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2 Fatalities in Highway 3 Crash Maynard Offer Chicago Great Western Clerks 3 Options Concerning Future Merger Chicago Great Western Railway general office work, now per- employe in Seniority Districts 7, separation allowance in accord- equivalent of approximately 16 employes in Oelwein who are re- formed in CGW Seniority Dis- 8 or 9 who is working on a posi- ance with the employe protective months of earnings. presented by the clerk's organi- tricts 7, 8 and 9, will be consoli- tion for which you are qualified; conditions agreed upon for in- A meeting will be scheduled zation have been 'advised of the dated in its Chicago general of- or; 2—to transfer to the C&NW s dividuals deprived of employment in Oelwein in the near future to options available pending the fices. general office at Chicago,' with which dependent upon length of present questions and answers in merger of the CGW and the Chi- The transfer of work from Oel- moving expenses paid, and with service is. as follows: one year this matter. a guarantee'that so long as you and less than two years will be 90 Each individual will be shown cago and North Western Railway wein to Chicago will be accom- da Company. plished as promptly as possible. exercise your seniority to..the full- ys pay; two years and less than the appropriate position on the According to the C & NW, it is Employes will be given five work- est extent, you will receive a rate three years will be 180 days pay; Chicago seniority board if a posi- anticipated that the Interstate ing days' advance notice of the of pay at least equivalent to the three years and less than five tion is accepted in Chicago. rate of pay of the position you years will 'be 270 days pay; five |The letter was signed by T. M. Orville Christophel Commerce Commission will ap- date on 'which jobs will be abol- prove the merger in the very ished. previously held at Oelwein, for years and over will be 360 days VanPatten, William B. Murphy, near future. In order for em- The options will be: 1—to dis- a minimum of five years: or 3— pay. ; and G. Toppen of the Chicago ployes to make plans for the fu- place in accordance with the cur- to resign and in lieu of any other The pay for those with over and Great Northern railway of- Christophel ture,'the C&NW has staled the rent rules agreement any junior benefits, accept a lump sum five years seniority will be fice. Manager Of Area Chamber The Oelwein Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors- have announced the appointment of Orville Christophel as manager THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1968 Per Copy lOc Oelwein, Iowa 50662 of the local Chamber office. VOL. 61—NO. 170 Kenneth Hartung, Chamber /President, made the announcement this morning (Thursday). TONY HAAS, Maynard barber, stuck to his duties as one of the Christophel will replace Charles many Red Cross volunteer directors through the rebuilding of R. Eno who has resigned to accept 2 Fatalities In Highway 3 Crash Maynard. a position as administrative assist- ant in Wausau, Wis. "I looked up and saw the two Chrisiophel has been a resident cars hit each other and go Barber One Of Many To of Oelwein since 1946. He is pre- straight up in the air; I couldn't ssntlv serving as manager of tell you which car was which be- Baum's Clothins Store, 31 South cause it was still fairly dark, but To Keep Small Town Going Firebrick. He will assume the new my father and I had just finished position at a date to be announced milking and we saw it happen," MAYNARD — Tony Haas, of home for elderly citizens, has in June . commented Charles Hughson who Maynard had just returned from found a real spot in the hearts lives about 800 feet from the attending the funeral of his sis- of the Maynard residents. They in Christophel is a member of the scene of Thursday's fatal auto ter, one of the two Maynard resi- turn have been so impressed by board of directors for the Area I crash nine miles east of Oelwein dents killed when the community the spirit of the people, as well Vocational-Technical school at on Iowa 3, killing two persons. was torn apart by one of the May as their kindness, that they are Calmar; former member of the 15 tornadoes which struck Iowa. functioning completely in this Oelwnin Community school board Iowa Highway Patrolman Larry He sat quietly talking, gently ad- area; even to the point when some tor JO years; member of the Pres- Holland was called by Hughson at vising volunteers where to put of their members must go home byterian church; Presbytery gen- 5=45 a.m. after the young man food, where to report for duty— new ones are sent to replace eral council; Past Master of the witnessed the crash which killed calmly dealing with many pro- them. As they express it "We're Masonic Lodge; member of the Donald Persson, 21, of Route 3, blems which arise in a Red Cross here and we are going to stay American Legion; former manager Strawberry Point, and Mrs. Lillian Disaster Headquarters. here until these people don't need of the Oelwein Gamble's store for Welsh, 46, Fulton St., Arlington. Tony has been doing this now us anymore." 