The News-Chronicle from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania • 1

4 5 1 1 1 NEWS-CHRONICLE It will take only a few minutes to vota Tuesday, but it will be nearly a year before you have another chance. Some kind of record was established by the speed with which Congress wound up its business and went home. 'St LARGEST SEMI-WEEKLY IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS ISSUE EIGHT PAGES (if VOL. XIII, NO. 23 THE SHIHPKNHBUR(i NEWS, KSTAB.

1844, AND THE SHIPPENSHUKG CHRONICLE, KSTAb! lt(76 th SHIPPENSBURG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1939 PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY liY THE NEWS-CHRONICLE COMPANY PRICE THREE CENTS THE LACK OF JOBS PETER NYE DIES THURSDAY NIGHT NO JUDGMENT HANDED DOWN EDUCATION WEEK BEING OBSERVED Special Programs Planned On National Theme BOROUGH RECAPS S. EARL STREET State Asked to Make Repairs On Northern Section Thursday and Friday the bor- t. r. -r. i i WORTHY UNITS ARE AIDED BY CHEST HERE Work of Community Nurse And Services of Band Are Described SHIRT PLANT ADDITION WILL BE USED SOON Process of Occupying New Building Will Be Gradual World State Briefs American Education week is being observed in the public schools and at the Shippensburg fjtate Teachers college this week.

Theme of the observance will be "The American Way of Life," topic selected by the National Education association and being used this week throughout the nation. First of the week's special activities was to be the meeting cf the Parent-Teacher association on Monday evening and the open house at local schools just preceding it. A special school assembly will be held at the college laboratory school on Wednesday afternoon at 2:15. Letters have been sent to parents of all children in the school inviting them to visit the school any time during the week. At the college several special classroom activities are planned.

and on Wednesday the senior class junction continued until a judg--will lead an assembly program ment is handed down. It is not built on the theme, "The American known when the judge will be ready Each Has Place The Shippensburg citizen who contributes to the Community Chest during the week of November 19- to 25 will be giving support to 10 important community projects. Each plays a distinct part pari HhaT might not "ffltodtf 1 Community Chest support were not available So that contributors to the fund may know exactly what their money will do for Shippensburg, the News-Chronicle presents a Reries of articles describing the work done by each project which draw support from the Chest. One of the most important factors in the health of the community is the community nurse project. The nursing program is carried on undT the auspices of the Civic club and is administered by a spe cial committee of which Mrs.

W. E. Shapley is chairman. The $1,200 item in the Chest budget for this work pays the sal ary of the community nurse. The equipment which she uses is furnished by the Civic club and most of her medical supplies are do nated.

She provides nursing ser vice to all persons in the borough and responds to calls from families where there is sickness and from physicians who need her help. She makes 130 or more calls each month. i Miss Margaret F. Griffith, who has been nurse here for the past year, has earned the praise of local doctor and of persons for whom she has cared. She is a graduate of Germantown hospital in Phila delphia.

In the course of her work Miss Griffith has come into contact with all classes of people. Those who are able to pay for her services are asked to do so, but help is never withheld because of inability to pay. In cases where they are needed, clothing and bedding are sup plied from a special chest maintain ed by the Civic club. The nurse cooperates with the county welfare boards in reporting families who need help and on several occasions her observations have brought to light undesirable social conditions. By approaching local health problems in a broad way she is able to render definite-service to the community in addi tion to that required by her pro fessional duty.

Last year the Community Chest supplied the Civic club with $1,300. Of this sum, $1,200 went to pay the salary of the community nurse and $100 went to the health committee. Mrs. Charles Thrush, presi dent of the Civic club, when asked to submit the club's budget to the officials of the chest for this year, asked for only $1,200. She ex plained that the health committee would not likely need the additional $100 this year because the committee had been successful in raising (Continued on page 6) IN V01E CASE Judge Watson Davison Hears Arguments on West End Ballots Monday Injunction Continued A decision is expected eoorf the contest over the local option election held September 12.

