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aid- "-Jf 1 0 ar 1 tr v' v-- 'v yr i y' i' te' Many Units to March gpringf tflft Mo gaUgyrma Nov. 2, 1947 31 Parade of Flags' Plans Completed frcamlil south on Boonville to the Public Square east on St Louis to 1 jjl: more than 1000 active personnel, including many Vietnam war veterans now at Ft Leonard Wood. Slated to begin at 10:45 a.m., the parade will start at the marshaling area on Benton, between Commercial and Division, move north to Commercial west on Commercial to Boonville 4 1 Plans have been announced for a Veterans Day "Parade of Flags" first here in several years on Nov. 11. The parade, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and American Legion Post 69, is being held "in retaliation to anti-war demonstrations around the country." It will include Miss Sutton One of 15 associate therlov the roil nimoldana defend the I fine United Slates cf.imtm nv anaonkn lo foster and Sine hundred percent 1 the memories XasswiGiions.in ihp X.itr asms? Of XJIjetummuiiib) pcrpr erg Springfieldian Is Named To Status of Women Group dwelling.

Firemen said a gas was Igniting a furnace pilot explosion occurred, ripping op heav3y damaging the house. A blast apparently caused by leaking gas fames shoved out a portion of an east wall in a bungalow at 1934 East High yesterday and slightly injured several personsincluding five members of the John Andrews family, who were Before They Get Moved In Blast at Home I ojLuJ I i.vt.V iv.Vi...-.. Moves Five Nine persons narrowly escaped serious injury yesterday when an explosion abruptly moved a family out of their home before ihey could finish moving in. Discussing plans for the Veterans Day "Parade of Flags" here Nov. 11 are (seated, from left) Fred Hunt, parade chairman, and C.

L. Stadtler, commander of the American Legion Post, co-sponsor with the Chamber of Commerce. Standing is City Police Sgt. Marmon Grovcr. Hearings on Lake Fees Begin Today in Washington Kimbrough north on Kim-brough to East TrafGcway east on Trafficway, terminating in an area near the Sears Roe buck and Co.

parking lot Parade entrants, in marching order, include: Police Chief Sam Robards, Ft Leonard Wood Col or Guard, Ft Leonard Wood Band, Ft Leonard Wood Combat Engineering Springfield Army Reserve unit, and the Missouri National Guard, 142nd Transportation Battalion. Following will be the 135th Army Band. Springfield Navy Reserve unit, Ma- rine Corps Reserve unit. Springfield Air Force Reserve unit and the local Civil Air Pa trol cadets, Southwest Missouri State College ROTC, and the Greenwood High School march ing band. Next will come the SMS marching band, local Girl Scouts, Hillcrest High School marching band, Boy Scouts, emergency unit REACT, St.

Agnes High School marching band, Clever High School marching band and Parkview High School marching band. Next will be the Nixa Saddle Club, Central High School marching band, Mansfield High School marching band and the Greene County Sheriff's posse "Mickey's Mounties." Prizes of $35 and $25 will be awarded the best and second best high school marching bands in the parade. Co-cbairmen of the event are Fred Hunt of the American Legion and Charles R. Shaw of the of Staff. Maj.

Carl Lang-ham, of the local Army Reserve, is serving as chief military parade adviser in charge of lining up the participating servicemen. At 9:30 a.m. on Veterans Day, a ponce escort will meet the troops from Ft. Leonard Wood at Glenstone and 1-44, guiding them to the American Legion Home for refreshments. The men will then be directed to the marshaling area.

After the parade, Springfiel-dians are asked by parade officials to "show the utmost courtesy" to the servicemen, who will be visiting the city in the afternoon. Although there is no official confirmation parade officials believe Maj. General George H. Walker, commander at Ft. Leonard Wood, will be here to view the 2.2 mile long parade from the reviewing stand to be located at Chestnut throoghway and Boonville.

City dignitaries will watch the parade! from the reviewing stand, along with Congressman Durward G. Hall. With the slogan "Lets Show Our Boys In Vietnam We Care," the sponsoring organizations ask Ozarkers "to do their part" by supporting the parade. Parade officials said "There's going to be a Veterans Day pa rade in Springfield as long as our men "are losing their lives fighting for their country." By Grand Jury Tooley Case Action Soon Court observers. in Memphis, said yesterday that the case of first degree murder against Marine Staff Sgt Will-ard Rex Tooley, of Springfield, may go before a grand jury Friday or next Tuesday.

The 3 0-year-old Tooley, charged in connection with the slaying last week of Mrs. Edna S. Scallions, a 50-year-old Memphis housewife, is being held in the Shelby County jail in lieu of bond. He was arraigned in Memphis city court Tuesday, and the judge ordered him bound Over for the grand jury. The grand jury will determine if and when the case to trial, officers said.

