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THE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES-FOUNDED 177 Complete Movie Timetable NEW JERSEY Edition map mmn. ttmrm PUBLIC LEDGER AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE MONDAY MORNING. JANUARY 4. 1965 17 State tudies Blood Samples for Glue to Encephalitis The department reported Sun Several hundred birds were net-' from Camden county, 29 from was not an isolated one. It will- Commissioner of Health, point-help to determine the best steps; ed to the mass immunization ef- Burlington county and one from The NewJersey Health Department does not yet have the answer to the late summer outbreak of St.

Louis encephalitis The blcod samples taken in late autumn in East Camden, Maple Shade and Collingswood are currently being studied. It day that more than 100 cases of central nervous system diseases Gloucester county. Sixty-two of the patients were female and in the State had been invest! in three South Jersey counties is hoped that results will help fort against polio, started in 1963 and concluded last year, as the major factor in the effectiveness of the anti-polio program. More than 3.3 million of the to be taken to prevent future outbreaks," the department reported. In other provisional figures on the State of New Jersey's health in 1964 released Sunday, and is hoping analysis of 8200; gated and approximately 92 of to determine whether the incidence of infection was more 80 were 30-year-olds or older.

Seven cases proved Research during the epidemic Dlood samples will determine them were definitely caused by whether the occurrence was an! St. Louis encephalitis." isolated one. Sixty-two of the patients were widespread than the number of were carrying St. Louis encephalitis virus. The Division of Fish and Game of the Department of Conservation and Economic D'e-j velopment, the Department of Entomology of Rutgers Univer-j sity, the State Mosquito Control Commission and the U.

S. Pub-! lie Health Service assisted in the program. i The virus was isolated by the Health Department's virus laboratory from Culex pipiens mos-j quitos captured in the area. ted in mist nets and blood samples taken on the spot. The specie of bird, date, weather, time of day and location were noted on each blood specimen so that results of the studies can be compared with results of studies on mosquitos.

The department also took blood samples from many small animals, such as field mice, and studies will determine whether any of these carry the virus and thus act as a reservoir for it. the department discloses two State's roughly 6.6 million per- was based on the assumption that the virus was transmitted reported cases and if there is any evidence of infection preceding 1964. "If it should be determined that infection occurred among 1 from bird to mosquito to man. During the outbreak, the de partment captured thousands of cases of polio, both paralytic, sons took all three types of compared to four in 1963 and 76 Sabin oral polio vaccine in mass in 1960. No deaths were re- immunization programs con-ported last year compared toj ducted in 20 counties in 1963-three in 1963; four in 1962; four 1964.

More than 10.2 million in 1961 and three in 1960. doses were given, the depart-Dr. Roscoe P. Kandle, Statement reported. the population prior to 1964, it Health Figures mosquitoes in the area, divided them according to species, and began studies to see if some would indicate that the 1964 occurrence, although confirmed, I 1 I Dr.

Roscoe P. Kandle, State Health Commissioner, Sunday released these figures in a report on the state of New Jersey's health and vital statistics in 1964: Births held steady at just above 132,000, about 3000 below the all-time high set in 1961. Marriages increased to 45,964, the highest figure since 1950 and 20 percent above the postwar low set in 1958. Diseases of the heart and circulatory system killed Police Searching For Girl Missing Ground Broken For $3 Million Catholic Units i 30,121 persons, accounting for almost half of the 63,247 1 I 4 After CYO Dance Police in six States were searching Sunday for a petite, 15-year-old Mount Ephraim schoolgirl who disappeared with a young serviceman after a Catholic Youth Organization More than 500 persons viewed a triple ground-breaking ceremony Sunday in Haddon township for a 2000-student Catholic high school, a convent and a parish church that will cost a total of $3 million. The Most Rev.

Celestine J. Damiano, Archbishop-Bishop of ueauis in it4. Cancer was the second largest killer, accounting for 11,690 victims. The other major causes of death: strokes 5637; diseases of early infancy 2685; accidents 2586; influenza, pneumonia, bronchitis 1856; diabetes 1266; cirrhosis of the liver 1087; suicide 557. Accidents were the leading cause of death beldw the age of 37.