A on the petition for an injunction to restrain the Franklin county commissioners from certifying the returns of the West End precinct to the Cumberland county commissioners was held before Judge Watson R. Davison in the Franklin county court room at Chambersburg Monday morning. After listening to arguments for an hour and fifteen minutes, Judge' Davison ordered the temporary in- to announce hrs decision. Attorneys for the plaintiffs contended that the ballots cast in the West End voting are invalid because they differed in wording from the ballots used in the reit of the borough. If the ballots are found invalid, the granting of li-auor licenses will continue.

If the West End ballots are counted. Ship- pensburg goes dry by a majority of seven votes. Ballots usea in tne West End read, "Do you favor the granting of licenses in the We-tt End Shippensburg district." In Cumberland county districts the ballots read "Do you favor the granting of licenses in the borough of Shippensburg." Defendants claimed that the case is not within the jurisdiction of the court of equity because they said no rights of the plaintiffs are being infringed. The attorney for the plaintiff countered saying of the ballets would injure the holders of Proper handling of the ease, ac-" cordiijr-to the defendants, would be to certify the ballots to the Liquor Control and then 1 raise the issue in a court of ap-, peals. Judge Davison was in a jovial mood, and at one point in the hearing spent several minutes commenting on the unusual position of Shippensburg.

He said that to his knowledge it is the only borough in the state wh.ich lies within two counties. Concerning election procedure, he raised the question of whether or not it is proper for the Franklin countv commissioners to certify returns to the commissioners of Cumberland county, or if both counties should not certify their returns to state authorities in Harrisburg. Well Baby Center To Meet For Toxoid Test The Well Baby center, ajjuimuied by the Civic club, will meet at the Old Court House Thursday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30 o'clock. Dr. S.

G. A. Brown will be the examining physician and Miss Lillie B. Funk will be in charge of the records. Hostesses will be Mrs.

A. Swanker, Miss Florence Hull, Mrs. Walter Ellwein and Miss Mildred Angle. Ail members are requested to be piesent for the toxoid test. Arrested for Conduct Herman Strock of town, and Joe Surrick and Hobart Blankenbecker of Roxbury were arrested by borough police Saturday night on charges of disorderly conduct.

Posting cash forfeits of $5 each, they were released to appear for hearing Monday evening. i We i ii S- It 11 i i is it 'I 1 I Si 4i Sit it I ill Wav of Life." LE. CREAMER DIES FRIDAY Former Councilman a Been 111 for Seven Weeks; Rites Monday Lawrence E. Creamer, 48, of 18 South Queen street, a former borough councilman, died at 6:30 o'clock Friday evening in the Carlisle hospital after an illness of seven weeks. He had been in the hospital three weeks.

Mr. Creamer was born in New-burg October 12, 1891, the son cf Jacob E. Creamer and he late Mary Catherine Creamei ii- Ke was a machinist by trade and had been employed for 30 years at the Domestic Engine, and Pump company here. He served a four-year term as councilman, from 1632 to 1936. He was a member of the Vigilant Hose company, serving as treasurer for 10 years, from 1926 to 1935.

He was a member of the Church of God. He had lived in the Shippensburg vicinity most of his life. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Maude Creamer; his father, Jacob E. Creamer of town; two sons, Eber Creamer of Carlisle and Paul Creamer at home; a daughter, Mrs Catherine Crusey of Carlisle; one grandchild and two brothers, Oren Creamer of town and Brenton Creamer of Waynesboro R.

R. 1. Funeral services were at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home, conducted by the Rev. M. C.

Manning. Burial was made in Spring Hill cemetery. Miss Mildred Shuman Wed To H. Keeseman Miss Mildred Shuman, daughter of Eber Shuman of Newburg R. was married to Herman Keeseman, son of Mr.

arid Mrs. Albert Keeseman of Shippensburg R. R. 1, Saturday at Winchester, Virginia. The Rev.

George Stover, pastor of the United Brethren Church at Winchester, performed the ceremony. Townsend Club To Meet The Townsend club will meet at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening in the clubroom in the Staver building. All members are urged to bring questions that they would like answered. I I i RETARDS POST OFFICE HERE Absence of 1939 Building Program Causes Spread of Earlier Programs Speed Is Slackened The fact that the Public Build ings Administration has no 1939 emergency construction program to worry about is one of the factors delaying construction of the Shippensburg post office, included in the 1937 program, according to information originating in Washington. In other words, the administra tion, faced with the prospect of running out of federal building jobs, has been and still is taking plenty of time in preparing lor market the buildings included In the 1937 and the 1938 construction programs.

