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Welly Asks Increases For Police hefting Times, Wednesday. Janmry 8, 1969 Obituary (Continued from Page 21) HAROLD P. KENNARD RHONDA L. RUSH OAKLAND Rhonda Lynn Rush, 12, of RD Deer Park, -An increase 1917 West tinsburg. died there in City Kos- Hospital shorSv after iPkal yesterday.

He had been tt! approximately since October 1968 mitted a medlcal $200,000 over what Gov. Hulettj He was born in Bedford Coun- C. Smith has proposed has been a a son of Mrs. Delra for 'the State' Depart- i Kennard Warren lann thn lain increases, to state Mr. Kennard was a former for salary policemen.

Col. T. A. Welty, s. .7 VVA, ui vcidiicbe for a total appropriation of S1.4!Fibers, the Baltimore and Ohio i i (Bowser) Rush.

ior me state The child was a Seventh ment of Public Safety, primarilynSd Hum hre Grade student at for salary ScD001 and a member of the Four Club of Ryan Glade TMA She was a member of the Sun the White Church Church, her parents, she FT- Wl A i IJ1C million. Gov. Smith, in his and as get bill presented last Cumberland provided for $1.19 million. I menl. He was a member of the timith proposed appropria Methodist Church; East Gate lion provided a S600 across-the board pay hike for the police men.

Welty said this would amount to a 11 per cent raise for starting troopers, but onl six per cent for a captain. The superintendent said he wants to provide a 20 per cen boost. The base pay for a trooper is now $5,306 and a captain's salary is $7,620. Welly's request also included an appropriation for hiring of civilian employes to administer driving tests. Four Children Die In Blaze BALTIMORE (AP) Four children, the eldest only 8 years old, perished when trapped by Hames Tuesday night in the attic of a building.

frame apartment Eleven other occupants es caped safely when the four- alarm blaze whipped through the building, but two sufferee minor injuries. The four children of Mrs. Elizabeth Barnes identi- fied as Calvin. 8. Denis.e, 6.

La- mont, 3, and Duane. 2. A fifth child, 10-year-old Angela, was away from home when the fire broke out. Robber Arouses Court Sympathy BALTIMORE (AP) Judge Solomon Liss of the BaHimore Criminal Court showed an ex- ample of Shakespeare's allusion to "the quality of mercy" Tues- day in granting probation to a convicted robber. Charles Wendell, 17, was found guilty of robbing a bill collector of 5211 June but was grant- ed probation on a-suspended five- year sentence after explaining his plight.

Wendell said he was one of 14 children and had -to quit school to help support his family; but just before the robbery he lost his job, his father died-and his mother's leg was Lodge 216, AF AM; Salem Chapter A Anlioch Com- mandery fi, Ali Ghan Temple, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and the National Ride Association. He was last employed as a steam engineer for DuPont Company in Martinshurg. He is survived by his v.idow, M. Esther (Larew) Kcimard; three daughters, Mrs. John Phil- lippi, Glen Burnie; Mrs.

Ken- neth Emerick, Hyndman, and Mrs. Frank Domenico Mar- tinsburg; one brother, C. E. Konnard, Warren, and 16 grand- children. The body is at the Brown Funeral Home in Martinshurg, from where it will be returned to the Kight Funeral Home here, where friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.

m. Friday. A service will be 'conducted in the funeral home at 2 p. m. Saturday by Rev.

Charles Reek- ley, with interment in Palo Alto Cemetery near Hyndman. East Gate Lodge will conduct a memorial service at 7:30 p. m. Friday in the funeral home. JUTES FROSTBURG A requiem mass for Mrs.

Peter G. Whet- stone, 69, of 58 Linden Street, who died yesterday, will be cele- brated at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow in St. Michael's Catholic Church, with interment in Frostburg Me morial Park. Pallbearers will be Vincent Engle, William Weimer, Ray- mond Kallmycr Glenn Kall- myer, Harry R.

