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Show Lfr jcjiMITED STATES I VsTlo Limit to Work Duy M ilayor of Many Interests Elt j WNU Features. HSj L RIVER, ILL. The mayor of Wood River (popu- StJ 1Q7) is a man of two titles, five jobs, unbounded en- LH j and a complete disregard for the limits of a 24-hour 24-4 of the bustling Midwest-ui Midwest-ui 'J 35-year-old Lavier D. ii -l Puts on his "cxecut ve t 'll'ke mayors the country fejcrates highway improve. t-T rates, police affairs and '"V , , sposal. V .witches to dungarees -Sfi worker's safety helmet VT! Cht hour a day Job as n, 1 SheU Oil company's re- h .ighboring Roxana. Start-r Start-r ie company as a laborer I umphrey has worked up i'4 ' ent job as an operator In I"- L;j 'ting oil plant, p'ig worn but servlce-i servlce-i 4,-ball cftp-symbo,io of se interest in youth of I Humphrey turns to JTJ j major interest, that of r-Y "itable "creation fa-rk fa-rk lor Wood River young-?l young-?l "I has established super-"4 super-"4 iavgrounds for young- tfkli ages and currently is . --fcg the conversion of a '1 jlcorn field into a ball 1 rh recreation center. Cor's fourth activity the r Cich he secretly is most biis famed Junior G-Man of its kind in the country. Ill and Police Chief Frank j lormed the club after 3 caused $500 damage to jf property during Hallow- festivities in 1944. Club p cooperate actively with T i cy report parking viola- srders, red light crasher.8; 5 -unasked a peeping torn al--(b look ahead of police, and 'id in detecting a gang of 1 ho were breaking into the school. Since the club was itl Halloween damage has jroSj 5 less than $25. nifph oy admits, however, that , h )b is the hardest: The co-. co-. tiol of all his activities within 'm iit of a 24-hour day. Under a iar 'fy encouraging employees ,1, Ipate in civic activities, ,tjjj f often finds himself wear-' wear-' njantle of each of his Jobs at 111 en sandwich bites dur-tr dur-tr ih hour In the refinery, hear a citizen's com-hat com-hat bis neighbor's chil-K chil-K t np too early, study a t.t n speeders from a trust-,J trust-,J in lieutenant, review the !t of ball park plans and pk over his own refinery I j asm is this young Mid-7. Mid-7. ! 's main trait a conta- i t thusiasm of rolled up 3' ard work and the deep iii n that comes from ac-4L ac-4L nent f ;'; .Ji .i - |