| Show JIH THESE UNITED STATES no umit to work day for mayor of many interests Inte features Pea tures WOOD RIVER ILL the mayor of wood river population is a man of two titles five jobs unbounded en and a complete disregard for the limits of a 24 hour day As mayor of the bustling mid midwest t ern town 35 33 year old bavler D humphrey puts on his executive hat and like mayors the country over deliberates highway improvements tax rates police affairs and garbage disposal then h he switches to dungarees dung arees tand and an oil workers safety helmet for his eight hour a day job as operator I 1 in r 1 shell oil companas comp anys refinery in n neighboring e rox roxana ina start starting with the company as a laborer in 1933 humphrey has worked up 10 a his pr present ent job as an operator in he aubri lubricating ting oil plant don donning ing a worn but service able b baseball cap symbolic of 0 his intense interest in youth of 0 the town humphrey turns to his third major interest that of providing suitable recreation facilities cili ties for wood rivet river youngsters S t er I 1 he e has established supervised playgrounds for or youngsters of all ages and currently is sponsoring the conversion 0 of a 15 acre corn field into a ball park and recreation center the mayors fourth activity the lone of which he secretly Is most jone i proud Is his famed junior G man club first of its kind in the country humphrey and police chief frank starkey formed the club after youngsters caused damage to municipal property during halloween night festivities in 1944 club in members embers cooperate actively with police they report parking violations speeders red light crashers they unmasked a peeping torn always one look ahead of police and they aided in detecting a gang of f vandals who were breaking into the local high school since the club was organized halloween damage has dropped to less than 25 humphrey admits however that his bis fifth job Is the hardest the coordination of all his activities within the limits of a 24 hour day under a shell policy encouraging employees to participate in civic activities humphrey often finds himself wearing ing the mantle of each of his jobs at once between sandwich bites during in g lunch hour in the refinery j he may hear a citizens complaint that his neighbors children fl study get up op too early study a report on speeders from a trusted G man lieutenant review the latest set of 0 ball park plans and even go over his own refinery reports enthusiasm Is this young mid westerners main trait a contagious enthusiasm of rolled up sleeves hard work and the deep satisfaction thai that comes from accomplishment |
