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Levis Music Store Music Center of Rochester SAi May Yield Clue to Seam-Closings By JOHN' VAN BUREX Democrat and Chronicle Science Writer An odd-shaped human skull unearthed at a Seneca Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, N. Tan. 13, 1957 JD Ontario Woman Killed in Crash In Wayne County Indian site near Canandaigua in the early 1930s is now being regarded as an extremely rare "find." 4 After being virtually ignored ONTARIO, Jan. 12 A 70-year- for many years following its dis-Maigua. The site is believed to covery, the skull in rec entire been occupied by the Sen- old Ontario woman was injured FT i.

i. months has come in for intensive ecas about 1720, study, including X-ray examina iaiauy ana ncr nusDana seriously hurt at 2:30 p.m. today in a car-truck crash at a Route 104 tion. What makes it particularly im intersection in the Town of On i iiifX Dr. Alfred K.

(Ted) Guthe, anthropologist of the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, said the Senecas and other Iroquois tribes were known to have adopted members of other clans they captured. portant is scientists believe it is tario, Wayne County. the only human skull on record showing evidence of premature closing of the squamous sutures. Margaret Maguire of Knickerbocker Road, passenger in a car driven by her husband, Patrick, 71, died an hour later in Myers It is possible, he said, that the These sutures, among several in the human skull, are seams skull in question belonged to running vertically across Indian woman lrom some Community Hospital, Sodus. Dr.

Ralph Munzner of Alton, Wayne They normally close, other area of the country. Dr. temples. or join, around the age of 80. Guthe does not believe the skull is more than 300 years old, elim The skull in question, however, has been positively identified as County coroner said she died of a fractured skull and crushed chest.

Maguire was in "poor" condi inating the possibility of it being a remain of a prehistoric In- Ellllillillll that of woman who was between 20 and 30 years old at the time dian. Bill mm tion with multiple lacerations of of death. the face and a possible skull Further study of the skull, NOTES ON BUYING A PIANO, fracture. He was transferred last Cornwell discussed the skull in a talk to members of the Lewis Henry Morgan Chapter of the New York State Archcologi-cal Assn. at the Museum Friday night from Sodus to St.

Mary Hospital, Rochester, together with animal research, might well bring a solution of the pathological condition that led to premature closing of the sutures, and also clues to condi The truck driver. Walter evening. He is a member of the chaDter. specializing in the in-Schreiber, 47, of Bear Swamn tcrpretation of skeletal remains KacI. Williamson, was not in tions which cause normal closing of cranial sutures a problem of Indians that has Jong baffled medical! As far as we have been able science.

to find. Cornwell said, the skull jured. The car, traveling south in Knickerbocker Road, was hit broadside by the truck, headed east on Route 104. Trooper Frank Goodway said Maeuire The skull also is puzzling be- found near Canandaigua is the cause it Dears no resemmance first human sku on record in to those of Seneca Indians. It which there is premature clos- is smaller, and almost flat on jng of the squamous sutures.

top, instead of rounded. This is a condition known as cranial stenosis, he reported, William S. Cornwell, an editor of an Eastman Kodak X-ray publi apparently failed to stop at the stop sign and crossed the highway in the path of the truck. Surviving 'are four daughters, Rosemary, Ann Elizabeth and Loretto Maguire of Rochester, Sister M. Patricia (Eleanor) of and while it has affected other skull sutures, or seams, it has never before been known to occur in the squamous sutures.

cation and a member of the American Assn. for Physical Anthropology, first became inter He believes further research; the Daughters of Charity, San ested in the skull about three years ago. He since has carried out a on tne embryology oi suturej Francisco: a son. Philin nf closure may bring an answer to; Rochester: a sister. Mrs.

