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Pantograph, Bloomington, January 196 Simkins Elected Chief of Judges illiSSfe if lilllll ties of judges, providing for the merger of clerks' offices, setting up bail rules, outlining probate procedures, and other mat Jurists Sign Guiding Orders For Circuit ters. Justice of the Peace Ivan H. Light, on the bench Thursday morning to hear magistrate division (formerly police court) 3 tj" cases at the Bloomington City Hall, declined to act on some 10 cases or so, pending the Judges in the 11th Judicial Circuit elected Leland Simkins of Mount Pulaski chief judge of the circuit Thursday morning. He'll serve in this capacity at least until next Jan. 1.

The judges also signed 50 pages of administrative orders outlining procedures to be fol signing of the court outlining cases assignable to the division Presumably witn tne signing of the orders the new court sys tern is now ready to roll in the 11th Judicial Circuit. lowed under the new court system going into effect this week. Judge Simkins had been elect PINES AWAY ed chief judge on Oct. 3 but only in a temporary capacity in Orphans End Christmas Visit Fifty children from an orphanage in Tupelo, wave goodby to Bloomington Wednesday after a Christmas vacation with a dozen families of the First Pentecostal Church, 601 N. East.

The Rev. J. H. Yohe, pastor, accompanied the group back to Tupelo in what he said would be a 13-hour trip. Pantagraph Phots order to facilitate making the necessary decisions for court revision.

Elected Annually Here are Mrs. Bill Strong and her New Year's champion for 1964, born at 1:42 a.m. Wednesday at 'St Joseph's Hospital. (Pantagraph Photo) He'll be the general adminis trative authority in the circuit Wenona Youths He'll have the authority to pro COMES WITH NEW YEAR Yule Get Rid Of That Tree As Tide Ebbs In an annual ritual associated with New Year's Day, obsolete pines and balsams began to appear in profusion on Blooming-tort-Normal streets today. Striegel Bakery Business Sold vide for court divisions and for setting the times and places for court throughout the circuit which includes McLean, Ford, Livingston, Woodford and Lo gan counties.

Bill Strongs Add Jan. I Boy to Family of Ten stores at 833 W. Jackson and Under provisions of one of the 312 N. Main, but the major orders signed Thursday a meet whole- Rockford Firm To Keep Name, Product Line part of its business is sale. Held on Car Theft Charges Two rural Wenona youths were arrested in McLean County early Wednesday on a car theft charge filed in Streator.

The two youths are Jerry Laeschliman, 18, and Ralph II. Eddy, 19. Two McLean County sheriff's deputies made the arrest at about 5 a.m. Wednesday. The pair was picked up Thursday morning by sheriff's depu The question is: Fir how long do they remain in the streets? Bloomington public works officials said trucks started routine street-by-street collection him the biggest baby born first Rock- 12 Outlets Waldorf Bakeries in ford has 12 outlets in on New Year Day in at least that four years.

To a photographer recording ing of judges in the circuit will be called on the third Thursday each November to elect a chief judge to serve for the following year. Light's Court Delayed The administrative orders signed Thursday included those appointing court reporters, setting up divisions of court, out- this morning. area. They make a specialty of Swedish bread and pastries, Mr Striegel said. The collection will continue Friday and into next week, it a visit with his mother Wednesday afternoon the baby boy It was announced Thursday morning that Striegel Bakeries founded by Louis E.

Striegel in 1933, has been sold to an out-of-city firm. John P. Striegel, son of living up to his last name but he didn't have a first name to go with it. With Mr. Strong at home with 10 others, this was understandable.

For the record of transition from 1963 to 1964, Mennonite Hospital claimed the last birth of the old year. Mrs. John Harvey of El Paso had a boy there at 3:33 p.m. was announced in Bloomington, with workers picking up the lining cases assignable to the trfs wherever they're spotted Eleven was a lucky number for Mr. and Mrs.

Bill Strong of Bloomington. Their baby, a boy joining three brothers and seven sisters, was the first to be born this year in Twin City hospitals. And Number 11 for the Strongs turned out to be a real New Year's champion. He came into the world a full 10 pounds and 22 inches of potential linebacker for the University of Illinois. Born In St.

Joseph's The event occurred at 1:42 a.m. at St. Joseph's Hospital. seemed every inch as cool as a Dick Butkus playing in the Rose Bowl. There was one fact unavailable, however.

Not Named will and recently president magistrate division, providing1, In Normal, however, it ties from La Salle County to return to Streator. with garbage fnr thf pa np nf irrand anri uc Minuiidiieuus of the corporation, said it will continue in operation under the same name with the new own Monday and Detit iuries. Drescribine rules of I rounds starting court and outlining responsible The Strong boy definitely was Tuesday. ers, Waldorf Bakeries of Rock- Phillip and Louis Roth of Rockford are partner owners of the 22-year-old firm. Phillip Roth will move here Jan.

19 to manage the Bloomington concern. He and Mrs. Roth have a son and two daughters. Striegel Bakeries also has a retail outlet at Pontiac and until recently at 1112 E. Oakland in Bloomington and at Le Roy.

