The Post-Standard from Syracuse, New York • Page 73

THE POST-STANDARD, Syracuse, N. Sunday. April 3, 1955 College No Caper To Colonel at SU In Switch to Study BY OWEN 1 CRUMB Associated Press Writer Hay had been clear and bright. A a of lucky American B-17 bomber? were i i homeward over the English Channel. Capt.

A F. flriags, vfing commander, took tock. Only fit the 21 planes of his group returning. The others had downed by German fighters on the unescorted bnmb run to Schweinfurt. ft was, in snme a weird switch for Brigtfs, who at 22 i h-ive been i i i the college! education had begun at Mars 1 i and Belmont Abbry.

iV. C. But it wasn't the lost switch he was to know in the course of his chosen career. Last Col. A F.

Briggs, wearing several decorations for valor, hitched a plane ride from Norton Air Force Base, in California, and headed for Syracuse University. BACK AT COLLEGE He had renter 1 out thr home he; owns in California. He had stored his i and said goodbye to hi? wife. i and i 12- year-old sin. Arthur.

They -vent to stay i her folks in S-in A tonin, i the colonel back to BrigiJS. now .14. inspertnr-gen- 1 ai for the San a i Air a i area. He us one of a group rf Air Force men i to col- tinder a i program "Operation Averbach Named EXPAND TO SUBURBS --Flah outstanding specialty shop in downtown Syracuse nearly 40 years, will establish a branch store at Shoppingtown Center, DeWitt, a i the widespread growth of the city's retail trade. shop will be at the north end of the existing course, connected by an arcade.

Grading and construction are to begin immediately. COMPLETE NEGOTIATIONS--Negotiations for the expansion of Flah Co. to a DeWitt branch were completed last week by the three Flah brothers. David, vice-president; Paul, secretary-treasurer, and Albert, president, and Leo T. Eagan of Eagan Real Estate, managing agents of Shoppingtown.

To State Bar Unit Albert Averbach was appointed by Pre5ident Edmund H. Lewis. former chief judge of the Court of Appeals, to membership on the important negligence litigation committee of the New York State Bar this week. This committee consists of IT members of the state's leading trial specialists. Mr.

Averbach was also notified this week of his appointment by former Gov. Payne H. Katner, president of the National Association of Claimants" Compensation Attorneys to the co- chairmanship of the committee on Comparative law and other state legislation. Serving i him as man is former Sen. H.

ivretzenbaum of Cleveland. and Sen. H. Alva field of Ba'on. and Sen.

Claude Briggs of Oklahoma City, The committee consists of 14 members of NACCA. a national bar association consisting of 4.000 trial lawyers specialising in the personal injury field. Construction Will Start Immediately On Flah's Branch Store in DeWitt A index of Syracuse'? a a growth was recorded st wrek i the announcers a Flah specialty' the time, in 1916. the old include exclusive styles by Wheaton-Glass mansion stood on Adrian, Capezio, Ben Zuckerman, the present Flah site, a reminder Ann Fogarty, Ceil Chapman, of the not-too-fargone days when in the riowntrnvn area for, houses lined the 400 block of the a his first a 40 vcar i 1 establish a city's main street. store of Drigt said: "ft was a i a i at first.

It's brrn 1." year" since in ft a clnssmnm. It was i a i a to catch jus' a thr mctfi' was i i a'. But it. i long to a a a i fo classroom 1m a i "The best i is a it starts ynu to i i It'? so much what you get in a classroom. It's what you do i it a you pick It up." DIVERSE Briggs is studying world tics.

Russian pretation. mance I the course in suburban De: TORN DOWN That house, the last to go, was i and grading will torn down in 1919 and replaced i rr i i A 1 -i CT It H. Wragge, Clair McArdle, Ben Gershel and Carolyn Schnurrer. As to the DeWitt branch, the stated policy of the company is Assault Charge Is Denied by Man Charged with third degree assault. Joseph Van Patten, no address, pleaded not guilty before Peace Justice Morris J.

Wentworth, Onondaga Hill, early yesterday. Deputies reported he allegedly attacked Steven Bislrow, 110 W. CAMEL'S HAIR COATS FABULOUS WOOLEN COATS "to provide Central New Yorkers Conkliri st in a tavern in the with a selection of fashion mer- 6 6 0 0 block of Salina with at the Shop- by the present three-story, white-i a i se in keeping with our es-' a open i Bistrow, a bar- center for an tiled business block. tablished quality standards, vet fp the tavern, told depu- DESIGNER'S COATS Nobody but George Block Has These Luxury Winter and Trans-Season Famous Designer's Coats that usually sell for 85, and 65 at this give-away price ThM The Flans moved into the pres-! prices of the widest square for The a i i i in 3926 and continued 'general appeal." mt be a thr end to- tcrs wavrls thr city, of the existing continued to grow as a retail co ll 1L i center. In the spread retail trade circles both lo- to suburbs, the pattern is, and a i a the cxpan- oecii keeping pace sinn of a a i i a As the i brothers put a i tn a suburban i "Our concept as to our new 1 A 4 A i TT ca tint: is recounted as evidence of store is based on extensive re ard.

president of the Pitts- ties the man fled. Deputies Aldo; Melvoli and Lynn Scamel the man hiding behind a truck in Merideth aye. He was held in $200 bail. TOPER SENT TO PEN Pearl E. Keith.

