The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania • 5

SECOND FIRST i Lehigh Dean U.S. Court Defers Action To Dissolve Injunction On Policing Blue Law Ginley declared. "We should now i. i iv''-A Z- i it it 5i 2.:: i i i. A special three judge federal court on Tuesday upheld tha constitutionality of the Blue Laws as revised this year.

It did not, however, pass upon the validity of the 1939 law. Thursday's conference was in the chambers of Circuit Judge William H. Hastie. It was attended by lawyers involved in the litigation and by the other members of the panel, District Judges George A. Welsh and John W.

Lord Jr. Request Dissolution McGinley, Asst. Atty. Ernest F. Ritter and State Deputy Atty.

Gen. Harry Rubin were PHILADELPHIA A special three-judge federal court withheld action Thursday to dissolve an injunction restraining Dist. Atty. Paul A. McGinley of Lehigh Coun- ty from enforcing Pennsylvania's amended Blue Laws Attorneys for 2 Guys From Harrison asked a stay of the injunction, in effect since September, pending reargument on the constitutionality of the 1959 amendment.

They also asked the court to rule on the 1939 law a restatement of the state's first Blue Law of 1794. And, finally, the lawyers will request a U. S. District Court hearing to" determine whether McGinley discriminated against the Whitehall Township discount house in his enforcement of the law. Continuance Sought Atty.

Morris Efron of Allen town said, "We asked the court, among other things, to continue the injunction in effect for a period of time sufficient to enable us to prepare papers for an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, which we definitely are going to take." Only charred wood remains in television room after Lafayette fraternity fire. Cedarbrook Hospital Wing 13 Flee as $50,000 Blaze Guts Lafayette Fraternity Awaits Occupancy the ceiling and the roof over rooms on the north side of the building, the students said. Forty firemen laid approximately 3,700 feet of hose to bring the fire under control. Firemen chopped holes in the roof and poured water or.to the third floor. Students removed furniture and other articles from the first floor, but were unable to recover anything from the other floors.

A dog, the house mascot, was rescued from the building. Fire Chief George T. Keller said last night that Fire Marshal Paul McGroarty of the Pennsylvania State Police corroborated his opinion that the fire started from a smoldering cigarette in a leather Lifts Ban On Drinking But Parties This Weekend Will Be 'Dry' Lehigh University party-parching prohibition came to a surpise end late yesterday afternoon. But it was too late to save the weekend. Dean of Students J.

D. Leith lifted alcohol privileges from all university residence units three days ago. The ban was imposed to punish students for a bottle-toss ing, bloodstained scuffle during the Lehigh Lafayette football game. Most of Lehigh's 2,700 students considered- the drinking ban a bit drastic. Some said they felt spited when the dean tacked it onto the somewhat stiff punishment recommended by the student council disciplinary probation for everyone.

Repeal was announced by associate deans Preston Parr and C. D. Campbell "on behalf of and with the endorsement of the dean of students" during an informal meeting with campus leaders. No Comment Dean Leith, contacted later, flatly refused to comment. The announcement made clear that lifting the ban will have no affect on the "dry" parties this weekend.

All alcohol privileges for this weekend's parties remain canceled. But fraternities and res idence halls may file petitions Monday for "wet" parties next weekend. The disciplinary probation still is binding on all students and Dean Parr pointed out that in vestigations into the Lehigh Lafayette weekend will continue. He said the decision to lift the ban significance and substance to student participation the government of the university." Following the announcement. the student leaders promised to enforce the disciplinary probation and try to work toward a solu tion of Lehigh-Lafayette weekend woes.

Lehigh's Interfraternity Council issued a statement last night in which it urged all fraternities "to observe all existing rules and principles ot gentlemanly conduct." It also expressed gratitude for the administration's "thought fully considered action." 309, the Hilles car west on Route 63. John Chatten received a knee injury. Hilles received a bump on the head, Freas said. Both were treated at North Penn Hospital. The Montgomery county coro ner.

Dr. John Simpson, said he listed the cause of Mrs. Chatten death as a crushed chest. Mrs. Chatten's home is Browning Hanover Farm, Bethlehem, R.

2. Injured Nov. 24 Davood Eshaghoff had been in critical condition since the Nov. 24 crash. He was the driver of a car which went out of control and overturned.