On August 25, 1937, Congress appropriated $69,000,000 for construction of 437 federal buildings, principally poet offices. And, on June 21. 1938. Congress appropri ated $57,000,000 for 378 buildings. Expecting a similar appropna- tion in 1939.

the Public Buildings Administration, then the treasury's procurement division, went ahead with its. 1937 and 1938 programs with customary speed. But Congress suddenly soured on spending money for new post offices, and funds for this work were not forthcoming in 1939. Officials of the PBA were somewhat perturbed. They had employed a considerable number of draftsmen, architects and engineers to plan and build the structures approved each year.

It ibecame necessary to slacken the program, that the administration would have work on hand at least through 1940 when it is hoped Congress once again will turn to its favored pro ject, construction ot new post ot-fices. AoporHinclv. manwmDloves were dismissed and the work delayed. Now that the site for the Shirnens-burg post office haij been selected, the administration hopes to. have the project on the market within four to six months.

Construction of the building will (Continued on page 8) S.B. GLESSNER DIES ON SUNDAY Had Been Active Although 83 Years Old Samuel B. Glessner, 83, of 21 North Prince street, died at 8 o' clock Sunday evening at his home. He had been ill since he suffered a stroke October 12. Mr.

Glessner was born at New Franklin December 28, 1855, the son of the late Peter and Lydia Staver Glessner. He was married August 4, 1881, to the late Miss Thyanna Staver, who died in 1921. Mr. Glessner farmed for 33 years, retiring in 1914. He was a member of Memorial Lutheran Church.

He had been in good health until he was stricken in October, and had worked in the garden all summer. He was active until a day or two before he became ill. Surviving are nine children, Mrs. Ralph Warden of town, Raymond Glessner of Waynesboro, Mrs. F.

V. Shade of town, Miss Mabel Glessner of town, Grover Glessner of Parker Ford and Miss Retta Glessner, Miss Nora Glessner, Frank Glessner and Irvin Glessner, all of town; 16 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; two brothers, William Glessner of Chambersburg and F. E. Glessner of Dazey, North Dakota, and a sister, Mrs. Edith Grove of Chambersburg.

Funeral services will be at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home, conducted by the Rev. W. W. Barkley, assisted by the Rev. Edgar E.

Spatz and the Rev. Clarence Neal of Chambersburg. Burial will be made in Spring Hill cemetery. POST TO JOIN IN CARLISLEPARADE No Parade Here Is Slated on Armistice Day Because of the Americanism pa- iade to be held in Carlisle on Ar- mistice day, the Shippensburg post of 'tha Amprican Lesrion has de- ciJed not to hold the parade here this vear, but to cooperate with the Cai lisle organization. Shippensburg ex-service men, both members of the Legion and non-members, will march in the Carlisle parade, which is scheduled for 9 o'clock Saturday morning.

Arrangements have been made by the Legion to provide transportation to Carlisle for all veterans who wish to march. The contingent will leave the Legion home here at 8:15 Saturday morning. I Funeral Services Are Held Sunday at Mongul Peter D. Nye, 71, of R. R.

1, died suddenly Thursday evening at his home near Shippensburg Mr. Nye had been in poor health for some time, but his condition had not been considered serious. He was active until a few minutes before his death. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Edgar E.

Spatz in the Mongul United Brethren Church at Mongul Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with interment in the Mongul cemetery. Mr. Nye was born here Septem ber 30, 1868, and had lived all his ln. the He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Addie Nye; a brother, William Nye of Spring Run; a sister, Mrs.

Noah Zook of Ableen, Kansas; seven daughters and two sons. The children are Mrs. William Green, Mrs. Henry Weaver, Mrs. Harper Shoap, Mrs.

Harper Her-shey, Mrs. Harry Martin and Mrs. Donald Rine, all of Shippensburg; Mrs. Paul Hershey of Lancaster, Elmer Nye of Hagerstown, Maryland, and Wilbur Nye of Bethlehem. ELECTION SET FOR TUESDAY; POLLSJJSTED Voting Places Open at 7, Close at 8 O'clock in All Districts All SUteVotes Voters of Shippensburg and vicinity will sro to the polls Tuesday along with those of the rest of the state to elect two state judicial officers and slates of county and borough or township officers.

