The Daily Journal from Flat River, Missouri • 1

Consolidated With Leadwood Press In 1933 Publulxd Afternoons Daily Except Saturday and Sunday Th NEWSpapef That Doe Thing Telepheno GB 1-2010 fZ 10c SfSSi 6 PAGES TODAY iFIat River, St FrancoU County, Missouri Friday, August 21, 1964 Vol 35, No. 167 Favors Special Session Roberts authorize a special appropriation to complete the payment of income tax refunds. This appropriation is always one of the first requests the legislature receives. Roberts said also that he would like to see the legislature take up the matter of pay raises for the state mental institutions. Such raises have been recommended by the Governor and the State Personnel Board for the next session.

He doubts that it will be considered and said the legislature would be limited to whatever items the Governor calls them to 'Roberts said the bracket system was set at illogical breaking points which has led to a court ruling whereby merchants are not liable for sales tax on sales up to 25 cents. The bracket system was established to prevent the necessity of having mills and other complication tax collecting, said Roberts. With a three cent tax, the exact break would be at 33 and one-third, 66 and two-thirds and at $1. However, the legislators provided that no tax be collected under 25 cents. The logical first bracket should have been 17 cents, says Roberts, Representative Raymond R.

Roberts said this morning that he has not received formal word of a special session of the State Legislature but has no objections. Governor Dalton, after announcing the special session, delayed Wednesday in issuing the formal notification to the legislators. Pressure is reportedly being exerted upon the governor to forego the special Roberts said his Ing was that the special session was being called to correct the bracket system for collecting the three per cent sales tax. thereby allowing the merchant to pay sales tax upon his gross sales and still not lose money. Roberts said also that Charles Trigg, Budget Officer of the" State of Missouri has estimated a loss of seven million dollars to the state because of the court ruling that no collection be -made for up to 25 cents sales.

Roberts said Trigg's estimates have a "habit of being unusually correct" Therefore, he feels the special session to correct the bracket system is needed. Roberts also said he was not surprised at hearing the special session would also, asked to Itflontgomery to Face Federal Judge Post Office in the Federal District Court at St. Louis. Following sentencing, Hyler said this county would make a similar state sentencing, and with the terms to run concurrently. Montgomery was apprehended by Bonne Terre police last Saturday, morning with a complete set of burglar tools in the car.

Arrested with him was Dennis Lindsey, 17, Desloge. Gumbo Child Many Individuals and firms cooperated in furnishing items for use in the display, but the cost is being borne by the Lead Industries Association. New Display at Museum A ntw display It now in place at the Lead Belt Mineral Museum featuring the uiet of lead. The display contains samples of many items in which lead Is used, In the various fileds such as transportation, communication, the atomic age, household, ornamental, protective and recreational. Lindsey admitted under questioning that both he and Montgomery had been in the Desloge Post Office and Midwest Dairy In recent burglaries.

Three keys taken from the post office were found in the glove compartment of Montgomery's car. Dennis Lindsey is awaiting action by the Parole Officer of the St. Louis District for violation of his parole from Boon-ville. Sheriff Leslie (Buck) Jones reported this morning that a three year old boy was bitten by a dog yesterday in Gumbo. The description of dog was similar to the animal that bit Brenda McKinney, 11, in Elvins Wednesday.

Deputy Sheriff Paul Berry, who made the Investigation, said that Homer Smith, Gum-bo, noticed a large dog had his three year old son by the arm. When he rati out and hollered at the dog, the animal ran off. The boy, rather severely bitten, in the upper arm and shoulder was taken to Madison County Memorial Hospital at Fredericktown. Deputy Berry said he talked to- many people in Gumbo but was unable to get a clear description of the dog. Berry said the best understanding was that the dog looked like a hound and was mostly brown and black, but with markings also.

Nobody recognized the dog as belonging to anyone, but it was reported to be wearing a collar. At i meeting of the Museum Board last night. It was stated that numerous "regular" members of the association had not as yet paid their 1964 dues. It was stated that the dues are acceptable at any time, and area residents were reminded that dues of SI or more enables them to visit the outstanding displays at no cost. Home Ec Extension Leaders Hear Of Concern for People, Education ship development in "Nickels for Youth." $400 was used to send four brothers, Jack Marler of Cadet; Clarence Marler of Utah; four sisters, Ida LaHay of Elvins; Pearl Richardson of Detroit, Michigan; Lillie Leftridge of Cadet; and Virgle Barhoist of Bonne Terre.

