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4B News-Leader Monday, June 10, 1996 Page edited by Jan Peterson; call 836-1199 after 5 p.m. OZARKS MISSOURI Tindle Mills Mayors issue proclamations Details in girFs roller coaster death remain in dispute Continued from 1B ufactures a complete line of dry feed, liquid feed and solid feed supplements, and distributes purchased nutritional products, molasses and blends, and farm supplies. Its dealer network includes 11 states, Zipf said. In addition to its headquarters in Springfield and its West Plains location, Tindle Mills has offices in Neosho, Mountain f- fi.r I'M lW7i Grove, Thayer and Harrison, Ark. It is owned by Consolidated Nutrition, L.C.

of Omaha, Neb. During the giant birthday party, participants munched on hot dogs, chips and birthday cake and took part in games and free draw-ings. Ozark Mayor Don Watts and Springfield May r' 7Ks Zipf or Lee Gannaway delivered proclamations. Many of the people who came to the celebration grew up in the area but were too young to remember when Tindle Mills had its mill in Ozark. They do remember their folks buying feed at the Ozark location under different ownership.

"I don't remember the mill ever being owned by Tindles," said Linda Riegle, 47, who grew up in Ozark. Dan Oyer News-Leader After their long trek, riders wave to the crowd as they enter their final stop at the Ozark Fairgrounds during the Tindle Mills celebration on Sunday. The 100-mile ride began on June 2, the day after the mill held a party for its West Plains employees. nored equipment failures on the Timber Wolf and did not provide adequate restraints. She is seeking damages ofrmore than $25,000.

No trial date has been set. Fred Bellemere, a lawyer for Hunt Midwest, said the company contends the accident was not its fault "My client is deeply upset that this event took place. It's a devastating thing when a person loses her life, but my client's position is that it never did anything wrong, and it steadfastly maintains that position." About a month after the accident, Cedar Fair L.P., an Ohio-based amusement-park company, took control of Worlds of Fun from Hunt Midwest Enterprises. "At every staff meeting, I give a preamble that our top priorities are guest service and safety," said Daniel R. Keller, Worlds of Fun's vice president-general manager.

The most tangible sign of change on the Timber' Wolf is the new lap bars. Instead of one long bar to protect both riders in a car, the ride now has individual lap bars and seat dividers separating the riders. But park officials said the changes were not made in response to the accident. "The modifications were made to remain consistent with the other Cedar Fair parks," said Leslie Kuske, public relations manager. Timber Wolf riders said last week they were aware of last year's accident but that it did not prevent them from riding or inhibit their enjoyment "I felt safe," said Benjamin Sefero-vich, a Kansas City-area sixth-grader.

Kelli iLinville of Maryville said she was apprehensive about getting on the Timber Wolf. "At first, I didn't want to ride. Now it's fine." The Associated Press KANSAS CITY The popularity of the Timber Wolf, a wooden roller coaster at Worlds of Fun amusement park, appears nearly a year after a 14-year-old girl fell from the ride and was killed. Since the accident, safety-related changes have been made at the park. Officials at Worlds of Fun said the changes were not related to the death.

But facts surrounding her fall remain in dispute and are the subject of a lawsuit pending in Clay County Circuit Court. On June 30, 1995, Ryan Bielby fell to her death in the only fatality at the park since it opened in 1973. Ryan's seatmate, Ashley Fenzel, told authorities the lap bar and the seat belt failed and Ryan was thrown out. Ashley was able to close the bar and refasten the belt, she said. Engineers conducted tests, and Worlds of Fun officials and police concluded the accident could not have occurred the way Ashley described.

The park reopened the Timber Wolf six days later. Some witnesses said Ryan had been standing or kneeling in the car shortly before she fell. Fred Duchardt, a lawyer representing Ashley Fenzel, said last week that the girl stands by her description of the accident In November, Ryan's mother, Leah Bergonzoni, sued Hunt Midwest Entertainment which owned Worlds of Fun at the time of the accident She also named in the lawsuit Philadelphia Toboggan which manufactured the Timber Wolf; and Curtis Summers which designed the ride. Bergonzoni contends the park ig But she did remember that "everybody went mmmm down there on Saturday morning to get their MOtJwr COUld get dreSSeS feed. out of (cotton feed sacks).