Thomas and Harry Thomas. The body is at the Durst Fu- neral Home, where the rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. to- day. DENNISON SERVICE A service for George R. Den- nison, 48, Middle River, who died Monday in Baltimore, will be conducted at 3 p.

m. tomor- row in tifie George' Funeral Home. Rev. Sumner Sawyers will officiate and interment will be in Fort Ashby Cemetery. Military ritos will be accord- ed at graveside by Fort Ashby Post 6667, Veterans of Foreign Wars.

PEPSI-COLA GALLON-PAK by P.p,i-Cola Bottling Co. of nd cppomtmcrvt from Ptpii-Ccla N.Y., N.Y. A of Baltimore, she was, a daughter, of Lawrence TM survived by her'paternal grand mother, Mrs. Sarah Rush, RD 1, Confluence, her ma ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles R. Bowser, Acci dent; her maternal grand mother, Mrs. Phillip Smith Accident, and four brothers Lpnnie, Scott, Bradley and Timmy Rush, all at home. The body is at the Minnich Funeral Home where the fami ly will receive friends tomor row from 7 to 9 p. m.

and Friday from 2 to 4 p. a 7 to 9 p. m. Services will be conducted a. the funeral home on Saturday at 2 p.

m. by Rev. James Remley. Interment will be in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery at Accident. HARRY E.

RENN BAYARD Harry E. Renn, 76, of Arlington, died Sun- day at the VA Hospital in Wash ington. A-native of Bayard, he was a son of the late Edward and Odelia (Boring) Renn. He was a World War I veteran. Surviving are his widow, Mae (Dean) Renn; two stepsons Duard Dean, Arlington and Jos eph Dean, Hyaltsville; two step daughters, Mrs.

Mae Cytherd, Manor, and Mrs. Bernice Sowers, Thomas; two brothers Roscoe and Wilbur Renn, here; 14 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. The body is at the Duncan Funeral Home in Thomas and be taken to the Bayarc Methodist Church tomorrow a 11 a.m. Rev. J.

Samuel Moore will officiate. Interment wil follow in the Bayard Cemetery MAURICE MACKEY SR. Maurice F. Mackey 77 of 2105 Kentucky Avenue, Balti more, father of Rev. John J.

Mackey, pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Mt. Savage died' Monday at his home. Requiem mass will be cele- brated tomorrow at 10 a.m. al St.

Francis of Assist Church Baltimore, by his son. A native of. Ireland, Mr. Mac key came to the United States in 1910 and soon after joined the Army. He served with the Marines in France during World War I and was discharged as a first lieutenaut in 1919.

A char ter member of Marine Post No. 1. of the American Legion, he later served as state command er of the Legion. He was employed by the Crown Cork and Seal Company in Baltimore for 36 years, re tiring as a supervisor in 1956. Besides his son, he is surviv- ed by his widow, Katheryne (Murnane) Mackey; three other sons, Maurice F.

William P. and Daniel M. Mackey, all of Baltimore, and a sister, Mrs Mary F. Mueller, Baltimore. COOK SERVICE A service for John Calvin Cook, 81, of RD 6, Rawlings who died Monday, will be con ducted at 2:30 p.

m. tomorrow the Scarpelli Funeral Home Rev. William Crawford will offi and interment will be in Hyndman Cemetery. HUGHES INFANT Diana Carol Hughes, infant daughter of William Randall and Caroline (Easton) Hughes. 5 Mt.

Vernon Place, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital. Graveside rites were conduct- ed today in Sunset Memorial Park by Rev. Vernon I. Naugle. The maternal grandparents are Mr.

and Mrs. Lewis Easton, Cumberland. The a a grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. William A.

Hughes, Mt. Savage. PAINTER FUNERAL A service for Charles F. Paint- 1 er, 69, of 122 Polk Street, who died Monday, will be conducted at the George Funeral Home to- morrow at 1 p.m. by Rev.

