour or more. The capability aids hunting and navigation in icy Antarctic waters.
Miss Carol House 24 of Route 1 Newark dies after a short illness at Morris Hospital. Funeral services set for Thursday at West Lisbon Lutheran Church with Rev John Kylle. burial in West Lisbon Cemetery. She was born March 24 1942 in Morris to Lowell and Gladys House and lived in Lisbon her whole life. Survivors include her parents one sister Marilyn and two grandmothers.
Funeral services for Mrs August Tautz were held at Pfeffer Funeral Home and St Patrick's Church in Seneca. The mass was officiated by Rev Edmund Blough with burial in Calvary Cemetery. The children's choir sang and Mrs Steven Kleinmaier played the organ. Honorary pallbearers included Mrs Frank Coss and several other local women. pallbearers were Ray Hettel Al Hettel Harold Allendorf Leo Dittman Robert Calhan Jr. Robert Thomas James Geiger and Terry McCormick.
Mrs Joseph Mary Votta 85 of Coal City dies at 3 50 PM Sunday in Morris Hospital after a long illness. Survived by two daughters Catherine Viano and Marie Wilt both of Coal City four sons John Albert Joseph and Pete all of area one sister in Italy one in France 14 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren. Funeral from Patterson Chapel Braidwood to Assumption Church Coal City Wednesday at 9 30 AM Rev George Flynn officiating burial Braceville Gardner Cemetery.
Miss Charlene Scanavino, blind since birth, attends Gardner-South Wilmington High School as a junior with a heavy course load. She previously studied at the Illinois Braille and Sight Seeing School in Jacksonville and now travels by bus, uses a cane, tape recorder, braille writer, and a reader when needed to pursue a full student life and activities.
Miss Sandra L. Helgeson, 20, of 126 Robinson Drive, paid a $10 fine and $5 in court costs after a traffic court finding of illegal mufflers.
Mrs Votta born July 31 1881 in Italy died aged 72 in Coal City Braidwood area. She immigrated to the United States at 19 and had lived in the local district since. Chapel hours are after 7 p.m. today.
In New York Berger seeks Supreme Court review of electronic eavesdropping under a court order. He was convicted after a four week trial and sentenced in 1964 for bribery tied to a liquor license. The Court will consider two questions on probable cause and constitutionality of the statute.
Driving conditions worsened with rain sleet and drizzle across the upper Midwest. Hazardous driving warnings were issued in eastern Wisconsin Michigan and northeast Indiana. A fog band and an eight hour power outage affected 260 homes in Salamanca New York amid record cold.
Nugent duplex in Austin welcomes a small white dog as a new houseguest alongside Kim the beagle. Mrs. Patrick J. Nugent formerly Luci Baines Johnson says she adopted the mongrel after it was left at a gas station in Johnson City. Kim is due to litter in about two weeks.
Mrs. Gwendolyn Bjickelman 52 of Danville died in a Sunday night car collision on U S 150 south of Danville. Her husband Cloyd 46 and two occupants of the other car William R. Puzey 60 and Dorothy M. Ziebell 57 of Westville were seriously injured. Eickelman was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital. the others to Lakeview Hospital in Danville.
The Morris Community High School gym hosts the first student council assembly at 10 30 a m Tuesday. Featured speaker Don Lonie will address Problems Facing Teenagers drawing on a career speaking to over 3 000 high schools across 45 states and five Canadian provinces.
A semitrailer carrying 33,000 pounds of beef overturned and caught fire at the U S 52 and Illinois 64 intersection near Lanark Illinois causing a four hour roadway shutdown.
A career guidance film titled State Career Film A will be shown during four class periods Thursday at Morris Community High School. It targets Industrial Arts III and IV classes and others interested in electronics career paths.
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