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The Marion Star, Wednesday, May 6, 1987 Page 3 Former radio host claimed at age 63 Arthritis group to educate the works public Howison-Howard Interiors. She was named "Woman of the Year" by Marion Business and Professional Women in 1974. The member of Epworth United Methodist Church was leader of Wesleyan Service Guild at the time of her death. Also surviving are a stepson, Barry R. Brandt, Toledo; and four stepgrandchildren.

The service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Hughes-Kubach Funeral Home by the Rev. C. Joseph Sprague. Burial will be in Caledonia Cemetery.

Friends may call Thursday afternoon and night at the funeral home, where they will be received by the family 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Epworth United Methodist Church's Memorial Piano Fund. Marjorie (Williams) Brandt, 63, longtime local radio personality, former Marion Business and Professional Women's "Woman of the Year" and charter member of Marion County Historical Society, died Tuesday night in Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, following a short illness. She was born Oct. 24, 1923, in Caledonia to Robert F.

and Mabel Harrison Williams. On Nov. 11, 1978, she married Richard H. Brandt, who survives. The member and past president of Quest Club and of Marion Association of University Women was the Marj of Radio Station WMRN's former Madge and Marj show.

Before retiring in 1978, she also wrote continuity for the station with which she was associated 25 years. Recently, she worked part time with By EVELYN LONG Star Correspondent CARDINGTON Arthritis is a painful and crippling affliction affecting 37 million Americans, or one in seven persons, in some form. In an effort to publicize information that will lead to a better understanding of the disease, the National Arthritis Foundation has declared May as National Arthritis Awareness Month. Katie Smith of Cardington, publicity chairman for the Marion-Morrow chapter, said arthritis is the most chronic health problem in the United States today and the foremost crippling condition. The most prevalent forms are rhuematoid and osteoarthritis, with RA, the most serious and disabling, striking as many as seven million Americans.

OA, a milder but painful form, affects 16 million Americans, most of whom are over the age of 45. Arthritis, which means inflammation of a joint, can affect people in all age groups including as many as 250,000 children and about twice as many women as men. The disease, with 100 different forms, causes pain, swelling and redness in joints and connective tissue throughout the body and usually is chronic, which means it can last a lifetime. Other serious forms, said Smith, are Gout, systemic lupus erythematosus (or Lupus); Scleroderma, Ankylosing Spondylitis and JRA (Juvenile Rhuematoid Arthritis) Although there are no known cures, medical advances can prevent or delay severe crippling in most cases. The key of an early diagnosis and a treatment plan tailored to the needs of each individual probably includes a combination of rest, medication and exercise.

The foundation lists seven symptoms: swelling in one or more joints; early morning stiffness, recurring pain or tenderness in any joint; inability to move a joint normally; obvious redness and warmth in a joint; unexplained weight loss, fever or weakness combined with joint pain and symptoms such as those lasting for more than two weeks. The Central Ohio chapter is one of 72 chapters of the Arthritis Foundation, botuairies The Daily Record which is the only national volunteer health organization working to find causes, cures and better treatments for the more than 100 forms of arthritis. Its purpose is to help people with arthritis and their doctors through programs of research, patient services, public education and professional education and training. Among the programs offered by the Central Ohio chapter, noted Smith, are information on the disease and assistance in finding services other than those provided by the Central Ohio chapter including a list of arthritis specialists and clinics in Central Ohio. There also are a self-help course, a warm water recreation program, equipment loan, arthritis clinics, home assessment, socialization programs, support for research and patient care, speakers bureau and film loanpublic forums, the newsletter Focus and continuing education for professionals.

Persons in the Marion-Morrow chapter area who want more information should contact the branch at P.O. Box 1325, Marion, Ohio 43302. dence and taken jewelry. Value was estimated at $2300. WARRANTS SERVED Deputies Tuesday served a warrant for failure to appear to Dale J.

Miller, 27, Wells ville. Deputies Tuesday served a warrant for check fraud to Charles E. Smith, 27, Lima. Dog pound Four dogs were found Tuesday by the dog warden and his staff. Unregistered dogs are kept at the pound, Fairground Street, three days.

Registered dogs are kept there 14 days. Time limits do not include the day the dog was picked up. Found: Female, black and tan mixed, 581 Cherry St. Male, black mixed, 221 Wallace St. Female, black and gray mixed, 347 Lee St.

Female, black and white mixed, 960 N. Main St. Three dogs were found Monday Male, black and tan mixed, 3425 TimsonRoad. Male, gray and black terrior mixed, 2155 Essex Road. Female, black and tan shepherd, 190 Lawrence Ave.

