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Curttdid Dm Srtrig, lUpnt Penn State Advice Sought In Pollution Michigan Officials Considering Project UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Governmental officials in the Stale of Michigan, concerned! with the problems of pollution; of Lake Michigan, are looking! to The Pennsylvania State i versity for help in solving their; problems. Fifty slate, county and city officials from Muskegon and- Ottawa counties in Michigan: have visited Penn State to learn' about the waste water renova-: tion and conservation research! program started'in 1962. Theyi are considering adaptation the program to aid in solving; their sewage disposal problems, i The Waste Water Renovation 1 and Conservation Project ha si developed a system of using' water and plant nutrients municipal a treatment! plants for irrigating nearby, farmlands with the chlorinated i effluent. The "living filter" of' plants and soil removes the ni- trogen and phosphorus com- pounds which pollute streams by upsetting the balance of nature and stimulating too much plant growth.

Other bencfiis of Die system include increased crop produc- tion, production of plant crops with high mineral content, and the recharsing of underground reservoirs. By recharging waste water through the "living fit- ter," falling water tables can be halted or slowed and i water resource recaptured, a I I W. VA. particular advantage i Captain William Miileson of auditors found South Charleston; years of drought. i i community, who learned'Electric Co.

paid $18 to replace The Penn State scientists fly his father's Piper Cub at a fuse which cost 11 cents. Mexico Farms near Cumber-. A second bill charged bv the land, has returned from a 12-; Area Deaths And Funeral Notices KODENHAUSER SERVICE A service for W. Rod- enhauser, 85, of 204 Union Street, who died Wednesday, will be conducted at the Kigbt i Funeral Home today at 1 p.m. 'Rev.

John will of-! ficiate and interment will be in Davis Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Ray Val- entine, George Weaver, Gilbert Mark wood, William Simpson, Harry Blacklin, and Harold Sho- ber, all employes of the City Street Department. MRS. JOHN FARRELL 1 Mrs. Estelle Farrell, 78, of 11331.4 Claiborne Xvenue, East i Cleveland, Ohio, and a former resident, died Wednesday at Hu- iron Road Hospital there.

A native of Frostburg, she was a daughter of the late Max- ROTARY OFFICERS These four men are officers of the Lonaconing Rotary Club who were installed during a meeting at the home of Alvin C. Neat Post 5280, VFW. Left to right arn William Hadlcy, vice president; Thomas Ritchie, president; William Fazenbaker, treasurer; and Felix Fnote secretary. Mr. Hadlcy was program chairman.

Guests in- ducted Blaine Willetts of the Frostburg a Club, Floyd W. Baker, president of tlio Grantsville Club and Danny Klotz, also of Grantsville and James Hall, LaVale. Springfield Pilot Returns From Vietnam Logged 1,168 Hours Of Combat Support $18 Charged To M-Cenf Fuse Farrell who died in 1951. She was a.member of St. Pal- rick's Catholic Church and was former employe of the Algon- 'quin Hotel.

Surviving is a son, Maxwelij Farrell, Oxford, N.Y.; a broth-, jer, William Hamilton, Jenson JBeach, two sisters, Mrs. Xeece, Mrs. Mayme iKcim, Cleveland; three grand-1 'children and one great-grand- child. The body will be at the George Funeral Home where friends will be received tomor- row from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. Requiem mass will be cele- CHARI --The Legislative fire apparentl bit "too much" whon an rlec- service for Glen C.

Iscr, 51, a native of Kcyser, who i Wednesday at Lackland AFB, Hospital in Texas, will be conducted to- morrow in Prattville, Ala. He was the husband of Dorothy (Valentine) Iser, formerly of Cumberland, and had been stationed at Scott Air Force BUSP in 111. James W. Towsen, Parsons Man Fatally Shot W. Va.

(UPH! TnH i a ed Monday al. 9 a.m. at St. James W. Towsen, 75, lorm- ctfslativc Auditor's A man Patricks hcre and i -icr vice president in charge of irently thought it was a 1 SvWav i a a wil1 follow in Su Patricks 'personnel for Westvaco Corpora Longtime Westvaco Official, Succumbs trie i charged ppr cpnt; early Friday when a i woman in whose home Cemetery in Ml.

Savage. 5 personnel. 'tion and a pioneer in the field Three Bodies Are Found In Plane Wreckage MAN, W. Va. (UPI)-Ground crews made their way up rug- ged Kelly Mountain near here Friday morning and recovered three bodies trom a crashed air- plan, that had been missing since Sunday.

