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PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEWS, Huntingdon, Saxton end Mount Union, Januery 19,1979 ii Elmer L. Matsoti Elmer L. Matson, 81, Murrysville, formerly of this area, died Thurday, Jan. 18, 1979, in the Citizens' General Hospital, New Kensington, as the result of an automobile accident. Born Jan, 12, 1898, in Aritv strong County, he was the son of Thomas and Anna (Smeltzer) Matson.

He was united in marriage to Mary Edmiston. In addition to his wife, he is survived by six step children: Lillian Frontz, Port Traverton; Dorothy States, Murrysville; William Fagan, Philadelphia; Ethel Miller, Tecumseh, Donald Fagan, Adrian, and Sally McAlpine, Murrysville. Four sisters: Rhetta White, Avonmore; Irene' Smoyer, Apollo, and Vernie Shearer and Myrtle Shearer, both of Saltsburg, and 27 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and 12'great great grandchildren also survive. He was a lifetime member of the Ligonier Lodge. He was retired from employment as a field foreman with the People's Natural Gas Co.

(WestmorelandCounty). Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at the John T. Hart Funeral Home, Murrysville, with the Rev. Robert Fulton officiating.

Interment will be made in the Eastview Union Cemetery, Delmont. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and from 9 a.m. until the hour of the service on Monday. Wayne C.

Davis Wayne C. Davis, 61, of Teaneck, N. formerly of Shirleysburg, died Dec. 25, 1978, in Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck. Born April 2, 1917, in East Waterford, he was the son of Ralph E.

and Emma (Bard) Davis. He married the former Louise C. Joseph of Manila, the Philippines, on Oct. 27, 1945. She survives.

Also surviving are his mother and two sisters, Mrs. Warren (Helen) Henry of Levittown and Mrs. Chester (Mabel) Foster of Newton Hamilton. He was a 1935 graduate of Mount Union High School and was an army veteran of World War II, having served from August of 1942 to March of 1946. Following his discharge, he remained in Manila and worked for the war department as an inspector until he and his wife returned to the U.

S. in October, 1947. He operated a service station in the York and Hellam area for a'number of years. For the past ten years he had been employed by the U. S.

Postal Service in Teaneck. Funeral services were held Dec. 27 in Teaneck, with interment in George Washington Memorial Park. Leah LaVelle Mrs. Leah LaVelle, 80, of Tarpon Springs, formerly of Broad Top City, died Saturday, Jan.

13, 1979, in Tarpon Springs of a heart attack. Born Sept. 30, 1898, in Maryland, she was the daughter of Harry and Mary Hamilton. She married John LaVelle of Broad Top City who preceded her in death. She is survived by the following children: Archie LaVelle of Dunedin, Zane LaVelle of Dillsburg; Mrs.

Herbert (Lurlene) Marshall of Fort Lauderdale, and Mrs. Philip (Illena) Constagna of Rahway, N. J. Also surviving is a sister with whom she resided, Mrs. Hazel Gineman of Tarpon Springs and four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother and one child. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the North Funeral Home, Tarpon Springs. John Yowler John W. Yowler, son of Wendall and Margaret (Wallace) Yowler of Box 212, Newton Hamilton, died at birth at 1:58 p.m., Tuesday, Jan.

16, 1979, at the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon. Surviving in addition to his parents are two brothers, Benjamin Paul and George and one sister, Evelyn all at home. Also surviving are his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Evelyn Wallace of Allenport, Mount Union R.D., and his paternal grandmother, Mrs.

Viola G. Yowler of Shade Gap. Funeral services were held this morning at the Robert D. Heath Funeral Home, Mount Union, with the Rev. David B.

Reams officiating. Interment was made in the Mount Union IOOF Cemetery. Generally the person who is most suspicious of others needs watching himself. Edna Eduora Comstock Ms. Edna Eduote Cornstock, 98, died at the home of her son, Dr.

Charles Gordon Comstock, Saltillo, Thursday morning, Jan. 18, 1979, following a period of failing health. She was born on July 16, 1880, in New Canaan, the daughter of John H. and Eduora (Slawson) Waters. Her husband preceded her in death a number of years ago.

In addition to her son, she is survived by two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was a member of the North Avenue Presbyterian Church, New Rochelle, N. Y. There will be no viewing. Graveside services will be held Saturday, Jan.

20, at the Saltillo Cemetery with the Rev. Robert E. Shaffer officiating. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Robert I. McClain Funeral Home, Cassville.