'v' CITATION Ronnie Cotteral, 672 Silver no tags. Area hospital MOUNT GILEAD Morrow County ADMITTED: Lewis Chase, Fredricktown; Sylvetta Walker, Bradley Staiger and Robert Gerhardt, Mount Gilead; and Giblert Rossman, Crestline. Marion to Charles and Deborah Stewart Ocker, who survive. Also surviving are paternal grandfather, Clinton Ocker, Gering, maternal grandparents, Arthur and Judy Stewart, Johnsville; and maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Marcy Kegly, Mansfield.

The service will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Snyder Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael Stine officiating. Burial will follow in Rivercliff Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.

Thursday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Samuel Ocker Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home. Edwin R. Schwemley BUCYRUS Edwin R. Schwemley, 90, former Chatfield area resident, died at 10:25 a.m.

Tuesday in Fairview Manor Nursing Home. Although he had been in failing health two years, his death was unexpected. He was born July 18, 1896, in Chatfield Township, Crawford County, to William and Eva Klink Schwemley. On Oct. 13, 1915, he married M.

Marie Ross Schwemley, who died April 13, 1978. Mr. Schwemley was a farmer and last employed with the Farmer's Exchange in Chatfield. The lifelong Chatfield area resident was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church there. Surviving are two grandchildren, Mrs.

Robert (Shirley) Steinhilber, Galion, and David Schwemley, Bloom-ville; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandsons. A son, Or-ville, died in 1983. Also deceased are one brother and three sisters; a grandson, Edward; and a great-grandchild: The service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in Nazareth Lutheran Church by the Rev. Steven B.

Schick. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call after noon Thursday at Munz-Pirnstill Funeral Home, where they will be received by the family 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Nazareth Lutheran Church. Derald P.

Sharp MARENGO Derald P. Sharp, 50, 1145 Bennington Township Road 208, died Monday afternoon in Morrow County Hospital, Mount Gilead. from injuries sustained that day in an explosion at the Marengo operation of the Fire CITY EMERGENCY (Tuesday) 1 8 a.m. to 511 Shadyside Circle, where Raymond Stone, 78, was ill. He was taken to Marion General Hospital.

No condition report was available. 12.05 p.m. to George Washington Elementary School, where Jeremy Walters, 9, 180 Johnson was injured. He was taken to MGH. No condition report was available.

12:05 p.m. to George Washington Elementary School, where Ryan Mar-vich, 12, 772 Brightwood Drive, was ill. He was left at the scene. 11:38 a.m. to 494 Oak where Ron Joan, 32, 1892 Weiss was injured.

He was taken to MGH. No condition report was available. 2:38 p.m. to 465 S. Main where Tim Driscoll, 28, was injured.

He was left at the scene. 4:28 p.m. to 362 Reed where Elizabeth Ann Glascow, 78, was ill. She was taken to MedCenter Hospital, reported in fair condition. FIRE (Today) 1:30 a.m.

to 151 S. Main St.where firefighters investigated a possible fire. Upon their arrival the fire was out. According to the fire report, someone in- tentionally set on fire an interior wooden restroom door with a lighter. I TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY (Tuesday) 8:23 p.m.

to 1111 Bryant where firefighters investigated an electrical malfunction at the Susan Aldrage residence. No action was taken. Police ITEMS STOLEN Gary A. Brown, 694 Windsor Tuesday told officers someone took a golf bag and clubs, valued at $1,016, and caused $250 damage to a vehicle's locking device, while the vehicle was parked at his residence. GIRL CHARGED Officers Wednesday served a warrant on a charge of being a runaway to a 15-year-old Xenia girl following an incident in the 800 block of Bellefon-laine Avenue.

MARJORIE W. BRANDT Star File Photo James E. Brashear MOUNT GILEAD James E. Brashear, 71, 326 S. Erie Drive, Fort Pierce, a former Morrow County resident, died Tuesday morning at his home following an extended illness.

He was born in Tarentum, Oct. 25, 1916, the son of Reginald and Clara Thompson Brashear. A retired sales manager of the J.G. Clark Edison, he was employed there 15 years. He moved to Florida in, 1986.

While a Morrow County resident, he served with the county United Appeal campaign for four years and was drive chairman one year. Mr. Brashear had resided in the Toronto, Ohio, area before moving to Morrow County. He was a member of Toronto First Presbyterian Church and was past president of its Men's Brotherhood. He also served on the board of deacons and board of trustees and helped organize the church's youth fellowship.