Victims of the crash Jack D. Mounts, Gilbert, Mingo County, his daughter, Debbie, 11, and a niece, Wanda 15, A spokesman for Civil Air said searchers thought Beckwith, Dallas, Texas; they had sighted the downed air sisters, Mrs. Naomi Moore, Ma-i craft late Thursdav rn pleton Depot, Mrs. Friday mormn" to Braun, Akron; two brothers, the unburncd wreckage -09 Leroy and Orthella the western slope of the moun- both of Mt. Union, and three' tain grandchildren.

It took ground crews in the The body is at the Heller's an hour to EUGENE BECCWITH Eugene E. Beckwith, 60, at Z16 Saratoga Street, a salesman for the Wotf Furniture ny, died yesterday at Sacred Heart Hospital following an ill- ness of eight months. A native of Mt. Union, lie was a son of Olive (Flood) Beckwitb, Mt. Union, and the late Lawrence Beckwitb.

Prior to coming to Cumber- land he had been manager of the Wolf Company stores in Huntingdon and Bellefonte, Pa. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Lew- istown, Pa. Surviving, besides his mother, is his wife, Dorothy (Kitting) Beckwith; a son, Ronald G. Woodlawn Funeral Home, Lew- istown, whera friends will be scene and remove the bodies. The plane had taken off from received tomorrow from 7 to g.Taplin air field near here Sun- p.

'day on a pleasure flight which 'A service will be conducted) Mount: said would last about an there Monday at 1:30 p.m. in'hour. charge of Rev. Charles E. Diehl, pastor of First United Metho- dist Church.

Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy, Pa. Helicopters and other light aircraft were utilized in the five- day search. West Virginia Has AARON MOUNTAIN i Aaron Philip Mountain, 41, ofjDOUntlTUl Pe3Ch tfOp RD 2, Williams Road, died yes- terday at Washington Sanitar-! Sum and i a Takoma Park. He had been ill the past, several months. West Virginia has begun bar- vesting a very good peach crop.

Best estimates at present, ac- cording to Commissioner of 11 ic i i t-nai-Kea KOWJ pi-r cc-ni; i i i i took him for a nrow The rosarv wil1 be i a jof industrial relations, died. Born in Artemas, he was Agriculture Gus R. Douglass, more to install a fuse a funeral home tomorrow atjxhursday jght in Princeton, a son of Mrs. Barbara (Bow-jpoint to a 22 per cent increase i cost. ni i 7:3 P- I after an illness of more man) Mountain and the late over last year's production.

The In an audit of (he West Vir-; The fami! requests expres- than a raon ih. Elmer Wise Mountain. iactual 1968 production Library Commission, the! i Jones u.ugn: ana ny- ianu. nas reuirneu irom a iz-isame company was 19.85- to. 3 akened and heard what she 1 ed sp mo th tnilr fetn where "check outlet and install 15.1nclC±d wa.

a nrowle outs i sions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Cancer Society. Aviation Unit lecting the disposal site, the de-'he logged 1,168 hours of direct cord." and how the water has beenj Primarily involved in visual cc a (lse or trickled into he was also re- SIR tlip auditor commpntpH Sroundwater reservoir and atlsponsible for directing 18 UlP ai dlt cotnmcnted We same time produced morel fire of Marine and Air Force' food and fiber for man's use. (aircraft as well as marking; positions for the battleship! "New Jersey." The son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-j liam T.

Miileson has been as-' signed lo the Fixed Wingj Branch. Tactical Training Di- vision, Department of Tactics at Ala. While in Viet- i Plane Lands On Turnpike W. Va. To Get Oil Refinery CHARLESTON.

W. Va. o7 ke ciU Sla ea uST a i a A i a ft Comnanv oon TM a lour lane 01 yu Litj will establish! in Chu I ai section of the West Virginia "4" 3 cfi er a Caotain MillPson whn Jo.rn^ Turnpike near this Kanawha nam he SCrved the 21st Rc Schedule Announced Immunization Director's Body Is Recovered A protege of the late Syrus Ching, former director of the Federal Mediation and Concili- ation Service, when both were with the U. S. Company in the 1920s, Mr.