Roy A. Bard Roy A. Bard, 92, of Box 8, Mount Union R.D. 2 died Thursday, Jan. 18,1979 at 3:20 p.m.

in the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon. He had been in failing health for the past year. He was born in Shirley Township July 8,1886, a son'of Alfred A. and Matilda E.

(Briggs) Bard. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Mae Shields in Harrisburg on Oct. 20,1909. Surviving are his widow, one grandchild and three great grandchildren. His son, Sheldon L.

Bard preceded him in death on Jan. 18,1975. Also surviving are two sisters and a brother: Mrs. Bessie Faust, Harrisburg; Mrs. Edna Brandt, Chambersburg and Herman Bard, Newton Hamilton.

One sister and three brothers are deceased. Bard was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Allenport. He retired in 1953 after serving 46 years with the Pennsylvania Railroad as operator of the tie yard in Mount Union. The deceased was a member of Mount Union Lodge No. 688, Free and Accepted Masons, Harrisburg Consistory, Jaffa Shrine, the Tall Cedars of Lebanon and the Huntingdon County Shrine Club.

He was a member, too, of the Pa. Association of Retired Persons. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Robert D.

Heath Funeral Home, Mount Union. The Rev. Thomas Maurer will officiate and interment will be made in the Church of the Brethren Cemetery in Germany Valley. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. and on Sunday from 9 a.m.

until the hour of the services. Masonic memorial services will be conducted at the funeral home Saturday evening by Mount Union Lodge 688, F. and A.M. Those wishing to may make contributions in Bard's memory to. the Mount Union Meals On Wheels program.

Focus On Fort Littleton Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Max Fraker and Judy on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cline and two daughters of Waterfall.

On Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown visited Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brown.

On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Carolyn Keefer of Mercersburg, Mrs. Nancy Shafer and daughter Michelle, and Matt Hill, all of McConnellsburg, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fraker.

Mrs. Blanche Miller, her daughter, Mrs. Faye Ann Bard, and son Michael all of Shirleysburg visited Mrs. Marie McCoy recently. There was no Sunday school or worship services at the Fort Littleton United Methodist Church on Sunday due to the ice.

The average man appreciates his wife's temper so much that he doesn't like to have her lose it. J.C* Blair Memorial Hospital Jan. 18, Admitted C. 1107 Huntingdon. Anthony W.

Lam, Mount Union R.D. Patll H. Harker, Huntingdon. Dorothy L. Smith, Huntingdon R.D.

4. Leroy E. Wright, 28 Wood St.Robertsdale. Ernest T. Shirley Home for Aged, Shirleysburg.

Agnes S. Campbell, Huntingdon R.D. 3. Discharged Linda J. Bair, Huntingdon R.D.

4. Sandra K. Baker; Star Route, Huntingdon. Sally M. Byler, Belleville R.D.I.

Kris A. Clymans, Shirleysburg. Susan J. Creitz, Newton Hamilton. Brian L.

Ginithan, Mount Union R.D. 1. Max L. Hess, Huntingdon R.D. 4.

June H. Kuklo, Six Mile Run. Christopher M. McConahy, 3065 Emmett. Huntingdon.

Cloyd A. Miller, Huntingdon R.D.I. Jennifer L. Royer, Tyrone R.D. 5.

Judy Helen Wilson, 611 Moore Huntingdon. Nathan D. Wilson, Petersburg R.D. 1. Births Mr.

and Mrs. Michael Harrington of Laurel, wish to announce the birth of their first child, a son, Michael Patrick Harrington. He was born at Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., on Jan. 2, 1979. The baby weighed 8 9 ozs.

and was 21 inches tall at birth. Proud grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Dale L. Hamer, of Spruce Creek and Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Harrington of Coos Bay, Oregon. He also has great grandparents, Mrs. Edna Hamer of Spruce Creek and Walter Harrington of Sheridan, Arkansas. Human i Cont'd from Page 1) The site of the fossil dig, at Hadar, Ethiopia, "turned out to be exceedingly rich richer than any of us had ever dreamed of," Johanson said.

Actual digging at the site took place in four field expeditions between 1973 and 1977. "The head resembles apes more strongly than, humans, but it was fully bipedal and walked erect like modern man," White said. "The apeman was feet tall. We're not sure whether it had hair on its body." The ape-man discovered by Johanson and White was omnivorous, eating both plants and other animals. Johanson explained that according to evolutionary theory, the omnivorous ape- man adapted successfully into humankind over a period of several million years, while the ape-man that "specialized" as a plant-eater became extinct.

