Wednesday, June 24, 1981 Local Press Continued from Page 1B J.R. Brown, Ethel's husband, said tonight's referendum wasn't about the group home. "This is about the zoning change," he said. The meeting is to be held at the Brown's home. people feel it is not a single residential affair when you put four or six people with different family names in a house," Mrs.
Brown said. "That is not single family. We want it all single family." Residents will "vote by secret ballot on whether they want a zoning change," she said. "It's to take their temperature, I guess," Brown said. "We want to keep the zoning as it is." Brown and Bauer also feel the home would lower property values.
"You want to go to a single-family neighborhood and you see people in wheelchairs, and you ask what this is and they say it's the county home for the retarded, then you're going to shy away from it," he said. Mrs. Georgia Rudi, 4826 Cox Road, said she just heard about the proposal for the group home in her neighborhood Tuesday night. "It's not that I'm against the home in any way," she said. "But I think if they change the zoning to accommodate that, pretty soon it's going to be trailer parks or anything." Mary Helen Buckner, 2149 E.
Sunshine, said she hadn't made up her mind about the issue. "I know from television that people who have similar things are opposed to it. That doesn't sway me, but I would like te know why." Continued from Page 1B Tuesday through Saturday. The day of the week a p.m. visitor may come depends on the cell section in which the prisoner is being held.
The new schedule is as follows: Cell Y-12, Tuesday; cells K-3 and K-4. Wednesday; administrative tanks Y11-1 and Y11-2, Thursday; juvenile cells R-1, R-2, R-3, Friday; and cell trusties in Y3- 1, Y3-2, Y7-1 and Y7-2, Saturday. Pierpont said visiting will take place not in the hallways as traditionally done, but in a separate room via an intercom system. "Inmates will be on one side of a glass to encounter and visitors will be on the other side," Pierpont said, adding that many penal institutions use the intercom system. is vision, but no contact," he said.
Prisoners will be allowed 15 minutes to talk to their visitors, regardless of the number of visitors, the sheriff said. "They can have two or three visitors but will still be limited to 15 minutes total." In addition to a search by a magnetometer, visitors must comply with additional regulations designed to heighten security, Pierpont said. All visitors must provide identification, whether it be a driver's license or Social Security card, Pierpont said. "Quite frankly, if they don't have proper identification, they will be turned away. We want to know who they are.
No purses will be allowed inside the jail; they must be left in visitors' vehicles or at home, the sheriff said. Children under the age of 16 also must be accompanied by an adult. Officials seek raise in unpaid tax penalty Greene County officials may seek legislation to raise the penalties on delinquent property taxes. County officials say the penalties are unrealistic compared with the amount of interest taxpayers can earn if they don't pay their taxes on time and invest the money instead. State law sets the late charge at 1 percent interest a month, up to a maximum 10 percent per year.
An additional 2 percent is due, no matter when the taxes and interest are paid. County Counselor Ted Johnson said, "If they had to borrow money to pay (taxes), it would cost them more to pay it than to let the interest and penalty run." Associate Judge Ken Cantrell said the officials hadn't decided on a specific increase. The legislation would set higher penalties for late taxes, but would not give counties more power to act against delinquent taxpayers, Johnson said. The county can sue those who fail to pay merchants and manufacturers taxes and personal taxes. It can sell property owned by people who fail to pay real estate taxes.
Presiding Judge Mike Compton said delinquent taxes had contributed to the county's financial problems. Collector Gene Wickliffe said collection of 1980 taxes has gone well, with about 98 percent paid. Taxes were due Jan. 1. Wickliffe agreed penalties should be raised.
"There comes a time when you've got to update your government like everything else. It's a good idea the way the money market is." Doctor to talk on war care A Springfield radiologist will portray a doctor of the Civil War period for a special program at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. Dr. Thomas Sweeney will display medical instruments and talk about the medical care during the war period. He will appear from 1-4 p.m.
Sunday at the Ray House, which is located in the northeast section of the park on Farm Road 111. The house served as a Confederate field hospital after the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Park officials also provided guided tours of Bloody Hill on Sundays and holidays at 2 and 3 p.m. The life of a common Civil War soldier will be presented each weekend and holiday from 1-4 p.m. at Bloody Hill.