Two of the five other Penn State students in the car were also hurt. Both have been released from Easton Hospital. The group was en route home from the university for the Thanksgiving holiday. Eshaghoff was thrown from the car when it rolled over. A junior studying general agriculture, he was on a university-granted scholarship and came to Penn State as a freshman with limited financial support from the Iranian government.

He worked in a State College restaurant as a waiter to help support himself, and lived in a private home at the university. Born in Kashan, Iran, he was a son of Shaban Eshaghoff and Mrs. Iran Rashtizadh Eshaghoff. He came to the United States three years ago. In addition to his parents he is survived by four brothers, Nadjat, Montclair, N.J., and Jacob, Ezra and Isaac, and three sisters, Parry, Ashroff and Victoria, all in Iran.

The Katinis Funeral Home in Wilson Borough is handling arrangements for removal of the body to the Bernheim Funeral Home, East Orange, N. J. Si' be allowed to enforce a vaud, constitutional law." He said Rubin, Ritter and himself took the attitude that the case was judged on its merits and there was no reason for re-argument. Efron told The Morning Call that the court is being asked to rule on the 1939 law to have a determination on that law as well as the 1959 amendment "so when we go to the Supreme Court, the entire case is before the court and it can rule on all the Blue Laws in Pennsylvania. "In addition to the appeal which will be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, an appeal will also be taken to the Circuit Court requesting that this case be turned to Judge Welsh of the District Court for a determination as to whether or not Mr.

McGinley applied the act of 1794, as amended in 1959, in a discriminatory fashion." Kohn argued that the case should be returned to Judge Continued on Page 7, Column 3 Monday room, physiotherapy room nad solariums located at the end of the top three floors. Staff quarters at the end of the ground floor will house some of the 5 registered nurses, 32 practical nurses and 5 nursing at tendants. When the switch to the new building is completed, a half-million dollar renovation program at the old building will move into high gear. After renovation of the second floor is completed, guests who have been temporarily housed in the new wing will be moved back. Then guests on the main floor of the old building will be moved and kept in the new wing until the main floor of the old one has been redone.

Mercury Going Up: Balmy 55 Spring will be in the air again today. The weatherman at the A-B-E Airport predicts the high will hit a balmy 55 this afternoon. It is expected to climb from an early morning low of 28. It is expected to become increasingly cloudy tonight. Tomorrow a "cloudy, windy and mild" day is forecast.

Yesterday's high was a mild 52 at 2 p.m. The low was 27 at 7 a.m. and the midnight temperature was 37. There was no precipitation reported and wind av eraged seven milesper-hour from the west. The weatherman reminds that yesterday's temperature was five degrees ovr the averag for this tim of year.

Today, it is expected to seven over the mark. The Skies Today Sunset today 4:35 p.m. Sunrise 7:10 a.m. Moonset tonight 9:42 p.m. First Quarter Dec.

6 PROMINENT STARS Altair, low in west 8:17 p.m. Vega, low in northwest 9:29 p.m. Deneb, low in northwest 10:57 p.m. PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Cassiopeia, high above Deneb. Temperatures The IT.

S. Weather Bureau reported the following temperatures for Thursday: Thirteen pajama-clad Lafayette College students escaped an, early morning fire yesterday which badly damaged their fraternity house on the campus. Damages have been estimated at $50,000. The fire, discovered at 2:45 a.m. by a college football player, gutted the third floor of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house and burned out some second floor rooms.

The first floor was damaged by water. The building is covered by in surance. Leon Adessa, 20, of Nutley, N. a guard on the football team, said the fire started in the southwest corner of the top floor near his room. Sounds Alarm He said he was awakened- by the fire and alerted 12 other stu dents after he opened the door to.

the third floor sitting room and saw flames. The youths tried to fight the flames with fire ex tinguishers, but were forced to retreat when the fire broke out of control. One of the students, Bruce D. McCumber of Belleville, N. had to be led from the building by his roommate, John Hossen-lopp of Nutley, when he could not find his way out of their room.

When firemen from Easton's Central and College Hill stations arrived, flames were breaking through the slate roof of the 56- year-old stucco and wooden build ing. The fire appeared to spread rapidly in an opening between 2 Die of Auto Crash Injuries Lehigh County commissioners spent an hour and a half yester dav afternoon inspecting the new $852,000 Cedarbrook hospital wing. They announced it was "successfully completed and ready for occupancy Monday." The commissioners Norman H. Flores, Elmer Schellhamer and Truman Ruhf were in a touring party of 17 which includ ed engineers, architects and oth er county officials. The stamp of approval means the 186-bed annex at the county home, striking because of its modernistic glass wall, will be ready for occupancy by 150 pa tients.