The 13-year-Marine Corps vet eran, wno recently serveo. in Vietnam, had been assigned to the U.S. Naval Air Station in Memphis for advanced electronic school. He admitted to officers he had been with Mrs. Scallions on the night she was killed, but denied killing her.

The Eastwood Saddle Club is holding a trail ride Sunday, leaving at 1 p.m. from Valley Water Mill located about a mile east of U.S. 65 north of Springfield. All interested persons are invited. The ride will last approximately 3 hours.

Wright, had been rented by the John Andrews family, who recently moved here from California. With the help of three transfer company employes, they were in the process of moving their furnishings into the house when the explosion Firemen said a gas company employe, Paul Wixon, filled an underground storage tank with butane ignited the pilot lights on the kitchen stove and water heater, and was attempt ing to light a furnace when fire flashed with a concussion which blew a hole under a window in an east wall. The blast also shoved most of the wall outward, shattered windows, blew up a portion of flooring, and caused heavy damage to the house interior and its contents. Fire damage was slight, but Andrews, his wife, Oda, their children, Jeannie, 10, Rosemary, 7, and John 8,, and Redball Transit Company employes Eugene Estes, Ray Keith and Blades were injured. According to firemen, the ex plosion apparently was touched off by fumes leaking from an open pipe in the bathroom.

The theft of an envelope containing $243 was reported to police last night by Irene Kessler, operator, of a used furniture store at 943 College. She said someone looking through the front window possibly had seen her conceal the envelope in the store earlier in the day. 'Wit 'Operation Out moving into the company employe light when the flooring and a Texas County Mother, 4 Children WASHINGTON, D.C. (Spe-cial) Hearings begin here today regarding the proposed abolition of all admission and en-trance fees and mooring charges on prblic works projects. Twenty members of Congress will be had-off witnesses, with Rep.

Ed Edmondson to be first Missouri Rep. Durward Hall will not appear today, but is scheduled to appear with other repre sentatives of the Springfield lakes area Nov. 7. Thirty bills will be under consideration. Rep.

Robert Jones, who is said to be very much in of abolishing fees and charges, is chairman of the subcommittee which will hold the hearings. Rep. Edmondson will preside some of the time. Later in the hearings, it is ex pected the committee will hear testimony from secretary 01 tne Interior Stewart Udall, other of ficials from his office, and rep resentatives of the department of recreation. Udall has argued that the proceeds from the fees and charges are used to cover expenses of other projects for recreation.

When heariugs were planned last year, an agreement was reached that the fees would be collected at fjwer entrance places at U)3 projects. However, in the meantime the Army Corps of Engineers gave notice that there would be charges for the boat moorings, docks and other facilities. This 4. At Selected by Hearnes received official notification of her appointment by Gov Hearnes, but added, "I feel highly honored and am looking forward to serving on the com mission." A member of the Springfield United Nations organization, Miss Sutton is a member of the See WOMEN, Page 38 Post-Halloween Messes Cleaned By Key Club The Hillcrest High School Key Club countered destructive with constructive effort yesterday. originating a clean up campaign of the messes made by pranks ters Halloween night.

Approximately 30 members of the club, sponsored by Ozark Empire Chapter of the Springfield Kiwanis Club, par ticipated in cleaning eggs off the front of bouses, taking paper out of trees and de-soaping win dows. "That's the job of our club," said Nellow McDaniel, 2547 East Avenue, president "We're a service organization to the com munity. Most of the people we helped were elderly people who couldn't do the work them selves." Michael Dean Suter, 3230 West Harrison, yesterday pleaded guilty before Magistrate Orville Kerr to two charges and was fined $60 and costs. Unable to pay, he was committed to the county jail. Suter entered guilty pleas on charges of possession of intoxicants ($50) and careless and imprudent driving Five miles east of Raymondville at a.m.

Tuesday. Melissa died in Texas County Hospital at Houston at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, and John died in Springfield Baptist Hospital at 5:30 p.m. the same day. The accident occurred as Mrs.

