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The Mercury from Pottstown, Pennsylvania • Page 9

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The Mercuryi
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Pottstown, Pennsylvania
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 22. 1953 POTTSTOWN 1 MERCURY, POTTSTOWN. PA PHONE 6000 PACE NINE HOMES FOR AMERICANS PAN $727 DINING 2M bED RM My rive V. sit KITCHEN GARAGE o.

SAT LIVING RM BED RM 43-G' CALIFORNIA BUILDS for economy. This compact two- house for a small family is built without basement and heated with floor furnace with registers in living room and bedroom hall. Garage is: built long enough to provide laundry space. This is Plan 121 by Lloyd Comrich. 593 Market San Francisco 5.

Calif. The house covers 993 square feet: garage 246 square feet. (Further information and plans araliable from Seiferts Entertain Birthday Party Visitors From Area To Note COLLEGEVILLE-Mrs. Donald Phone Collegerille Kenneth! Warner. DeL, Phone Collegerille 5442.: Mr.

and Mrs. William Seifert en-: tertained Mrs. Charles Smith and Mrs. Edna Dillon, of Rahns; Mr. and Mrs.

Lawrence Walt. of legeville; Mrs. Francis Michener and daughter, Dorothy, and and Mrs. Oscar Reiff and daughter, Caroline. all of Norristown.

Recent guests of the Seiferts were. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Seifert and sons, John, Eric and Herbert of Norristown. Mr.

and Mrs. William Roediger and daughters formerly of Second avenue are occupying their new on Grange avenue in Evansburg. Judy Styer was the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Harriett Courter, of Lansdale.Mrs. Kathryn Moyer and Mrs.

Elizabeth Thomas visited Oceani. City recently. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Twaro-1 gowski, of 34 Tenth avenue, are the parents of a daughter born at; Sacred Heart hospital.

White Whale Season Starts in Manitoba OTTAWA, July 21 -The white whale season starts in this month, and later in the season Manitobans likely will enjoy. thick! whale steaks as they have done in the past two years. The white whale, or beluga. breeds from March to May and: disports itself at the mouth of the Churchill river in northern Mani-; toba. The past year a fish and whale products company operating from Churchill put 4000 pounds of beluga steak on the Manitoba market.

"It tastes like beefsteak, with 2 fish flavor," says a spokesman in the federal fisheries department. The official said there was possible future market" for the whale steaks, but that Manitobans had not exactly stormed meat: counters when it was last offered. "Like SO many foods, people must develop a taste." he said. DIRECTOR APPOINTED NEW YORK. July 21 SemetSolvay division, Allied Chemical: and Dye corporation, announced: today the appointment Lawrence D.

Schmidt as director of research for Semet-Solvay and Wilputte coke oven divisions. Mrs. Donald I Phone Collezerille 5846. Kenneth Wanner, Phone Collegerille 3042. Kathleen Dolman celebrated her Tenth birthday with a party at: her home.

Games were played ments served to the following Col-during the afternoon and on refresh-: Judy Zeigler. Patsey Hayes, Jean Stevenson, Eillen Yost, Martha Greager and Bonnie Ickes. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M.

Weigner and daughter. Cindy, panied by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Weigner of Creamery took a twodays motor trip to Lake Erie. Mr.

and Mrs. Albert Zvarick a day at Ocean City and at-! tended a concert at Robin Hood dell. They also entertained at din-: in ner Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Adamsi Jr.

and family, of Featerville, and Mrs. Harry Wilson Reiff and Family Entertains Hatfield Group Held Anniversary COLLEGEVILLE-Mrs. Donald Yerkes, Phone Collegerille 5806. Kenneth Wanner, Del, Phone Collegerille 5442. Mr.

and Mrs. George Peacock, Pottstown, were the house-guests of Mrs. Fred S. Reifsneider re-! cently. Mrs.

David Reiner visited her! daughter and family, Mr. and! Mrs. Vernon Johnson, of Creamery. Mr. and Mrs.