CE. (Pat) Barnes Died At Ironton Hospital C. E. (Pat) Barnes of Ironton died Thursday, August 20, at St. Marys of the Ozarks Hospital in Ironton.

He was married to the former Miss Vivian Highley of Elvins. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but will be under the direction of the White "'Funeral Home of Ironton. Mary Goforth Nelson Rites to Be Sunday Mary Luevena Wortham was -born at Wortham, September 18, 1919, and died at Columbia, August 20. She was married to Josh Go-forth and to this union were born four sons, Harold Dean and Daily of St Louis, George and Robert of Leadwood and one daughter, Judy (Mrs. Roger Kinnard) of San Diego, Calif.

She later married Walter Nelson, who preceded her in death. She is survived by: the children: nine grandchildren; her Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wortham of Wortham; three broth- Charged at 'Degree WELCOME RAINFALL Rain which began falling in the area last night continued to quench the parched earth today, with a steady drizzle well into the afternoon. The slow, but continuous precipitation marked the first general rainfall to amount to anything in almost a and was expected to give new life to grass, shrubs and some garden crops.

Bitten Aulsbury Chapel Plans Homecoming Sunday The annual Homecoming of the Aulsbury Chapel Free Will Baptist Church will be Sunday, August 23. Sunday School will began at 9:30 a.m. with the morning wor ship at JamesJl Miller a former pastor, will bring the morning message and there will be a basket dinner at noon. At 2:0 there wil be a special musical program with the Fellowship Trio of Flat River, the trio from Aulsbury Cha- peLahd other singingroups The public is invited to attend The pastor of the church is the Rev. Dean Burpo.

UNDERGOES SURGERY Miss Mary Ann Gerig, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Gerig of Flat River underwent surgery today for removal of tonsils and adnoids. She is reported recuperating rapidly. 7 The defendants falsely stated that the University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, would accept degrees and transcripts from Mid-Western University at Arcadia, and permit holders of those degrees to intern in medicine without an entrance examination, according to the indictment.

It was further charged that fees for admission to the university for internship were listed as $2,500 and in representations sent through the mail One account of the indictment charges that the defendants received and cashed a $4,000 check from Turner. The indictment also said that the defendants promised that individuals completing such an internship as discribed above would be licensed physicians, able to practice medicine in Mexico and in the states of California, Georgia and Florida without any examination. Officials making an investigation of the "university" reported that the school was giving "degrees" in. medicine, engineering, arts and sciences, law and psychology. Ownen told ur thoritiei the university was founded to provide instruction in the science of natural healing and admitted it was not a "full-fledged schooL" all tha paint, glass, mirrors.

brushes and rollers bearing the label' of the Pittsburgh Plate Glast Company. The company had Judgement of $2,149.72 a- gainst the Forsythe Company being for unpaid invoices oi merchandise. Mill Prosecuting Attorney Charles G. Hyler said this morning that arrangements have been made to surrender Eric Linden Montgomery to federal authorities for prosecution, Hyler said the U. S.

District Attorney was willing to prosecute and the county taxpayers would be spared the expense of a prosecution. Hyler said Montgomery has a-greed to enter a plea of guilty to a charge of burglarizing the County High School Baseball Tourney To Begin Monday Eight teams are entered in the St. Francois County High School Invitational Baseball Tourney which is scheduled to get underway Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. The. eight teams entered in the tourney are Bonne Terre, Leadwood, Bismarck, Doe Run, SfcadiaValIey7 Esther, Desloge and Elvins.

The tournament will be held at the Bismarck field, with admission charges being 25c per person or $1.00 per car load. Four games will be played Monday and Wednesday, Tuesday being an open date. Thursday will be two games starting at 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. These two games will be for 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th.

The championship game in the tournament will be Friday at 8:30 with the third place contest being played at 6:00 o'clock. A trophy will be awarded the tourney champions. Officials for the tournament will be Yount, Huff, Newton, Sechrest and McLeod. ers, Frank of Irondale, Delno of Wortham; Robert of Leadwood; four sisters, Jessie (Mrs. Alfred White); Norma Cleadis Skiles) of Lead-wood; Annabelle (Mrs.