19 years; veteran of World War "The two vehicles apparently for approximately five days. Fr.om n, former member of the board hit head on after the Persson car the time the tornado hit he has And this pretty well sums up of directors of the local chamber; veered to the left toward the been the one the residents have Tony's feelings also. When asked member of the retail committee of center line while the Welsh auto turned to for help and direction. how long he planned to continue the Chamber office. apparently did the same thing," helping he said "I'l help as long Holland said. And that was why, despite his as I can walk or am needed." Christophel is married and the IOWA HIGHWAY PATROLMAN LARRY HOLLAND checked the two autos in which two persons died early Thursday morning on Iowa 3 own grief, he was back at the Red This despite the fact that Tony father of a son, David, a junior at "I have to assume that Persson n-ine miles east of Oelwein. Dead in the head on crash are Donald Persson, 21, of rural Strawberry Point, and Mrs. Lillian Welsh, 46, of Cress Headquarters set up in the Haas has a serious heart condi- Coe College in Cedar Rapids. fell asleep at the wheel," Holland Arlington. Persson had been on his way to Starmont where he works as a bus driver and had just completed his eighth day with the National Maynard Community Hall. As he tion which has twice kept him surmised, "because of the way Guard walking patrol duty in the streets of Oelwein. Mrs. Welsh was on her way to Grandview Nursing Home where she was employed expressed it, " I promised the Red from work for three to four month the crash occurred, and the fact as a nurse. Cross people I would be back periods. Aurora Girl's that Persson had been on Na- right after the funeral to make tional Guard duty here in Oel- Elect Cudahy plans." He had promised his wife wein since last Wednesday. he Would be just a few minutes de Gaulle Looks Condition Poor "He was relieved of duty yester- Harriman: Talks Could Fail .. .the few minutes had already day, and they came back to. Oel- Bar President stretched into two hours. At St. Luke's wein on a voluntary basis at mid- For Way To Halt night to walk patrol duty through DES MOINES -— Francis L. PARIS W> — Ambassador :W. when he left his office in the And this is typical of Tony CEDAR RAPIDS — Charlotte the city," Holland added. Cudahy, Jefferson, -Thursday was Averell Harriman, conceding that U.S. Embassy whether he con- Plan For 2,000 Haas's dedication to his friends, Derflingcr, 16-year-Old daughter elected President of The Iowa the U.S. - Vietnam peace negoti- sidered Thuyas statement a threat. his community. All thoughts of any Work Stoppage of the Dewight Derflingers of Au- Persson was on his way to Star- State Bar Association. ations could fail, said today! "You He replied Lhat ne didn't take mont school to check out a bus Delegates At needs of his own have been PARIS (ffi — President Charles rora remains in poor condtion at can't keep talks going just as a it as "much of a threat," that it pushed aside in. the interest of de Gaulle and his ministers, meet- St. Lukes Hospital in Cedar Ra- he drives for the school system. Don W. Burington, Mason City, propaganda medium." seemed to him to arise naturally Mrs. Welsh was on her way to was named Vice-President. Cuda1 helping others. ing today in an unusual holiday; pids after suffering internal in- North Vietnam's envoy to the from other subjects Thuy had been D.M. Convention When the tornado hit Tony and session, pondered ways out of the juries, cuts and bruises, and a Grandview Nursing Home where hy, the association's incumbent discussing. Then Harriman added: his wife, who operate a combined she is employed as a nurse. Vice-President, succeeds John H. discussions, Xuan Thuy, had'- DES MOINES — More than strangling nationwide work stop- broken leg in a two-car crash near raised Wednesday the possibility "It's always a possibility, you 6,000 delegates and alternates, barber/beauty shop, had custo- pages.
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