TWO THE MORNING PRESS, BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1962 DEATHS DERK Hattie eighty-five, Millville R. D. 1, died Saturday evning at Blodmsburg Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two from the McCarty Funeral Home, with burial in Pine Summit cemetery. McCarty Funeral Home, Hughesville, Pa.
GLACE Robert fifty 285 E. Seventh street, town, died Friday evening at seven o'clock at his home. Funeral services Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from the Baker Funeral Home. Burial at Elan Memorial Park. Oren S.
Baker. Funeral Director. FUNERALS MRS. ANNA RALSTON Funeral services for Mrs Anna May Ralston, Bloomsburg, were conducted from the Donald M. Wilt Funeral Home yesterday afR.
Croyle, pastor of Bloomsburg ternoon by the Rev. Dr. Robert Methodist Church. Burial was at Old Rosemont cemetery. Bearers were children, Larry, Rodman, Roy III, and Kent Ralston and James L.
Hinckley, Jr. BEHRENS RITES WEDNESDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Anita C. Behrens, eighty, two, Water street, Danville, whose death occurred Sunday morning at the Maple Crest Nursing Home, will be held tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock from the Fermier Funeral Home in Danville, with the Rev. James Ney officiating.
Interment will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Danville. She had been discharged from Geisinger Medical Center Saturday and had gone to the Nursing Home. She was born on August 17, 1880. in Westfield, N.J. Her husband, preceded her in death in 1936.
Mrs. Behrens was a retired employe of the Danville State Hospital. She was a member of the Sunbury Bible Church. She was the last member of bet immediate family. She is survived only by a foster-son, Rev.
Donald Cutts, Paterson, N.J. Sister of Danville Area Residents Dies Mrs. Grace. V. Reabuck, sixtyfour, of Stonington, died at the Geisinger Medical Center yesterday morning from complications.
Survivors include: three brothers. Perry Rothermel, Danville R.D, Edward Rothermel, Riverside, and Wellington Rothermel, Danville R.D. 6. Services will be held Wednesday at 10-30 a.m. from the Wirt funeral home in Sunbury.
Man Dies in Motor Boating Accident A forty-three-year-old Scranton man died at the Moses Taylor Hospital several hours after he was struck by a motor boat at Lake Winola. Stanley Pohowsky was struck by a motorboat's propellor. John C. Moore, 70, Of Milton, Dies John C. Moore, seventy, Milton, died from a heart attack.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Leotta Farley, New Columbia, and a brother, Ira Moore, and a sister Mrs. Edna Yost, both of New Columbia. Services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 o'clock from the Dale E. Ranck funeral home in Milton.
Burial will be made at New Columbia. Father of Benton Area Woman Dies Gilbert Dill Lenhart, five, a retired cabinetmaker seventyLewisburg and father of Mrs. E. H. Marr, R.D.
2, died at Shamokin Dam. Services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock from the James Schwartz home for funerals in Mifflinburg Burial will be made in the East Side cemetery at Mifflinburg. Vanilla beans, dried in the sun for weeks to acquire their heavy scent and I aroma, lose 75 per cent of their orignal weight in shrinkage. Card of Chanks We wish to thank all our friends for their kind expressions of pathy extended to us in our bereavement in the death of Mrs. Anna Ralston: especially those who sent cards and flowers and offered the use of cars.
The Family NO WAITING Try KASHNER'S East and Fifth Streets FULL TIME 4 BARBERS 4. Ale Conditioned Closed Wed. Hours: to 6 Sat. 8 81 1 5:30 Jack W. Bostian, 32, Danville Native Dies Jack W.
Bostian, thirty two, East Main street, Shiremanstown, died yesterday morning at two o'clock at his home. Born in Danville, June 14, 1930, he was a member of Shiloh United Church of Christ, Danville, and president of Shiremanstown fire company. He was employed as an air conditioner and refrigeration mechanic. Survivors include his wife. Melva Jean; one daughter, Susan Louise; his father, Charles, Ephrata; three step-brothers.
and one step-sister. Funeral services will be Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from the Thad S. Vincent 1 funeral home, Danville, with Rev. Alton W. Barley, pastor of Shiloh United Church of Christ, officiating.
Burial will be in Fairview cemetery, Danville. Stanley Cwiklik of Glen Lyon Succumbs Stanley Cwiklik, 74 Ridge Glen Lyon, father of John C. Cwiklik, Berwick, died in Nantico*ke State Hospital. He was a native of Poland and had resided in Glen Lyon for 50 years He nad retired in 1949 from Susquehanna Colleries. His wife died in 1943.
A son of the couple was killed in Belgium, in 1944. Mr. Cwiklik was a member of St. Adelbert's Church, Glen Lyon, and of the United Mine Workers. Surviving, in addition to the Berwick son, are three other sons, Frank and Walter, Glen Lyon, and Stephen, at home.
