The Morning Herald from Hagerstown, Maryland • Page 16

SIXTEEN THE MORNING HERALD, HACERSTOWN, MARYLAND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1961 THE I --Miss Rohrer, right, is thowo above wilh the runnerup, Miss Pat Slouffer, aflcr last i public speaking contest in the Extension Service office. Miss Rohrer is the 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Arthur Rohrer, Keetlysville.

She is a Undent and member of the Boonsboro Senior High 4-H Club. She will now represent Wash- ington County in the district 4-H Club speaking contest to be held in Cumberland on May 1. Miss Stoulfer is a member of the Beaver Creek 4-H Club. The judges for the contest were: Bill Allenburs, Boonsboro school teacher; Harlan Biggs, Board of Education and Mrs. B.

Litton, president of the Halfway Homemakers Club. (Staff Photo) In Maryland New Legislation Expands Driver Education Funds By MARTY SUTPHIN 1. Require police making a drun- ANNPOUS A Maryland'sihcn driving charge to advise the Pressman Asks Potomac Act Invalidation ANNAPOLIS A Altorne Hyman A. Pressman nsked murder. AB Okays 4 Merger Of 2 Airlines WASHINGTON A I The icrgcr of United and Capital Air- DCS won formal government ap- Tuesday.

The new airline amed United, will be (lie na- on's largest. The Civil Aeronautics Board, nnounci'ng approval, said it np- rovcd the merger simply be- it fell it had no other hoice. Without the merger, the oard said Capital would have one out of business. United nmt Capital agreed to lerge partly to satisfy a British rm, i s-Armslrong Ltd apital owed the firm $34 million or planes. The CAB approval came after lans (or another merger evident fell through, at least for a hile.

Northeast Airlines dis losed it temporarily had siis ended plans to merge trans World Airlines. The new United line now ha tie old routes of United, primari east-west traffic, and the Cap lal routes of New York New Orleans, and othc Southern cities. NoVerdictYet hi Finch Case LOS ANGELES i.fi ury. tryins lo decide whether Dr. J.

Bernard Finch and his fiirl ricnd shall live or (tic, was locked up lale Tuesday with no sign progress. The jurors left for their hotel after seven hours and 18 minutes if deliberation in two days. The 10 men and two women, who convicted the pair after two earlier trials ended in jury dead- ocks, had been expected to decide speedily on a sentence. The length of deliberations raised the question of whether there might be still another dead lock. Dr.

Finch. 43, and Carole Tre- goff, 24, were convicted of the murder of his socialite wife. Bar bara Jean, 36. She was shot lo death at the Finch home July 18 1959. The surgeon said it was ac cidcnt.

The stale called it cold Court of Appeals Tuesday to de-! traffic safety program, the a nt he may take a chcnv are the results of a ject of major legation las, year, ical test. was changed very htile by Ihc. j. Provide aulomatic 30-day sus- rercrendum cn River 1961 General Assembly. Some 50 bills dealing motor vehicles were considered, but only 16 were enacted.

One of those passed and sent to Gov. Tawes expands the driver ed- pcnsion of the license of a minor convicted of (our moving viola- lions. 3. Authorize local governments to make special regulations on roads damaged by snow or rain. Under California law, the con holds separate delib determine sentence.

event, of a deadlock, thi Compact lo be invalid and ordcrtjudge has the option of having a new vole on the issue new panel formed lo do the job The Ballimore attorney S0 ht ucation program in Maryland i 4. Require all new cars licensed schools. Maryland to hare outside mir- It increases the fee for learners' permits from 51 to $5 and authorizes the Department of Education to spend the money in each subdivision on the basis of the num-! ori rors on the driver's side and turn signals. overthrow of a Baltimore may impose is Wc imprisonment Circuit Court ruling upholding thej controversial pact with A 1 1 1 1 1 1 a Hc alleged seven grounds AllU)UiailCC IClub Meeting versal of Ihe lower court. Pressman represents Southern a a watermen Authorize the Department oncd the orto hc Nov 8 fll TM" ballot whcre il a 33.000-votc and destroy certain old rec- ber of students in driver training or courses.