Smith was taking five of her seven children with her to school where she was delivering lunches prepared for two of her children. Another daughter, Marcie, was listed in serious condition in Texas County Hospital following the accident Surviving are the husband and father, Ray Smith, who with his family were lifelong residents of Raymondville; and, besides Marcie, two other children, Lo-reta and Sonie, of the home. The caskets will be at the Evans-EUiott Chapel until 12 noon Friday. The Rev. George Greeney will officiate in the private services and burial will be in Valley Center Church Cemetery near Hartshorn.

i 'Lie Test Case' To 2nd A motion for a new trial was filed in circuit court yesterday by James Marvin Fields, 24, Route 8, convicted of armed robbery. Despite an agreement that so-called lie detector evidence could be used, Robert Schroff, attorney for Fields, contends in the motion that such evidence as used in the trial- was not sufficient, certain or scientifically accurate. "Defendant," said Scbroff in the motion, "cannot waive constitutional safeguards to which he is entitled under the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments." 1 Fields was convicted of rob-; bing a Hudson service station on Mo. 13 July 4. of 0 Will Honor Viet-Bound Sailor Loy Ewbank, a former School of the Ozarks student who is headed for Vietnam for service with the Navy, will be the guest of honor of the school's alumni meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday inMFAHallatAva. Miss Mary Ann Fain, school librarian, will be in charge of the program, which will include entertainment by Jim Binne- bose, a guitarist. Several stu dents and staff members at the school will also attend the meeting honoring Ewbank. JEFFERSON CITY (AP) Gov. Warren E.

Hearnes appointed the 15 members of the new Commission on the Status of Women Wednesday. Under the new law they must meet four times a year to study the economic and social status of women and recommend any needed legislation. Nine of the new members served on a temporary commission earlier. Those serving one year, include: Mrs. Marjorie Garansson of Sedalia, Miss Margaret Rone of Hayti, Miss Wilma Sutton of Springfield, Mrs.

Robert W. Leigh of Ballwin and Miss Clara Surber of Harrisonville. Those, who will serve two years: Mrs. Frank Mitchell of St. Louis, Mrs.

Hal McHaney of 1 1 Mrs. Alfred E. Boulicault of Olivette, Mrs. Lo-rene Maris of Fairfax and Mrs. Robert Matthews of Canton.

Those who will serve three years: Mrs. Betty McCaskill of Columbia, Mrs. Harry Shear of St. Louis, Mrs. E.

Gary Davidson of Webster Groves, Miss Alberta J. Meyer of Jefferson City and Mrs. Harriette Yeckel of Kansas City. Miss Wilma Sutton, of 900 East Elm, is clerk to supervising service foremen for Southwestern Bell Telephone I Company. A Bell employe here for nearly 14 years, she is a job steward, representing clerical personnel in the plant department in Local 6312, Communication Workers of America.

Miss Sutton also is vice president of the Springfield Labor Council. She said last night she has not Set for Killed in the crash were Mrs. Agnes Smith, 29, and three daughters, Sylvia, 6, Kathryn, 4, Melissa, 1, and a son, John, 2. Mrs. Smith, Sylvia and Kathryn apparently died instantly in the accident approximately two -oiT niwi auir nu the Top 1 ili'HIIJIU mnhe i nmmte Vf to 9 Oailj Newt Staff brought the present hearings.

With the announcement by Sen. Jennings Randolph, chair man of the Senate committee, that he plans to hold hearings beginning next session, it would that there will be no bill passed this session. In spite of the House hearings, of course, the Senate could adopt the bill ithout hearings if it chose to do so. Lebanon Fuss NLRB Gets The Evidence All evidence in the National Labor Relations Board hearing on the Producers Creamery in Lebanon had been placed before NLRB hearing officer Jerry Cimburek by 7:30 p.m. yester-; day.

Teamsters Local No. 245 wants to represent the production and maintenance employes at the creamery, and the creamery is willing to have an election any time, but there is a dispute over employes to be in- eluded in the proposed bargain ing unit. Ransom A. Ellis, attorney for the company, said three posi tions are in dispute two technical fieldmen and one milk tank reconditioner. The union wants these men in the unit but the company, which claims the fieldmen are "management," wants them left out There was considerable testi mony at City Hall here yester day about the work of David the milk tank reconditioner.

Management insisted it is a temporary job and that when Scott has reconditioned all the tanks purchased in less than month from now the job will be non-existent, Dan Leary, Joplin, attorney' for the union, inquired considerably about what work management might have for Scott when the conditioning is com pleted. Ellis insisted Leary's questions were immaterial be- cuse the election unit will cover job classifications rather than individuals. Five SMS Debate Teams to Travel This weekend will find debate teams from Southwest Missouri State College participating in two major university debate tournaments. The team of David Dunlap and Dave Ge-ber, both juniors from West Plains, will go to At lanta, for a tournament at Emory University. Don Stanton.

debate coach at SMS, will ac company tnem. Four teams will participate in a tournament at Texas Christian University at Ft. Worth, Tex. Debating in senior division at TCU will be the team of Jerrv Shiverdecker, sophomore, Ful ton, and Marty Paskov, junior, Milwaukee, Wis. Also in senior division will be Steva Hoots, ju-nior, West Plains, and Chuck Cook, junior, Springfield.