Mrs. Chatten was born in Schnecksville, a daughter of the late Arthur R. and Magdalina S. (Sourwine) Laub. She was a member of Christ Church of Shoenersville.

lhe cattens had lived near Bethlehem since May. They re sided in Springfield, Delaware County, while he was superin tendent of the Board of Chap laincy Service of the Lutheran Board of Inner Missions. Surviving with her husband and son is a sister, Florence K. Laub of. Allentown.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Mon day Christ Church of Shoeners ville. Viewing will be 9 10 a.m at the church. Be Thankful Agriculture "If you forget everything else I've said tonight, remember this: "Before you go to bed, thank God that you live in a country like America where we have to worry about too much to eat rather than too little." This was one of the closing comments by national farm expert Miles S. Horst after a bountiful meal and a detailed discussion of government food surpluses last night at the Macungie Grange Hall.

The program was the annual Urban-Rural Night of the Em- maus Rotary Club. About 60 people attended, including six Master Farmers from Lehigh County. Horst is presently special as sistant to U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson.

He is a farmer, Rotarian and for 12 years was Pennsylvania's secretary of agriculture. present to request dissolution of the injunction. Efron and Atty Harold E. Kohn of Philadelphia opposed the move in behalf of 2 Guys. McGinley said the appeal for lifting the injunction was based on the reason for its imposition in the first place -r to give the other side (2 Guys) the opportunity to have the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of the act decided." "We see no 'reason to have the injunction remain in effect," Mc Flores was spokesman for the inspection team "We were all impressed with the wing.

It is something of Photo on Page 7 which the residents of Lehigh County can be justifiably proud," said Flores. Most of the furnishings have been installed. One notable exception, various furniture for the lounge and other rooms, was taken care of yesterday when contracts were awarded that totaled more than $6,000. Kemmerer Paper Co. of Allen town received a contract for 90 per cent of the furnishing.

The Benesch and Sons and Royal H. Eckert companies, also of Allentown, received smaller con tracts. Plans call for moving 150 bed patients from the second floor of the main building (now an infir mary) to the new wing. The wing was built under the guidance of H. F.

Everett Asso ciates, architects, and H. Stoudt Son, general contrac tors. The four-story, fireproof structure overlooks the hills south of Cedarbrook. Each of the top three floors is equipped to handle 62 patients. Among the features are a pub lic address system which will provide controlled music for the patients, a library and TV room on each floor and isolation rooms for patients with communicable diseases.

The building is equipped with an up-to-date pharmacy, supply for Bounty, Expert Urges Most of his remarks dealt with with the workings and problems of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "If I were the secretary of agri culture and came here to make a speech, I would have it all worked out beforehand. "We'd have a speech confer ence with five or six people sitting in to see that it doesn't say any thing out of line, to see that his facts are right. When it's done, that's the speech.

"Here I am. I don't have anybody polishing any speech for me. "I thought I was a big fish at Harrisburg. Then you get in a big pond in Washington and you don know where you are You're a little fish among a lot of other little fishes. Continued on Page 7, Column 4 IHE MORNING CALL, AUentown, Bucks Planning Group to Make Survey Of Enrollment in Quakertown Schools BREAKFAST CHATTER 4 Allentown police ask resi dents to be on the alert for counterfeit $10 and $20 bills.

Bogus money has been floating around Philadelphia area, pawned off mostly at service stations, supermarkets and small stores. Police say it can be detected by feel because it's too smooth. If in doubt, call them. Another thing's phony in this area. That's the collection for Christmas baskets by man who says he's from VFW.

Organization officers report neither Allentown nor Lehigh County VFW is soliciting funds for baskets for needy families. Thirty-five foreign students will be guests at CLT's presentation of "Diary of Anne Frank." Area incidentally, wil' be ad mitted at reduced price. bers want it known ihat Sunday's Allentown Symphony's Free Youth Concert is free and no one has to worry about getting tickets. Bob Erdman isbing to "give away kid's catcher's mitt if some one doesn't claim it soon. His phone's HE 7-0316 Mrs.

Arch ie Allsop found a Rosary t'other day on Allen St. Loser can claim by calling her at HE 2-8257 or contacting her at home, 194214 Allen St. When steel strike was on, Bethlehsn. firefighters donated potatoes to steelworkers. Allentown firemen say they're wondering if their Bethlehem brothers will send spuds to them.