Similar proposals, had a times, but most of the past 118 position was appeased Ibis by eliminating any mandatory pro-; 1 visions. Under the new law, it will up Is the local governments! Posters for the forthcoming to determine how tar they wantiannual ministrcl show of the to go in offering the instructionJClc-ar Spring Lions Club were Students will not be compelled toidistributed last evening at a indorsement. The compact rets up bi-state isency for requlation of the. Potomac's fishery. It replaces a 17R5 igreement unilaterally abrogated by the 1957 Maryland General As- lembly.

lake Ihe course. jdinncr-mceling of the club in The State Board of Education! the fire hall. now supplements local financing! The presentation, called the of driver training up lo a certain limit, hut the courses are offered only in Baltimore City and a few counties. "Happy Minstrels." will be staged in the Clear Spring high school on the evenings of April .26 and 27. The cast will be Local automobile dealers helpjmadc up of Lion members and defray the cost by donating a few other residents of the It is estimated Ihe fund will to-hown.

Proceeds from this show tal about SoOQ.OOO a year at the start. The state will pay about S24 per student, and local schools will pay the remaining 511 required for such training. go toward various club ac including helping area children take pail in Ihe school patrol parade in Washington John R. Jewell, commissioner of band. and helping the high schoo motor vehicles, was put under the merit system by a law cnacicd in the final hours nf the session The commissioner now is namw for a four-year term by the Rover All ambulance drivers am aid personnel are request cd to attend a meeting of th Williamsport Ambulance Clu in the firemen's club rooms a 7:30 'o'clock this evening.

There will also be a meeting of the board of directors of the lub. A physician will be present FOR A I --Spade Cooley, popular Western-style Bandleader and real estate developer, is escorted to Keen County jail lo await arraignment on suspicion of murdcrjng his wife Ella May, at.Bakersfield, Calif. The nomination committee presented a slate of officers for the election to lake place at the next meeting. Roy Baker is now serving as the club presi- Soviets Back Reprisals On South Africa UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.

(AP) --The Soviet Union plunged Tuesday into an Asian-African family squabble over proposed reprisals against South Africa. The Reds threw support behind an all-African demand for a worldwide break with the white supremacist South African government. Soviet delegate Arkady Sobolev totd the 99-nalion Special Political Committee his government backed the call by the 23 African N. members for sweeping anctions against the South Afri an regime to force a change in race policies. dent.

nor. Under the merit system, he will serve as long as he performs in a competent manner. This adroinislration-backed hill cliJ was given an unfavorable commit-; tee rcporl early in the session but was revived in the closing week. Another new law provides lines of $100 to $500 or imprisonment up to 30 days for drivers who knowingly operate an uninsured car without paying the fee required in Ihc Unsatisfied Claim Judgment Law. Another bill enacted makes It Illegal to make, sell or possess lip tilious drivers' licenses.

The bill was introduced aflcr a group of prisoners at the Maryland Penitentiary was found lo he printing false licenses or titles. Other new acts: ond week in May when Ihe dis- rict governor will pay a visit the club. Following the meet last nisht members ad lourncd lo the high school lo Ed in some rehearsing for the minstrel show. A committee was a for a the sec- iitensive Tests Due Astronauts BAND CONCERT The South Hagerstown High School will be heard in concer over WJEJ this afternoon be ginning at 2:35. Selections wil include The Seminamide Over ture by Rossini, Chorale an Alleluia by Hansen and Til EulcnspicgePs Pranks Strauss.

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i a R. C. Parks We are in no way with Tri Sttte Home Improvement Co. demonstrate the proper handing of oxygen equipment. A lumber of the drivers a qualified in this work but others lave not yet had the opportunity irse this equipment.

A first aid instructor will talk i how to a patients who lave been affected by atomic energy radiation. This informa- ion has been secured from a nearby Air Force base. All officers, directors, and ambulance drivers are urged to attend the meeting tonight business concerns in the com munity have also been invited send a representative. Canal Bills Are Outlined A spokesman for the Williams, port CO canal Club called at- lenlion this week lo bills which nclude Ihe CiO Canal National Historical Park; Hc said that Congressman Charles Malhias has supplantec his first bill with HR 4684 which calls for the establishment i National historical park in ivhal was recently proclaimed as the CO Canal National Monument. The club member explained Ihe new bill eliminates the orig inal provision for a scenic park way which also appeared in earlier bills drawn up by Sena tor Glenn Beall.