Man freed in shooting case An 18-year-old Springfield man was freed on his own recognizance today on a felony charge of shooting into a vehicle. Preliminary hearing for Darcy Shane Vass is set for July 29. Vass appeared voluntarily for arraignment before Associate Circuit Judge George Donegan. Vase, quoted by police as saying he thought he was shooting at burglars, is accused of shooting at a van occupied by two women who had tried to use the pay telephone at the Norge Laundry and Cleaning Village, 729 N. Glenstone.
The incident occurred June 13. Free dog-dip day planned A free dog-dip day sponsored by the Southwest Missouri Humane Society is set for 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Preferred Farmers 2743 W. Chestnut Expressway.
The dip kills mange, mites, fleas and ticks. Veterinarians also will be available to give shots at nominal fees during the day. Postal workers plan picketing By Cheri Duncan The Leader Press Local members of two unions that represent postal workers will walk picket lines Thursday at four Springfield locations to express their concern for a settlement to contract negotiations with the U.S. Postal Service. A letter to the editor in Monday's Leader Press resulted in a threatening telephone call to Ronald Himstedt, president of the local American Postal Workers Union chapter.
Himstedt said the phone call would not affect his plans for the picketing or his involvement in the union. The informational pickets will be at the three main Springfield postal stations from 3:30 to 5:15 p.m. and at the mail handling facility on north Jefferson from 2-6 p.m. The local pickets will join postal union members in a national Postal Action and Solidarity Day, USA. Both the APWU and the National Association of Letter Carriers have organized nationwide informational picketing for the solidarity day Thursday.
Himstedt said a man who sounded drunk called his home at night and said Himstedt was a communist because he was active in the union. "He said, 'We have ways of dealing with Himstedt said. "He was getting pretty excited by that time, and I hung Springfield Postmaster C. Arch Bay said the unions could picket if they did not interfere with mail delivery. "As long as they do not interfere with delivery of the mail, it's their prerogative to do as they want, off duty and out of uniform," he said.
The current three-year agreement between the postal service and the unions expires July 20. A. beginning mail carrier earns $9.38 per hour; after eight years a mail carrier receives $10.71. A mail handing clerk at the bottom of the pay scale earns $9.11 per hour and earns $10.34 at the top of the scale after eight years. The Associated Press Highway patrol officers shew some of the counterfeit $20 bills found by twe fishermen.
2 anglers land $20 bills The Associated Press WARSAW Two fishermen have made a catch so big that it has drawn the interest of the U.S. Secret Service. The two men, who asked not to be identified, discovered a box of about $250,000 in counterfeit bills floating in the Truman Reservoir west of Warsaw in west-central Missouri. The money was in an 18-inch square wooden box southwest of the Grand River bridge, the Benton County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday. The money was damp but not soaked when it was discovered Saturday morning, leading authorities to believe that it had not been in the water long.
All the bills were in $20 denominations and contained 15 different serial numbers. Some bills were in bundles, while others were uncut in sheets of four or six. James R. Cantrell, the agent in charge of the Secret Service office in Kansas City, said the counterfeit printing was not top quality. City says Gunn Air has enough insurance By Renee D.
Turner The Leader Press Gunn Air which operates a charter service and flight school from the Springfield Regional Airport, appears to have the appropriate insurance coverage to be allowed to continue operations, city officials said. As of last Wednesday's meeting, when the Airport Board acted to cancel its lease with Gunn Air, "they had not proven that they were adequately Airport Director Robert Hancik said. appeared they did not have certain Hancik said, however, that since the board meeting Gunn Air has acted to get the "appropriate insurance required for operation by the contract" and will be allowed to continue operations. The problem with the insurance, City Attorney Lyn Porterfield said, was that Gunn Air "had adequate insurance for themselves to operate, but did not have the city listed as insured." According to the lease agreement, in order for the company to operate it had to list the city as insured so the city would be absolved from any liability, Porterfield said. He added that he expects to receive full notification of full insurance coverage today.
He further clarified that the board acted cancel, because thought they didn't have insurance, but because they didn't provide the board with According to Alice Edwards, who became Gunn Air's gereral manager Monday, "Gunn Air has always had the proper insurance. We did not have the airport named as additionally insured." She said the matter was taken care of Monday, "Everything is all cleared up and straightened out and we're continuing to operate just as we did before." (Deaths David Kennell STRAFFORD Milltary services for David Kennell, 59. Chelan, formerly of Strafford, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Chelan. Mr.