Ed- ward R. Van Metre. Interment will be in Davis Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be James Jones, Donald Byrne, Larry Byrne, Herbert Van Fleet, Wil- Ham Allen and Mason Apple. MKS.

JOHN T. ADAMS Mrs. Lulu Ellen Adams, of 200 Hay Street, died yester- day at Western Maryland State Hospital, She had been in failing health the past several ytars. A native of Preston County, W. she was a daughter of the late Wilbert E.

and Ida P. (Dodge) Teets and was the wi- dow of John T. Adams who died in 1955. Surviving are five sons, BMC, James Adams, with the Navy in Vietnam; John J. Adams, Ridgeley; Sgt.

William T. Adams, with the Air Force in Austin, Texas; Robert E. and Ronald W. Adams, city; a daughter, Mrs. Henry Arduini, Sharon, three sisters, Mi's.

Okey Strawser, Mrs. Opal Shaf- fer, Corinth, W. and Mrs. Ruby Fields, Morgantown, and 18 grandchildren. The body is at the Hafer Balti- more Avenue Funeral Home where friends will be received today from 7 until 9 p.m.

and tomorrow and Friday from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. A service will be conducted there Saturday at 11 a.m. by Rev. Ronald Winterberg. Burial will be in Mt.

Tabor Cemetery. MISS IDELLA HARRINGTON NEWBURG, W. ser- vice for Miss Idella Harring ton, 92, who died Monday in Hopemont State Hospital, was conducted at 1 p. m. today in the Newburg United Methodist Church.

Rev. Berlin H. Wil- helm, Terra Alta, officiated, with interment in Newburg Cemetery. Miss Harrington was born in Newburg, a daughter of the late William J. and Sophia (Simp- son) Harrington.

She is sur- vived by one sister, Miss Daisy Harrington, Hopemont, a several nieces and nephews in Cumberland, Md. DAVIS SERVICE A service for Mrs. Hazel Mae Davis, 57, of Cresaptown, who died Monday, will be conducted tomorrow at' 1:30 p.m. at the Hafer Chapel of the Hills Mor- tuary. Rev.

Willy Beacon will officiate and interment will be in the IOOF Cemetery at Salis- bury, Pa. Pallbearers will be Ray Davis, Michael Bowman, Na- than Mitchell, Paul Holler, John Chancy and Kenneth Tookey. VALENTINE SERVICE A service for Mrs. Hattie M. Valentine, 82, of 303 Fifth Street, who died Monday will be con- ducted tomorrow at 1 p.m.

at the Scarpelli Funeral Home. Rev. Eddie Henry will officiate and interment will be in Hill- crest Burial Park. Pallbearers will be Ray Kim- ble, John, Ray, Roy, and Law- rence O'Brien and Riley Chancy. TWIGG SERVICE A requiem mass for Pfc.

Jo- seph R. Twigg 19, who was killed December 28 in Vietnam, will be celebrated at 10 a. m. Friday in St. Mary's Catholic Church, with interment in Hill- crest Burial Park.

The body is at the Scarpelli Funeral Home where the rosary will be recited at 8 p. m. to- morrow. Friends will be receiv- ed at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p. m.

today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. tomorrow. KEITER SERVICE A service for Edgar Lee Keit- er, 72, a former resident who died Monday in Annapolis, will be conducted at 2:15 p. m.

to- morrow in the Singleton Fu- neral Home, Second Avenue, Glen Burnie. Interment will be in Meadow Ridge Memorial Park. Friends will be received at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p. m. today.

SIRS. GEORGE GORDON The body of Mrs. Rhea Evelyn ordon, 36, of San Diego, and a native of Cumberland, who died Monday, will be re- urned to the Scarpelli Funeral Home where friends will be re- ceived tomorrow from 7 until i p.m. and Friday from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. i MOWEN SERVICE A service for Wilbert L.