Polling places in the Shippensburg vicinity are unchanged. The east ward will vote at the Clapper building, North Washington street. The middle ward will vote at the Municipal building, East King and Prince stteets. The west ward will vote at the Cumberland Valley Hose -company building, West King street. The west end precinct will vote at the Elliott building on Cum berland avenue, north of West King street.

Shippensiburg township will vote at the pleasant HiU school oh Fort street extended. The polls will be open at each voting place from 7 clock iues day morning until 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. Three Town Youths Join Army Through Post Here Three Shippensburg young men have enlisted in the United States Army at the recDuitine which has been located in front of the Municipal building. Recruits from town are Lester CliDDineer of 319 East Garfield street. John Russell of 21 East Or ange street, and Sidney Zullinger of R.

R. 3. They will take their posts immediately and are to be stationed at the medical depart ment barracks in Carlisle. fixed obligations we would wipe out our $50,000 surplus and encumber our income for 1939. I am happy to report to you that we paid our serial bond obligation and, through the efforts of our solicitor, Russel B.

Updegraff, the damages at West Fairview have been amicably settled to the satisfaction of all concerned at a saving of more than $20,000. "It is business management like this and legal opinion like this that will enable Cumberland county to maintain if not reduce a low tax rate. Under the present trend I will predict that as our debt is reduced our tax will likewise reduce and that it will only be a matter of a few years when Cumberland county will have the lowest and not the next to lowest tax rate in Pennsylvania. "When we consider that all the counties surrounding us have higher tax rates we must wonder why. The conditions are much the same, the people are of very much thr same race and breeding.

One and only one reason why Dauphin and Franklin counties have six mills tax, Perry and York eight mills and Adams seven mills is because we have different business methods in Cumberland county. The election of a Democratic ticket means that the people approve of this tax program for Cumberland county. Truly the election of 1939 is a business proposition," declared Mr. Barnitz. uuii recappea ooum r.an sneer.

between King and Orange streets. One day was spent with the work on each side of the street. The old surface was dug away along the edge of the road and the whole street was covered with a fresh layer of amiesite. North Earl street, also in need of repair, is maintained by the state highway commission because it is a part of route 696, the Middle Spring road. The borough has requested that the state make repairs on the northern part of the street similar to the work done last week on the southern section.

This brings near what council-men hope will be a satisfactory conclusion to several months of discussion and negotiation about the condition of Earl street. The council has sought for some time to induce the Pennsylvania railroad to rebuild its tracks from foundation to surface. Work was started by the railroad more than a month ago on resurfacing of the track section of the street. The council brought pressure to bear upon the railroad and succeeded in having the company agree to remove and replace the ballast after respiking the rails. This was done and amiesite was used by the railroad in placing the new surface.

The borough, in accordance with its agreement with the railroad, now has resurfaced its portion of Earl street, although it is not known when the highway department may resurface its portion of the street. PLAYLET WILL BE GIVEN FOR CIVIC CLUB "Don't Tell A Soul" Will Be Principal -Feature of Session Friday F.B.I. Man to Speak "Don't Tell a Soul" is the playlet to be presented at the meeting of the Civic club Friday evening at o'clock in the Blue Room at Morrison's, West King street. Included in the cast will be Mrs. Hiram Gill, Mrs.

James Hocker-smith, Miss Hazel Walters, Mrs Ralph Clement, Mrs. Ralph Potter, Mrs. G. Irvin Van Scyoc, Miss Martha Brown, Mrs, Walter Ellwein and Mrs. Richard Wolfrom.

This meeting, announced as president's night, will feature also a reception to new members, and presidents of clubs in nearby towns are expected to attend. A representative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will speak on "Fingerprinting." Mrs. James Michener, president of the Women's club of Mechanicsburg, will be guest soloist. Hostesses will be members of the executive board. A social hour will follow the program.