Kennell died at 5:20 p.m. Monday in Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, after a four-week Illness. He was a World War II veteran. Survivors include his wife, Betty; three sons. David, Kim and Danny.
all of the state of Washington; a brother, Everett, Strafford: three sisters, Perkins. Springfield, Mrs. Adele Latham and Ona Mae Rowden, both of Strafford. William Peterson BOLIVAR William Thomas Peterson. 24.
Sacramento, drowned in Sacramento River Monday while swimming. Mr. Peterson was native of the Bolivar area and formerly lived in Seattle and Everett, Wash. He had lived in Sacramento for one week and was a drywall construction worker. Survivors include his daughter, Sarah, Seattle, his mother.
Mrs. Mary Phyllis Peterson, Thailand; brother, Ray, Monee Ponds, toria. Australia; a sister, Mrs. Krista Bassen, Everett. maternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Presley Thomas. Bolivar; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Verna Peterson, Bolivar. The body will be returned to Pitts Funeral Home in Bolivar for services and burial.
Matilda Frye AVA Services for Mrs. Matilda A. Frye. 83, Rexburg, Idaho, be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Clinkingbeard Chapel with the Rev.
Lawrence Applegate officiating. Burial will be in Fammon Cemetery near Ava. Mrs. Frye died at 3 a.m. Saturday in Madison Memorial Hospital, Rexburg, Idaho, after a long illness.
A lifelong resident of Douglas County, she had lived in Idaho for the past two months. She was a member of the Black Oak General Baptist Church. Survivors include daughter. Mrs. Vestil Adams, Rigby, Idaho; a son, Ira F.
Frye, Ava; and five grandchildren. Julia Luna DORA Services for Mrs. Julia Luna, 73, Sycamore, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Ball Church of Christ with Wayne Steward officiating. Burial will be in Ball Cemetery under the direction of Clinkingbeard of Gainesville.
Mrs. Luna died at 5:25 a.m. Tuesday in Chastain's Nursing Home. Mountain Home, after a long illness. She was a lifelong restdent of Ozark County and member of the Ball Church of Christ.
Survivors include son. Delbert, Gainesville; two brothers, Tan Martin, Dora, Charlie Martin, Wynnewood, Okla; three sisters. Mrs. Fronia Thompson, West Plains, Miss Jessie Martin. Gainsville, Mrs.
Darlene Strong. Tec*mseh. Cecil Deeds Cecil P. Deeds. 66, Springfield, died.
at 5:29 p.m. Wednesday at Skaggs Memorial Hospital at Branson of a heart attack. Mr. Deeds was retired from the Air Force and was a member of the Air Force Sergeant's Association. He was a member of Yeakley Chapel United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife. Maxine; daughter, Miss Lori Deeds, Memphis, a son, Allen, Orlando, stepdaughter, Pat Moore. Republic; brother, J. Rodgers, Springfield; sister, Mrs. Venice Olmstead, Milan; and two grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Arrangements will be announced by Greenlawn Battlefield South. Daily record Births To Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Stephenson, Mount Vernon. 1 11:36 a.m. June 2. Cos. Te and Mrs.
a boy, June 22. Com. To Mr. Wayne Coltrane. a 6:00 a.m.
June 22. a Col. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Glean, Buster Smith Thea Rowan PLEASANT HOPE Thea Rowan, 68, Pleasant Hope, died at 4 p.m.
Tuesday in Cox Medical Center, Springfield, after a short illness. native of Aldrich. Mr. Rowan was a stockman and farmer and member of the Aldrich Christian Church. He had lived in Pleasant Hope for the past 15.
years. Survivors include his wife. Della; two daughters, Mrs. Rosemary McMasters. and Mrs.
Audrey Farrell, Glendale, a sister, Mrs. Ruth Taylor, Aldrich; a brother, Lesley, Aldrich; his mother, Mrs. Carrie Rowan, Bolivar; three grandchildren and five great- grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Bolivar Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Pitts Funeral Home of Bolivar.
Violet Hickman BRANSON Services for Mrs. Violet Hickman, 62, Branson, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Victor Baptist Church with the Rev. Kenny Robinett officiating. Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery in Springfield direction of Whelchel Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hickman died at 6:25 a.m. Tuesday in Skaggs Community Hospital after long illness. She was a member of Victor Baptist Church. Survivors include her mother, Mrs.
Birdie Hartzell, Branson; two brothers, Archie and Richard Hartzell, both of Branson; five, sisters, Miss Muriel Hartzell, Miss Ruth Hartzell, Miss Rachel Hartzell and Mrs. Betty Nevins, all of BranMrs. Cathleen Wolven, Reeds Spring; two stepdaughters. Mrs. Phyllis Rogersville, and Mrs.