Obie Means) of Wortham; and One-tha (Mrs. Paul Gillam) of Salem. The body will be in state at the Bert Boyer Funeral Home today at 5 p.m. Funeral services will be at the First Ch-urch of God of Leadwood Sunday at 2 p.m. with interment at the Leadwood Cemetery.

This series, which will run one a week for nine weeks, was complied by the Dally Journal news staff from books, papers and other It is being offered as a completely factual educational series for the readers. The articles are being presented at this time so as to coincide with the centennial of the Battle of Pilot Knob, 20 miles south of the Unlcity Area. The first five parts will deal the invasion of Missouri by Confederate General Sterling Price's 12,000 man army. It will trace his advance into Missouri from the southeast, skirmishes at Doniphan, Greenville and his occupation of Frederick-town. Then, the Battle of Arcadia Valley will be presented, with the tragic BatUe of Pilot Knob following.

Over 1,000 Confederates were killed and half that number horribly wounded in a 20-minute assault. The story win then follow Union General Thomas wing's retreat throu Esther High Pupils Set for Sip Dp Soon Registration for the Esther Schools will be Monday afternoon, August 24, in the library. The schedule is as follows: Seniors Aug. 24, 1-3 Juniors Aug. 25, 9-11, Sophomores Aug.

25, 1-3 Freshmen Aug. 26, 8-10 Eighth Grade Aug. 26, 10-12 Seventh Grade Aug. 26, 1-2 Students whohavenoLpreYl-ously enrolled, may register Friday afternoon at one o'clock In the counselor's office. All students are to bring 25 cents locker rental.

Also the Esther yearbook, Golden Galleon, will be given out to students immediately after registering. School will start at 8:10 Thurs day, August 27, with an assembly in the high school. Mail Fraud Edward M. B. Ownen, 84, listed as president of "Mid-Western University" at Arcadia, in Iron County, was indicted in St.

Louis Federal District Court Wednesday on a charge of mail fraud. "Mid-Western University" is located on the outskirts of Arcadia on property known as Oak Hill Estate, and has been listed by the United States Department of Education as a "degree gh Caledonia toward Rolla. Another part of the series will tell of Gen. Joe Shelby's raid through St. Francois and Washington counties as he raced to cut off the Union retreat The bloody story of St Francois County guerilla leader Sam Hilderbrand will be told as will other tales of hard-riding guerilla fighters In Missouri.

This is often termed "the war within a war." The capturing of Farmington by rebel guerillas will be por outstanding young people to a week-long citizenship conference in Washington D.C. $500 was used to assist the IF YE (International Farm Youth Exchange) program to help further international understanding. $200 was given to the State Youth staff to develop a film strip on youth leadership development which will be available to local leaders throughout the state. County presidents reported projects such as the one in Greene County by Mrs. Dolan McCurry.

''Each club woman was encouraged to have a complete physical check-up. If their husband or children get 1 sick they waste no time getting them to the doctor but they often neglect to go themselves. We especially, encouraged them to have a cancer smear taken and for each check-up the club received points toward their stan dard of achievement. Mrs. Earl Rogers, Vernon County, reported on work they have done toward getting a health unit in their county.

Petitions have been completed and an election will be held this fall. Others encouraged members to vote in elections. Some visited nursing homes regularly and gave their time and services. Many carried out leadership projects with 4-H clubs. All had some ideas to report All returned to their home county with new ideas and plans for the coming year.

"We in extension are still con-. cerned with two things- people n(L education' said Dr. Mary Nell Greenwood to a group of 118 Missouri extension duty women attending the annual meeting of the Missouri Home Economics Extension Club Council. Attending from Francois County was Mrs. John TTntnn nt Uta 1 UnnTi Terre.

Much has changed jhU)e past 50 years since 1914 when extension work began, but the concern of extension is still the same on its 50th anniversary, explained Dr. Greenwood who was recently appointed assistant director of the Extension Division in charge of home economics. The women, presidents of county extension club councils, to whom she spoke represented over 32,000 club women. Her re-marks came at the end of the two-day meeting on the campus of the University of Missouri at Columbia. In keeping with the theme, "Opportunities for Citizenship Development," other speakers save ideas on citizenship development in extension youth work, in keeping highways and public areas clean, and in the Use of the state's forest resources.