The store on East Oakland, closed Dec. 14, will not be reopened, Mr. Striegel said. But the firm plans to reopen its Le ford. continuing through the week.

Normal residents can expect to have their trees taken on regular garbage collection days, providing the trees are placed Mr. Striegel said also that in front of homes. product line, personnel and distribution will remain basically unchanged. The firm has Bloomington Mr. and Mrs.

Strong live at 1302 W. Market. Mr. Strong, The placement rule also ap- Knife Wound Puts Woman In Hospital lies in Bloomington. who said he is Bill, not William, New Play Needs More Male Actors The Community Players have scheduled a third session of readings Friday for the season's third production, "Susan and God," opening Feb.

14 at the Community Playhouse. Tryouts Sunday and Monday indicated a shortage of male actors, so men are being encouraged to read for parts at Some Bloomington garbage works as a night watchman at Funk Bros. Seed Co. collection is from alleys, but old Christmas trees are picked up Their other children range in by dmerent crews. age up to 13 years.

For St. 's Hospital, Miss Lena Tate, 4, of 308 Roy store Monday. Morton Branch Plans call for still another store to be opened in Morton this spring, according to the former corporation president. General offices are at the with Sister Bernard in charge of Elm was hospitalized at St. Jo Want of Baker Closes Shops For Grassfield With news today of a Bloom- the maternity ward at 1 42, seoh's Hospital for treatment of Trucker Fined On 3 Charges A 25-year-old Peorian whose ll i vyi it A 7A West Jackson address.

Mr Ctrl IH firm hJ OUtS from 7:30 tO Mr. Striegel said the firm has nrp truck hit a telephone pole New Year's Eve in Normal was roles in the script, five female and a teen-age girl. daily delivery customers in practically every McLean County restaurant, hotel, motel, school and institution, as well fined $100 Thursday in Normal jn baking firm's being sold a knite wound on ner arm as a result of an incident at 207 E. Moulton at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Hospital officials said Thursday morning that she was to be released today. A woman companion is being held by Bloomington police in connection with the knifing. According to Lester Brown, head of the detective division, The play is by Rachel Croth- pohce court on charges of 1 a.m., tne mrtn was a proua one. Brokaw Hospital claimed title to the New Year's Baby Derby in both the past two years and Mennonite Hospital was a winner for two years before that. Girl Second At Mennonite yesterday the second baby of 1964, a girl, was born at 6:52 a.m.

Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Michael ers, a Bloomington native and widely known as an American nlavwrieht. Robert Price is di- as groceries and restaurants over a wide area. The Roths of Rockford plan reeling the Players' production.

SfesSLVarJe and resisting arrest. Grassfield have been closed. Patrolmen said they found But Mr. Grassfield said James P. Dooley standing be-closings are only temporary.

side his vehicle when they went Hjs stores are the Grassfield to a parking lot of the IGA Red! Jefferson Bake Shops at 527 and no interruption in deliveries or the woman admitted in a signed other basic change, Mr. Striegel said. The Striegel firm pres ently has 53 employes. More than 41 million persons visited the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, according to the Encylo- statement that she stabbed rtaiiha nf 9flfi Stat Louis Striegel, who Miss Tate following a "verbal" Brokaw Hospital was without ifi ht Ch ha6d not been started paedia Britannica. Bird Foodliner, 301 S.

N. Main, the latter at the Normal, at about 9 p.m. Tues-j front of the Jefferson Cafeteria. day- Mr. Grassfield said the clos- The two officers who took ings this morning in no way will Dooley in custody said he be-jaffect the cafeteria at 207 N.

11CTTO HO 111 I. TT Hi VI placed Thursday morning police SORE THROAT tne Dusiness, wilj continue operating the Pancake House at 608 S. Main, Normal. The restaurant is owned by a cor- DUE TO COLDS? came violent at Main said pending the dismissal of Miss Tate from the hospital. Coroner Schedules Trucker's Inquest The bakeries went out of 0p- Poraion seParate from the bak which fact led to the resisting charge.

because eration, he said, Eugene Striegel, twin brother the illness of a baker with the firm 10 years. of John, who has worked part-time as an accountant for the The inquest into the death of Dale Pence. 40-year-old Litch Mr. Grassfield said he had ad Youth Faces Three Charges Stopping a youthful driver on until 4:38 p.m. when a boy was born to Mr.

and Mrs. Bernard Skalka of 1203 Riordan, Normal. Less than an hour later, at 5:29 p.m., Brokaw added a girl to the list. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Ronald Aper of McLean. The 10-pounder born to Mrs. Strong was described by his nurses as fair, contented and quite an eater. One nurse said the young man wanted his milk much sooner than most babies do. His weight and height made field truck driver found dead vertised for a replacement of firm' Wl11 return to a Poslton the key employe in several wltn the Internal Revenue Serv-cities of the Midwest including he held untl1 some months Dec.