There are four grandchildren. Services will be held from a home at 211 West Main street, Glen Lyon, Wednesday at 8:30 with mass following in St. Adalbert's Church. Interment will be in the Parish Cemetery. Berwick Man's Father Dies at Nantico*ke Stanley Cwiklik, Glen Lyon, father of Walter Cwiklik of Berwick, died at the Nantico*ke State Hospital Saturday night.
Services will be held tomorrow. Bloomsburg Hospital Notes Census at the Bloomsburg Hospital yesterday was 116 adults: twelve babies and fourteen children. Admitted yesterday were: Mrs. Edward Diltz, Mrs. Donald R.
Creasy, Meyer Dooley, Gale Brobst, William Shaffer, town; Leonard Booty, Warren York, Orangeville R.D. Mrs. Albert Forbes, Benton; David Wayne Temple, town; Jane Watkin, Catawissa R.D. Mrs. Donald Holter, town; Nancy Hincheliffe, Benton R.D.
Mrs. Sterling Fetterman, town; Miss Edith Beech, Graystone Park, N.J.: Nersavage, Catawissa R. D. er, Millville; a Raymond Steadman, Charles Howard, town; Lois HowBenton R.D. Sidney Totter, Orangeville R.D.
Charles Stookey, Espy. Discharged were. Mrs. James Keefer, Danville R.D. Donald Earlston, Catawissa; Mrs.
John Rupert, Light Street; Mrs. Clarence Glodfelter, Bloomsburg R.D. Mrs. Lou Welker, Shamokin. BEGINNERS Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Diltz, town, are the parents of a son born yesterday at the Bloomsburg Hospital. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bankes, Mifflinville, yesterday at the Berwick Hospital.
County Desires Passage of Act Schuylkill County will be financially equipped to build a new county jail, improve the Joe Zerbey Airport, construct additional flood control dams, and effect projects county municipalities if the Public Works Act is passed by Congress. Catawissa Lions Club Has Outing Members of the Lions Club enjoyed a picnic at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Balschi, Roaringcreek. Those attending were Mr.
and Mrs. James Savage, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Erdman, Jack Farrell, Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Balschi, Wilbert Trout, Mr. and Mrs. Keyser and son, Jimmy, and Donald. Mrs. Frank Petuskey and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Feese, Connie Whalten, David Trout, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cherrington, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Waskie, Rev. and Mrs. John R. Albright, Robbie Roberts. Contest day will be held morning at ten-fifteen on playground.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Feese daughter were guests the past week at the home of Mr. Mrs. Marvin Feese.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Billeg children, Virginia Beach, visiting at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Billeg.
Mark Billeg is recuperating ing from a recent major operation undergone in a Philadelphia hospital. Mrs. Earl Levan, North Fourth street, is a patient in Bloomsburg Hospital undergoing observation. Birthday greetings are extended to Susan Unangst, Frank Prozeller, Mrs. Pearl Rider, Molly Kathryn Long, Mrs.
Claire Longenberger and Betty Reed. Mrs. William Marbel, Greenwich, is visiting her mother, Mrs. C. E.
Kreisher, South Fourth street. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Waters were Mt. Carmel visitors on Sate urday.
William Leiby, Newark, N. spent the weekend at his home on Fisher avenue. Johnny Baylor, Sunbury, visited Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Levan, Shuman street.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. VanSickle have returned home after visiting the latter's sister, Mrs.
Strauser, Towanda. Mrs. Clyde Billman and daughter, Linda, are vacationing Mr. and Mrs. William Fleming and children were Danville R.D.
visitors Sunday The Rev. and Mrs. Dennis Smith of Northumberland, were town visitors Sunday. Mrs. Olive Karnes, Catawissa R.D., was a town visitor Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. Clinton Hummel, Bloomsburg, were town visitors Saturday evening. The Rev. John Gensel, New York City, was a weekend visitor town. He was the guest pastor St.
Matthew Lutheran Church Sunday morning. Mrs. Ethel Coe and Mrs. Anna Bidding, Sunbury, were callers on Saturday at the home of Mrs. Claire Longenberger.
They spent the weekend at their cottage at Springbrook. John Moore, 477 Chestnut street, Milton, died of a heart attack on Sunday. He has many friends in Catawissa. Funeral services will be Wednesday in Milton. Any Catawissa boy or girl interested in going the Chip and Putt Course are to meet at the corner of Fourth and Main streets at one o'clock this afternoon.
Two Selected for Borough Position LaRue E. Seely, Elmira, N.Y., and Sidney 0. Young, Pittsburgh, have been selected from a field of nine applicants for the position of Milton Borough Manager. The two will be interviewed at a special meeting of the borough council Thursday, August 23. Schools Anticipate Large Enrollment Approximately 10,250 students are expected to be in their classrooms Wednesday, Sept.