It was explain ed that the Mathias bill now dif fers from the Beall bill only in authorization to acquire land: in addition lo the 4,008 acre: in Federal ownership. The general opinion of clul members is thai the Senate bil will meet with little opposition I is the same as last year's bil vhich got as far as the House Icarings on the House hill ma be scheduled for April this year The club spokesman said tha unds have been made avai able for the development of th canal property during 1961 an 1962 which amount to $430,000 Choi AtEUBApr.5 A choral conductor who calth of experience has taken into nearly every state in nation to conduct choral oups will lead Ihe North Cenal College Concert Choir when ey present a concert of sacred usic in the Emmanuel Evan- elical United Brethren Church, i Ave. and Howard The money will be available rehabilitate the canal and il old structures, also to develo picnic grounds and a i The Williamsport club ha been receiving requests for in formation from tourisls, camp ers and hikers from all parts the country about the facililie along the canal. An historic organization in a nearby cil recently indicated it will vis the canal in the vicinity ol Wi liamsport next month. $103,000 Left By Pensioner OXNARD, Calif.

(AP)-A Socia 'cs da Security pensioner who died and hall at A business mee was buried at public expense Ijarl ing will be followed by confe a bank safe deposit box of the first and second GRANGE MEET ON WED. The Lcitersburg Grange wi hold a regular meeting on We with $103,020 in cash and bonds. Public Administrator Patrick Sul- iivan said Tuesday. TM a iers are invited to attend. WASHINGTON (APl-The Ihree ilretch-running Mercury nstro- nauts will soon undergo intensive ests on a giant centrifuge as the ime ncars lo select one (or light into space.

Officials of Ihe Civilian Space Agency said Tuesday that beginning, in about Iwo weeks, the trio would get two or three days of intensive workouts on a device which will expose them lo the same acceleration forces one nf them will face when he hlasls off in a capsule atop a big Redstone rocket. ANTIETAMS TO MEET A regular meeting of the An- tielam Fire Co. will be held in he hall tonight beginning al 7:30. C. 1.

Eyler, chairman of the annual carnival committee, announced there will be an impor- lant meeting of the committee in the fire hall this Thursday evening al 7:30 o'clock, The an nual carnival will be held this year at the Long Meadow Shopping Center, week of June 26 to July 3, inclusive. HANCOCK HOUSE SOLD A six room a dwellin i bath and coal furnace, aled in Washington Ha ock, was sold at public sa front of the Court House ye erday afternoon by Auctione Renner for 7.300. A To ol I voters, workers and friends who made it possible for me to serve you as city coun. cilman, Ward 1. WILLIAM H.

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Drury Mrs. Jacob Monningcr, 439 W. ntictam has received word Ihe death of her brother, Al- J. Drury, 77, of Benson- lie, 111. Born in Franklin County, r.

Drury lived the early part his life in Washington County cforc moving to Illinois. He as the son of Ihc lale George and Mary E. (Tostcn) Drury. He is survived by his wife, ada, Bensonvillc; sons, Hcr- an, liockford, III; and Joseph ranklin Park, sisters, Irs. Delia Monninger, this city; nd Mrs.

Mary Ritchey, Rock ird, III. A brother, Joseph C. rury, of Franklin Park, also Funeral services were held londay, March 27, in Benson- ille. Mrs. Mary E.

Miller Mrs. Mary E. (Kinsey) Mil- cr, aged 81, Smithsburg Rt. 2, led on Monday at 6 p.m. at ie home of her son, M.

Harvey iillcr, with whom she had made her home following the ealh, on a a 9, 1946, of icr husband, Mahlon Harvey liller, Sr. Mrs, Miller had been in fail ng health for the past two years, suffering several sligh trokcs. Nine months ago she ell, a i her left hip am lad been confined lo her bee or the past three months. She vas taken critically ill on March 28. Born al Ml.

Lena, she was he a of John T. and Sophia (Ambrose) Kinscy. She pent her entire life in Ml. Lena and her entire married life in the Smithsburg area. She was a member of Welly's Church of Ihe Brethren.

She was the last member oi immediate family. Surviving are the following children: M. Harvey Miller, Smilhsburg Rt. Mrs. Guy C.

Lewis, Smithsburg; Mrs, Harry E. Beard, St. Augustine Mrs. U. H.