Kandle estimated 620,000 accident injuries in homes, 280,000 at work; 90,000 in cars, and 510,000 elsewhere. People continued to die from diseases which are easily preventable. Kandle cited five deaths from tetanus and two from diphtheria, both preventable through inoculation. Newly reported cases of active tuberculosis increased to 1709, up from 1634. The disease cost the State $10; million a year, Kandle said, and goes hand in hand with poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding and poor health habits.

He said it was largely a problem of the older, big cities. Antipoverty programs may help, he said, but efforts also must be made to teach good health practices. dance near her home Saturday night. The girl, Rita Mergenthal, of 106 Sixth was last seen at 11:05 P. M.

Saturday, walking with a young Air Force airman on the Black Horse pike near Kings Highway in Mount Eph .1 i 4 rl I the Camden Diocese, headed a. colorful religious procession at 2:30 P. M. on the windy, wintry day. He was escorted by the Knights of Columbus Honor Guard and many priests and nuns from the diocese.

OPEN TO ALL After blessing the 35-acre tract bordered by Cuthbert and Hopkins the Archbishop turned over the first spadefuls of earth at the sites of the three raim. CHAPERONES AT DANCE The girl's parents had been chaperones at the dance in the Sacred Heart Church and had given their daughter permission to walk home with the youth. They and others at the dance knew only his first name. Rita, a freshman at Audubon i "OTP J- RITA JIERGENTHAL High School, is 5 feet 2 inches "This high school is a public service and all people of all creeds, and of all races, will be invited to attend, the Arch Engineer Rescued After 25 Minutes in Icy Delaware River BURLINGTON CITY, Jan. 3.

A 21-year-old radio station engineer narrowly escaped freezing to death within sight and sound of this city Sunday morning after his bishop said. 50 CLASSROOMS tall and has blonde hair and blue eyes. When last seen she was wearing a gray skirt, plaid blouse and a brown overcoat with a fur collar. Her companions at the dance described the airman as 5 feet, 7 or 8 inches tall, with brown hair and a medium build. He We dedicate the school to all of you," he continued, "to your children and to the future citi If Jj zens of this community.

God was described as being about 19 bless you all." Helping to break ground for the -Dew Paul VI High Scnool Woman Killed In Fire as Mate Thinks Her Safe or 2t) years oia, ana wearing an Air Force uniform. SEARCH UNSUCCESSFUL Mount Ephraim Police Chief Harry Norton directed a small-scale search of his community jfrom 1 A.M. Sunday when the 1 fci atfiUnwBttiniJ "n-mr Mrrmn- win i if lww MMwnmrn 1 was the Rev. Cyril McDonnell, who will become the school principal. The school will have 50 classrooms, a gymnasium seating 1500, and an auditorium for 1000.

The new convent, which will have 50 rooms and will be one of the largest in New" Jersey, will house the Religious Teachers of Fillipini. girl was reported missing until 245 P.M. Sunday, when he sent out a 6-State alarm. ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 3.

A Brigantine woman perished in The Most Rev. Celestine J. Damiano, Archbishop-Bishop of the Camden Diocese, breaks ground for construction program in Haddon township. Rev. Bernard Hewitt (left), pastor of St.

Vincent Pallotti Church, looks on. i Chief Norton notified author- ja: fire early Sunday after her PublicAidAsked In Dimes Drive The New March of Dimes campaign in Camden county moves into its first full week on Monday with County Campaign Director Samuel E. Fulton calling for support of the entire community. He said the 1965 campaign seeks to raise funds for, a fight against birth defects and arthritis and for continued polio care. The three diseases effect! Storlz Courses Offered ities at Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base on Sunday on the theory that the youth seen with Rita might be stationed there.

Officers at the military complex will interview possible suspects on Monday in an effort husband lost sight of her in their smoke-filled bungalow at 907 E. Beach ave. Mrs Margaret Stubbs, 56, awoke to find her bedroom in flames. She dashed down the NAMED FOR SAINT" The Rev. Bernard P.

