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table gossip -Fire Chief A. W. Hanna today reminded local residents that 1970 burning permits are needed in the city. He said persons may call 432-4921 to have an inspection of the burning device and a permit issued. D.

2: The forum on drugs scheduled for Feb. 16 at St. John's Parish House has been postponed until Monday, March 2. -Franklin Elk Day Dance Saturday evening, 9 to 1. Music by the Commandoes.

Light lunch and tickets available at the bar. -Adv. -The Pioneer Steam and Gas Engine Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania will meet Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Rural Electric Building on Route 86 near Cambridge Springs.

-The Rainbow Sportsman's Club will hold its regular meeting at 8 p. m. Thursday, at the clubhouse on the Georgetown Rd. -Lt. Gov.

Raymond J. Broderick, candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, will be the featured speaker for the annual Lincoln Day dinner in Crawford County on Friday evening at the Eagles Auditorium, Meadville. Titusville Hospital Admitted Mrs. Diana Smith, Hydetown Debra Peterson, Pleasantville James Sjoden, 916 E. Main St.

Catherine Ripper, 702 W. Spruce St. Mrs. Erma Ongley, Grand Valley Ronald Voison, Titusville RD Thomas Dobbs, Hydetown Mrs. Alice Adams, 117 N.

Washington St. Mrs. Virginia McCammon, 419 W. Main St. Deborah Howe, Titusville RD 1 Discharged Mrs.

Theodore Williams, Pleasantville Robert Poux, Titusville R.D 1 Mrs. Leona Roberts, Centerville RD 4 Barry Hicks, 124 E. Main St. Mrs. Nancy Bengel, 632 W.

Oak St. Laura Pierce, Titusville RD 1 Mrs. Martha Fenstermaker, Titusville RD 3 Mrs. Sharon McKeown, 203 S. Franklin St.

Inspirational film set for Thursday A film, "Angel in will be shown at the Franklin Free Methodist Church, Buffalo Street, on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The inspirational film presents the story of the life of Sammy Morris, a young lad in Africa, who makes his way to America. This is a challenging Stars and Satellites ACROSS example 35 Perils 1 Nearest star 4 37 Projecting Brightest member star in Lyra (arch.) 8 earth Satellite of 38 Noah's ship 39 Small light 12 Blind impulse boats (Greek) 40 Street Arabs 13 Sea bird 43 Solar disk 14 Seaweed 44 Ireland 15 Evening star 45 Endure 17 Recliner 49 Thick hair' 18 Hawaiian 50 Tamarisk salt vegetable tree 19 Bartered 51 Night 21 Fit condensate 23 Crone 52 Winter vehicle 24 Ventilated 53 Equine color 25 Ten-sided 54 Compass point polygon 29 Bed of wild DOWN beast 1 Czech 30 Love to excess measure 31 Constellation 2 Shoshonean 32 Greek letter 3 Early heretical 33 Destiny Christian 34 Ivan the 4 Swerved Terrible, for 5 Blunder At Hospital Admitted Mrs. George D. Smith, 414 11th St.

Mrs. Birdie Ringer, 920 15th St. Ext. Miss Olive Bell, 322 Erie St. Mrs.

Joseph Reed, Clarion Mrs. Billie Burnie, Franklin Star Route Robert Ross, Franklin RD 2 Donald Owen, 240 Egbert St. William McDaniel, Franklin RD 3 Mrs. Robert Hetzler, 259 Pacific St. Howard Ogden, Shippenville Miss Brenda Majecic, 316- Pinoak Drive Miss Deborah Wingard, penville Gerald Moyer, 1557 Pittsburgh Road Clifford Speerstra, 24 E.

Fifth St. Oil City Steven Allen, Franklin RD Bryan Boughman, 23 Adams St. Carl Hackett, 1424 Otter St. Andrew Maul, Franklin RD Linda Dunlap, Franklin RD 1 Discharged Harry Haney, 1214 Railroad St. Fred Stearns, 1640 Pittsburgh Road Lloyd Green II, 104 Palmer Ave.

Robert Tarr, Franklin RD1 Barbara Brooks, Polk Mrs. Cecil Tarr, 807 Oak Reno Mrs. Pauline Jones, Seneca RD 1 Miss Iona Armstrong, 1351 Sassafras St. Mrs. Lowrie Beach, Polk RD 2 Mrs.

