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PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEWS, Huntingdon and MouHi Union. 14. Obituaries John J. Lapata John J. Lapata of Six Mile Run died at 1:45 p.m.

Wednesday, February 12,1975. at his home. Although Mr. Lapata had been in failing health, death was unexpected. He was born May 24.

1904, in Van Ormer, a son of Stanley and Mary (Lasak) Lapata. On June 16,1928, he was united in marriage with Anna Mustek in Portage. Surviving Is his widow. Two sisters and one brother preceded him in death. Mr.

Lapata was a member of the Immaculate Conception Parish of Dudley. He retired from Piels Brewery in Brooklyn, N. in at which time the couple moved to Six Mile Run. Mr. Lapata was a member of the 1 BE of Long Island, N.Y.

Mass Of the Christian burial will take place Saturday, February 15, at 1:30 p.m. from the Immaculate Conception Church of Dudley. Officiating will be the Rev. Joseph Bender and interment will be made in the IOOF Cemetery of Broad Top City. Friends" will be received this Friday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock at the Masood funeral chapel, Saxton.

Wake service will be held this evening at 7 o'clock. Amy G. Sheeder Amy Gertrude Sheeder, 86, of Entriken passed away at 8:15 p.m., Thursday, February 13, 1975, at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.

Johnson. She had been In falling health for the past two years. A daughter of the late Horatio T. and Margaret (Fisher) Entriken, she was born April 7, 1888, in Entriken. She was joined in marriage to William C.

Sheeder In Cumberland, Md. Her husband preceded her in death in 1964. Surviving are three children, Horatio T. of McGraw, N.Y., Ralph H. of Aliquippa and Mrs.

Charles (Grace) Johnson of Entriken nine grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. One daughter, three brothers and three sisters preceded her in. death. Mrs. Sheeder was a member of the United Methodist Church of Wood.

She also belonged to the Auxiliary to the Marklesburg Volunteer Fire Company. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, February 16, at the United Church of Christ at Entriken. The Rev. John Ferrence will officiate and interment will be made in the Entriken Cemetery. Friends may call at the Haverstock memorial home, McConnellstown, on Saturday evening and at the church from noon until the hour of the service on Sunday.

Jennie Graffius Memorial services for Mrs. Jennis Graffius of Spruce Creek will be held on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. at Lower Spruce Creek Valley Presbyterian Church. The Rev, Barry T.

Vance will officiate. Mrs. Graffius, a native of Spruce Creek, died today, Friday, Feb. 14, 1975, at 5 a.m. at Easton Hospital.

She had been visiting in Easton and her death was unexpected. She was born Nov. 9, 1892 and was 82 at the time of death. Her husband, Richard Wood Graffius, preceded her In death in 1942. Four children survive: Kermil Graffius, Easton; Mrs.

Thomas (Eleanor) Wilson, Mansfield, Ohio; Richard Graffius, Phoenix, and Marlyn Graffius, Woodbury. There are nine grandchildren and great grandchildren, Mrs. Graffiuswas the last sur. vlving member of her immediate family- is requested that flowers be omitted at the funeral and that memorial contributions be made to the American Can- Howard Zimmerman Howard M. "Nick" Zimmerman, 68 of Spruce Creek died at 7:50 a.m.

Thursday, February 13, 1975, at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon, where he had been a patient since February 1. Born on June 28, 1906, in Union Furnace, he was a son of the late Milton and Maude (Green) Zimmerman. He was united in matrimony to the former Margaret Weyer on December 9, 1927, in Cumberland, Md. His wife and the following children survive; Raymond of Tyrone, R.D.

4 Joe W. and Mrs. Katherlne Decker, both of Tyrone, R.D. 3, and Robert P. of Alexandria, R.D.

1. He had 26 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A daughter, Marjorie, preceded him in death in June of 1963 and a son, Jesse, preceded him in death in June of 1971. Also surviving are a brother and sister, Robert I. and Mrs.

Esther Stringer, both of Tyrone, R.D. 1. One brother is deceased. Mr. Zimmerman was a member of the Lower Spruce Creek Presbyterian Church and held memberships in the Blazing Arrow Hook and Ladder Fire Company of Tyrone, Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No.

25 of Tyrone and Lodge No. 302, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees. John Hoover John H. Hoover of 305 Washington Street, Huntingdon, died at 1:40 a.m. Thursday, February 13, 1975 in Annapolis Hospital, Wayne, Michigan.

Mr. Hoover had been in failing health since October, 1974 and had been hospitalized for the past month. He was bom In Huntingdon June 18,1998, a son of Frank C. and Eva C. (Howleson) Hoover.