Hewitt, pastor of the newly organized parish of St. Vincent Pallotti, Hospital 'Trains- Fathers helped break the ground for the' Rita's Barents told The mto her husband Harry's 800-seat, triangular -shaped church which will be named for WOODBURY, Jan. 1. Maternity courses for fathers, including a full-scale tour of quirer they saw her talking to bedroom where she collapsed the recently canonized Saint. the delivery room and a demonstration of delivery equipment, is the latest wrinkle in The parish takes in Haddon the young man at the dance.

stubbs, a fuel truck driver, When the dance ended at 11 P.itold the Brieantine nnlir effect at the Memorial Hospital here. Hospital officials say the tour will be held as part one in every four U. S. families, 'township, Audubon and Haddon -motorboat capsized in the Delaware River. John- Bailie, of "Brindletown New Egypt, N.

said he was on his way to Burlington Island in 33-degree pre-dawn darkness to turn on the transmitter for station WJJZ when the accident happened. ENGINE STALLS Bailie said he started out in the 10-foot aluminum craft from the Burlington City municipal wharf at about 4:30 A. M. Half way across the half-mile channel to the island, Bailie said, a wave came over the stern of the boat, stalling the outboard motor. As Bailie tried to start the motor again, the boat drifted and a series of waves swamped the small craft in the windy, choppy water.

Bailie was pitched, into the Icy water still wearing his heavy topcoat. DRIFTS TO DOCK Bailie said he hung on to the craft and began shouting for help. The boat drifted back to the wharf and when it reached a mooring pile, rolled over and sank. After several attempts to reach a rope between the pile and the dock, Bailie said he realized it was too high and he was rapidly losing strength. Moments later, Burlington City police appeared on the wharf, summoned by an unidentified woman who had heard Bailie's cries.

COLLAPSES IN WATER The police lowered the mooring rope and Bailie pulled him-i self to the wharf. At the wharf ladder. Bailie collapsed and Heights. he said. "The National Foundation has JL, the girl asked her mother of whose name is also Rita, if thejtWck smoke aQd beved she young man could take her home had reached -about a 10-minute walk.

nQ of a course for expectant parents. The course begins Tuesday. DEMONSTRATIONS SET They said the tour was especially, requested by fathers-to- become a leader in the fight against crippling diseases but Driver in Crash, Fatal to Kin; Gains Bond Issue Set For Road Work xuerganuiai reieiicu tuc 4uc-fh firpman WPlrt tion to her husband. 60 to Try Out For West Point More than 60 candidates for found his wife's body at the WARNED AGAINST CAR be enrolling in" the course. foot of his bed.

Dr. William A. Joy, the At- to get so vast a job done it needs the support of the entire community," Fulton said. The drive began on Saturday and will continue through the month, reaching its climax on WILD WOOD, Jan. 3.

George! H. Nickless, 46, of 128 Susan! "Okay," said her father, Ed- The prospective dads will see demonstrations of piped-in oxy ward, 54, an electrician at County Physician, ordered York Shinhuildinff Corn. He said! an. autopsy. Dr.

Milton Acker- July admission to the U. S. Mili- lane, Green Creek, driver of a CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, pickup truck in which his son Jan. 3. A $1,830,000 bond issue and mother-in-law were killed to be used in a capital improve- gen, the automatic pharmacy, which releases medication in Sunday night that he told his iman pathologist at Atlantic City Tuesday, Jan.

26 with the tra ditional Mother's March. thrpp sprnnd as wpll as other tary Academy at West Pointidaughter to g0 directly homeJH.spital, reported Mrs. Stubbs will underso academic, medicalinnrl nnt tn ride in a car. iied of smoke inhalation and Saturday was reported in good ment program is being prepared new scientific equipment. at! "We'll be leaving here in 10 ourns over 70 percent of her In addition to its programs of medical research and patient aid, the National Foundation plans an extensive program of -r- i the father said.

condition with head injuries at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital on Sunday. The blaze apparently started for introduction at the Cape May County Freeholders meeting on Tuesday. Freeholder Kenneth Holm- through Saturday. 11 1ft you the house when The tests will be conductediwe Vs AC" George H. Nickless, 25, when Mrs.

Stubbs' bed caught fire, and damage was confined to her bedroom. The Brigantine police were seeking to determine the cause of the fire. of Delsea Rio Grande, andtrup, director Of PuMic Works, Mrs. Esther Sharp, 65, of the said the funds would be ear-same address, died in the crash, marked for bridse and highway education for the health professions, with health scholarships for high school graduates and college students playing an important role, Fulton said. Camden county now has two health scholarship winners attending medical school.

mmutes aneaa Rita's cousin, Claire Mergan-thal, of Ridgeway Gloucester, was among a group of teenagers who last saw the girl as she walked away with her date. construction and repairs by a board of officers, headed by Col. Clyde H. Baden, commanding officer of the 4th Training Regiment. Identical examinations will be held simultaneously at 35 other Army and Air Force installations in the United States and overseas.