White noted the discovery also was significant because it "destroys the old notion that bipedalism (walking erect) is linked to the development of larger brains." The ape-man had a small brain, but walked erect. Johanson said the Ethiopian find was unprecedented because the site has produced the fragmented remains of "at least 60 individuals, some of whom may have been related to each other." Announcement of the new species discovery, made during a news conference at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, coincided with publication of an article in Science Magazine by Johanson and White. DANCE Mount Union V.F.W. Saturday, Jan. 20 Mutic By Feelings" KITCHEN OPEN Saturday Evenings YOU'RE a at DELL'S TIRE SHOP 608 Sixth St.

643-2184 OFFICIAL KILLY ftPRINGFICI.0 Huntingdon. DEALER Delco Freedom Batteries Spin Balancing Front End Alignment Electric (Conl'd from Page i) The only noise the tat makes is ahum. LaBant said that tin one tesl run, two girls who were walking down the road in the car's path did not move until he realized they could not hear the vehicle coming. The car is now equipped with a horn to solve those problems. LaBant, who has 30 years of skill and experience in electricity, thought about building the car several years ago but could not find a company to supply the components.

He finally found a retired professor at the University of Michigan who designed the parts LaBant needed. The car owner even drove to New Hampshire once to pick iipjs feft patts tor tte Vehicle. the ttt, whWft stored in the garage for the winter, looks Tike a vehicle 6ft the outside. The gas cap is still oil the car but on the left side of the front hood is a socket that LaBant uses to plug the vehicle into a AC power supply to recharge. There is a rectifier and a supplying 72 volts' of power where the engine used to be.

The car operates on a Variety of batteries with the control panel featuring not only a speedometer, but meters measuring voltage and amperes. It has an eight horse-power rating and can operate up to 3,200 rpm. The vehicle has a six-volt auxiliary line for lights and turn signs and a 12-volt line for speed control. Performs Tonight At 8 i i New England Area Clobbered Storm Breaks Snow Records New England has been blasted by its first major snow storm of the winter with more than 2 feet of snow whipped by high winds and another ice storm glazed the bliz- zardblasted Midwest, Southern Maine today dug from beneath New England's storm, a remnant of the blast that crippled the Midwest. A record-breaking 27 inches of snow fell at Portland, Maine, before tapering off late Thursday afternoon.

Winds up to 35 mph created an unofficial blizzard and gigantic drifts. "Portland is getting clobbered," a National Weather Service spokesman said. Although the NWS did not officially call it a blizzard, "we are calling it close to blizzard conditions and I don't know how much closer to a blizzard you could get." Traffic accidents were "too numerous to count," police said, and at least one person a tow truck operator. was killed before officials closed the 100-mile-long Maine Turnpike for three hours at the height of the storm. "I don't think it was snowing so much as it was just blowing around so hard you couldn't see anything," said Judy Densmore, a waitress at a turnpike restaurant.

Four inches of snow covered Boston and Massachusetts officials reported two storm related deaths. The storm system that killed at least 75 people in the Midlands hit New England Wednesday night. A new storm moved into the Wheat Belt Thursday and into the Corn Belt today. 'This is a bad winter storm from every angle," said an NWS spokesman North Platte, as an ice storm hit. Snow followed.

At least two buses and numerous other vehicles skidded off Nebraska highways covered by ice more than a half inch thick. Omaha police said city streets were "100 percent ice covered," and advised residents to stay off the roads except in extreme emergencies. The ice storm also hit Kansas. It became rain, freezing rain and sleet in Missouri. Southern Iowa got freezing rain and sleet.

The weight of ice snapped electrical lines and blacked out homes of more than 10,000 Kansas City area residents. Rain had nowhere to go in some cities. Storm drains were clogged with ice and snow. "There's about 2 feet of water at a lot of intersections and cars are stalled all over town just at quitting time," said a police officer in Topeka, Kan. Kansas City police reported SQUARE DANCE Shavers Creek Firemen's Park NEFFS MILLS Jan.

20 8:30 1 1:30 P.M. Admission Music By: "The Hilltoppers" 643-6182 HUNTINGDON PLAZA ROUTE22 HUNTINQDON NOW SHOWING! THE BOYS FROM GRtGORYLAURENa PICK OUVIHL 1Q cars stalled in several flooded intersections and low areas. Before the storm turned eastward, it struck the Southwest. A foot of wet, heavy snow fell at Los Alamos, N.M., and more than an incb of rain fell in warmer areas of New Mexico. Schools were closed in Los Alamos because 'of the snow and at Moriarty because of muddy roads.