Wilson Reiff and! family of Fifth avenue. entertained Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Ott and family. Mr.

and Mrs. Kenneth and family, Sharon Stauffer and Wilson Reiff all of Hatfield. Pittsburgh Plate Window Glass and Glazing Glass Co. Products Thorn Steel and Aluminum Frames and Sash Store Fronts and Mirrors W. S.

Antrim Son Phone 122 62 HIGH ST. Cha Saturday at Neva AWNINGS GS Custom Made CANVAS or HASTINGS ALUMINUM (OTIS BOXLES Painted) Gauge Aircraft 1 CALL 7-2105 FREE ESTIMATES NO. OBLIGATION He Down Payment 30 Mouths to Pay Cal Write AJAX CANVAS Inc. 23 Reading Ava, Beyortown READY FOR TRAINING Pri. Richard S.

Schell, 17, of 455 Lutonwood street (left) and Prt. Raymond L. Rudy. 18. of 543 Glasgow street, Stowe (right) recently arrived al the 2033d Army reception center.

Ft. Meade, where they will receive their indoctrination into the Army. Following their classification, they will be seat to an 1 Army installation for basic training. Boy Injured at Play In House Accident An accident in a vacant house caused serious injury to the wrist of a 10-year-old Hilldale youngster early last night. Joseph Whitfield son of Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Whitfield of 32-C. Road A. Hilldale. was admitted Memorial hospital 8:30 o'clock with 3 severed tendon.

of the left wrist. At the time of the accident, young Whitfield was playing in an empty house next door. He was standing On a Small wagon while trying to place a curtain over 3 window. As he reached. up.

he lost his balance and fell. sending his hand through the window pane. His condition last night was re-: ported as good by hospital attend-, ants. Japanese Village Has Own Symphony TAKASAKI. Japan.

July 21 uP.Tucked away in a picturesque val- N. ley amidst the mountains of cen-lat tral Japan is this small rural community which supports one of the five symphony orchestras. The other four are in Tokyo and! Osaka, Japan's two largest cities. residents enthusiasticTally support a 20-piece wind and string orchestra which plays Western symphonic music, a type which: is less than 100 years old in Japan. Its Gumma (Prefecture) orchestra was organized.

in December, 1945, by local musicians reinforced by others dis-: placed from war-ravaged Tokyo. The orchestra has had its ups and downs but it is fiddling away strongly now while many other: symphony orchestras formed in larger and more cultural cities have folded. WAR CASUALTIES LISTED WASHINGTON, July 21 P. The Defense department today identified 290 Korean war casualties in: a new list (No. 861).

It included 42 killed, 237 wounded, nine miss-: ting. one captured and one injured. Neighbors' Club Holds Annual Picnic At Yeager Residence RIDGE ROAD Lile McDonald, del. Phone Eagle 3-5219. Dr.

and Mrs. Willis J. Yeager, of Quiet Valley Farm. near Kimberton. were host and hostess recently to the members of the East Vincent Neighbors' club.

their husbands and families. at the annual picnic of the organization. Supper was served on long tables set on the spacious lawn. The men quoits and the vounger people competed in lawn tennis played during the evening. Mrs.

Karl F. Keller, a member of the club, was presented with a lamp. a farewell gift from the organization. She and her family will move acar Buffalo, N. Y.

in the near future. Those present at the affair included Mr. and Jirs. Walter Scheib. Mr.

and Mrs. Clyde Scheib and son Eric, Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Keller and sons Carl, Ralph and Robert.

Mrs. Arthur G. Kolb and children Miriam and Kenneth, Sirs. Earl E. Howe and daughter Mary Lou.

Mr. and Mrs. B. Franklin Mowrer. Dawn Mowrer, Mr.

and Mrs. Lawrence R. High, Martha High. Mrs. Clarence Anderson and daughter Martha, and Sirs.

Wayne G. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Murl Tiffany, Mr. and Mrs.

Harry G. Davis. Mr. and 'Mrs. Clarence L.

Funk. Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Funk, Wiliam Funk Mrs.