Mow- en, 85, of RD 2, Flintstone, who died yesterday, will be conduct- ed at 11 a. m. tomorrow in Holy 3ross Episcopal Church by Rev. "William J. Cox, vicar.

Inter- ment will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. The body is at the Silcox- Merritt a Residence, vhere the Litany for the -De- parted will be recited at 8 p. m. today. W.

Virginia Legislature In Session CHARLESTON, W. Va. (UP!) session--the 59th--but is faced with some of the same old prob- lems. Among those is the search for additional money to meet re- quested increases in appropria- tions, along with a way of doing it without raising taxes. Both the House and Senate went into session at and later Gov.

Hulett C. Smith was to deliver the final State' of the State address of his term. The first items of business in the sessions was the swearing Hebrew Class in of new members. Later, for- TM mal votes were to be taken that Today would officially elect Del. Ivor F.

Boiarsky, Kanawha, as House Speaker, and Sen. Lloyd Jackson, D-Lincoln, as new Sen- ann that a ate President. adults desiring to shall, returns to his post as minority leader in the upper chamber while George Seibert, Ohio, was being formally tne instructor. named Republican leader in the House. All of the elective actions were unofficially decided in party caucuses earlier.

Both bodies also have new majority leaders. Clarence Mar- tin of Martinsburg replaces Sen. William A. Moreland of Morgan- town in the Senate and Marion Shiflet of Union, Monroe County, takes over for Del. T.

E. Myles of Fayetteville in the House. Many bills have already been a introduction opening day and House Clerk C. A. Blankenship said he for- sees between 100 and 200 bills during initial days of the ses- sion.

He regards it as a record JACORS-Mr. And Mrs. Robert, Midland, a son in Memorial Hospital, MORRIS--Mr. and Mrs. James, Westernport, a son yesterday in Memorial, PETERSON Mr.

and Mrs. David, 624 Washington Street, Heart. RUPPERT Sen. John Carrigan, R-Mar- arn to read Hebrew will begin 7:30 p.m. in the vestry Mr.

Dezen also noted that the adult study group will resume meetings Tuesday, January 14, at 8 p.m. The group is study- ing in depth the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes. number. Gov. Hulett C.

Smith's pro- posed budget for fiscal 1969-70 totals $253 million and that does not include funds for $1, 000 increases in public school teachers' a a something stressed fay Arch A Moore Jr. in his campaign. Smith's budget bill is certain to face some extensive re- vamping after Moore's inaugu- ration Monday. Neither Jackson nor Boiarsky feel Moore can accomplish the pay raise for new teachers without extra taxes. "I'm not being critical of the new gov- ernor," Jackson said.

"I just don't think he can do it without taxes. I hope he can." Finance Commissioner Joseph Peters, who helped Smith in drawing up the budget, told leg- islative committees Tuesday that the'budget covers all state for the fiscal year. cannot operate on a defict con expenditures a exceed revenue estimates. Adding to the expected troversy of will be the probable introduction of some bills pertaining to some previously thorny issues. The mood of the House Fi- ance Committee has indicated many are dissatisfied with the enforcement of the private club liquor law passed in the 1967 session.

To Attend Sewage Disposal Program John Shober, a laboratory technician for the Cumberland Sewage Disposal Plant will at- tend a three-day training and observation program at the Sewage Disposal Laboratory of Baltimore City beginning Mon- The training is part of a re- cently insugurated operators training program for water sew- age plant personnel. Mr. Shober will be under the direction'of Mrs. Muriel Tru- sheim, head technician at the Baltimore laboratory. 1 (-4 A 1 'IT iTlW 1M7 daughter today Ln A il-- i (t X) Hospital.

subcommittee Mrs. posed Department of Correction. tion of the new department, Mr anH Mr. Wh Ch WOlUd with Rain gMr aa ha ldling the States daugh- Yaider, RD 2, Cumberland. class study has for and the synagogue.