We'd get three sacks, and she'd get a dress out of it: World War n-era memory of Russell Grubaugh, 70 And more. Russell Grubaugh, 70, remembered driving to the Springfield mill during World War II to get sacks of chicken feed, sold in cotton feed sacks made of printed fabric. "My mother could get dresses out of it," he said. "We'd get three sacks, and she'd get a dress out of it." George Hays, 84, of Springfield was one of the few people who could remember the Tindle mill in Ozark. He was only about 4 years old when his father worked there around the time of the first World War.

"We played down at the end of the mill, and By Kelly lived down by the mill there, and his wife feAwAM, mi made the best cookies I ever ate," Hays said. Later, Hay oined his father in working at the Springfield mill. He remembered Tindle as a good employer. "He was all right to work for," Hays said. "He expected you to work.

But as long as you did your work, he didn't have no complaints." Dan Dyer News-Leader Though the sun was little in evidence during Sunday's birthday party for Tindle Mills, Bet- ty Maples of Highlandville is ready to block it out when it does make an appearance. dence, with burial in Blackwell, I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Local arrangements under direction of Walnut Lawn DeGraffenreid-Wood Funeral Home. Mr.

Claybaker, a retired school custodian, died at 11:11 p.m. Friday in Americana Healthcare Center. Mrs. Musick, a homemaker, died Friday in St. Mary's Health Center, Jefferson City.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. William Timothy Newton, 49 EVERTON Graveside services for William Timothy Newton, Ever-ton, formerly of Ash Grove, will be at 3 p.m. today in Ash Grove Cemetery under direction of Wilson-Brim-Daniel Funeral Home. Mr.

Newton, a former supermarket owneroperator, was found dead in his home Friday, a victim of homicide. Sheila Renee Rowe, 25 AVA Services for the Rev. Sheila Renee Rowe, Ava, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Ava Assembly of God with burial in Ava Cemetery under direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home. The Rev.

Rowe died at 4:25 p.m. Saturday in her home from cancer. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Death Notices Marion G.

Binkley Wayne C. Claybaker Loyd Owen Coiner Champ H. Collins William John Heuring Grace V. Houser Irma Underwood Jarboe Roberta B. Lindsay Cecil Raymond McElhinney Sarah "Sally" Moeller Olan Bale Morelan Mabel Musick William Timothy Newton Sheila Renee Rowe Gertrude V.

Scott Wilbur Lee Shockley (Notices contain service and death information only.) Marion G. Binkley, 93 ROGERSVILLE Services for Marion G. Binkley, Rogersville, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with burial in Smith Cemetery under direction of Craig-Hurtt-Bradley Funeral Home, Mountain Grove. Mr.

Binkley, a power-and-light company employee, died at 8:55 p.m. Friday in Columbia Hospital South, Springfield. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Wayne C.

Claybaker, 81 Services for Wayne C. Claybaker, Springfield, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Potts Funeral Home, Indepen Grace V. Houser, 76 FORSYTH Services for Grace V. Houser, Forsyth, will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in Snapp's Funeral Home, Branson, with burial in Ozarks Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Houser, a retired hostess, died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in St. John's Regional Health Center.

Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. today in the funeral home. Irma Underwood Jarboe, 67 FORSYTH Services for Irma Underwood Jarboe, Forsyth, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home, Suffolk, with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.

Mrs. Jarboe, a homemaker, died Friday in her home. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home. Roberta B.

Lindsay, 74 ANAHEIM, Calif. Graveside services for Roberta B. Lindsay, Anaheim, formerly of Lebanon, will be at 2:30 p.m. today in Mount Rose Memorial Park under direction of Colonial Funeral Chapel. Mrs.

Lindsay, a homemaker, died at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in Anaheim, Calif. Friends may call at their convenience before the services in the funeral home. Cecil Raymond McElhinney, 85 Services for Cecil Raymond McElhinney, Springfield, will be at 1:30 p.m. today in Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel with burial in White Chapel Memorial Gardens.