Alice McFall, Springfield; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral chapel. Ben Brower Services, for Willard, Ben will J. be at 1 p.m.
Thursday in Herman Lohmeyer Chapel with the Rev. Floyd Brower officiating. Burial will be in Clear Creek Cemetery. Mr. Brower died at 12:13 p.m.
Tuesday in Cox Medical Center after a long illness. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife. Sybil; two sons. Bob, Houston, Texas, and Pat, Midland, Texas; a brother, Rev.
Floyd Brower, Senath; and six grandchildren. Memorial contribuions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Pearl Dempsey LOWRY CITY Services for Mrs. Pearl Dempsey, 83, Lowry City, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Goodrich Chapel in Osceola with the Rev.
Jack Kiefer officiating. Burial will be in Yeater Cemetery near Osceola. Mrs. Dempsey died Monday morning in her home apparently of heart attack. She was an Osceola resident for the past 21 years and was a member of the Osceola Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Orville; three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Smith Geisinger, Grangeville, Idaho, Mrs. Sylvia Powell, Osceola, and Mrs. Erma Woodward, Clinton; a son, Jay Jannson. Osceola; sister, Mrs.
Della Dempsey, Deepwater; nine grandchildren; and 13 greatgrandchildren. Visitation will be in the funeral chapel from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Ethel Loveland Services and burial for Miss Ethel Grace Loveland, 88, Springfield, will be in Sarasota. under the direction of Hawkins Funeral Home.
Miss Loveland died at 2:20 a.m. Sunday in Maranatha Manor after a long illness. Marshield, a boy, 8:15 a.m. June 22. Cox.
To Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hobson. Jasper, a boy, 1:10 a.m. June 22.
Con. To Wheeler. Mr. and Marshfleld. Mrs.
Ronald la a.m. June 22. Con. Te Mr. and Mrs.
Bary Warren. Clever, a girl. 8:07 p.m. June 20. St.
John's. To Mr. a girl, 10:04 June John's. To Mr. and John Allen Haw.
kins, Nixa, a boy, 10:21 p.m. June 22, St. John's. Ben Dobson ATLANTA. Ga.
Service for Ben E. Dobson. 65, Atlanta, will be Thursday in Atlanta. Burial is under the direction of Horis A. Ward Funeral Home.
Mr. Dobson died this morning in Atlanta after a long illness. Born and reared in Springfield, he attended Springfield public schools and graduated from Drury College. He was member of Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity and the First Baptist Church, Springfleld. While in Springfield, he worked for General Motors Acceptance Corp.
In Atlanta, worked for General Electric Credit Corp. He a lieutenant commander in the Navy and a World War II veteran. Survivors include daughter, Terry, Atlanta; a son. Gerry, Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Louise D.
Stone, Springfield; and a brother, Walker, Tulsa, Okla. Eva Hardin WILLOW SPRINGS Services for Mrs. Eva Mary Hardin. 68, Willow Springs, were at 2 p.m. today in Gospel HIll West Plains the Church of Christ, near.
Rev. H.G. Braynard officiating. Burial will be in Cemetery under direction of Hiler of Willow Springs. Mrs.
Hardin died at 9:03 p.m. Sunday in the Fremont Manor Nursing Home, Springfield. Survivors include her husband, Leo; a daughter. Mrs. Darlene Jackson.
Republic; a son, Charles Dempsey Hardin. Hallsdale; a sister, Mrs. Sadie Moyer, Wichita. three brothers, Earnie Endicott and Erve Endicott, both of Pottersville and Earl Endicott. Everton: five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Claudine Stockard HOUSTON Services for Mrs. Claudine F. Stockard, 74, Houston, will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church of Houston, with the Rev. Robert Moger officiating.
Burial will be in the New Hope Cemetery in Solo. under the direction of the Evans Funeral Home of Houston. Mrs. Stockard died at 2:15 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Carmel Hospital in Pittsburg.
after a long illness. She was a member of the United Methodist Church Houston and was employed for 25 years with the C.W. Harry Department store of Houston. Survivors Include two sons. Don of Houston and Jerry of Pittsburg.
a daughter, Jane Stockard of Pittsburg; six grandchildren and great-grandchild. Family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 tonight. Memorial contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church. Stephen Hutchison Services for Stephen Hutchison, 33, Columbia, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Parker Funeral Home, Columbia.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Bailey Cemetery in Wayne City, with Harold Rawlings officiating. Mr. Hutchison died Monday at his home of suffocation from a hanging ruled accidental by Dr. Jay Bix, Boone County medical examiner.