Towsen had been associated with the paper company for 23 years when he i retired November 1, 1958. Mr. Towsen joined in 1933 and established the base of modern personnel practices now being followed by the $400 SEWELL, W. Va. corporation.

body of Floyd Graham, execu- jtive director of the West Vir- Iginia Aeronautics Commission, was recovered Friday from New River in a remote section of Fayette County near here. He was responsible for deal- ing international unions when they began their first or- ganizing effort in the company in the 1930s, following passage of the Wagner Act, and for cessful scheduled owin.immun.- day afternoon on a four lane who learned! fly under the guidance of the i terchange Congo, near County, it was announced XT ly Friday by Gov. Arch Moore 1 ate John Nash at Jr. and the firm Farms, was awarded the Air The announcement said a 'th device and 23 new facility would cost Office, Court House, 1 to 4 p.m.: Monday, August 11 Health nc aa a puuiiiLCii aci LfJJalluivo Officials said the single engine I offlce al urt in January after man- craft apparently ran out of a es da l' Qhio Avjation at and came down riearMilepost 73.j vaii United Methodist Church, wheeling for 10 ye $25 million and S30 million and I Vietnamese Cross of Gal-: road initially employ 250 persons with Bronze Star. a and lj It will fake two years for en-i He rece his commission' bcrm I repairs craft then for a runway to' P- were; Monday.

August 18, Health personal pilot for 12 years. Court House. 1 to 4 Wednesday, August 20-- gineering and development of the refinery which will process 10- 000 barrles of Pennsylvania grade crude oil daily. Moore said the 'firm's cision to locate in West de- as a second lieutenant graduating from West Virginia itake off and return to its base! Elk Garden High School, 10 to Graham, 50, was years acted ns the com- pany's spokesman in labor con- tract negotiations. He personally recruited more than 100 personnel professionals to staff departments at all the company's operating locations, was the architect of the first pension and group insurance programs and organized'a safe- ty program that gave Westvaco one of the lowest lost-time in- records in the paper in- McVey of Dorothy and Bob Me- Vey of Mount Hope.

He was appointed aeronautics years. He had ibeen Gov. Arch A. Moore Moore, currently on a trip U5 lrv Chicago, issued the following! statement: University in 7966. He entered flight school in August the fol- lowing year and graduated in April 1968.

He assigned to ill a.m.: and Monday, "This comes as During his carrer at West- jvaco, Mr. Towsen was active in Officials said the craft, owned 125--Healih Office at (he Court by Air-Airgo of Hamlin, had been hired by the Depart- ment of Agriculture in connec- tion with its oak will program. ginia was based on the new tax incentive program passed by the 1 IJis who is a director nt vau-u-r legislature last week and "the' Southern States CooperativeInc new stability brought to a i known as the flying farmer. Ronceverte. government by his administra-'in the tri-state area.

He has' tlon i own 3 Piper Cub and land'-! House, 1 to 4 p.m. The clinics are for all ages beginning at two months. Adults should keep their immunization up-to-date as as their chil- as a tremendoujl a a a family, for he had A r. shock to our been one of us for so many years. He was an exceptionally capable individual in his field the American Paper and Pulp Association (now the American Paper Institute), the American dren's.

a IH I LIC.1\1 i and when he wasn't flying an gemenl Association and loved more than anything i se the Commerce and Industry As- be close to nature. Isociation of New York. i rijjt-r L.UU ana (ana- the firm Finally i i strip and Hies and out of izes the site "is predicated upon! the Cuml favorable decisions relative to 1 ley Ford land acquisition, title clearance access highways and favorable engineering studies." the nouncemcnt said. lcmc Leaving For Canada Today To Camp, Fish All children entering the firsH "In all our years together, i' Born Harrisburg, he grade of school this year mustihave never had a more dedi-i was graduated from Pennsyl- have completed their immuniza-lcated associate. Since assuming tions against diphtheria, teta-jthe post of the chairman of the mis.

and whooping cough.aeronautics commission, he had (DPT); smallpox, measles and I agressively assumed the fulfill- vania State University in 1916 with a degree in. istry. He served in France dur- ing World War I as an infantry Sabin polio before they can be'ment of a program of which he lieutenant. Thrice-wounded in admitted to school. so often talked.