Mr. McElhinney, a boilermaker, died at 11:23 p.m. Thursday in University Hospital, Columbia. Sarah 'Sally' Moeller, 66 EXETER No services are planned for Sarah "Sally" Moeller, Exeter. The body has been donated to the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, under direction of Williamson Funeral Home, Cass-ville.

Mrs. Moeller, a registered nurse, died at 6:10 p.m. Friday in her home. Olan Bale Morelan, 70 HARTVILLE Graveside services for Olan Bale Morelan, Hartville, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Steele Memorial Cemetery, under direction of Hol-man Funeral Home.

Mr. Morelan, a retired stock farmer, died Saturday in Hartville Care Center. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in the funeral home. Mabel Musick, 76 ELDON Services for Mabel Musick, Eldon, will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday in Hedges Funeral Home, Osage Beach, with burial in Hawkins Cemetery, Brumley. Wilbur Lee Shockley, 82 INDEPENDENCE Services for Wilbur Lee Shockley, Independence, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Pitts Funeral Home, Bolivar, with burial in Robinson Cemetery, Weaubleau. Mr. Shockley, a retired comptroller, died at 9:15 a.m.

Saturday in Independence Healthcare Center. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Other Deaths Listed below are notices of recent deaths of present or former residents of southwest Missouri. More details will be published when information is available.

Noel D. Carneal, 80, Lowry City, died Sunday in Truman Lake Manor. Arrangements will be announced by Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, Osceola. Margaret E. Clifton Grier, 83, Willard, died at 1:25 a.m.

Sunday in Willard Care Center. Arrangements will be announced by Wilson-Brim-Daniel Funeral Home, Ash Grove. Robert H. 'Hazen' Kissee, 86, Cedar Creek, died at 12:44 p.m. Sunday in Forsyth Care Center.

Arrangements will be announced by Kissee Mortuary, Forsyth. Loyd Owen Coiner, 86 CARTHAGE Services for Loyd Owen Coiner, Carthage, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Knell Mortuary with burial in Paradise Cemetery, Jasper. Mr. Coiner, a retired carpenter, died at 10:16 a.m.

Friday in his home. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the mortuary. Champ H. Collins, 83 ASH GROVE Services for Champ H.

Collins, Ash Grove, will be at 10:30 a.m. today in Wilson-Brim-Daniel Funeral Home with burial in Johns Chapel Cemetery south of Ash Grove. Mr. Collins, a retired farmer, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday in his home.

William John Heuring, 76 NIXA No services are planned for William John Heuring, Nixa. The body will be cremated under direction of Adams Funeral Home, Ozark. Mr. Heuring, a retired engineer, died at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Nixa.

Gertrude V. Scott, 89 Services for Gertrude V. Scott, Springfield, will be at 1 p.m. today in Greenlawn Funeral Home North with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Mrs.

Scott, a minister, died at 12:38 a.m. Friday in Maranatha Manor. Obituaries Obituaries and memoriams are paid announcements. Obituaries cost $1.75 per line for Monday through Saturday and $1.95 for Sunday publication plus a picture charge if used. Call or fax between 2 and 5:30 p.m.

Fax to 837-1381. Call 836-1183 or 1-800-695-1972. Beltone makes hearing affordable Michael E. Paul, USAF, Dayton, and four great-grandchildren, Whitney, Adam, Stephen and Sarah. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 11, 1996, in Hazel wood Cemetery with the Rev. Kenneth Chum-bley officiating under direction of Bob and Don Lohmeyer of Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. No formal visitation is planned, however, friends may call after 1 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the Springfield Little Theater.

she served as a Staff Assistant at O'Reilly General Hospital. She served for 30 years as a volunteer at the Springfield Children's Clinic acting as Purchasing Agent and assisting with fund raising. She also served for 10 years as a volunteer at the Speech and Hearing Clinic. Mrs. Paul was a member of Christ Episcopal Church and St.

Mary's Guild. She was preceded in death by her husband and three brothers. She is survived by a son, George H. Paul, Springfield; two grandsons, David H. Paul, DDS, Buffalo, and Maj.

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