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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1957
Page
3
In Sydney, Australia, thieves bound and gagged night watchman Brian Healy and stole nearly three tons of razor blades from a local razor company. The company valued the haul at about four percent of a million blades.
Lorraine Jean Thompson daughter of Duane and Mrs Thompson was baptized Sunday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with Rev L G Hinderaker officiating. Godparents were Mrs William Hogue and Donald Thompson. A dinner followed at the maternal grandparents home in Marseilles. Gifts were received by the baby.
Evan D Clark, 23, of Gardner, and Marjorie Ann Meredith, 19, of Gardner, secured a marriage license. The couple plans to wed in a local ceremony pending final paperwork.
Mayor Donald Caisley announced resignation of civil defense director Robert Redfern and urged active city involvement. An ordinance creating a local defense organization with mayoral appointment and director nominees passed. Bids for city hall painting were reviewed, with Knoblich Paint Store offering 703 and Maynard Davis 973. Other items include liquor license reissuance for Black and Telfer, fence planning for Gould Park, park-use notices from Morris Community High, traffic changes for Wall and Jackson, and garbage service plans for Saratoga subdivision.
Mrs Herbert Hutsinpiller 79 of Kendall county died at 7 30 p m Monday in St Charles hospital Aurora. Body at Davis Funeral home after 7 p m Wednesday calling. Memorial gifts to Lisbon cemetery. Funeral Thursday 2 p m at Lisbon Bethlehem Lutheran church Rev Robert Walledom officiating. Burial in Lisbon cemetery. Born Grayce Arundale November 3 1877 in Kendall county. Survived by husband and cousins. Preceded by parents and brother Floyd Arundale.
Cal Jack Baker 83 of 515 Price St died at home early today. He was born October 22 1873 in Maquoketala and married Maude Kindel spire on March 7 1900 in Morris. He worked over 30 years for Morris Paper Mills. Surviving are his wife two children Emma Bannon and George Baker and sister Ada Bell Tulsa. He was predeceased by parents two brothers and two sisters.
Hardacre notes telecast will show film highlights from June 12 ceremonies at the 190 foot sphere site as visitors watched the first steel column installed. The Dresden project on the Illinois waterway near Morris involves about 600 workers on a 950 acre Grundy County site eight miles east in an area where the Kankakee Des Plaines and Illinois rivers meet.
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Greer 81 who died Sunday in the Grundy County Rest Home were conducted at 10 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception church with Rev Bartholomew Wright officiating. Mrs J H Telfer provided music. Pallbearers were Jack Chivatero Dennis Donnellan Edmond Halton Bernard Harford Charles Pellino and John Pellino. Burial followed at Mt Carmel Cemetery.
Funeral services for 48 year old Joseph Puchala were held at 9 a.m. with The Rev. James Dicken officiating and music by Mrs. J. H W. Telfer. Pallbearers included Felix Logan Charles Roudis Joseph Krzysciak Joseph Zapole Raymond Kopezick and John Herubin. Burial followed at Mt. Carmel cemetery.
Residents waded and played in floodwater around homes as motorists faced near zero visibility. Several minor accidents occurred with vehicles leaving the road, but no injuries or damages were reported.
Mrs James Christensen 92 aunt of Mrs W L Dix of here died in her sleep Monday night in Hammond Indiana. Funeral services set for 11 a m Thursday at Emmerling Funeral Home Highland and Holman streets Hammond. She is survived by two daughters and two sons along with nieces and nephews.
Weert The Vienna 4 H club met at Darrel Herman home for a pig shade repair demonstration. Phillip Kodat spoke on advantages of capons over broilers. Mrs Herman served refreshments as Roger Hanley reported.
Mrs May Van Zandt has returned from Pontiac after visiting her foster daughter Mrs Pearl Ripps. Mrs John Iverson and Miss Ethel Cryer were weekend visitors in Carbondale with their nephew Gene Cryer and his family. On Sunday they attended Gene Cryer’s graduation from the University of Southern Illinois where he earned a BS in journalism.
Calendar listings show meetings for Women of the Moose Eagles auxiliary Rainbow Garden club and others at various halls churches and homes with times shown. A final line notes the National Park in Grand Canyon covering 56 square miles.
The group meeting at Legion hall Saturday night was the Morris High School class of 1947, not the class of 1917 as previously reported.
Requests for hearing should be directed to D. S. Mago wan district engineer Illinois Division of Highways 595 S. State St Elgin. The notice specifies the location and official to contact for action.
Hospital notes record admissions for Robert Dirker William Dirker Karen Kindelspire Priscella Leah Smith and Harry Hendrickson Oscar Kimmery with tonsillectomies. A birth is reported for Mr. and Mrs. John Capsel Seneca a boy at 12 04 p m Monday. Discharges include Robert Enger Orville Lyons Ida Mullaney Louis Dite Mary Anderson and Bonnie Stevens.
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