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Tucke Passes; Was Socony Manager Harold J. Tucke, 62, long active in Masonic groups and for 16 years terminal manager of Socony Mobile Oil here, died Strong Memorial Hospital Mr. Tucke, who lived at 233 Aldine retired about a year ago. Before coming to Rochester in 1939, he had been terminal manager for Socony Mobile in Buffalo and Jamestown. He was a member of Dmaseus Temple, the Shrine Patrol, Monroe Commandery of the Knights Templar, Lakeland Lodge 952, of Buffalo, and Hamilton Chapter 62, Royal a Arch Masons.

As a young man, chi. Tucke served 15 years as an Army officer, retiring with the rank of captain. Mexicans had served along the border, and during World War I saw action in France. Mr. Tucke is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Jeanette Tucke; a daughter, Jeanne, and a son, James R. Tucke. Friends may call at Corbett's Funeral Home, 109 West where a service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Mt.

Hope Cemetery. John H. Dillon, 59, World War I Vet John H. Dillon, 59, a veteran of World War suffered a heart attaek and died while at work yesterday (July 20, 1956) at Bowerman Builders Service, 1307 Main St. where he had been a salesman for.th last 20 years.

Mr. Dillon saw action with the Army in France during World War I. He had been long active in Rayson-Miller Post 899, American Legion. His home was at 62 Garfield St. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.

Norine Milligan Dillon and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Haubner Stallknecht Funeral Home, 828. Jay and at 10 at Holy Ghost Church. Burial will be in Holy Ghost Cemetery.

Willard J. Smith, Masonic Bureau Chief Willard J. Smith, manager of the Masonic Service Bureau and a former investment broker, died yesterday (July 20, 1956) at his home, 10 Trafalgar after a short illness. He was 77. Long active in the Masons, Mr.

Smith honored in 1953 with the Legion of Honor from Order of DeMolay. He was the fourth person in Western New York to receive it from the Masons' national youth organization. He was an organizer and charter member of the Rochester Rotary Club, and was president of the club in 1921. He also was a charter member and senior past master of Warren C. Hubbard Lodge, Mr.

Smith served as of a committee that conducted a survey for the Russell Sage Foundation. The outcome of the study was the formation of the Rochester Council of Social Agencies. Mr. Smith was in the investment field from 1911 until about the beginning of World War II. He and his wife, Grace, observed their 50th wedding anniversary last January.

Surviving, besides his wife, are a daughter, Mrs. Joseph W. McConnell three sons, Karl Donald C. and' Willard C. Smith; two brothers, Seward and Karl N.

Smith, and 11 grandchildren. Friends may call at Hedges yesterday (July 20, 1956) at after a short illness. Memorial Chapel, 271 where a service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Riverside The family requested that friends who wish pay tribute to contribute to the Masonic Service Bureau.

Edward G. Snyder, Founder of Firm private funeral service for Edward G. Snyder, founder and president of E. G. Snyder Co.

will be held at 1 p.m. today at Hedges Memorial Chapel, 271 University Ave. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Mr. Snyder, who was 80, died Thursday (July 19, 1956) in Memorial Hospital.

He founded the plumbing and heating firm in Scio Street 50 years ago. Two sons, Harry and Fred G. Snyder, are members of the firm. Mr. Snyder was a life member of Valley" Lodge, Rochester Consistory, Damascus Temple, Lalla Rookh Grotto, and Universal Craftsmen.

In addition, he was active in Mt. Hor Presbyterian Church, and was a member of the Master Plumbers Assn. Besides his sons, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Carolyn A. Dorsey of Rochester, and Mrs.

T. Walter Reed of Haddonfield, N.J.; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. CarColine Man of Haverill, Driver Arrested On 2 Charges in Crash Hurting 6 The driver of the truck which rammed the rear of a picnicbound auto in Manitou Road Thursday, injuring six of its occupants, was arrested yesterday morning on charges of reckless driving and dangerous speed. Taken before Parma Justice John L. Crook, Robert H.