5, when the Williamsport Area Joint Schools begin their 1962-63 term, CLOSED AUG. 20-27 Annual Vacation Will Reopen AUGUST 28TH Harry Logan Jeweler 8 W. Main St. Dial 784-3808 Bloomsburg Truck Plows into Construction Crew SHENANDOAH, Pa, (AP)- A truck, loaded with meat rolled down 1 Route 924 on a mountainside Monday, swerved and plowed into a construction project, injurting the driver and two other men. Police said the brakes filed.
George M. Marankie of Hazleton, the driver, suffered cuts and bruises. Bernard Shirkness, 48, a member of -the Shenandoah Borough Council and an inspector for the State Highway Department, and Samuel Shappell, of Mahanoy City, a construction worker, suffered leg injuries. Both were taken to Locust Mountain State Hospital here. The accident occurred at Sheppton, seven miles north of Shenandoah.
PROBE BEGINS IN RAILROAD WRECK (Continued from Page One) car train, then looked to his own safety. As it passed over the spot of derailment, Shue said: "I felt the locomotive rock and shake. I ex pected it would go over." Shue estimated that the total length of the apparently misaligned track was over: 200. feet. He said he spotted it about 560 feet before he reached it, travelat an estimated speed of 72 miles per hour, three miles an hour under the speed limit.
Front Section Passed Safely The engine and the first five cars passed safely over the section of track--which only the day before had been refurbished a maintenance crew. The sixth car left the rails but remained near the roadbed. The last three cars including two loaded with baseball fans going on the special excursion to see a Saturday night game in Philadelphia -plunged major, league over a bank into the Susquehanna River. Besides the 19 passengers killed, railroad attorney Adelbert S. Schroeder reported to the hearing that 95 passengers, seven crewmen and two rescue workers were injured.
The first witness at the joint hearing was R. M. Douglas, Paoli, supervising operator of the PRR Philadelphia region. He testified that 15 passenger trains and four freight trains had traveled the same track between the time the repair crew had quit work for the weekend and the ill-fated trip of the baseball special. William E.
Luddy assistant foreman at the PRR engine shops here, and W. W. Seigford, car foreman, testified that their postaccident check had indicated that equipment failure was not the cause of the wreck. SEVERE STORM IN AREAS OF STATE (Continued from Page One) in less than 45 minutes and brought winds up to 48 miles an hour. A light plane, flying in a thunderstorm crashed in a severe hay weld near Camp Hill, injuring a man and a girl.
Wilkes storms. The also U. reported, Bureau at Philadelphia said heavy thunderstorms and high winds through that area shortly after dark. Graduate Hall at University Park contained numerous records including those of 4,500 freshmen scheduled to begin classes next month. Most of the records were saved, however.
Student volunteers carried a number of files the placement office on the (first floor which suffered water damage. The building was Penn State's first dormitory in 1889. In Philadelphia, heavy rains and a power failure forced a postponement of the second game of a twi-night doubleheader between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Colts. Franklin T. Courter, a acting director of the division of pupil personnel, has announced.
Danville News FRANK W. LOVETT, Correspondent Dial 275-2614 -For Daily Home Delivery in Danville, Dial Angle's Store 275-1261 No Actionon Flood Control No definite decision was made at the meeting of Danville borjough Council last evening to either accept or reject local flood program. George Gordon, chairman the borough council lood committee, reported on a meeting held August 10 in borough solicitor's office with the lawyers of Sacred Heart Villa. After full discussion of the flood control program, the (Villa's legal representative asserted that their client wanted no part of the present flood controt program. They refused -to confirm the statement by letter.
Gordon read a four -page letter from Dr. Maurice Goddard; head of the State Department Forest and Waters, describing detail the developments of. the present flood control plan. The letter was intended to correct certain inaccuracies contained in letter received by the voters last November from the Sisters of Cyril Academy. The letters from the sisters urged the voters defeat the proposed bond issue for flood control which was then up for a referendum vote.
Lists Academy Changes The Goddard letter reviewed the various plans and the meetings held with St. Cyril officials and listed revisions that had been made at their request. It was decided by Council that the letter should be published its entirety so that the residents of the community may be fully and accurately informed. The solicitor and the flood committee chairman together with Mayor Rooney and several council members were instructed contact Dr. Goddard, Harrisburg, in an effort to salvage, at least certain portions of the overall program, particularly in mind was the strengthening of the dike along the Susquehanna River east of the State Hospital property.
Tables Requests Council tabled for one month a letter from the Danville Munici-Ily pal Authority in which they quoted a price of $1,400 for an engineering survey of the Danville area to determine if additional water sources could be found to supplement the borough's supply during the reoccurring drought and pollution periods. They also tabled for thirty days the new garbage disposal contract with Carl I E. Showers and his associate. Pass Resolution Council passed a resolution protesting the pollution of the north branch of the Susquehanna River by communities up-river which are still permitted to dump raw sewage into the stream, and both the operating and abandoned mines which are allowed to drain highly polluted water into the river basin. The resolution pointed Geisinger Admissions Among those admitted to the Geisinger Hospital over the weekend were Harriet Campbell, Donald P.