Kabbi Meyer Samberg will be Major Firm (Continued from Page 21) Decatur Street for an electron- ics facility. The second appeal heard last night was filed by Hugh A. Mc- Mullen as agent for -Abe Feld- stein. He requested an adminis- trative review of the building engineer's decision in the use of property located on Ford Avenue in an M-2 heavy indus- trial zone. Mr.

Feldstein contended to the zoning appeals board that his operation on Ford Avenue will not be a scrapyard. Woodrow Malone, represent- ing the John Humbird Improve- ment Association, said his group is opposed to a junkyard and wants to be sure that no junk- yard is permitted there. Currently a division of correc for the commissioner of Public In stitutions. This arrangement led to a between Commissioner Clarence Johnson and former correction director Robert Sar- ver, which erupted publicly and -nsulted in the firing of Sarver. Following this, the legislative group began a study of the cor- rection system and ordered an audit.of prison industries.

Under the proposed bill, the director of the department of correction would appoint war- dens -at the prisons and name the director of prison industries. Poitier Given Honor NEW YORK (AP) Sidney Poitier has been chosen by mo- tion picture exhibitors in the United States and Canada as the No. 1 boxoffice star of 1968 in the 37th annual poll conducted by Motion Picture Herald, a trade publication. Scout Meet (Continued from Page 21) Lauren Lapp, assisted by Mrs Mary Adam. Howard i scout- master of Troop sponsored by St.

Luke's Lutheran Church, will demonstrate the way to make a backpacker's oven, while Mr. Malone will present a feature on "Government -in Action." A sample window in He pointed out that the state ga DgS tricks and puzries jnr, 1:.. will be presented to heln in the Cub Scout February theme "Cub Scout Spirit." Cubmaster William Greise and the den mothers of Pack 6, sponsored by SS. Peter and Paul Mr. Snyder will lead the clos- exercise with a "scout- master minute." Refreshments will be served the Legislators Report On Gtmtestffigfc A niiwig Seventy per cent of the popu- lation in the United States lives on only one per cent of the land.

BALTIMORE (AP) Mary, and welfare officials are con- estiag a federal court ruling hat the state was practicing il- legal discrimination by setting limit on famiJy welfare pay. A motion filed Tuesday by the ttate counsel claimed that a for the policy wai "adjust benefits to wage ates." Joseph A. Matera, who pre- sented the arguments to a spe- ial three-judge panel in the U.S. District Court, said the state was cting on the belief that "the should be discour- ged from accepting the dole." The judges stated their be- lef last month that a "major remise" of the policy was to conserve state welfare appropri- tions. The.

court cited federal aws requiring welfare payments "all eligible individuals." The maximum grant policy et a limit $250 montly, with no dditional payments made to amilies with more than four hildren living with both par- nts or five children living with ne parent. The judges postponed action the motions presented by Matera until they could be sub- mitted in a formal brief. Vames Secretary ANNAPOLIS (AP)--Gov. Mar- in Mandel made his first 'of- icial appointment today, nam- ing former News American eporter Frank DeFilippo as bis ress secretary. The position of press secre- ary to the governor pays $19,080 year.

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M. SEMI- ANNUAL Regularly Regularly TM Downtown and LaVale Groips of Men's SUITS Now 9 Now 9 Now $39 90 Entire Stock of Men's SPORT COATS $1090 SALE PRICED from 19 Entire Stock of All-Weather Coats Now $22 9 Entire Stock of Men's Fancy Sport and Dress Shirts Entire Stock of Men's Fancy Sweaters Now 77 Now 5777 Stock of Suburban Coats Now 90 Now 90 Entire Stock of Men's Jackets "ESP 199 Now 8090 eors SIZES 2 ar $5.00 Sweaters Now M77 Now $13.88 Now $7.90 I $12.90 Pants 2 fer S5 00 AfrWeatier Cuts Now $13.90 Now and Use Your Swappers Charge drmberbnrf 4 UVafe TWO STOfcES.

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