Margaret Martin, Franklin RD 1 Mrs. Arthur Beers, 715 Hillside Ave. Lemuel Wyant 257 Grant St. Randy Brown, 211 Pacific St. Regina Say, Elk St.

Myron Reynolds. Utica RD 1. Mrs. Floyd Lindsey Jr, 17 Adams St. Charles McClelland, Franklin Kevin Keas, 248 Grant St.

Beth Ann Boyd, 204 Second Ave. Mrs. Wallace Huffman, Cranberry HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS Hospitality Shop: Mrs. Doris Sankey, Thursday morning; Mrs. Germaine Babington, afternoon; Mrs.

William Andrews and Mrs. Thomas Ewing, evening. Cashiers: Mrs. H. F.

morning and Miss Alice Bennett, afternoon. Well-Baby Clinic: Germaine Babbington and Mrs. Walter Young. The League of Nations operated for 26 years. It came into being Jan.10, 1920, at Geneva, Switzerland.

and was dissolved Jan. 10, 1946. gram and the men of the church are responsible for the service. The Rev. Adolph Steed is pastor.

Answer to Previous Puzzle TESS TORE ELA MONO TEE SEAR BIAN DONE ABEL AVIATE GENDUS STET NOT ORDOI RAMRODS ALONE ADO OUTSHINES GAR SLAT VEST BRE 6 African celestial body antelope (2 words) 7 Beauty lover 33 Plant with 8 Spanish white fronds wine 34 Organic 9 Fetid pigment 10 S-shaped 36 Acquired 37 Fabriclike 11 Fragrant satin unguent 39 House plant 16 Journal 40 Jewels 20 Speed contest 41 Asian inland 21 Lost color sea 22 Lariat 42 Not yours 25 Periods 46 Siouan Indian 26 Bravado 47 Number 27 Fanon 48 Female 28 Nostrils merino, for 30 Inconspicuous instance 2 3 5 6 12 13 15 116 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 OBITUARIES Mrs. Heffernan, 84, well resident Mrs. Hattie B. Heffernan, 84, widow of Quin E. Heffernan, died at 2 a.

m. today in the Grandview Convalescent Home where she had been a patient for about a week. Prior to that she was hospitalized for three weeks. Mrs. Heffernan was born in Canal Township, a daughter of John B.

and Sarah Gibbons filler, on Dec. 12, 1885. She spent most of her life in that township and for all of her married life had been living on Buttermilk Hill. For the past two years she resided in Cooperstown. She and Quin E.

Heffernan were united in marriage on Sept. 16, 1903, and he died in October, 1961. Following his death, Mrs. Heffernan continued for a number of years to reside alone on Buttermilk Hill and kept busy with her hobbies of making patchwork quilts and raising flowers. She was a charter member of the Cooperstown Methodist Church and attended service Miss Mildred Dick Miss Mildred E.

Dick, 65, who made her home with her brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Bean of 115 Grant died at 8:25 p. m.

Tuesday in the Franklin Hospital. She had been admitted to the hospital Feb. 2. The daughter of Gilbert I. and Jessie M.

Perrine Dick, she was born in Franklin on Aug. 17, 1904. She spent most of her Ife in Franklin and attended the public schools here. She had worked for a number of years at the General Manifold and Printing Co. and also at the Franklin Hospital.

In later years she worked as a companion for elderly people in the Franklin area. She was a member of the Free Methodist Church of Franklin and had played the organ in the church on many occasions. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Robert I. (Helen) Bean, Franklin and a brother, Kenneth E.

Dick, Alameda, Calif. Two brothers, Merle E. Dick and Wilford F. Dick, are deceased. Friends may call anytime after 7 p.

m. this evening in the Huff Chapel. Members of the family will receive their friends from 7 to 9 p. m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.

m. Thursday. Funeral services will be held in the Huff Chapel at 1:30 p. m. Friday with the Rev.

Frank A. Towers, pastor of the Fox Street Church of God, officiating. Interment will be made in the Sunset Hills Memorial Gardens. Lottie Chittester Mrs. Lottie Iona Chittester, 83, of 408 Main Falls Creek, mother of Mrs.

Alfred (Jean) Mong of Franklin, died in her home Monday. Friends are being received in the Eldon V. Mohney Funeral Home in Falls Creek. Funeral services will be conducted in Falls Creek at 1 p. m.