John variety of studies, and also en- the puzzle. At present, however, listed the aid of medical anthro- he said he is baffled by the or pological scientists in other parts and nature of the skull, and of the country." Dr. George shies from drawing "dangerous," Buffalo Road. Three billion pounds of steam are produced and sold annually for commercial and industrial use here. FUNCTIONAL ARCH Graceful swoop of steam pipes frames entrance of the Rochester Gas Electric Corp.

plant in ill-founded conclusions. Chances are the piano you select for your home is the only one you will ever buy, unless you make a mistake in your choice. On the other hand, every day of our lives is given to studying, analyzing piano values. The firms we represent are America's leading piano makers. They, and we, have reputations to guard Then, too, we repair and rebuild practically every make of piano in our shops.

We know the "insides" of all of them. This should interest you because, no matter what price you pay, whether you want a new or rebuilt piano, you expect complete satisfaction. Here on our piano floors you can choose a new piano from over fifty different models in five foremost makes; you can choose a rebuilt piano reconditioned by long experienced, skilled piano craftsmen above all you can choose with implicit confidence that both the piano and its price are right! Wont you come in, look over and play our pianos? Easy payments if desired. Liberal Allowance for your piano or other musical instrument. Levis Music Stores Honor Roll of Fine Pianos MASON HAMLIN CHICKERINSSTECK WURLITZER HADDORF and Wurliher i Ettey Organi Optn Thuri.

Nlghti Othtr Evtt. by Appointmtnt WHIN YOUR WANTS APE MUSICAL COM? TO Levis Music Store FOR BEST VALUES IN EVERYTHING IN MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Ramsey, head of the University of Rochester Medical School's radiology department, also has assisted him. The skull was discovered by Harry Schoff of Holcomb, an Riker of Ontario; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Rinks Closed Temporarily Ice skating on most of the Fourth Largest System in U.S.

Steam Keeps Air Clean amateur archeologist, at a Sen Struck by Auto, Pedestrian Hurt A Main Street East clothier, eca site near Hopewell, about five miles northeast of Canan- city's natural rinks will be barred By BILL BEENEY The air in downtown is, as you may have noticed, mm Charles Lombardo, 60, of 189 officially until a frPP7i on. markedly freer from smoke than that in many cities thanks to Barry Irondcquoit, suffered iables workmen to clear rough fractures of both legs, a head slush from rink surfaces, Parks injury and a hip injury when he Director Wilbur Wright said yes-was struck by a car as, he was terday. The only skating on na-crossing Main Street near Aque- tural ice in the area yesterday an intricate labyrinth of welded steel pipe. duct about 5:30 p.m. yesterday.

Lombardo was listed in "fair" These are the pipes, sometimes above ground, sometimes darting under the surface, which carry condition at St. Mary's Hospital was at Churchville Park and Ontario Beach Park. Skiing conditions will remain good as long as the snow lasts, according to Robert W. Coch- early today. Police identified the the steam driver of the car which hit Lom- produced by gardo as Anthony Stewart, 35, of rane, county parks director.

Coch the Roches 412 East Main At Gibds 34 Third St. He was not held, rane said that all tows are work- tcr Gas Electric Corp, Lombardo is owner of Lombardo ing, and the Hickory JJidge run Quality Clothes, 47 Main St. E. (also is open. Sunday SpmaL for use by ommercial and industri al establishments.

And because this steam is used by approximately 95 per cent of the city's downtown buildings imw LET LILAC GIVE 1 to supply heat, there is little soot or smoke in the air in the downtown area, for individual heating plants in buildings using the steam have been eliminated. Furthermore, the steam setup has done away with the trucking of thousands of tons of coal through the city streets and the collecting of tons of ashes by the city. Rochester's steam system is the fourth largest in the United States, being exceeded only by New York, Detroit and Indianapolis, and has been in operation for some 65 years. The system, constantly being expanded as the demand dictates, serves 618 customers in the downtown section and in scattered industrial areas in the northeast and northwest! sides of the city. Three billion pounds of steam are produced and sold annually by the utility which derives an approximate annual revenue of three and a half million dollars TO YOUR city's downtown buildings.