action, Mr. Towsen was award- The West Virginia State Law "Mrs. Moore, our children andj the Silver Star and Purple FROSTBURG requires the above immuniza- myself loved him for his devo- UIN. The annualjScouts of Post 42 sponsored by- tions for school entrance ion to us and we extend to his ALUMINUM Ipicmc of the Lonaconing Rotary Frostburg United i Club will be held on Sunday at Church will leave this morning! I PrnfocCAfC Mmke's. according to Cecil a week of camping and fish- I I i a DOORS ALUMDVUM SIDING HASTINGS ALUMINUM AWNINGS White STORM DOORS White STORM WINDOWS TRIPLE TRACK ARTHUR BOND 689-8531 FROSTBURC keep, chairman, who is in a national park in assisted by Charles Clise and ada.

and daughter our deepest Virginia has lost a good Harry Chappell. Can- VicJt Afrira Far Pact dedicated public servant." 1311 11 ltd, I I LdM i The Hinton Rescue Squad Mr. Mountain was employed as a baker for Schmidt Baking Company and was a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church. Besides his mother, he is sur- vived by his widow, Betty (Hare) Mountain; two sons, David and Royce Moun- tain, at home; two daughters, Miss Susan L. Mountain, Ta- koma Park, and Miss Kathy A.

Mountain, at home; a broth- er, Elmer W. Mountain, Bowie; five sisters, Mrs. Anna Fletch- er, Miss Pearl Mountain, city; Mrs. Charlotte Northcraft, Han- cock; Mrs. Dorothy Wright, Hyattsville, and Miss Mary Mountain, Baltimore.

The body is at the Wendt Funeral Home where friends will be received from 7 until 9 p.m. today and from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. tomorrow. The family requests expres- sions of sympathy take the form of donations to Washing- ton Sanitarium and Hospital. SPENCER SERVICE ment.

SEALY A A GOLDEN SLEEP SALE Celdtn 149.95 ea. '39 .95 lUf. S9.95 M. .95 69.95 '59 95 MAURICE'S FROSTtUtC, MD. BROADWAY LIQUORS Corner Broadway Ormond FOR ALL YOUR BEVERAGE NEEDS 689-5800 Planning on visiting Canada are William Sonnenberg, vice president, David Harden, sec-' retary, John Rephann.

Charles I Durney, Dwight Murphy, Rod-1 ney Liller, James Neilson, vice' subiect president and John Green. Also Robert Lloyd, treasurer Robert Robertson, Alan Pres- Ion. Howard MORTAVTOWX' to Heart. After the war he joined a di- vision of the U. S.

Rubber Com- pany in Williamsport, as a chemist and soon after was pro- moted to industrial relations The Hinton Rescue Squad, manager. In 1925 he was trans- among several rescue teamsjferred to the rubber company's laking part in the search, first in New York as Graham's body. But when'assistant to Mr. Ching, then in- dustrial relations oirector. In 1929 he joined Industrial Rela- cer, 58, of Polish Mountain near Flintstone, who died Thursday, will be conducted tomorrow at 11 a.m.

at the.Glendale Church of the Brethren. Rev. John H.j Buffenmyer will officiate and interment will be in the Glen- dale Cemetery. The body Is at the Scarpelli Funeral Home where friends will be received from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. The body will be taken to the church at 10 a.m.

tomorrow. O'LEARY SERVICE Requiem mass for Miss Nora G. O'Leary, formerly of 210 Ce-, celia Street, who died Thursday, will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Burial will be in the parish The body is at the Scarpelli Funeral Home where the rosary will be recited tomorrow at 8 p.m. million pounds and the projec- tion for' 1969 is 26.4 million pounds. Commissioner Douglass said similar estimates for this year's apple crop have not been com- pleted but that it now appears that the crop will be very jrood and will exceed last year's: pro- duction. Looking at the national peach and apple production scene, estimates for peaches are 1.8 million tons, an increase of 8 per cent' over 1968 and the high- est production figure since the mid 40's. Prospects look very good for apples.

Winter injury and losses from spring frost and freezes were very light. Cresaptown Firemen Plan Picnic Sunday CRESAPTOWN Cresaptowa firemen will hold their annual picnic Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m. Active members of the depart- and club members have been invited to attend. Fire Chief John D. Winters said the a ''members on- will include ham, roast beef, corn, and prizes and entertain- it was caught by a current of the a swept away from the res- alsoi ii ers by swift rapids, The body was found down- trips were made by the Thurmond Rescue by the federally near the immediate spot iVrioze Hodnev Liller ri Dm-" ffice I TM a i a jwhere Graham was iasl seen le wmch administers Thursday.

a rd i agr i cultural education programs! Graham, a native of Bethes- Ohio, had lived in a mobile home in Charleston since ac- TT Kenya. Tanzania Huff, Daniel Shupe, lcr The three WVU professors include Arthur Lloyd; are Dr. Wesley M. Bagby. who cepting the governor's appoint- ment.