He was united in marriage with Ellen F. Hudson. In addition to his widow, he is survived by these children: John B. Hoover of Wester- vllle, Ohio; Robert C. Hoover of Lansing, Michigan; Mrs.

Edward B. (Ann)Howe of Livonia, Michigan; Mrs, Edwin (Judy) Parrott of Lansing, Michigan; B. Frank Hoover of Milesburg and Elwood C. Hoover of Huntingdon. There are thirteen grandchildren, one brother, Russell E.

Hoover of Cape Coral, Florida, and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Duyall of Fort Pierce, Florida, surviving. A sister, Bernicc, preceded him in death. Mr. Hoover, who had spent his entire life In Huntingdon, was education in Huntingdon Public Schools and had graduated from Huntingdon Area High School.

He was of the Protestant faith and held membership In Huntingdon Lodge No. 223, Loyal Order of the Moose, Huntingdon; Benevolent and J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital He had been employed by the Protective Order of the Elks Pennsylvania Railroad for almost 47 years. He retired in June of 1971 as a track equipment foreman. Funeral services will take place at 2 p.m., Saturday, February 15, at the Grove funeral home, Alexandria.

The Rev. Edward J. Hatchner wilt officiate, with interment in the Franklinville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and from 7 to9 p.m. today, Friday, and on Saturday from 10 a.m.

until the hour of the service. Myrtle V. Lynn Mrs. Myrtle Viola Lynn, 74, of -Rockhill Furnace- died unexpectedly at 2:15 a.m. Thursday, February 13,1975, at her home.

Born on April 13, 1900, at Trough Creek, she was a daughter of the late Jesse E. and Mlnnlebell (Prough) Pheasant. She was joined in wedlock to Geary R. Lynn of Cromwell Township on November 29, 1918, in Three Springs. Her husband preceded her in death on January 15,1969.

Three children, Mrs. Lewis (Bernadine) Gearhart of Rockhill Furnace, Warren R. of Harrisburg and James A. of Eglln, Fla, survive," along with seven grandchildren. One daughter, Mrs.

Martha Laird, is deceased. Also surviving are a brother, James A. Pheasant of Rockhill Furnance, and a half-sister, Mrs. Mabel McCardel of Lewistown. Mrs.

Lynn was a memberof the Otterbein United Methodist Church of Orbisonia. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday, February 15, at the Ott funeral home, Orbisonia. The Rev. Ronald A. Beverlin, pastor of the Rockhill Church of the Brethren, will officiate and interment will be made in the Rockhill Furnace IOOF Memorial Cemetery, Friends may call at the funeral home from I until 9 p.m.

today. Friday, and on Saturday until the time of the service. TIRE CARE SAN FRANCISCO (UPll-Thi; National Automobile Club advises that an overinflated tire is vulnerable external wear because No. 976 of Huntingdon and the Mount Union American Legion Country Club. He retired June, 1973 from the Pennsylvania Electric Company after forty-six continuous years of service with the Huntingdon Operating Division.

Mr. Hoover had been active in City League Baseball for many years and was an active golf participant. The funeral service will take place at 2 o'clock Sunday, February 16, from Brown's in Huntingdon with the Rev. Clyde E. Way, of the First United Methodist Church, officiating.

Interment will be made in Huntingdon Memorial Gardens. Friends will be received at the funeral home from 7 p.m. Saturday till the hour for the service on Sunday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Huntingdon Moose Lodge, designated for Moosehaven. James C.

Smith James Clarence Smith, 80, of Shippensburg, R.D. 2, passed away at 6:15 a.m. this morning, Friday, February 14, 1975, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gerald Wiser of Shirleysburg, R.D.I. A full obituary will appear in tomorrow's Daily News.

Funeral arrangements, which are incomplete at present, are under the supervision of the Ott funeral home ofOribisonia. February 13,1975 ADMITTED Robert D.Hlle, Saxton R.D, Donald Franklin Barber', 607 Juniala Avenue, Huntingdon, Ethel M. Dorsey, Alexandria R.D. Leila J. Bumgardner, 1228 Mifflin Street, Huntingdon.

Paul El. Wright, Star Route, Robertsdale. Qulncy A. Bumgardner, 1228 Mifflin Street, Huntingdon. John M.

Helton, N-3 Federal Drive, Mount Union. Ann L. Morder, Huntingdon R.D.3. Joseph Meshyock, 817 Mifflin Street Rear, Huntingdon. Galene E.

Stanbrough, 2511 Warm Springs Road, Huntingdon. Martha H. Hooper, 2501 Shadyside Avenue, Huntingdon. Charles Querry, Mapleton R.D. DISCHARGED Betty Albright, 524 Penn Street, Huntingdon.