He served two terms on the Toronto board of education. He was a member of Toronto Masonic Lodge 583 member and 32nd degree Mason of the York Rite Masonic bodies and member of the Consistory Valley of Steubenville. Mr. Brashear is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Walker, whom he married May 14, 1939. Also surviving are three sons, Keith A.

Brashear, Fort Pierce, Gary L. Brashear, Newport Beach, and Vaughn E. Brashear, Gensen Beach, three sisters, Eleanor Jameson and Jane Schultz, both Hubbard, and Marian Porter, Oldsmar, and two grandchildren. Friends may call at Snyder Funeral Home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday.

The service will be conducted in Clark Funeral Chapel, Toronto. Burial will follow in Fort Steuben Burial Estates, Wintersville. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Treasure Coast, P.O. Box 1742, Fort Pierce, 33454. Samuel Ocker MOUNT GILEAD Samuel Ocker, 13 months, 106 E.

Vine Edison, died Monday evening in Children's Hospital, Columbus, following a long illness. He was born March 28, 1986, in may be made to First Presbyterian Church. Helen M. Bumgarner 11 a.m. Thursday, Ballinger Funeral Home, Richwood, the Rev.

Everett Leadingham, burial in Claibourne Cemetery, calling hours 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today. Everet Sandel 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Addy Funeral Home, 406 W. State Newcomerstown, the Rev.

William Calvert, burial in Franklin Cemetery, calling hours 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today. Carroll "Pic" Winters 11 a.m. Thursday, Boyd Funeral Home, Dr. Robert S.

Ginn and the Rev. William J. Smart officiating, burial in Grand Prairie Cemetery, calling hours 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. today. Masonic services will be conducted at the funeral home at 9 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart or American Diabetes associations. to discuss at meeting in charge of notifying the public through the media of city meetings to help comply with Ohio open-meeting laws, said this morning she had not been notified of the session. According to the Ohio Revised Code, officials must give 24 hours notice between when a meeting is announced and when it is held. That 24-hour rule may have been met, because The Star was told Sunday evening by Brown that the session had been tentatively set for 7 tonight. He confirmed Tuesday night the meeting is on.

0 Columbus Fireworks Display Co. Mr. Sharp was born in Topeka, March 1, 1937, a son of the late Demas A. and Agnes Miller Sharp. An employee of the Columbus Fireworks Display he also was a member of the U.S.

Marines Reserve, He was a member of Lighthouse Christian Center, Edison. Surviving are his wife, Karen Sue; three brothers, Donald and Ronald Sharp, both Orient, and Rodney Sharp, Chicago, a sister, Rosalie Moore, Columbus; his stepmother, Betty Sharp, Galloway; and many uncles and aunts, nieces and nephews. The service will be at 11 a.m. Friday in DeVore Funeral Home with Mark Albert, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Marengo Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home 4-8 p.m.

Thursday. Bus accident victim in critical condition Nettie Gorenflo, 10, 343 Columbia is listed in critical condition in the intensive care unit of MedCenter Hospital after having been struck by a Marion Area Transit bus Tuesday. She reportedly ran into the street from between two parked vehicles in the 300 block of Park Boulevard. A police report indicated she saw the bus approaching, tried to stop, fell to the ground and was hit by the vehicle, driven by Gary Gene Simpkins, 26, Marion. No citations were issued.

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"DON'T PITCH IT-FIX IT!" FOR THE APPROPRIATE MEMORIAL 5 MCf KROGMAN EMORIAL 389 2650 3 Mi South of Southland Malli CENTER 389-2323 PM MON-SAT AM-2 PM Am Area Funerals EDITOR'S NOTE All information contained within the "Daily Record" comes from local law enforcement agencies, fire departments, courts and hospitals. The Star is not reponsible for any name or address errors contained within reports from these sources. The Star will not withhold any police report, accident summary, court ruling, divorce case or marriage application. These all are mat-ters of public record. City accidents WOMAN CITED Officers Sunday cited Penny S.

Criss-inger, 24, 198 Windsor for driving left of center after the car she was driving collided with a car driven by Kenneth A. Edwards, 43, 243M W. Pleasant in the 200 block of West Columbia Street. MAN CITED Officers Friday cited Gordon H. Kinded, 18, 2013 Harris Drive, for failure to yield after the car he was driving collided with a car driven by Mania M.

Johnson, 26, 756 Creston in the 100 block of North Main Street. Sheriff RADIOS TAKEN John C. Spurlock, 610 N. Prospect reported to deputies today that someone had broken windows in his van while it was parked at the Southland Mall and taken a AM-FMcitizen's band radio. Also, Mike D.