Most of the club business will be dispensed with at this meeting except receiving club dues. FIRST SN0 IS SEEN HERE Four to Six inches Fall in Mountains; Snow Plows Go Into Action Shirpensburg's first snow of thi? fall fell Saturday and Saturday evening, while a heavy snowfall blanketed mountain legions nearby. In Shippensburg there were snow flurries Saturday afternoon and a steady fall for a time Saturday night, leaving snow still visible on Sunday morning. A steady rain Sunday quickly took the snow away here. In the mountains the snowfall Saturday evenine was heavy, and it was reported that snow still remaining in Amberson and Path Valleys Monday made work on sup- erhighway construction projects impossible.

From four to six inches of snow i were reported in the North Moun- i tain and in Path and Amberson 1 Valleys. From an inch to three or four inches of snow fell in the South Mountain. Snow plows were used by the Denartmentr of Highways to clear off North Mountain highways. Heavy snows were reported in Fulton countv and in much of the Allegheny region. Snows ranging up to a foot or more were reported in New England and the Atlantic coast was lashed by rain and high winds.

Employes Are Added The new addition to the Shirt-craft company plant now is being placed in use, according to. Gus Kaplan, manager. Occupation will not te completed until the end of the year. The new building is bing put into service gradually, the man ager explained, because the olant is being kept very 'bUsy and a sudden reorganization would retard the production schedule: Part of the machinery being installed in the addition is new. The rest is being brought from other plants where it has been idle for some time.

Most of the work to be done in the annex will be in the stitching department, but all departments will benefit from the expansion. The extra space and equipment will enable the factoiy to continue production at the present rate while reducing the houis of til workers accordance with the federal wages and hours act, Mr. Kaplan said. Weekly hours for Shirtcraft em ployes have been reduced from 44 to 42 in the past year. Further re ductions are contemplated.

To compensate for the reduction in working time 40 new employes have already been added to the payroll. It is expected that 50 others will be needed by the time oc cupation of the addition has been completed. The new building is 82 xi by 100 feet and has 8.000 square feet of floor space. Its construction is brick and hollow tile and its walls hsve insulating properties which will make the building warmer in winter and cooler in summer. Its heading system employs fans which may be used in summer to circulate cool air.

Large windows provide abundant natural light for the new rooms. Five From Here Make Indiantown Gap Trip Five men of this section who are members of battery 166th field artillery. Pennsylvania National Guard, Waynesboro, left Saturday for the National Guard maneuvers at Indiantown Gap this week. They are Lieut. Walter Phrtteror of town, Corp.

Floyd Plasterer of Dry Run, Corp. Erwin Howland and Privates Amos Howland and William Buikhart of town. EASTERN STAR CONCERT SET Harrisburg Group to Offer Program Here Thursday Evening at 8:15 Thursday evening at 8:15 the Eastern Star will present the Quartet Harrisburg soloists in a concert at the Public school auditorium. This program will include contralto and baritone vocal solos, instrumental numbers and a reading. Theodor Karhan, violinist, will play Bach's "Air on String," and works of Godowsky-Heifetz, DeFalla and Saraste.

Miss Etta Miller, pianist, will play two Chopin numbers, including the familiar "Valse in Sharp Minor," and works of Dett and Lecuona. Vocal numbers will include a group of Paul Lawrence Dunbar's songs, the spiritual My Lord. What a Morning." and two other contralto sobs by Mrs. Mildred Eshelman. Abram Dewhirst will sing two groups, including Brahms' "Sapphic Ode" and "The Green Eyed Dragon" by Charles.

At the close of the program Mrs. Eshelman and Mr. Dewhirst will sing Schubert's "Serenade" as a duet, with a violin obligato by Mr. Karhan. A reading, "Dishonor," by Nan Wallace, will be given by Mrs.

Eshelman. The soloists come highly recommended and are very popular in their home city of Harrisburg. Their appearance here has been arranged under the direction of Miss Minnie B. Bolan and Mrs. Anna B.

Eshelman of the Shippensburg chapter of the Eastern Star. This Week's WeTther Weather outlook for week of November 6. North and Middle Atlantic States: Rain about Wednesday; generally fair latter part of week. No extremes in temperature indicated. Temperature will likely average near normal.