Born in St. Louis, Mr. Hutchison had lived in Columbia for 15 years. He was a musician. Survivors include his mother.
Wilma, 1706 W. Atlantic: father. Elmo East Moline, and stepbrother, Patrick Eugene Hutchison, East Moline. Harry Dickens Services for Harry Allen Dickens. 57, Huntington Beach, will be at 11 a.m.
Thursday in Klingner Chapel with the Rev. Woody Wilkinson. Burial will be in Springfield National Cemetery. Mr. Dickens died Sunday of a heart attack.
He worked as a roofing estimate man and was a member of the North Side Christian Church. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis, Huntington Beach; two daughters. Mrs. Louise Randleman and Mrs. Helen Myers, both of Springfield: two sons, Jimmy Dickens, Fountain Valley, and Carf Dickens, Brightom: a brother, Harold Dickens, Bolivar; a sister.
Mrs. Dorothy Perry, Kansas City: and six grandchildren. OZARK Services for Buster Smith, 86, Ozark. will be at 2 p.m. Thursday 'the Harris Chapel with Rev.
Hubert Swearengin officiating. Burial will be in Sparta Cemetery. Mr. Smith died at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday In St.
John's Regional Health Center following a short Illness. He was a lifelong restdent of Christian County and lived in Ozark most of his life. Mr. Smith was a member of the Baptist church and was a retired farmer and former custedian at the Christian County Courthouse. Survivors include his wife, Elva; four sons.
Robert and Junior, both of the home, Earl, Springfield, Bill. Seattle, two daughters, Mrs. Mary Kerr, Springfield and Mrs. Gracie Shelton. Ozark; 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 tonight. Frances Johnson CABOOL Services for Frances Johnson. 69, a lifelong resident of Cabool. will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Elliott-Gentry Funeral Home with the Rev.
Darrell Loughridge officiating. Burial will be 1 in Cabool Ceretery. Mrs. Johnson died at 4:40 p.m. Monday in St.
John's Regional Health Center in Springfield after a long Illness. She was a member of the United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband. Fred: three daughters, Mrs. Freda Deschene, Argyle, Mrs.
Lucille Lawson. Mountain Grove, and Mrs. Virginia, Hamilton, Cabool: Arthur Huffman, Cabool; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral chapel.
Clella Cole SEYMOUR Services for Mrs. Clella S. Cole. 79, Seymour, will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Bergman-Miller Chapel with the Rev.
Wilbur Craven officiating. Burial will be in Denney Cemete tery. Mrs. Cole died at 7:40 p.m. Monday in St.
John's Regional Health Center in Springfield after a short illness. She native of Webster County. Survivors include three sons. Victor, Waukegan, Wilburn. Brooklyn, and Lowell, Wicht Ita, four grandchil dren and four greatgrandchildren.
Visitation will be in the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Ruth Thomason EVERTON Services for Mrs. Ruth D. Thomason, 74, Everton.
will be at "2 p.m. Thursday in Russell Chapel, Greenfield. with the Rev. 0.A. Newman officiating.
Burtal will be in Hampton Cemetery. Mrs. Thomason died at 8:30 p.m. Monday in her home of natural causes. She was a member of the Christian Church in Tulsa, Okla.
Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Barbara Russell, Tulsa. a sister, Mrs. Faye Pemberton. Everton; and one grandchild.
Arrangements are under the direction of Harris Funeral Home. Homer Tennis OZARK Homer Tennis, 90. Ozark, died al 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield, after long Illness.
He was a member of Selmore Baptist Church and was a retired farmer and Wifelong resident of Ozark. Survivors include nephew reared in the home, Myron Hannah, Nixa; two nieces reared in the home, Mrs. Opal Tatum and Mrs. Ola Mae Inmon, both of Nixa; several other nieces and nephews. Exie Cottrall Graveside services for Exte Clifton Cottrail, 91.
Springfield, will be at 1 p.m. today at Hazelwood Cemetery with the Rev. C. L. Stadtler officiating.
Burial is under the direction of Ayre-Goodwin Funeral Home. Full miltary rites will be conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 963 and World War 1. Batracks No. 487. Mr.
Cottrail died Saturday afternoon at Poster's Nursing Home after long.