Alic, 1137 Evergreen Road, reported that a radio had been taken from his car while it was parked at the mall. TOOLS STOLEN Myron Park, 1539 Dry Lane Road, LaRue, reported to deputies Tuesday that someone had taken a socket set from his truck at an unknown location. Value was estimated at $439. JEWELRY STOLEN Rozana Ruehrmund, 1796 Richland Road, reported to deputies Tuesday that someone had broken into her resi- levy, MARCA would not have been able to match the grant and therefore would have been unable to receive the money. The $1,200,000 generated by the grant and the matching funds will be used entirely for capital improvements at MARCA.

In addition to the replacement of the school's roof, MARCA will see improvements to the grounds at the facility, specifically blacktopping, and repairs andor replacement of maintenance items, program equipment and program vehicles, including buses, Manuel said. "I expected it to be very close," he said. "But I don't view this as a vote against what we're doing at MARCA. I think the increased number of votes against the levy, as compared to previous levies, came from confusion. I think people couldn't understand why MARCA was on the ballot again.

"I'd like to assure the public, and I think it's important to point out, that the November 1985 levy and this levy were not planned." Manuel added that the new levy may come up for renewal in 1992. But, he said, because of the improvements that now can be made, he is confident that such a renewal would be for a decreased amount. "There is a reality you face that you can only go to the well so many times," he said. "We're just very thankful again to Marion and the people of this community." VISIT OUR PLACE OF Levies Imogene M. Denzer 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Waldo, the Rev. Robert Young, burial in Marion Cemetery, calling hours at Denzer-Farison-Hottinger Funeral Home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association or the church.

Laura A. Ledley Longshore 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Stofcheck Funeral Home, Richwood, the Rev. Fred Cheney, burial in Shoup Cemetery, calling hours after 2 p.m. and in the evening today.

Memorial contributions may be made to Community United Calvary Church or the American Heart Association. Nona A. Reed 3 p.m. Friday, graveside service at Restland Cemetery, Brimfield, the Rev. James N.

Ur-quhart, calling hours at Denzer-Farison-Hottinger Funeral Home 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Memorial contributions City panel incinerator Although the clerk of council had not been notified as of this morning, Marion City Council's municipal services committee is scheduled to discuss the incinerator tonight. According to committee Chairman Robert L. Brown, the panel will meet at 7 p.m.

During the meeting, which has been postponed twice, officials are expected to discuss the most recent version of the proposed incinerator contract, jobs that could be created by the project and environmental implications. Clerk of Council Joan Steward, who is DIRECTORS: Phillip F. Boyd Larry A. Born From Page One 'a row, Marion Countians have approv-ed a levy for MARCA School and Industries. Unofficial results from Tuesday's primary election show a narrow Jvictory for the five-year, .5 mill capital improvements levy, with approval on approximately 52 percent of the ballots.

The final unofficial count was 5,998 votes for the levy and 5,538 against, according to the Marion County Board of 'Elections. I "I'm very pleased," MARCA Superintendent Jerome Manuel said this morning. "Anytime you've been on the Iballot three years in a row and win all that shows a tremendous approval by the community for what you lare doing." "Seeing what was going on around us I knowing that other issues were I defeated I think just shows how much MARCA is supported by this Manuel said. Although the levy will not take effect until 1988. he said the victory will enable MARCA and county officials to begin immediately with capital im- provements.

This week, Manuel said, the Marion County commissioners will begin making plans to accept bids for 'replacement of the MARCA School roof, with the work to be completed during this year. Also, MARCA officials now will be able to tell state officials that local 4 money is available to match a $600,000 I state grant. Without the passage of the "I PICKED A VERY SPECIAL MOM" When was the last time you told your mother how much you love her? A PRECIOUS MOMENTS gift is a wonderful way to express your affection, devotion and admiration for your very special Mom. Handcrafted porcelain figurines, covered boxes, bells and photo frames will bring a smile to her face and warmth to her heart We invite you to come in and see our complete selection of PRECIOUS MOMENTS gifts for Mother's Day. MARION FLOWER SHOP A A AND GIFT CHURCH AT KENMORE HOURS: 8 AM SUNDAY, 8 9 A Place 1 Of Beauty 4A TRANQUILITY and PEACE GRAND PRAIRIE CEMETERY Located 7 Milei North Of Marion On Stats Route 423 At Brush Ridge Phone 465-4152 or 465-5801 CHJU FUNERAL HOME, INC 382-2115 Entrance for Handicapped 0.