Thursday, with burial being in Taylor Cemetery in Falls Creek. Mrs. Chittester was born in Medix Run Nov. 1, 1886, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Morgan Matthews. She was married to Arthur N.

Chittester, who died in 1956. She had spent her adult life in the Falls Creek area and was a member of the Falls Creek United Presbyterian Church. Survivors, in addition to Mrs. Mong, include two other daughters, Mrs. Charles (Ruth) Crawford, Falls Creek; Mrs.

William (Gladys) Morrison Brookville; six sons, Lawrence Chittester of Bradford; Robert Chittester of Warren; Dale Chittester of Falls Creek; Thomas Chittester of Clarendon; and Kenneth and William Chittester of DuBois. She is also survived by two sisters, 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Four sisters and a brother died previously. MRS. QUIN HEFFERNAN regularly as long as health permitted.

She is survived by nine children, Mrs. Raymond (Florence) Painter, Mrs. John (Mary) McElhaney, Mrs. Howard (Virginia) Daubenspeck and Lauren Heffernan, of Franklin; Mrs. Esther Maul and John Heffernan, of Utica; Ellery Heffernan, Stoneboro; Wayne Heffernan, Cooperstown, and Richard Heffernan, Rocky Grove.

Also surviving are a brother, Charles of Franklin; Mrs. Rose Fleger, Mrs. Sena Hepler and Mrs. Ila Schwabenbauer, Oil City; 30 grandchildren, and In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by a son, Clair. The body is at the John J.

Berg Funeral Home, successor to Buchanan-Schmidt, where friends may call after 7 p. m. today. The family will receive friends tonight and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m.

Thursday. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at the Cooperstown Wesleyan Methodist Church with the Rev. H.

E. Robertson, retired minister, officiating. Interment will be in Peters Cemetery. John Skokowski John Skokowski, 87, of 408 Atlantic retired employe of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool died at 1 p. m.

Tuesday in the Franklin Hospital where he had been a patient for the past 16 days. He was in ill health for the past several months. Mr. Skokowski was born Aug. 19, 1882 in Lithuania.

He married the former Mary M. Vardauskaus on Aug. 17, 1914. She preceded him in death on Aug. 4, 1968.

A resident of Franklin since 1910, Mr. Skokowski previously had lived in Kent, Ohio. He was employed by Belmar Corp. until the plant moved to Baltimore, Md. Until his retirement in 1955, he was employed by the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.

He was a member of St. Patrick's Church and the Polish National Alliance. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Anthony (Helen) Brodziak of Ferndale, Mrs. Raymond (Mary) Armoor of Baltimore, and four sons, Stanley Skokowski of Franklin; Joseph Skokowski of Bethesda, John Skokowski of El Paso, and George COUNTRY FURNITURE 13th and Grant, Franklin Phone 432-8218 WHAT A KETTLE OF FISH WE GOT OURSELVES INTO! SELLING BELOW DISCOUNT You Stand to GainAll Floor Stock Must Be Reduced Inquire Today! Open 7 'Til 9 Mon.

and Fri. Nights Daily '10 to 5 Accounts EXCHANGE Now Insured BANK AND TRUST COMPEL to $20,000 by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The FRANKLIN, EXCHANGE PA. BANK TRUST COMPANY The first telephone THE NEWS-HERALD-24 was issued in New Haven, Franklin and Oil City, Pa. Feb. 21, 1878.

Wednesday, February 11, 1970 Mrs. Autner, 91, known for flower gardens Mrs. Belva Ghering Autner, 91, formerly of the Georgetown Road, Franklin RD 1, died: at 9 a. m. today in Venango Manor, where she had been residing.

She was a widow of John R. Autner and was known by family and friends as "Aunt Belle." She was born in Cherrytree Township on Sept. 13, 1878, a daughter of Henry and Sarah Meals Ghering. She and John R. Autner were married Dec.

25, 1901. 25, 1901, in Jamestown, N. and he died on July 17, 1962. For five years in the early 1900's, she had a millinery store, known as Kennedv and Ghering Store in Franklin. Much of her married life was spent on the Georgetown Road and she enjoyed a hobby of raising flowers, with large and colorful gardens.

She also collected clothing which she remodeled and sent to the Lutheran Mission in North Carolina. Her only son, Thomas Henry, died in 1916. Surviving are a number of nieces and nephews, among them, Charles Ghering, Pone Lane; Richard and Lewis, Butler: Chester Chester and Mrs. Kenneth Wood, Georgetown Road; Mrs. Nina Ghering.