Schmidt, 24, of Fox Road, Macedon, pleaded innocent to both charges and saw his case adjourned until Aug. 3. He was released in $75 bail pending the trial. still Two in of the six injured Memorial Hospi- are Strong tal list. and one is on the danger She is Christine Durbin, 5, daughter of Mrs.

Esther Durbin, 35, of 172 Seward St. Hospital authorities said she suffered a fractured skull. Her mother suffered a fractured skull and a broken rib. She was listed in fair condition last night. Others slightly injured were: Mrs.

Joseph T. Lubanski of 163 Seward the driver of the car; her children, Marie, 4, and William, Mrs. Durbin, and Mrs. Josephine Berl, 72, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Durbin.

Irish Field Day Slated Tomorrow Annual Monroe County Irish Field Day will be held row afternoon on the grounds of the Red Men's Club, 1001 Lexington Ave. The event is sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Girls Guard Fresh Cement, End Vigil After 6 Hours "Just guard it until the policeman comes," the workman told two small girls yesterday. So the girls watched a six foot stretch of newly repaired curb on Tyler Street for than six hours. The policeman never showed up.

When the cement was -firm the girls were finally persuaded by their parents to give up the vigil and come in for supper. Paula Rubenfeld, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rubenfeld of 92 Tyler St. and Barbara Baker, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Theodore Baker 88 Tyler watched the cement from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. They gave up their post for 15 minutes during thelto NEW NOTE -Leo Carroll directs operations as 1,870 pounds of sharp bell swing upward into the Rush Rhees Li- brary at the University of Rochester to augment the Hopeman Chimes. A lighter bell also was hoisted into place.

2 New Notes Added to UR Bells Nearly a ton of bells hoisted yesterday to the top of the Rush Rhees Library tower on University of Rochester River Campus, when two new notes joined the 17 Hopeman Chime bells. Months of measuring, planning, rearranging and rewiring to accommodate the newcomers in the crowded tower ended and the bells, which have been silent for about a month, will be ready to play again in a few weeks. The new bells are a monster sharp weighing 1,870 pounds and a high tipping the scale at 220. Even the larger of the two, with its three-foot diameter, is small in comparison with some of the others which weigh nearly four tons. The 19 together weigh 23 tons.

The two new bells extend a chromatic scale beginning at sharp and will permit playing of more tunes on the carillon. All 19 have been donated by J. Margaret Hopeman, of the UR class of 1903, and her brothers, Albert and Bertram Hopeman, president and treasurer respectively of the A. W. Hopeman Sons Co.

conseruction firm, in memory of their father, Arendt W. Hopeman. The construction firm built a number of River Campus buildin ings. The bells were cast by a 300- year-old Dutch bellfounding company, Petit Fritsen and installation is being supervised by one of the partners, August M. Fritsen.

Customarily the chimes are rung electronically every half hour, but a student bell crew occasionally gives concerts, played manually on a keyboard. 90 Vie Today in Soap Box Derby Ninety young will match technical skill driving ability today in the city's 19th annual Soap Box Derby. Homemade cars, built to strict specifications, will roll down the starting ramp beginning at 2 p.m. The races will be held at William Spain Downs, Lakeshore Boulevard at Durand Eastman Park. The day's activities are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., when test trials will be held until noon.

Lunches will be to the contestants and officials." Preceding the actual race heats will be a band concert, parade, and wreath-laying ceremony. The Veterans Park Band will provide music, starting at 12:30 p.m. The monument of Pfc. William Spain, atop the hill at Derby Downs, will be decorated with a memorial wreath. will be the American Legion, Participating the parade Veterans of Foreign Wars, Civil Defense Auxiliary Police, Rochester Police, sheriff's deputies and Irondequoit Police.