Community canvass for "Chris Fye by Coplay firemen and Legionnaries, originally slated for tonight and Monday, is postponed till committees get all details worked out. Drive leaders will ask cooperation of townspeople at later date. Tomorrow morning is last chance for arranging 4-H baby beef purchases from Monday's auction at Hatfield. Contact Chamber of Commerce or How ard H. White at Arbogast Bas- tian Cedar College Auxiliary will meet at 1:30 to day at St.

John's UCC, 6th and Walnut instead of at Art Museum Herb Seager, re tired sexton at St. Catharine of Seina Church, is medical patient at Sacred Heart Hospital. Cards, would cheer him up Oov, Lawrence has bill for his signature which would allow some 000 state employes to accumulate up to 90 working days of sick leave and 30 of vacation Laurel Hurley will have role of Arsena in tomorrows broadcast of the opera, "The Gypsy Baron." Victim of Crash Off Critical List PHILADELPHIA Harry Jarrett a former Zionsville R. 1 resident, has been taken off the critical list at a hospital here. The 23-year-old Philadelphian was injured Nov.

15 in a two-car crash in which his wife Helen, and 2-month-old son Harry were killed. HEAR DR. I. M. LEVITT dir.

Fels Planitarium, on "Space Travel of the Future" at Jewish Community Center, Sun. 2 p.m. Ad. days LETT HELP R512T TB with CflHISTMAS SEALS couch in a third-floor sitting room Keller said that several of the students were watching television about midnight and smelled smoke. One of them jumped up and noticed a burn in his trous er, he said, then grabbed a light ed cigarette from the sofa and threw it out the widow.

Keller and McGroarty theorize that the burning end of the cigarette had fallen down behind the sofa cushion, later igniting the sofa. Fireman said they had trouble finding hydrants because they are painted green. Students guided the firemen to the hydrants. Many students lost clothing, books and other personal articles. ship Nov.

24. He died in Easton Hospital at 3:30 a.m. In all of 1958, traffic accidents in the nine-county area took 102 lives. Crashed in Fog The crash which took Mrs. Chat- ten's life was one of several accidents and traffic tieups in the southeastern part of the state which happened in a heavy morn ing fog, according to Horsham Township Police George Freas, freas said tne cnatten car, driven by Mrs.

Chatten's son, John, 25, collided with a car driv en by W. Russell Hilles, 39, of Horsham, Township. The Chatten car was headed south on Route secretary's post be absorbed by the newly created position. He also said he felt the "sec retary should be an elected mem ber of the board," adding that a man defeated in ar. election shouldn't hold office." Director Mervin Hilty pointed out, however, that Miller legally could remain and Miller did not resign the post.

At the Quakertown Borough School Board meeting, Dr. Robert Henry, completing his 10th year as a director, was elected president. Hilty was elected vice president and Miller, who is secretary, will hold that position, again in a non-member capacity, until his term expires next June 30. Directors authorized the advertising of bids for repairs to the Central and Lincoln buildings as ordered by the Department of Labor and Industry "for fire safety reasons." Architect Nelson Kennedy of Pittsburgh informed the board that a Pittsburgh contractor told him bids should not exceed Kennedy added that the contractor based the estimate on plans 'which since have been worked upon. It would mean, he said, that the bids should be considerably lower.

Original estimates were $65,000. The board has until Sept. 1,1960 to have the repairs completed. Director Peter C. Romig asked how long the buildings would remain in adequate condition after the repairs.

Kennedy said "five years. Educators Plan Films on History Lehigh County's elementary su pervisors yesterday made plans to develop a set of three film strips on the county history and geography for use in fourth grade social studies. They previewed color slides taken by Harvey E. Bair of Beth lehem on the subject at a meet ing in the new Slatington Senior High School. Fifteen persons at tended.

Dr. Elmer S. Stevens, supervising principal of Northern Le high Joint Schools, conducted the group on a tour of the bunding. SALT WATER OYSTERS 59c dot. Krause's Market Laurys.

Ad. Existing and future enrollment in Quakertown Community Joint Schools will be surveyed for $1, 400 by the Bucks County Plan ning Commission. School directors last night said tne commission should submit a report on the immediate problem in junior senior high enrollment patterns. The elementary study will be projected 10-20 years and will be completed next fall. That study will cost $1,000.