Pone Lane, and Weston Smith, of Newbury Park. Calif. A number of other grandnieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her husband and son, she was preceded in death bv a sister, Mrs. Elsie G.

Smith, and brother, Charles A. Ghering. The body is at the Burger Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

Funeral services will be conducted there at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Edward Hendrickson, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, officiating, and the Rev. Alice Beals assisting. Interment will be in the Franklin Cemetery.

Skokowski of Oil City. Fourteen grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren also survive. Friends will be received at the Gabrys Brothers Funeral Home after 7 p. m. today, and and 7 to 9 p.

m. Thursdav." Requiem mass will be celebrated at 10 a. m. Friday in St. Patrick's Church.

Interment will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the funeral Home.

The modern game of tennis was developed in England in 1874. DRAKE OIL CITY HITCHCOCK EXPLOSIVE SPY SCANDAL Terrance Cosmark Terrance Cosmark, 17, of Titusville, died late last night in Titusville Hospital of a selfinflicted gunshot wound of the chest. Dr. C. M.

Sonne, Crawford County deputy coroner, ruled the death as suicide. Titusville police said the shooting occurred about 9 p. m. Tuesday in the youth's home at 405 N. Kerr St.

The senior at Titusville High School was reportedly in the first floor den of his home with another Titusville High School senior when the incident took place. Cosmark was handling a rifle. believed to be a and the other vouth was exercising with weights. The vouth had his back turned to Terry and heard the gun discharge. He turned and saw Terry fall to the floor.

The youth called Terry's father, Francis J. Cosmark. who was in another part of the house. The vouth then phoned the area ambulance service, which took Terry to the hospital where he died shortly thereafter. He was born Feb.

6, 1953, in Titusville, a son of Francis J. and Margaret Cosmark. His mother died of a heart attack Dec. 20, 1969. He was a member of the Glee Club at Titusville High School and a member of St.

Walburga's Church, Titusville. Surviving are his father and one sister, Michele Cosmark, a teacher in Clarion schools. Friends will be received at the Gordon C. Tracy Funeral Home, Titusville, from 7 to 9 p. m.

today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. Thursday. The Rosary will be recited in the funeral home at 8 p. m.

Thursday, led by the Rev. George Groucett, pastor of St. Walburga's Church. Requiem mass will be sung in St. Walburga's Church at 10 a.

m. Friday with Father Croucett as celebrant. Interment will be in the Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Clarion. Mrs. James Lewis Mrs.

Pearl Mae Lewis, widow of James A. (Art) Lewis, died Tuesday in Miami, where she had lived for the past nine years. She spent most of her life in Stoneboro before moving to Florida A complete obituary and funeral arrangements will be announced tomorrow by the McMullen Funeral Home, Sandy Lake. PHILADELPHIA -UGI Corp. reported Tuesday that its year-end earnings went up tc $1.88 per share compared with for the previous year.

Consolidated net income rose to $7.035,000 from 000 in 1968. STARTS TONIGHT 7:00 9:15 LADIES' NITE EXPOSES THE MOST OF THIS CENTURY! ALFRED HITCHCOCKS TOPAZ STARTS TONIGHT KAYTON 6:45 9:00 FRANKLIN LADIES TONIGHT of Britain Production Saltzman COLOR BY United Artists SPECIAL VALENTINE'S MATINEES BOTH THEATRES 2:00 P. M. "DESTROY ALL MONSTERS" BOY SCOUT WEEK F8.703 Scouting Gives a Boy a Chance to Try Things In Scouting, a boy learns and tries becoming a man. We appreciate all our Scouts have done for our community.

"America's Manpower Begins with BOYPOWER." Your Headquarters for Scouting Equipment 5 begins Americas BOYPOWER with PRINT'S OIL CITY FRANKLIN HURRY HURRY FINAL SALE DAYS THUR.FRI. SAT. BIG SAVINGS MANY ITEMS BELOW COST IN ALL DEPARTMENTS ALL SALES END SAT. AT 5 O'CLOCK This is it the final days of our SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE. You'll still find many fine reductions in our Men's, Ladies' and Boys' Departments PRINTZ'S OIL CITY FRANKLIN OPEN FRIDAY EVENING TILL 9.

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