Storm Is Off Coast A storm of hurricane intensity was reported in the Atlantic off Ihe southern United States coast ly the weather bureau Monday. The stoim was placed 450 miles southwest of Bermuda, moving northeast. Ships in its path receiv-c hurricane warnings. Venezuelan Pact Signed The State Department announced the signing of a leciprocal trade treaty between the United States mid Venezuela. It is the eleventh such treaty with Latin American nations and the twenty-second in the administrations reciprocal trade program.

Five Hurt In Wreck Five persons were injured when Boston-Portland passenger train was derailed near Westfleld, Massachusetts. Hints Japanese Embargo Senator Pittman, chairman df the Senate foieign relations committee, said that unless relations between the United States and Japan are improved he will introduce in the next session of Con-ercvs a resolution which would cive the President authority to declare an embargo against Japan. He me-dicted easy passage for the measure. Sea Lions Flee War Two highl- valued sea Ifona of a London zoo will be shipped to the United States for care in a Washington zoo for the duration of the European war. Flint May Come Home The American freighter City of Flint, which was seized by Norway from a German prize crew and restored to its American crew, may leave its cargo at Bergen, Norway, and leturn to the United States without touching at the British Isles, now in a zone forbidden to American ships.

Fatherless Rabbit Born The New York Academy of Medicine saw an exhibit of a rabbit which was born of a foster-mother, with a solution of table salt for father. It was the fust animal ever torn through the process of synthetic parthenogenesis, or fatherless birth. Schmeling Leaves Home Max Schmeling, German heavy-weignt boxer, left Germany for Barcelona, en route to Lisbon and the United States amid rumors that he again is in trouble with the Nazi government. When Is Thanksgiving? A sutvey shows that 23 states will observe November 23, date proclaimed by the President, as Thanksgiving, while 23 others will observe November 30, which would have been Thanksgiving by custom. Texas and Colorado will observe both dates.

Pennsylvania wili observe November 23. Loses Leg In Game Don Herring, Princeton football Player, had his left leg amputated the knee as the result of an unusual football accident, in which arteries of the leg were severed, stopping circulation. Shipping In Tanele American shipping was in something of a tangle as navigation beads sought to revamp trade channels i- accordance with the new neutrality act. The norts of neu tral Netherlands, Belgium and the Scandinavian countries are closed to American ships, as well wat- l's ot belligerent nations. There talk of a swap with Great Brit a'n turninw thp South American trade over to Unitpd States ships and assuming the chief burden of 11 ns-Atlantic shipping.

Will Exile Ws It is reported the German Reich planning tn oviln Tnuc tn thp Plains of eastern Poland, leaving y''imany proper without Jewish inhabitants. Plans are said to call completion of the forced emi- fc'-mon within a year. War Orders Coming informal commitments for war anu nymg into almost astronomical run- fig mer lcn manufactuiing plants over the ekeiid, beginning after repeal of lhe arms embargo became certain. Barnitz Envisions Lowest Tax Rate in State for Cumberland County in Future POST OFFICE MIGHT LOOK LIKE THIS A possibility for a lower tax rate in Cumberland county next year and of a drop within a few years to the lowest rate in the state was expressed by George W. Barnitz, president of the Cumberland county board of commissioners and candidate for reelection, in a talk at a Carlisle rally Thursday evening.

"There is a possibility that the mill rate of Cumberland county may reach the low in Pennsylvania within a year or two if good sound business practices are followed," said Mr. Barnitz. "In fact some taxpayers of the county asked us to lower the rate this year to three mills and the matter was fully considered, but the decision again to lay the rate at four mills, the third from the lowest in Pennsylvania, was made because of our debt situation and land damages at West Fairview. "When these taxpayers requested that the rate be lowered they did not know that more than worth of serial bonds came due on the debt contracted years ago to build the concrete roads from Carlisle to Boiling Springs and Newville. This was also at a time when the order of the Public Util ity commission demanded lana damages in the West Fairview road relocation in the estimated amount of $40,000.

"It then appeared that to reduce the millage in the face of these te I CD 0 i Above is shown the new post office building at Elizabethtown. which representatives of the Shippensburg Chamber of Commerce and post office visited recently to inspect. The Shippensburg representatives favored suggesting a somewhat similar design for the proposed post office building here. Because of differences in lot dimensions, ik Shippensburg building will be more of an oblong shape than the Eliza-, bet town building, with a narrower front on East King street and a longer side on North Penn street..