Guest of honor will be Rich- Stove Explosion Injures Woman A woman was blown about 15 feet across a room yesterday when she tried to light a gas stove at the Rochester Brooks Gun Club, suffering singed hair and shock. Mrs. Robert McManus of 62 Midvale East tried to light the stove about a.m. to prepare breakfast for shooters taking part in the New York State Amateur Trapshooting Championship being held at the gun club. With her at the time of the accident Mrs.

Ted Woodward of 342, Arnett Blvd. An accumulation of gas in the stove was blamed by club officials for the explosion. DUTY WITH A CAPITAL 8, were asked by workmen to guard wet bara Baker, 9, left, and Paula Rubenfeld, cement. They did -more than 6 hours. Playground Plea Heeded by City; Hours Extended A petition for expanded playground facilities at 34 School, 530 Lexington was answered yesterday when Acting Playground Superintendent William B.

McMahon announced equipment was being added and more hours scheduled. The petition with some 300 a names was presented to 10th Ward Supervisor Harold R. Dorsey on July 8. It asked for supervision beyond the 6 p.m. closing to 9 p.m.

and more equipment than the one sandbox and slide. McMahon said the Board of Education agreed to keep a custodian at the school until 9 p.m. and that it was only a question of shifting playground personnel to find supervisors for the extra three hours each day. He thought the extra help might be on duty by Monday. The extra equipment, however, has been harder to come by, but some items had been found in storage and readied for the playground.

It is not, he added, as much as the petitioners requested. Bias Charged On Truck Check Charges of "discrimination" were leveled last night regarding the police crackdown on overloaded trucks. Municipal vehicles, such as town trucks, are not being stopped, for Capone, weighing, business said rep- Anresentative of Teamsters Local 398 (construction drivers). "Records can be impounded to show that trucks are from supply houses, and quarries definitely overloaded and not interfered with by the police," he said. "We're asking why." In a letter to truck company officials, Capone urged that preventive measures be taken to check on the load of the truck before it goes on the road.

"The idea behind this overload check is good," Capone said, "But the emphasis should be on education rather than punishment." He suggested that police send loading platforms cauipment, tor trucks before they depart from the warehouses, rather than use the new portable scales. Couple in Wreck At Vacation's End Their week-long vacation ended in Highland Hospital yesterday for Ralph A. Potter, 56, and his wife, Florence, 49, of 56 Coolidge Spencerport. The couple's automobile, motorboat and its trailer were demolished in a collision a car driven by Robert Peckham, 803 Winifred Webster. The accident occurred about 3:50 p.m.

at Route 104 and Five Mile Line, Webster. Mrs. Potter suffered chest injuries and was reported in "good" condition at Highland. husband, who was driving west on Route 104, was treated for head and arm lacerations. Peckham, who was proceeding north on Five Mile Line, was uninjured.

Webster Patrolman Paul Hill said both drivers claimed they had a green signal light. Slayer to Die In Gas Chamber A Maryland court yesterday sentenced the slayer of a Rochester woman's father to die in the gas chamber. Eddie Lee Daniels, 28, was sentenced in the Montgomery County Circuit Court. He had been convicted July 12 of the daylight robbery-murder of Arthur Chyatte, 68, in Silver Spring, Md. The victim was the father of Mrs.

Calvin D. Salzberg, 315 Rockingham St. He was the operator of a car wash where the holdup and shop, murder took place. Daniels is the first man sentenced under a 1955 Maryland law which changed the means of execution from hanging to the gas chamber. Ver Hulst Bros.

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5980 AGENT FOR ALLIED VAN LINES Soap Box Derby To Hear Concert Veterans Park Band will perform at the Soap Box Derby, in Under Durand today. direction of Pat Pethick, the band will begin playing at 12:30 p.m. The program: America March and Progress King -Skyliner John Morrissey Look Sharp March Mahlon Merrick Brass Band Blues Charles Hathaway Whispering Shifting Sands Ned Washington Hollywood Serenade Albert Davis King of the River, from "Disneyland" George Bruno The American Spirit Mayhew Lake March -Battle Royal Fred Jewell Star-Spangled Banner ard Rohrer, son of Dr. Henry D. Rohrer, 402 Bonnie Brae Brighton was the 1955 American Soap Box Derby champion.