Permission to take the examinations is limited to duly nominated candidates who have been On a more mundane level other classes in the course will show the fathers and mothers the latest techniques of bathing the baby. Tips will be given on arranging the household for a child and stocking a layette. FIVE-WEEK COURSE Just to maxe sure all the bases are touched, the final session in the course will give hints on insurance and hospitalization plans. The entire course will take five weeks and will be held on consecutive Wednesday evenings. Hospital officials said almost as many prospective fathers as mothers had signed for the course.

TacV. Tnncnn into the water to help him out.jj0rj JQ ClUO HUNT FRUITLESS Rita's parents went home 10 minutes later. They waited another 10 minutes, then her fatther went out looking for her because he thought although it Bailie had been in the water r.bout 25 minutes. Both Bailie and Janson were The accident occurred on Wildwood boulevard, in Lower Township. Potice Chief Robert Denny said the Nickless vehicle was struck in the rear by a light truck driven by Joseph Newmeyer, 30, of Del Haven.

Retirees Honored HOPEWELL, Jan. 3. Herbert S. Rockwell, general manager of the Hopewell plant of the Rockwell Manufacturing Pittsburgh, has awarded gold selected from one of the sources was not her usual pattern of be- treated for shock and exposure at Burlington County Memorial Hospital. On his release, Bailie went to the island to turn on the In announcing the county's plans for financing the projects which will be completed in the next four years, Holmstrup said the bond issue plans were motivated by events which had radically changed the complexion of county growth.

He said there has been no major capital improvement program at the county level since the 1920s other than that which has been financed out of the annual county budgets with the exception of two, high-level bridges; The impact of improvements in transportation facilities leading into the county is now being felt, Holmstrup said, referring provided by law and to whom bavior, she might have stopped letters of nomination have been somewhere for a hamburger issued by the Department of the and a soda with the youth. Of Rutgers Role V. Layton Hall, dean of Rutgers College of South Jersey, will speak at the Collingswood Lions Club meeting at 6 P. M. Thursday at Compton's Log Cabin.

He will speak on "The College of South Jersey as a part of Rutgers The State University." Army. The Merganthals have another daughter, Judy, 22, and a son, Edward, 17. Shot During Quarrel watches to retiring staff members Irving S. Hullfish, John W. Burd and Anthony Gogola.

Couple Injured As Auto Upsets IV. J. Movie Timetable Bridgeton Mother, 46, Wounded by Husband to the Cape May-Lewes ferry, MOl'NT EPHRAIM (Monnt Ephraim) Driver Unhurt As Car Overturns CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, Jan. 3: Robert Lund. 20, of Crescent drive, Cape May, es-l caped serious injury Sunday when his car overturned four times after skidding on a high- way near here.

Lund, who walked away from the wreckage, was treated at William Dupert, 84, and his wife, Elizabeth, 76, of Main and Lamson Mayetta, were in- (Features and time subject to chance by management) CAMDEN ARIO "The Last Man on-Earth" and Garden State Parkway, Ocean Drive and the Atlantic City "Kitten With a Whip" and "Te Killers" cont. 7. MOUNT HOLLY' (Mount Holly) "Roustabout" 7. :10. OAKLYN (Ritx) "Beckef-7, Accident Claims Second Victim MOUNT HOLLY, Jan.

3. Bernard Koelbl, 26, of Germa-nia, died Sunday in Burlington County hospital of injuries a highway accident that also killed another man. Koelbl's wife, Helen, 31; remained in fair condition at the hospital. The accident on Thursday killed Anthony R. De Marco, about 60, a cranberry grower and former Mayor of Hammonton.

State police said a car driven by 'De Marco collided head-on with a pickup truck carrying the Koelbls on Route 206 in Tabernacle township. Road Swap Is PI an noil WILDWOOD, Jan. 3. Plans are under way for the Cape May county board of freehold ers to acquire New Jersey ave." here, it was reported Sunday. Action on taking over of tie wide thoroughfare where railroad tracks were located is planned prior to the introduction of the 1965 budget.

The city has requested the county to take over the avenue and in return would assume the maintenance of Park blvd. which is now county operated. Expressway BRIDGETON, Jan. 3. A 46-year-old mother was shot jured Sunday afternoon when OCEAN CITY (Village "The Ameri It is essential, he said, that "The Unearthly Stranger" cont.