Two teams will debate in lunior divi sion. They are: Bill Wear, sophomore, Springfield, and Richard Spencer, sophomore, Independence; the other junior division team will be Steve Hilton, fresh man, bpnngfield, and John Ash-ford, freshman Marshall. 1 Services HOUSTON (Special) Joint funeral services for a mother and four of her children killed in Texas County traffic accident Tuesday, will be held in Evans-Elliott Chapel at 1 p.m. Friday. The services will be private.

if' ihit V. y.c it' -aa. WMt oA.jmg.ini. The blast, apparently caused by leaking gas fumes, heavily damaged a one-story frame bungalow at 1934 East High and sent several persons to Burge-Protestant Hospital with first and second degree burns. All were released after treatment.

Firemen at No. 4 station, sent to the seen' at 4:54 p.m., said the dwelling, owned by Charles In Brush With Car Elder Escapes Serious Injury An elderly Springfield man apparently escaped serious injury yesterday when he stepped into the path of a car at National and Madison, i J. Taken to Burge-Protesant Hospital shortly after 11 a.m., Arthur 82, of 726 "McCann, was treated for a head laceration and possible right shoulder and left ankle injuries. Donald A. Dexheimer, 21, "Evangel College, told Ted Hobson his 1962 Volkswagen was traveling north when he saw Anderson standing on a painted safety island in the middle of National.

He said he honked when the man began walking east, and continued to sound his horn Anderson hesitated, apparently became confused, and walked in front of the vehicle. Dexheimer swerved and the-auto struck the pedestrian the curb at the same time. I Hobson said Anderson told 'him he did not see nor hear the car and couldn't recall where' he "had been prior to the accident. In other mishaps-Three 16-year-old Stockton residents suffered lacerations when the power steering apparently locked on a westbound 1959 Ford, causing the vehicle to hit a culvert and overturn on Ho. 32 five miles east of Stockton at 4:30 p.m.

yesterday. ''i Treated at a doctor's office Jwere the, driver, Richard Mack 16, who suffered fa-Jcial and hand cuts; John Abr-echt, who received an elbow lac-aeration, and Connie Lee, facial 'and arm cuts. Carrol F. Raines, 21, Rolla, was treated at Phelps County Hospital for neck and back after he was thrown from his car as it veered off U. S.

66 ten miles west of Rolla at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. Glenn Booth, 19, and Wil liam Fisk, 21, Fort Leonard Woody were taken to the post hospital shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday after suffering lacerations when their cars Collided at the junction of U. S.

66 spur and City Route 66 two miles east of WaynesviUe, Flsk was cited 'ion a careless and imprudent driving complaint Mamie Benge, 56, Mountain Grove, was treated at Mansfield 'Hospital for facial cuts received when her car collided with a truck driven by Dorsey Church, 46, Wichita, on U. S. 60 in Mountain Grove at a.m. yesterday. 1:15 Dr.

DonSilsby Willis Filed The will of Dr. Don Silsby. 84, who died last Nov. 11, waa filed yesterday in the probate court. Almost the entire estate wai left to his son, Dr.

Don Silsby, Jr, and his daughter, Mra. Lois Silsby Powell, Decatur, Ga. Dr. Silsby well-known stamp collection will go to the son, and household furniture and fixtures to the widow, Mrs. Lela Silsby.

fa ff 'I Win' 2 I i I I. Hlggfill III i i 8.0.G Over Adele Is SMS Queen Miss Adele Francis, a junior, hag been elected Southwest Missouri State College homecoming queen, It was announced last night. Miss Francis, sponsored by Sigma Kappa, I the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.

W. Francis, 639 West Broadmoor. She It a Spanish major. Homecoming queen attendants are Deanna Colling, Willow Springs, and Katni Goff, Desoto. Homecoming activities Include the annual alumni banquet Friday night, a 9:30 a.m.

parade in the downtown area Saturday, the SMS-Cape Girardeau foolball game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, and a concert and dance Saturday night. later. Loading the packages in a pickup track for transportation to the airport yesterday (from left) are Doug Wlttmcr; Barrel! Kust, Navy recruiter; Barbara Bramer; and Mlka Hawkins. Standing in (he truck are Tom Stepper (back to camera) and Frank Carnahan.

"Operation B.O.G.," a Glendale High School project to send 150 Christmas gift package to Boys of Glendale and other servicemen in Vietnam, went over the top. Mrs. Beverly Aton, of the GIIS faculty, said the student-sponsored campaign not only met the original goal but there are plans to send 25 additional packages i i ti 0 4 4 rf. 40.