J. Siyer, Wil-: liam L. Styer and Mr. and Mrs. Horace D.

Wilson. Jane Hartenstine Visits Grandmother in Pughtown EL. VERSON-Mrs. Cyrus Deats, corr. Phone Morgantown 6-4787.

Henry Hartz, Del. Phone Morgantown 6-3653. Mary Alice Levengood. of Wvomissing. spent a few days at the home of Carolyn Roberts.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harten-, spent a week's vacation and visited many points of interest. Jane Hartenstine spent a few days at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Fisher, of Pughtown. Mr. and Birs McCord 2d and sons. Perry and John, of Camden, N. were entertained at dinner the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Wil- liam Hartman. Nationally Advertised BATHROOM FIXTURES Kohler Eljer Briggs JOHN MINCHAK Plumbing Heating Grosstowa Stowe Ph. 1205 FINN-BOARD Low Cost Wallboard High Insulation and 4' 8' Sheets Thick Factory Primed. Fire-Resistant Properties; $1.92 MERRITTS West Phone High 3550 Street No other power tool does so much so well! see SHOPSMITH demonstrated See the features of precision, quality and flexibility that have made SHops ax America's most popular power tool! 5-ia-1 Shopsmith $19950 SHOPSMITH is an circular 1 disc sander wood lathe horizontal drill and Ari press VAN BUSKIRK BRO.

218 High Street Phone 34 Club Plans to Conduct Tehater Play Children's theater production of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbaze Patch" at the end of October in the Thompson Gay gymnasium. The committee in charze also in-: cludes Sirs. Charles Frack. Mrs.

Raymond Long. Mrs. Paul Levengood, Drs. John Heilman, Mrs. Horace Godshall, Mrs.

Joseph Ancrews. Mrs. Orville Kinkenfelder, Sirs. Aaron Zimmerman, Hirs. Frank Light.

Sirs. Louis Krug. Sirs. John Roland. Mrs.

Russell Remig and Mrs. Allan Lake Rice. Donald Yerkes. sponsor the Clare Tree Major Phone Collegeville 3405. Kenneth Wander.

Del, Phone College ille 3012. Dr. and Mrs. Franklin I. Sheeder and son.

Ronald. left for Camp Kanesatake at Spruce creek near Altoona. Dr. Sheeder will direct the Senior High camp which is conducted by the Evangelical and Reformed church. Mrs.

Sheeder will remain there for 34 week when she teach in the Audio Visual work: shop of the State council of Christian Education. Mrs. F. I. Sheeder spea: two days in Brooklyn making arrangements for the showing of 75 tures in the -Life of Chris;" paintpic- ings artist.

by Jacques Barison. which refugee pictures. owned by the board of Christian education of the Evangelical and Reformed church have been shown all over the Caited States acd wil! be shown in the Fall in Baltimore and other cities to the South. Mrs. Rudolph E.

Mick was chairman and Mrs. Dorothy Nolan was co-chairman of 2 special committee of the Collegeville Community club which met at the home of Mrs. Allan Lake Rice to make final arrangements for bringing a livetheater production to Collegeville. In the interest of the children of the community the club will Overhead Type Garage Doors Aluminum Storm Sash Screens Steel and Aluminum Windows W.W.Manship 309-13 High St. Phone 544 18 Brotherhood Members Meet at Ringing Rocks An informal.

yaro-swapping gettogether 1'35 held last night by 13 members of Grace Lutheran church men's brotherhood. The brotherhood met at Ringing Rocks park for its second outdoor meeting of the season. Shortly before 7 o'clock, Vice President Richard Albright called the group to order, but WANTED FAMILIES THAT WANT QUALITY SUMMER FURNITURE YACHT FREE of 25 With CHAIR Furniture Purchase Summer Every KEPNER and ROMICH Your Family Furniture Store 139 HIGH ST. PH. 877 FOR HOMES OF DISTINCTION RUGS AND CARPETS OF THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS.