Mildred Baer, Mount Union R.D.I. Alice Coen, Huntingdon R.D. 3. Bennie Hoffman, Mount Union. Howard Houck, Huntingdon R.D.3.

Kimberly Jacka, Mount Union R.D. Esther Moore, Rockhill Furnace. Kathleen Rourke, Broad Top. Nancy Schneider, 902 Juniata Avenue, Huntingdon. Bruce Weaverling, Huntingdon R.D.

2. Births Mr. and Mrs. Vance Miller of 309 Spruce Street, Huntingdon, are happy to announce the birth of a girl February 13, 1975 in the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Bumgardner of 309 Spruce Street, Huntingdon, are proud parents of a son born in the Tyrone Hospital February 13, 1975. Huntingdon Has Flue Fire Call Huntingdon Fire Chief Robert Jessel said there was no damage in a flue fire this morning at 7:45 o'clock at the Samuel Bowman home, 414 Twelfth Street. Firemen gave no service, the chief said.

Police Broken Rail Blamed For Train Wreck HARRISBURG (UPJ) The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission reported Thursday its investigation, showed the Dec. 28 derailment of the Broadway Limited near here was caused by a broken rail, Twelve cars of the Chicago to New York passenger train derailed while going around a curve at Thompsontown in central Pennsylvania. Forty- three of the 430 passengers suffered minor injuries and the puc estimated damage to the train at $200,000. Among few' biggin flourishing are the red- Ink concoctert. (ContinuedfromPagel) "We have learned a number of things, but I'd rather not 'say at this point," he said.

Winter indicated that investigators would attempt to pinpoint identity by a detailed comparison of fingerprints of the victim, and those on personal effects of the missing girl from her home. Winter said the initial phase of the autopsy failed to narrow the cause of death. "Further studies will be made, including some microscopic analysis and chemical analysis," hesaid. Authorities sealed off the area of discovery Thursday and conducted an intense search of the grounds, 3 Options Airport Sites Are Walked Huntingdon County Commissioners James DICosimo and Gordon Haverstock joined members of the con, suiting engineers, Michael Baker, and the coun- ty's interim airport committee Tuesday for an on-site review of the three options being considered for establishment of an air industrial park. Commissioners reported Thursday at their regular meeting in the courthouse that the on-site reviews had taken place.

The county Is the sponsoring body in the preparation of an airport master plan for the county is being done by the Michael Baker firm. John Swigart, Jr. chairman of the interim committee, commented that the on-site inspections are a mandated part of the preparation of the plan, and will lead to a recommendation to develop further airport plans for one of the three sites: The recommendation is expected to be made within the coming month. During the course of yesterday's regular meeting, the commissioners reappointed C. James Love of Mount Union to the Huntingdon County Housing Authority, approved two applications for admission to the Huntingdon County Nursing Home and two for the Shirley Home for the Aged, and three veterans burial applications.

In a meeting with James Dodson, social services director and Everett Claypoole, controller, the commissioners discussed a number of operational items at the nursing home and went over the patients; rights statement which is being prepared. The commissioners also met with David Bellinger of Tressler Associates to con' tinue an investigation into the ways of providing more custodial care for Huntingdon County residents within guidelines of federal and state standards for this type of care. Last week the county fathers met with members of the board of the Huntingdon Developmental Workshop to report progress on establishing new quarters for the workshop operation. Last Thursday, Commissioners Winston Chesney, James DiCosimo and Gordon Haverstock spent some time with the county's Child Welfare Services advisory board, going over new board and clothing rate proposals, and considering personnel requests presented by the board. ALDINE THEATRE Saitgn, Pa.

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Sat, 9.00 1 Sun, 7:30 p.m. fata copy. Second PWUj? fvm- vm- ThttauNfulNtw jf WAUTY THiATII Fit Sat, Sun. Cycle Savages DINE OUT TONIGHT AT THE VISTA VU! searooo Tqsts-Umjling scollops, sb-jrnp, our own wkw, oysjers, ant with oolglo, ytgelgtyf, sglgd, rolls butter, ondtoffeo. PLATTER BtfUA tw Vista Vu Motel Redwood lounge Dining Room BOUU22WSTOFHUNTIN6PON The commissioners were hosting two Boy Scouts today as part of the annual Civic Day program staged by Oneida District, BSA.

The board received from County treasurer Richard E. Kidd a report bfl the condition 'of three accounts. A brief resume of the weekly financial statement follows: General Fund Account: Balance for week ending Monday, Feb. 3, receipts during week ending Monday, Feb. 10, orders paid during the same week, balance for week ending Monday, Feb.