17 in his truck at Towan-da, will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the McLean County Court Old Tombstone Uncovered Gene Salch inspects a 1853 tombstone that he and his colleagues uncovered Tuesday while working on the remodeling of Paul Anderson's Inc. apparel shop on Main Street. The stone, which bears the date of June 7, 1853, was found underneath the front of the Store, but history of the grave and its contents is unknown. (Pantagraph Photo) a speeding cnarge luesdayjUncago, out without success, night, Bloomington police said Highly skilled bakers of a they found an open can of beer sort needed for his operation ap-in his car.

pear extremely hard to Son Leaving John (Jack) Striegel, also leaving the firm, said he has house. McLean County Coroner Cur tis Gilberts ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death. WALLS CLOSING If Duwayne M. Forman, 18, of come by, tne shop owner said. iaKen a position as proaucnon 808 W.

Market, was charged! But Mr. Grassfield said he manager for the Graybles Divi-with illegal transportation of su" is advertising and hopes of American Bakeries Co. liquor. Tickets also were writ-'or the rifiht man to come along in Miami, with 47 stores ten charging speeding and fail-lsoon. When one does, he said there, beginning Friday, ure to have a city wheel tax! 'be shops will be reopened.

He and his wife, a native of stamp. His cafeteria does much of Its Miami, returned to Bloomington Hit-Run Brush Told to Police Trio Returned from Texas To Face Local Charges Paul Anderson, 24, of 116; Forman's car was stonnprf at own baking, according to theionly Vi years ago from Den- Ronald Burdell, 21-year-old El 'man with his young companion, 'Mulberry. Normal, told Bloom- Morris and Front, police said. ver- Coo after the Striegel Paso man brought back from aiSo of El Paso, went to Marfa. nann hi, Mr at about 7 D.m.

The vouth oost- Mr. Grassfield started in corporation was expanded. It was then that the firm pur Texas with two When you need mora living space, the fastest way i 1.451 miles from Bloom- aned earlv Wednesdav in a hit-iCa i. iwna ior a neanng at Dusiness at Bloomington ii youths by sheriffs Rlnnmint 'rUn collision near Morris Ave- pm. Friday.

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Mambar of Tha Asaoclatad Prass, which li antltlad txcluslvaly to tha uta for republication of all tha local naws print-ad In this newspapar as wall at all AP nawa dlspatcnas. a girls about a week bef ore nue ana Marm. Christmas. Mr. Anderson described the WAS HE CARRYING A HAIR OF THE DOG? TiieSW The group was taken into other vehicle as a 1955 Chevro-ZmSJo custody'by 'police in the Texas let, but said he could get li- is in tha YELLOW PAGES, where YOUR FINGERS DO chased its plant on West Jackson from the old Stephens Bakery firm.

Mr. Striegel said 90 per cent of corporation stock was sold to the Waldorf firm of Rockford. The remaining 10 per cent is owned by Striegel's employes. Before buying the Jackson Street plant, the firm did its baking at 618 N. Main.

Chief Deputy John King and city Dec. 22 according to K.ng cense numoer n.s uamage was Tnhn oHhPr rpinmrrf Parents of the two girls went estimated at $100. (omi Tnhn loHhrtior rptiimrrf farents ot tne two gins with the trio Tuesday from I after their daughters he said, southwest Texas deputies went from Mar- i ifa in Rp tnn. to nirk nn JHE WALKING Fall on Ice Hurts Mrs. Hendricks so near me Mexican ooruer.

r- rri Riirrfpii um invnlvprf with one, the other boy, they said. This, of the boys and two girls, both youth, from Towanda, was de- Mrs. Virginia Hendricks of iilkafrtr its rtntinnt who' 14. Hpnutv nff sa d. stuueu oa a i a a Bloomington police labeled New Year's Eve a time of quiet with few untoward incidents or endangered citizens.

But after a St. Bernard dog was reported missing by its owner at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, one or more wondered aloud if the dog was on an errand of mercy. At 9:30 a.m. the owner called to say his pet was back at home.

"I wonder if he had any brandy left," said a policeman, putting down the phone. -j The other Doy was aescnDea flt Pekjn MemoriaI Hospital in as a runaway and a suspect In tirorities alter several montns f()r treatmeilt of a com. possibly several theft cases, but not involved with Burdell and in u.av cu.mnuruiy fracture of one anke Deputy King said both the Mr. iipnHrirks renortpdlv boys already are wards of the slipped and fell on ice last Sun- the other youth, Deputy King said the El Paso McLean County Court. day at the family cabin at Mackinaw Valley Park, near Green Valley.

She expects to be in the hos before locking him up but instead of making the call he started fighting them. He ended up in jail without making any calls. pital a few more days. BACK FROM VACATION! OFFICE OPEN FRIDAY, JAN. 3, 9 A.M.

IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT, WHO IS LIABLE? Lewis Facing Resisting Count Robert D. Lewis, 27, of 508V4 E. Front posted a $25 bond in magistrate court Thursday for an appearance there at 10 a.m. Windows Broken Llewellyn Jones of 614 E. Grove informed Bloomington police Wednesday that vandals Glass Broken Kim Bolender of 1008 N.

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