All widths and sizes and over 125 patternsto select from. Visit our show room today and be convinced. WILSON'S 17 and 19 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET Phone 1665 POTTSTOWN, PA. SH the meeting ended after a few minutes and the fun began. Some of the younger members played softball.

while the oider men played quoits. There were refreshments and picnic lunches for all those present. Yearly consumption of milk products has decreased four pounds person in the U'S since 1309. SERVES IN KOREA Mrs. Richard Weand, 117 Linden street, Stowe, has received a letter from her husband, Private Weand, reporting that he is now stationed about 14 miles from Seoul.

Private Weand has been in Korea for the past month. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Weand, 1 West -Third street. The Pottstown High school graduate worked at the Stanley G.

Flagg company before he entered the service the past Dec. 2. He is serving with the Seventh In: fantry Division. Ridge Road Couple Returns From Trip RIDGE ROAD Lile McDonald, del. Phone Eagle 8-5219.

Mr. and Mrs. Willard Youngblood, Ridge road. returned re-: cently from a ten-day motor trip around the Gaspe Peninsula and points in Canada. They spent a weekend in Quebec, and visited Lake George.

N. and Isle of Orleans in the St. Lawrence William Funk of Glen Moore, has been visiting for several days at the home of his paternal grand-: parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry W.

Funk, Township Line road. TED CHRISTMAN'S PLUMBER NO OTHER KIND WORK WILL DO THAN FIRST CLASS' WHEN WE'RE SERVING YOU VIV-ED'S 385 POTTS COURT st IN COMFORT! NEW Winter AirConditioner From this QUIET MAY OIL BURNER CONVENIENT TERMS B. S. STURGES 243 Jefferson Ave. Phone 2490 REAL A GENUINE GENERAL MOTORS OIL BURNER $274.50 COMPLETELY INSTALLED ACT NOW! This Special Price is effective for limited time.

Price includes 275 Gal tank, fill and vent alarm, gauge and filters. Guaranteed for 1 Year Burner can be installed ba almost any beater. Our Small Overhead Is Your Saving Doing business at same address in Pottstown for 30 years. EASY PAYMENT PLAN Call 2596 or Stop Any of Our Blue Trucks WM. E.

BOALTON 334 Chestnut Street BE WISE 5 a To let the Neat BUILD A BASEMENT This Summer RECREATION ROOM Building, HONEY BROOK, PA. BROAD ST. PHONE 3-3766 Your basement is always -often to your up" living down quarters. there Why pot sweltering stop wishing and you could on days evenings? You can make the wish come true by building (or having someone boip you build) a cool basement recreation room. It will provide welcome comfort summer and pleasure for family and friends the year round.

You can use inexpensive wood- -grained wallboard and DECORATIVE WALLchoice paneling install ceiling woods tile. Or have you may prefer plywood BOARD. Attractive, -we an ample stock of those too. Ask about our easy payment plan. work with.

to Plenty of Entire job low $5.00 month colors and designs to as as per choose from. Sq. ft. 12c INSULATION Another Good Beat -the Heat Project Loose fill insulation, poured between ceiling joists and studs, and insulation batts that fit snugly in the saide Or are both easy do projecta. PLYWOOD.

This it spaces you may wish to choose some ver- CHUNG TILL. Practi-. insulation material that other a tile material is al- cal, special advantages. may offer you ways good. Decora- sound absorbing.

Aiinexpensive, tive finish. Easy to so reflects light. Jest Several grades right for a basement Easy financinz for an average 6-room and thicknesses "club" room. house as low as $5.00 per month. Sq.

ft. 16c Sq. ft. 12c Everybody needs an extra room. Even Fido.

If you're thinking of remodeling or adding to your place, drop in and ialk it over with us. Free estimates. "It's a guest room." Quality SHANAMAN I LUMBER 'HOMEBUILDER'S DEPARTMENT STORE PHOENIXVILLE, PA. 347 BRIDGE ST. PHONE 704 image serial: 5586790 PERARCHIVE.

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Years Available:
1933-1978