10, including $2,570.99, cash oh hand, 462,290.27 Liquid Tax Account: Balance for week ending Monday, Feb. 3, receipts dining week ending Monday; Feb. none; orders paid during the same week, balance for week ending Monday, Feb. 10, $78,290.72. The balance in the Federal Revenue Sharing Account for the week ending Monday, Feb.

10, remained unchanged at $782.04, since there were no receipts and no orders paid during the preceding week. Price Index Is Down In Jan. 4 Killed In Mass Slaying BROSSARD, Que. (UP1) Three masked gunmen burst into a bar just outside'Mon- treal late Thursday and opened fire, killing four men and seriously wounding four other persons including a woman. Police said it appeared to be the second mass slaying by the Montreal area underworld within a month.

Two of the wounded were in critical condition in Charles LeMoync Hospital. "It appears to be a settling of accounts," a policeman said. "It has to do with gang rivalry on Montreal's South Shore." Police said the three gunmen entered the lounge of the Hotel Lapiniere in this small city just outside Montreal at about 11:20 p.m. and "just started shooting." Police said the four men shot to death were sitting at a table in a far corner of the crowded room. The four wounded persons were drinking at a nearby table.

"They knew just who they were looking for," a policeman said. Police rounded up the 60 patrons in the bar at the time of the shooting and drove them to Quebec Provincial Police headquarters in paddy A policeman said they would be released after questioning. The three gunmen fled the two-story hotel immediately after the shooting and left in a car. WASHINGTON (UPJ) A decline In food prices helped bring the January wholesale price Index down slightly for the second month in a row, the Department said today. But the figures did not reflect impending oil price increases.

SIP Data (Continued from Page 1) vehicle accidents at least three times In the past three years. At present, the planning for the project Is in the very early stages. It may include the acquisition of some additional right-of-way alongside the existing road, Robert Deweese commented. Preliminary sketches show a 50-foot right-of-way along that corridor Will be necessary to complete the project. Not only would the bridges be widened! but the shoulders adjoining them' and the engineers promised to pursue a recommendation by Supervisor Walter Hall to consider some cutting and straightening to improve visibility and sight distances, at the junction of Township Road 495 with U.S.

22; "We don't know the scope of the project -yet," Deweese commented, "but Central Office review of the project should be coming up within 2. to 3 weeks," and more information should be available after that review. He asked for any information concerning social or environmental factors that may be affected by the safety improvement program, and explained that dwellings along'the project would be used as control points in studying the job. Therefore 'he did not anticipate any structures would be jeopardized by the project, whatever its extent. That extent will be limited, largely by the fixed dollar value attached to the project.

Because of the shortage of highway funds, PennDOThas, been selecting projects that can be completed within the available dollars, without cost overruns. Present for PennDOT were Deweese, Harold McGeary, Charles Allison, Richard Slaughter, Joseph Daley, and Dain Davis; Morris Township Supervisors Walter Hall, Eugene Waite' and Robert Kooken; and Joel Steel of the Huntingdon County Conservation District. $A25 The wholesale price index for January was 171.8—17.2 per cent higher than a year earlier. The index was 0.3 per cent lower than December, when It registered an 0.5 per cent drop. The index means that a selection of goods costing $100 in 1967 cost $171.80 in January.

Farm products, processed foods and feeds led the way, declining 2.5 per cent for the second consecutive month. Leading the food price decline were sugar and confectionary goods, which dropped 10.8 per cent from the previous month. Industrial commodities rose 0.5 per cent after no change in December. A large portion of the rise was due to increases prices of machinery and equipment, fuels and related products and power. Higher prices were repor- ted for residual fuels, electric power, gasoline, natural gas and coke.

Prices for iron and steel, basic ingredients and U.S. industry, also rose although iron and steel scrap prices declined. DANCE SHAVER'S CREEK FIREMEN'S PARK Neffs Mills Saturday, Feb. Admission: $1 Music by The Hilltoppers MOTEL 22 RESTAURANT: Route 22, West of Mount Union This Saturday Enjoy Our BEEF BUFFET! Steamship Round, of Beef dgne to perfection and lilted to your pM your choice of fiom our buffet table. All you can eat for In loving memory of FN Larry D.

Banks USN Loft on Heavenly Cruise, Feb. 14, 1974 "God- grant me the serenity to accept 'the thingi I change, the couragte to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference." Sadly missed by your family: Mom and Dad Nina, Dick children Barb Jim VALENTINE'S DANCES AT THE FIRESIDE INN Route 532 South of Mount Union FRIDAY NIGHT Music by "The Perfections" SATURDAY NIGHT Music by Jack's Mountain Boys NOW SHOWING WMTBKNEY WINNIE the POOH and TIOCER TOO' 1 7:00 9:00 Sqt. Sun. Mot. 2:00 p.m..