The high school study will cost $400. Directors discussed the issues with two planning commission of ficials, census director Russell Friend and community planner William Davis. Enrollment directly affects the overcrowded school population. There now are 836 junior high school students. The building was designed for 500.

To alleviate the condition, some Two persons died yesterday of injuries they received in auto crashes, pushing the 1959 traffic death toll in the nine-county Morning Call area to 121. The dead: Mrs. Hilda E. Chatten, 56, wife of the Rev. Arthur R.

Chatten, pastor of the Lutheran Congregation of Christ Church, Shoeners-ville. Mrs. Chatten died in North Penn Hospital, Lansdale, after a two-car crash in Horsham Township at 9:45 a.m. yesterday. Davood Eshaghoff, 21, Pennsyl vania state university student from Iran, who received a skull fracture in a crash on Lehigh 'Valley Thruway in Palmer Town of the pupils go to classes in rooms in the Central and Lincoln buildings.

Board Reorganizes In other action, Peter Sames of Richlandtown was elected presi dent of the joint board at its regular reorganization. Other officers elected were Charles Willauer of Richland Township, first vice president; Paul Beams of Milford Township, second vice president, and the Rev. Edwin Naugle of Trum bauersville, third vice president. Secretary Robert Miller, who was defeated in November in his bid for reelection, "will retain the post on a nonmember basis. That is provided for in the school code.

His term as secretary expires next June 30. Director Louis Pfaff of Milford Township suggested that a direc tor of business affairs be hired by the joint board and that the The top division in yesterday's and the total pledges was the special gifts division. headed by Jeremy Fisher. He reported $55,967 to bring the total to $139,226. Included in the final total were $16,525 reported by the section headed by Harold J.

Flood and $18,690 reported by William D. Reimert's section. 1 The trustees, through Cressman, reported $31,616 to bring their pledge total to $80,222. The women's division wound up its campaign with $51,480. Mrs.

Donald P. Miller, chairman, reported $31,616 Thursday. Top team in her division was led by Mrs. Richard S. Peifly who also reported the high team total of $4,704.

Its grand total is $7,134. In second position was the team of Mrs. Henry Dent. It concluded the campaign with $6,315. In third place was the team of Mrs.

Gordon Fister with $5,035. Mrs. Andrew Rossetti chairman of the area alumnae section, reported $9,214 for, a grand total Of $29,529. The campaign on campus, led by Guy Moon, wound up its drive with $18,711. A total Of $3,371 was reported yesterday.

High Low Allentown 52 27 Atlantic City 52 38 Bismarck 44 23 Boston 53 37 Chicago 51 32 Cleveland 43 29 Denver 68 36 Galveston 57 45 Los Angeles 75 57 Miami 71 54 Minneapolis 53 29 New York 41 Philadelphia 52 26 Pittsburgh 39 28 Louis 58 30 San Francisco 70 52 Seattle 46 36 Tampa 59 46 Cedar Crest Sure Of Drive's Success With 50 per cent of the returns from out-of-area alumnae out standing, Cedar Crest College's building fund campaigners yester day reported at their final lunch eon meeting solicitations of 375. Speaking at the meeting in the Hotel Traylor, Dr. Dale A. Moore, college president, expressed confidence that the $350,000 goal would be met as final returns from the alumnae are received. He also reminded the cam paign leaders that work is begin ning immediately on construction of the new physical, education plant.

Bids Due Dec. 17 He stated that specifications are in the hands of contractors and that bids are now scheduled to be received Dec. 17. Starting date of actual construction is listed as mid-January. Dr.

Moore and other campaign leaders thanked their subordinates for their efforts in the campaign. Frank M. Cressman, chairman of the Cedar Crest board of trustees, said, "We will all feel proud that we had a part in the new building, when we see it Worker Injured A 42-year-old Allentown worker was injured yesterday when a block of wood flew from a saw at the Penn Reed and Harness Co. and struck him in the left eye. Joseph Nuver of 260 E.

Fair- view Allentown, was treated at Sacred Heart Hospital. Laugh It Off "Wanna know what I learned in school today? When Mom talks to. you she uses the imperative, right?" Fa, Friday, Dec. 1959 FARM FRATERNITY Miles S. Horst (center) talks with Master Farmer George B.

Hausman (left) and miller-farmer Robert Aten after Emmaus Rotary program. jV' 1 A.