A daughter, Janet, is a I II 1 1 I III. UU VU11V.I., land Daniel Folk, and adult history courses con- student at Ohio University. ers. Terry Bolmger, Walter Son-1 cerning foreign policy and in- 1 The body was taken to the nenberg. WiUiam Rephann, relations; Dr WooiWallace and Wallace Funeral mas Durney.

associate advisor, Kee, associate professor Honie Rainelle. Glyn Geis, advisor, Arthur Pres- 1 economics: and Dr. NackL ton. a i a advisor and Kim, assistant professor of poli- James Sr. ti al science.

FROSTBURG TASTEE-FREEZ for COOL QUICK DELICIOUS REFRESHMENTS OPEN DAILY 11 p.M. Hamfest' To Open At Winchester This Evening Counselors, of York, a consulting group organ- ized by Arthur Young and other personnel innovators of that time. He joined Westvaco four years later as the company's first corporate personnel direc- tor and in 1945 was elected vice president. Mr. Towsen was married to the former Bessie Whittet of Richmond, in 1921.

For more than 40 years they resided in Glen Ridge, N. but for the past two years they have lived at 13122 Old Nassau Road, Ross- moor, Jamesburg, N. J. They have three children, Mrs. Arthur Currier.

Morristown, N. Mrs. William Bolmer! Brook, N. and James JW. Towsen, Houston, Texas.

WAITRESS Steady employment in Camellia Room Apply Licky's Liquors 72 E. Main Frtttburg YUENGLING'S FINE BEER FROM America's Oldest Brewers SELLS FOR LESS THAN POPULAR BRANDS refular cans n. quarts Wm. "Bill" Filsinger 689-5435 DISTRIBUTOR FOR ALLECANY COUNTY, MD. fSG rvice wil! at 4 p.m.

at the memorial the organ fund of! Communityjj or to a favorite char-; Monday and Friday to 9 p.m. WINCHESTER, 'menls are complete for the 19th "Hamfest" of the Shen-l Valley Amateur Club, to take place here today I 'and tomorrow, said David club president and chairman the conclave. i William S. Grenfell. Chief, 1 jRules and Legal Branch of the GEORGE P.

CLARK Amateur-Citizens Divisions of, A George Federal Communications 82, of RD died yester- Washington, will'day at Memorial Hospital Cum- be the principal speaker at theiberland. ft opening banquet of the "Ham-! A native of Cumberland he 2 fest" today at 7 p.m., EDT, at 1 was a son of the late John W. the Holiday Inn East. and Mary (Pressman) Clark Sunday's all-day program, at His wife. Anna (Cockrell) Clark (which more than 700 amateurlpreceded him in death.

i (radio operators, their A former resident of Cumber- jfriends, and other interested per- land, he was a member of St Inferior Available No Obligation YOU ARE INVITED BrowM 25 E. MAIN 619-8865 SUMMER CLEARANCE Men's are expected, will get un- way in the Winchester Arm- GRAND KNIGaTT ACCEPTS GAVEL J. Robert Carter, left, district deputy of the Knights of Columbus, is shown pre- jory at 10 EOT. senting of office to Bernard Rafferty, newly-in- stalled grand knight of Frostburg Council 1442, of C. Other officers are Oliver Fabbri, deputy grand knight, Angelo Palmucci, chancellor, Olivio Fabbri, warden, Leon Kid well, financial secretary, John Ruffo, recording secre- tary, Joseph Strunt7.

treasurer. DeSiles Colgan. guard and Michael Williams, outside guard and James Quins trustee. Luke's Knights a of Malta Church. 461 and JOUAM, Queen City Council 49.

I A snack bar will be operated Survivfcg are a brother, Char- at the Armory for the convience! les Clark, Cumberland and a of visitors and those bringing sister, Mrs. Eva P. Harold with i picnic lunches may eat them in whom he resided. grounds of the city park; The body is at the Zeigler Fun-j the Armory. jeral Home where will be re- I The 'Hamfest" is open to the'ceived from 7 until 9 p.m.

today public and there Is no admission and from 2 until 4 and 7 until Now Snorts off Summor Jackets Sport Coats off off up to off STYLE ifee. p.m. tomorrow. MART Lonaconing.

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