The winner of today's contest will receive the T. H. Keating award from A. Vernon Croop, managing editor of The Times Union, which is co-sponsoring the event with the Rochester Chevrolet Dealers Assn. The boy will represent the city in the national contest in Indianapolis.

Mayor Peter Barry, who will welcome guests and contestants, officially proclaimed today as Soap Box Derby Day. He said, in part, "I urge neighbors and friends of the participants to support these boys by viewing the competition and cheering them over their course at the raceway from the starting point to the finish line. Such interest will not only send this year's entrant off to a flying start but will encourage youth of this area next year's derby competition." Spectators will watch the races from behind speciallystructed fences. All 90 contestants have passed a rigorous examination of their vehicles, in which special attention was paid to steering, brakes and other factors related to safety. Derby director and race coordinator is Ira C.

Sapozink. Court to Hear Owner In House Upkeep Case A 24th Ward property as served yesterday with an coder to appear at a hearing Aug. 3 on his failure to comply with instructions to repair and lean his house. Asst. Corporation Counsel Donald G.

Houghton, who issued the order to Elmer Meyer, of 63 Northampton said the case involves the "first example of he adverse effect of substand-. ard dwellings. on neighboring property." Houghton said he was advised hat the owner of property near Meyer's was "all set" to sell it when the financial institution turned down the mortgage because of the condition of Meyer's house. The document served on Meyer alleges the house lacks gutters, flooring is defective, there is debris in the yard, the house is dirty and unsanitary and the electric wiring is unsafe. Suspect Is Held For Grand Jury Isaac Ballard, 31, of 240 Joseph Ave.

was ordered held for Grand Jury action after he pleaded innocent before City Court Judge Thomas P. Culhane yesterday to a first degree robbery charge. Police charge Ballard with beating and robbing Aloysius Grycza, 51, of 72 Union St. behind a building at mercial St. about 8 p.m.

Wednesday. Ballard allegedly took $47 from Grycza who suffered a possible fractured skull, facial bruises and multiple cuts from the attack. Grycza was still listed in satisfactory condition in General Hospital last. night. Patrolmen John Lipari and Lewis Lane arrested Ballard about 11 p.m.

Wednesday as they said, he attempted to leave Itown, WOMEN'S SUMMER SHOE 5,319 PAIRS! of Women's Dress SUMMER VITALITY Lizabeth All White, Blue or SHOES Broken Black Lots Nylon $5.95, $8.95 $4.95, $5.95 WOMEN'S SPORT SHOES $3.95 to $7.95 SUMMER SHOES 7.95 CHILDREN'S To Values 3.95, 4.95 Men's Summer Shoes To Values 14.95 REDUCTION BIG, BIG SELECTION in All Sizes and Widths, but not in every style WE CAN FIT YOU Open Daily and Saturdays 8:30 to 8:30 GENESEE BOOTERY 178 GENESEE AT BRONSON AVE. GE. 0318 56 a Civil Defense drill, back but after the the they were job. The girls were playing near their homes when workmen arrived from the City Department of Public Works repair the curb. When they finished their work they asked the girls to guard the cement so no one would tamper with it.

A man would be along at 3:30 p.m., they said. The girls waited, and waited. No policeman, bat no tampered with the either. By supper time the cement was almost dry, and little stomachs were empty. Assured their job was done, the girls went home supper.

The City Rehabilitation Commission, Houghton related, has written to Meyer several times to obtain compliance. Eight property owners in the neighborhood petitioned the city to take reme1 action, he said. Meyer painted the dwelling at the city's insistence, but has done nothing else to rehabilitate it, Houghton declared. The property was inspected several times, the last time Wednesday, and Meyer met with officials April 2 and promised to remedy conditions at that time, Houghton said. Other inspections were made in May and earlier this month.

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