7. MIDWAY "The Blob," "Dinosaurus" and "Kitten With a 12. WALT WHITMAN "Youngblood :15. SUBURBAN and wounded by her husband during a family quarrel Uhe car they were riding in canization of Emiur 7:15. 9:25.

PALMYRA 7:45 PAl'LSBORO 9. roads be widened, many of the smaller bridges rebuilt or repaired and roads resurfaced. Sunday night in their, home on Husted Station R.D. 5, PENNS GROVE (Grove "Disorderly Upper Deerfield township. by members of uneann?" Lower Township Rescue Squadl strM-cnt 7 Orderly" 7, 9.

PITMAN (Broadway) "Of Human Bondage" 7. 9. SALEM 7:30. STONK HARBOR (Harbor) "Marnie" police. He was waiting in the home when police arrived at about 7 P.

M. Who Were returmng from an-1 Love Has 9:30. jBORDEN'TOWN Dix CUier cau. Last Man on Eartn and "Unearthly Hansen issued a summons stranw-cont. 7.

BRIDGETON Laurel "Emil and the agamst Lund for driving an Un- Detectives" and "Tattooed Police safe vehicle, when the skid was hus-7. overturned on Route 72 in Woodland township after a tire blew out. They were treated for minor injuries at Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly. Earl Kessler, 50, of 337 Beech Warminster, the driver of the car, was unhurt. At 3 A.

M. Sunday, Arthur Collins, 20, of 380 Pennington State police at the Bridgeton barracks said Mrs. Jessie May Washington was wounded by a 12-gauge shotgun fired by her husband, Wesley, 51, after a violent quarrel. Mrs. Washington was taken to Bridgeton Hospital where her condition was listed as good.

attributed to the smooth tires 9. CHERRY HILL Cinema "Send Me No She suffered wounds of the Flowers cont 2. (Community) "Girl With Green E.ves"-7:25. 9:30. Police said the woman picked)left thumb and ft thigh.

The Stratford Council Elects Democrat Democratic Mayor Salvatore T. Mansi, who holds the balance of power on his reorganized, three-Republican, three-Democratic Borough Council used his vote to make Democrat Samuel Ruskin council president in Stratford on Saturday. Ruskin and Democrats Richard De Maris and Harry Mackin were inducted as new members at the reorganization meeting. -7. 9:15.

WEST COLLINGSWOOD (Cresrent) "Witchcraft" and "Horror of It All" cont. 7. WESTMONT (Westmont) "Peyton 9:30. WILDWOOD (Casino) "Youngblood 9. (Shore) "Disorderly 9.

WILLI AMSTOWN (Grand) "Peyton WILLINGBORO (Fox) "Pajama 9:25. (Super 130 Drive-in) "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" cont. 7. WOODBURY (Wood) "Bikini Beach" 7, 9:05. WOODSTQWN (Grand) "Cleopatra" 7:45.

TRENTON LAWRENCE DRIVE-IN "Goodbye Charlie," "Demolition" and "The New Intern's Derby" cont. 7. GLASSBORO (Glassboro) "Fate Is the Hunter" 7. 9. up a Duicner Knue ai one poini and that her husband then went Mount Holly, was hurt GLOUCESTER CITY Kinr "The Last! when his car overturned on the on the car, police said.

Board Awards Pact EWING TOWNSHIP, Jan. 3. The Ewing Township Board of Education has awarded a $5784 contract to the Honeywell Co. for maintenance of boilers in schools of the township Man on Earth" and The Unearthly Stranger" cont. 7.

tance of about four feet, police said. The incident was witnessed by the couple's son, David, 5, police said. Burlington-Mount Holly rd. in (Starhte Drive-in) "The Disorderly for his shotgun, standing nearby. After the snooting, police said, Westampton township.

He was admitted to Memorial Hospital Orderly" and Pajama Party com. 7. MAPLE SHADE (Circle Driverin "Goodbye Charlie" and "Diamond Head" cont. 7. MOORESTOWN (Plais) "Goodbye Charlie" cont 2.

Washington was charged with the man telephoned for an am- with rib fractures, a broken jaw and multiple cuts and bruises. bulance and then telephoned1 atrocious assault and battery. iJ rl i ir jii.