Snyder, James M. Thomas, Mrs. Nancy A. Roat, Jacquelyn Diehl, Danville; Jeannette Blue, Washingtonville; Mrs. Dorothy Simon, Watsontown; Mrs.
Mary A. Getz, Millville; Mrs. Elizabeth Eyerly, Berwick; Charles B. Pursel, Miss Judy Fenstermacher, Bloomsburg. Giebelhaus To Head 1962 UF Campaign Robert G.
Giebelhaus, personnel manager at the Cherokee plant of Merck and Company, Riverside, has accepted the chairmanship of the 1962 Danville Area United Fund campaign. William E. Booth, local United president, announced Giebelhaus' acceptance of the post. out that Danville had complied with "The Clean Streams Law" and had constructed a sewage treatment plant at great expense to the taxpayers. It urged upon Governor Lawrence as executive officer of the state to insist on strict enforcement of the Clean Stream Law.
The resolution parallels a resolution forwarded to State authorities by Berwick Council. John L. Geist, borough secretary, was authorized to represent Council at the State Borough's Secretary convention to be held at Taminent August 21 23. Police Report The police report for the month of July showed meter collections of $2,442 and fines for violations of traffic regulations of approximately $2,000. John Brent, chairman of the water committee, reported that the new Cooper street water main was in process of being laid and would be completed shortly.
It was learned that the State is insisting that all traffic signels in the borough be synchronized, This will present some problem in installation of pedestrian-controlled light for Mill street, recentauthorized by the State Highway Department. The delay in the street resurfacing program came in for sharp criticism. The secretary was ordered to contact James Webb, Flemington, the contractor, at once and ascertain when the work in the borough would be done. PUBLIC SALE Herd Dispersal Saturday, Sept. 22 Starting 11' A.
M. 38 miles southeast of Williamsport in Village of Unityville. 72 milk cows, 1 bull, practically all Holsteins. Listing later. CHAS.
KITZMILLER, Owner MAX FRALEY, Auct. CATAWISSA HOSE CO. Annual CARNIVAL and Every Night Tonight This Week FREE DOOR PRIZE EVERY NIGHT RIDES GAMES REFRESHMENTS CATAWISSA MILITARY BAND For Safety Protection Availability Make your THE FARMERS NATIONAL BANK OF BLOOMSBURG BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION "Where Every Customer Is Important" Impersonator Imprisoned Robert D. Witmer, 125 West Market street, Danville, has been committed to the Montour county prison after entering a plea of guilty to charges of impersonating an officer and assault and battery. He is accused of stopping and physically abusing a Sunbury Woman on the outskirts of Danville Friday morning about 2:30 o'clock.
Milton state police arrested mer, on Saturday. Following hearing before Justice of the Peace Austin H. Klase, Danville. the defendant was held in default of $1,000 bail. Authorities declined to identifying the victim of the assault.
The arrest was the result of complaint made by the Sunbury woman to the Danville Police Department. The woman said as she was driving her car on Route 11 just outside of Danville at 2:30 a.m. Friday, she was halted by Witmer. Witmer, who was attired in a Danville fire policeman's uniform, reportedly was parked in a car along side of the highway. The woman said she halted when the party in the parked vehicle blinked the headlights.
The victim said Witmer requested to see her operator's license and owner's card and later abused her, causing bruises which necessitated medical care. According to the state police report of the incident, the woman was able to break away from Witmer and ran out in front of large truck moving along the highway. The truck was able to stop in time to avoid hitting the wom- Man Hurt in Freak Power Saw Accident A Klingerstown area man, Jacob Hoffman, was being given emergency treatment at the Geisinglet Medical Center last night following a freak accident involving a powersaw. Hoffman was sawing a tree when it fell on the powersaw, causing it to fly up and hit him on the head. He was admitted with a severe laceration of the face and left eye with possible depressed fractre of the skull.
A condition report was not available. W. Richard Moore, thirty six, Bloomsburg R.D. 1, amputation of the tip of his left thumb on grinder at home yesterday mornat seven o'clock. Don Yeager, eighteen, Machungl, possible sprain of the back in a fall while playing in barn Sunday evening.
Both were released after treatment. Briefs an. Police said Witmer fled from the scene but was taken into custody later by Danville police. After establishing the fact that the incident did not occur in the borough of Danville, Trooper Samuel Yupco of the Milton state police substation conducted an investigation and brought the prosecution. JIM CUNNINGHAM'S SERVICE CENTER Bloomsburg, R.D.
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