Beard, Smiths urg Rt. Mrs. Edward Ridenour. 'Maugansville; Thorn L. Miller, Smithsburg Rt.

2: Sdward H. Miller, Waynesboro nd Daniel E. Miller, Hagers own. Seventeen grandchildren nd 19 great grandchildren alsi urvivc. Funeral services will be hcl( 'hursday at 2 p.m.

from th Grove Funeral Home, Waynes toro, conducted by the Rev Glenn Heckman. Burial will ie made in Welly's Church Cemetery. Friends may call at he funeral home this evening rom 7-9. a C. Ridenour, Sr.

Thurman C. Ridenour, State College, died Monday evening, aged 51 years. Born in Hagerstown, he was son of Harry and Mary I Ridenour. He was a member of St. Paul's E.U.B.

Church and the Alsatia Club. Surviving are: his wife, Mil vas the daughter o( the late Samuel F. and Florence (Robinson) Conrad. She was a mem- her of the First Christian Church and the Bitner Bible Surviving arc: daughter, Miss Elizabeth J. Saum; sons, Clarence C.

and Alvin all of Hag- crslown; sisters, Edna Miller, Hagerstown; and Mrs, Nellie Green, Hagerstown Rt. one granddaughter; and a ber of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the Normcnt Funeral Home hursday at 2 p.m. with I ha tcv. John a officiating.

nlcrment will be made in Hose Hill Cemetery. Dr. C. N. Ellis To Speak At Church Here Dr.

Calvert N. Ellis, president of Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa. will preach Sunday morning at the 11 a.m. service in the Church of the Brclhren, and will conduct a spiritual retreat in Ihc afternoon for the officers and workers of the local church. Dr.

Ellis is one of Pcnnsyl- ania's best known college ad- PAUL W. ALLEN 'hursday evening at 8 o'clock 'aui Warren Allen, conductor if Ihc 45-voicc student choir as been at the Naperville, 111. ollege since September 1957 together dred (Cook) Thurman C. Ridenour; Ridenour, daughters, Mrs. Minster, Elkton.

and the Misses Lucinda DR. CALVERT ELLIS ministration he has served a president of the Pennsylvania Assn. of College and Universit- es, as a m'ember of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the Middle States Assn. of College and Secondary Schools, and for six years was chairman of the 12-member Commission on the Arts of tha Assn. of American Colleges.

Dr. Ellis is a graduate of Juniata College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Yale L'ni- versity, has been honored dc srees from Bethany Bibli- "1 Seminary in Chicago and 8 a me IU.MM i.m.-miia Manchester College in In! M1 E' liana. Ho has done additional Paul Ridenour and Max E. Ridenour, both of Hagerstown. grandchildren also sur- organization that has irawn consistent praise from ress and public alike.

Reviews )f his choral groups include uch typical comments as this me from the Rochester, N. 'Times Union" "Superbly rained, excellent balance, su- ierb musical discipline." On (lie ist of works lo be heard are represented some of the most i i 1 regarded composers iom age" of music --Bach, Rosclli, Eckhard and Brahms. Included especially this eastern trip will be a group of selections by Moravian composers of the early 19th century. "Great Hymns of the Chrislian Faith," a group of traditional songs of worship, will complete (he choral repertoire. Hugh D.

Saum, formerly of 301 S. Mulberry died at the Garlock Memorial Convalescent Hospital, Tuesday at 4:45 a.m., aged 80 years. Born in Greencastle, she graduate study at the University of Goettingen in a the University of Zurich in Switzerland, and at Harvard University. Dr. Ellis is well known in Hagerstown, having served as interim minister of (he local Church of the Brethren on two different occasions.

The subject, of his sermon will be Dedication of This Church." Three vive. Funeral services will be held at the Mirmich Funeral Home, Wilson Thursday at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Lester M. Kauffman officiating.

Inler- ment in Rest Haven Cemetery. The a i will receive friends at the funeral home this evening from 7-9. Catherine M. Saum Catherine M. Saum, widow of lo Capture America by the Way.

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Adv. DIVORCE SUIT Nelda Patton filed suit for divorce from John H. Patton in Circuit Court. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank relatives, friends, neighbors, pallbearers, and everyone who assisted us during the recent loss of our wife and mother. NETLIE E.

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