System is fourth largest in United States, and has been operating successfully for 65 years. SCULPTURE IN STEEL Pipes such as these at the Buffalo Road plant carry steam to heat about 95 per Cent of steam i concrete when underground and through the company's from the steam operation. More than 65,000 tons of coal are used each year to produce the steam at three plants Station 3 in Mill Street, Station 8 in Lawn Street, and Station 9 in Buffalo Road. The steam either goes through steam turbines, in which electricity is generated and the exhaust piped out as low pressure steam, or is piped out directly as live steam, high pressure, if mains to customers. While the system is designed to handle steam at 400 pounds pressure and 550 degrees, actually a maximum of 200 pounds wrapped in heavy insulation, laid in 20 to 40-foot sections.

There is a total of 61 miles of pipe, averaged out to 4-inch diameter, although some of the mains are large as 20 inches in diame- There are other people who benefit directly from the steam system, too particularly in these winter months. They are the homeless men who find secluded niches along the path of the steam line, and snuggle up against the pipe to keep warm through a cold night. pressure is used. The mains are! as WL'IUCU MCtl Pipe, cuiaocu 111 To feel the spirit of a crisp and sparkling season, you'll want a crisp and sparkling wardrobe. So ladies be smart! Don't throw budgets to the winds on new clothes.

Lilac's exclusive Thoro-Clene dry cleaning process will put such new life into your winter wardrobe, you'll feel fresh as a daisy in the middle of winter in clothes as bright and neat as NEW! In addition to being used for heating, the steam finds numerous other industrial and commercial uses. Woman, 82, Hurt In 2-Car Crash When the car in which she Restaurants use it for steam tables and washing and cooking operations. Laundries and dry cleaners use it in their business. Milk companies use it for dehydrating milk. A baby food was riding figured in a two-car crash on Elmwood Avenue, company uses it in processing ungnton, just west of Clinton: food.

A small hat-cleaning shop Avenue South, yesterday, uses the steam in blocking hats. J. If. Sullivan, 82, of 17S Buck- There are numerous industrial: land Brighton, suffered uses. imultiple abrasions and con- The steam is metered cither tusions.

Phone BAker 5-0305 for pickups and delivery 1 HR. A DAY ANSWERING SERVICE bv measuring the condensation: She was admitted to Strong after the steam has been Memorial Hospital shortly before or by means of a flow meter as ,4 p.m. and was reported in the steam enters the customer's! good condition. fPl f) building Mrs. Sullivan, tsngnton ponce Vnn m'av havP nnticpd in Ruf.

said, was riding with Mrs. Vera tX" rttf I'j X1 'v U' i hX i Xfix Til ttmtr If .11 imiiiMi(lilllMIltMIIIIMfTIMIIW falo Road near the entrance to Sullivan, 50, of 79 Bellevue Ur Cash Carry Servictt at )our nearby branch Horn the Station 9, the steam Mt. oordon ana nuroi- main as it travels in a U-shape up and over the entrance. That's men William Rowland and Peter Uebelacker said a car 'driven by, Louis DiSabio, 18, of 59 Locust skidded on slushy pavement, one of the expansion loops necessary to the steam distribution pun around, and crashed into process Because steam at 100 pounds Sullivan car, CULVER-RIDGE PLAZA 3725 DEWEY AVENUE 1721 MONROE AVENUE 402 ST. PAUL STREET pressure and 338 degrees Fahrenheit causes expansion of! TO SPEAK AT COLGATE 3Vi inches in every 100 feet of main, provision must be made ur.

j. xseweu aiannaru oi me for that expansion. In addition University of Rochester Medical to the outdoor loops, there are School will discuss biological! expansion joints located chemical effects of radiation I 150 feet at manhole sites in thcjiomorrow nigni ai toigaic cm- underground installation. If youjversity in Hamilton. Prior to i LAUNDRY DRY CLEANING STORAGE occasionally see steam drifting(his lecture, Dr.

Stannard will END PRODUCT John Jemplis of 311 Thurston Rd. cleans hat with the aid of steam. Restaurants also utilize the steam for washing and cooking operations. up from a manhole, it is usually attend tne initiation dinner oi because of a slight leak in the Chi Pi Nu, honorary pre-medical expansion joint 'fraternity at Colgate. jf;.

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