Running water on New Mexico 3 forced its closing between Encino andDuran. Rain poured through the washes of Arizona. Nearly 3 inches of rain covered the Phoenix Country Club golf course and postponed the Professional Golfers Association tournament. The Wolf Creek ski area in southern Colorado got 33 inches of snow Wednesday and Thursday so much it had to close. Powder skiers went wild with happiness at the Purgatory ski area in southwest Colorado.

And at Maine's Sugarloaf Mountain, officials anticipated a large increase in skiers once roads became passable. A chain reaction wreck that involved 75 cars and injured five people occurred as police guided a fog-shrouded convoy across the 24-mile-long Lake Pontchartrain Causeway at New Orleans. A pair of tornadoes in San Diego, smashed signs and broke windows in a half dozen business houses. No serious injuries were reported. "I prefer love songs.

I used to be a crooner, you know." Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia's' exiled former leader, saying in Peking that communists in his nation sang too many "revolutionary" songs. Perhaps the most accurate description of Stephen Wade as a performer has c6me from his father who watched him one night when He was gearing at the club Somebody Else's Troubles in Chicago 111. "My kid's Danny Kaye with a banjo;" Mr. Wade declared. Stephen Wade is an extraordinary banjo player, versatile in his ability to use different styles, dexterous with his technique, and with a mind as nimble as his fingers.

His performance combines the two major loves of his lite: music, and the English language. Coached in the traditional southern Appalachian style of playing, his songs have their roots in the music of Britain, Ireland and Scotland which tap the Celtic and Nordic heritage of this racial group. The words, are frequently quotes from famous writers and wits: Mark Twain, Will Rogers, John Steinbeck, Carl Sandburg, John Dos Passes. He has a passion for collecting "yarns." One evening's music may span styles ranging from the ragtime and cakewalk music of the turn of the century, to contemporary popular songs. Wade has performed in locales so diverse as St.

Augstine, Fla. and Winnipeg, Canada, and recently completed a tour of the British Isles starting with an engagement at Cambridge, England. He has played for colleges and universities, at major folk festivals and clubs, and on radio and television in the U.S. His patter and songs have also jDeen heard on the BBC in Great Britain and he performed on CBC TV in Canada. The most arresting thing about his performance, however, is the man himself.

Corwin Irwin in Melody Maker, a British publication, commented: "He's like a circuit of electricity that races with unending frenzy. And he Norodom Sihanouk Ih. Huntingdon Dolly News (144,240) It published doily except Sundays and holidays lor (43,25 per yoar by the Joveph Diddle Publishing Company, 325 Penn Street, Huntingdon, Pa. 16652. Second class postage paid at Huntingdon, Pa.

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)f The Beautiful New 1 EALITY THEATRE jfRolwrt.dflls, 635-3451' FRI. THRU SUN. OUilt ampircfindc ADYMAtttlU Banjo Dancing Story Teller STEPHEN WADE has the most amazing, expressive eyes I've ever seen, eyes that dart frantically around inside his head, and seem to leap out and grab you; while his face rapidly runs a whole gamut of unexpected expressions from frequent impish grins to glances of extreme gravity." Stephen Wade will be performing this evening at the CHET Center for the Arts, 613 Washington Huntingdon at 8 p.m., sponsored by the Huntingdon County Arts Council. Tickets may be purchased at the center, at Raystown Graphics, and at Juniata College. Admission is $2.50 for adults, $1.00 for students.

Art council members will be admitted for $2.00. There will be tickets on sale at the door this evening. Parking is available in the public lot on Mifflin directly behind the center. Financial (Cont'd from Page 1) be a last resort, only if all other efforts failed to solve PennDOT's. financial problems," he said.

Thornburgh said, however, that he would consider a gasoline tax increase if it was the only way to raise the money the state needs in order to qualify for. millions of dollars in federal matching "DANCE" HILL VALLEY HOTEL Rl. 747, Mount Union 9:30 to 1:30 SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 "Night Owls" funds. And Thomas Larson, Thornburgh's nominee as Transportation secretary, has already said he thinks a tax increase is necessary and that he hopes to have enough support for one by July 1. A Ihoughl for the day: Southern Gen.

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