62, of 524 E. i UB--J. Raymond Jefferson was sentenced to 30 IMPORTED TWEED COATS COUTURIER ORIGINALS No one will be disappointed MISSES' SIZES 6 to 18 JUNIOR SIZES 5 to 13 WOMEN'S SIZES 38 to 46 CAMEL'S HAIR Boys' Coats Included-- NOW $29 MOST EXCITING EVENT IN TOWN! i i i growth. LONG-TERM LEASE Onondaga Penitentiary search, and, of course, the aim chapter, Paintine Dec vesterda in ol ce court when i 4 i a J-- 1 CHARGE ACCOUNTS INVITED GEORGE BLOCK CO. 466 S.

WARREN ST. iv, Fnr a 1 fnunders "thorn" During the wnr I am an Mra of thr i the branch i mean of the political asprcte and K'-n- doing bnsinrs nutside of the 400i graphy of Frtincc. a Gnr- of S. Salina st. for the first way most con-i 'Thc'publicity on 'do-it-yourself has created an urge in a large oC people to buy SECOND GENERATION The Flah family is of paint, brushes and the i in modern-day business, other necessary equipment to a and Italy.

Stivlyina world i in years of succosful re- The two founders and a third I a i a room or house," he says. polit'ics and romance" i a a i i in Syracuse. The first Flah brother, Vice-President "Only in rare cases will they buy a the materials and equipment necessary to do the job right, "When they get home and are surrounded by their materials, many people become discouraged by the problem and call in an expert. Some get bogged down in the middle of a job and call in an expert. Quite a number finish the job.

and then call in an expert to do it over!" son-in-law of and reports on paper "Our a i and confidence i Albert. "Interpretation of photo? can Syracuse has been amply justi- important to a i i JJfd over the past 30 years." a i as "outstanding "in brirfint's before thr Srlnvein- I i secretary-treasurer and i a shnn fou the firm recoe- Mid. for UT had tn 3 i the a i a plmtnt: the apprnarhcs. thr a A I'm I a i about a i a discov- erine a it a has sny. I had more of this before, it i helped, a a an one; cialty shop field, a i a i i a nding brothers, asserted, standard of quality and high fash- a PS rod of thp i ion a i me and i to keep i retailing trends.

DOWNTOWN Hl-B He pmphasixert, however, that the lone-esUblishrd downtou-n i com? useful in the fu? i i i as the "hub turr." nf operatinns" of the company sums up the characlcrixcd the suburban a i nf Air Force men nmvn ns a of a long-range ext a i a a a ot "Operation pansion program which i in- Bootstrap." elude a i i to the Salina st, merchandise. Lines "carried COMPLETE EFHTATION The lannrhed in store. In 1052. thr Wnrrr expanded April, lfi.il. ft Kivr? Air Force of- to S.

Wnrrrn the ficers and i mm an oppor- 1 ntlf lcl i i and as yet the i to cnmplctt' i cnllrgr 1 tu storps on a street education if thry can do it in six a i i other a for They can pick i windows. The second floor school but a i houses thr children's shop, part in thn program at i Historically, thc W-ycar expe- time limitrd. rirnce of the Flah firm mirrors The mpn continue to a pay experience of the city itself, and aliowancfS i studying. 1 Tflc i store was started by But must pay their own i i aul and President Albert Flah and fees and buy their own in a sintrle-shop area on a site They must pay transportation br-! nf present location. At base and collece.

but most, likp Briggs. hitch rides. Brttffts figures thr i cost him about $2.400. Many i commander encourage i men tft a a a a nf the program a is- nn provision for replacement of. those awny from basr.

MEN BEHIND A Onf such commander was Gen. E. C. Lancmead. now retired.

1 who launched the program at! Norton. Another Is Gen. EJ W. Anderson, present command- Ing general thrre. Briges also gives a tare share ef credit to Dr.

Theodore Barri- acke, educational consultant tn the Air forcr. who helped in arranging the program i Syracuse Univprsity. Bardacke says onr nf the Krst hurdles a i a i i crrciit for work taken in service schnnlji. But at Syracuse. Briggs gnt sonie credit (or flying, staff.

command and other service Khnnls he had amended. These credits brought him close to a degree so he could pick it up in the allotted time. CLOSE ASSOCIATION Syracuse and Norton have worked closely since January, 1953. when thr first officer student came here. Sint'e then.

Syracuse has graduated Z-T officers and one enlisted man. all honor students. The Air force krrps a check on the academic pi'naress of its men end Dran Faiiilr. of the C'oIIeue of Liberal Arts, says he i that perhaps rhe service has been pleasantly surprised. Faigle says all of the men who have studied at Syracuse have done outstanding work, often superior to that done by other ntudents.

Not that this is surprising to men 'like Col. Briggs. To Briggs. as to others who take part in the i program, college is no caper. He's as intent on completing his education as he was on completing thc mission to Schweinfurt.

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