"Citizenship is a respect which one has "for others and thus the person acts for the good of all people," Miss Char-line Lindsay, extension youth specialist, told the group. The sincerity of the group in carrying out the theme became apparent from this report: $1,100 was spent for citizen Another ATHS Ada Bouchard Died At Bonne Terre Home Mrs. Ada Bouchard of 210 morning at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but will be under the direction of the C. Z.

Boyer and Son Funeral Home of Bonne Terre. Mrs. Gilbert Roussin Died This Morning Mrs. Gilbert Roussin of Farmington, Route 1, died this morning at Bonne Terre Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but will be under the direction of the Cozean Funeral Home of Farmington.

Charles Marler Died; Rites to Be Saturday Charles Henry Marler died Thursday, August 20, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Tom Wilkinson in Leadwood. He was 84 years of age, born lh Bonne Terre, January 22, 1880, the son of the late Charlie and Melinda (Crump) Marler. His wife, Anna preceded him in death. He was a retired miner of the St.

Joseph Lead Company Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, at 2:00 p.m., at the Church of God in Lead-wood. Burial will be in the Leadwood Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of the Bert Boyer Funeral Home of Leadwood. He is survived by: the follow ing children, Alvin Marler of St. Louis; Beatrice Penberthy; Bernice Gentry; Elsie Wilkinson; Virginia Belfield; Doris Compton, all of Leadwood; two continue to be subject to a minimum wage of $1.25 an hour and overtime pay after 40 hours a week. These standards will apply to all covered workers beginning September 1965.

Younce also reminded employers and workers of another provision of the law which became effective last June. The Equal Pay Act of 1963, which amended the Fair Labor Standards Act, prohibits wage discrimination on the basis of sex. September ftff WarS gins-T Named with Ownen in the indictment is Homer Hamilton, a Brownsville, attorney. The nine-count indictment accused them of using the ma. Is to defraud three persons.

Maximum penalty for conviction is five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. According to the indictment, the three persons defrauded were: Richard Turner of Bend, A. Eugene Salerno of Revere, and Dr. Charles D. Younger of Pierce City, Mo.

my trayed as will a cavalry raid on Potosi. General U.S. Grant's action around Fredericktown and Ste. Genevieve will also be Included in the series. The final part of the series will deal with personalities in the war from this area.

Personalities played a bigger part in the fighting of the Civil War then any other. The Daily Journal presents this series to its readers hoping that they will find it both informative and entertaining. bidders in a sale limited to two parcels. The State of Missouri received $5,100 to satisfy Judgement of $3,689.08 due for back sales taxes. Bob Rottler, Ste.

Genevieve was the successful bidder. Doctor Fred A. Walker entered successful bid of $629 for Rffinnmpnii Wage Will Take Effect a Starting today on page two the Daily Journal will feature a weekly series of photo-stories dealing with the American Civil War in East-Central Missouri. Hike 3 1 It applies to employers and em-ployees who are subject to the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act Additional information on the changes to take place in the Act or the equal pay provisions is a-vailable from the U. S.

Labor Department's Wage an Hour and Public Contracts Divisions. The nearest office is located at 2925 Federal Office Building, 1520 Market Street, St Louis, Missouri 63103. 4 Sheriff Jones Sells Forsythe Supplies September 3, employees whose work was brought under- the Act's coverage by the 1961 mendments will be entitled to minimum wage of $1.15 an hour, instead of the present rate of $1.00 an hour. The maximum, workweek, after whifh they must be paid at the rate of one and one-half times their regular rate of pay, will become -42 hours week, replacing the current 44 hour workweek. Employees whoae work was covered by the Act prior to 1961 Area employers in Eastern Missouri were reminded today of provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act which take effect September S.

The reminder came from Jack B. Younce, supervisor of the U. S. Labor Department's Wags and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions, the agency which administers the law containing minimum wage, maximum hour and overtime pay, child labor and equal pay provisions. Fount said that beginning Sheriff L0U "Buck" Jones, sold the fsjrsonal property of Forsythe Building Supplies this morning to satisfy two Judgements pending against the firm.

A Ste. Genevieve man and the Presbyterian Home for the Children were the successful.