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5 Schuylkill County Monroe County Panther Valley Carbon County FIRST MAV 1 IQil FOURTEEN THE MORNING CALL, SATURDAY. in Carbon County-Panther Valley Communities Solemn and Impressive Services rs 1 n- Vv 'rrfrr mill feY I i riM fife 1 1 i-n A 411 A i j' v' v. xJ -J her, left to right: Rev. Leighton Palmer, Rev. Lenter E.

Fetter, principal speaker; Robert Spence, chairman, and Marvin Greenberger. Lowrr left, speakers' platform, Protestant cemetery, Nesquehoning, Kev. L. S. Erb hi opening the services with prayer.

C. W. Wotring. chairman. Is to his left and to the rear, far left.

Is Dr. John Pounder, Lansford, guest speaker. Lower renter, left to right: Charles Baurhnpics, chairman; Rev. II. Jerome linbach, Nantkokr.

father of Rev. Carl 'S. Lrinbaeh, Lehighton; Rev. W. L.

Ketner. Weissport, and Maurice Blanch, post commander, all principals at services sponsored by the W. W. Shoemaker post, American Legion, at Lehighton cemetery. Lower right, American Legion and V.F.W.

members saluting the flag at the Davis Lawton post home, Summit Hill. A photographic panorama of Memorial Day observances in the Carbon county-Panther Valley area which drew thousands of spectators to cemeteries and monuments. Upper left, Gertrude Clemens readinr the poem "In Flanders Fields" at St. Joseph's cemetery, F.at Maurh hunk. Upper center, the speakers platform In Soldier's Circle.

Odd Fellow'a cemetery, Tamaqua. Left to right: John M. Hughes, president United Veteran's Thomas W. Boyer, secretary-treasurer; Kev. A.

W. Cooper, Wolfe Rosenberg, Judge Advocate. Pennsylvania Department V.F.W.; Atty. D. J.

Boyle, Gns I. Knies, vice president, and Paul L. Wagner, master of Upper right, the monument, Abbott Lansford, with Mary Louise Honsberger reciting "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address." Behind Tribute Paid to War Dead As Speakers Urge Keeping A live American Tradition Slatington Girl Is Fatally Hurt NearKunkletown M. Jean Evans, 21, Victim of Auto-Service Pole Accident 41 It memorial services held in the morning. Tamaqua "Today there Is a conflict between the tyranny of dictators and democracy," Atty.

Wolfe Rosenberg, Harris-burg, judge advocate, Department of Pennsylvania, Veterans of Foreign Wars, declared In his address at Memorial Day services yesterday at the Soldiers' Circle in the Odd Fellows cemetery, Tamaqua. "Free men are stronger than barbarism and slavery and no sacrifice is too great to retain the privileges we have," he continued. "So long as the flag waves," he continued," "Americans will rally to its defense and its democracy will triumph." Paul L. Wagner was master of ceremonies and delivered Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The program opened with "America" and closed with the "Star Spangled Banner." Rev.

A. W. Cooper, pastor of Bethany Evangelical Congregational offered the invocation and pronounced the benediction. The Tamaqua High school Boys band played two selections. The salute was given by a firing squad from Co.

105th anti-tank Battalion, Fort Meade. and taps were sounded by a quartet from the Tamaqua High school Girls Bugle, Fife and Drum corps. The ceremonies were preceded by a parade of veterans organizations. Boy and Girl Scouts, school children and firemen. Members of SS.

Peter and Paul's church proceeded to the parish cemetery in Owl Creek Valley where the rosary was recited about the large cross in the center of the cemetery and Rev. Joseph Shucavage gave a short address. Lansford In a setting of while of crosses on which were Inscribed names of war dead. Lansford held its annual services. Rev.

Lester E. Fetter, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, delivered the main address. Rev. L. S.

Palmer offered prayer. Marvin Greenberger gave "Logan's General Order" and Served the Way You Like Them Lobster Tail Platters Sizzling Steaks Italian Spaghetti Your Favorit Baars Wines Liquors BAR and GRILLE Nesquehoning Wentz-Quather Nuptials Today Bagging Plant Raise Accepted Increase Will Amount to 46 Cents a Day for Each Employe Employes of the Lansford baggir.s plant agreed to take a wage Increase of 13.2 per cent offered by the Lehigh Navigation Coal at a meeting Thursday night in the Lansford U.M.W. of A. offices. James Blakney presided.

The increase, offered by the company on Wednesday, a day after the basging plant workers ended their seven weeks' strike, would amount to about 46 cents a day. This will gn the baggers a daily wage of $3.96 instead of $3.50, the rate previous in effect. A meeting will be held with Evan Evans, general superintendent cf the L.N.C. Co. today.

Mark Memo rial Cadden and Pauline Guydish. Music was supplied by Mauch Chunk High school musicians. Rev. James McAndrews. assistant rector of the Immaculate Conception chweh.

Mauch Chunk, spoke and officiated at services In the parish cemetery, student orators were John Tobin and Gertrude Clemens. Music was furnished by the East Mauch Chunk High school band. The Mauch Chunk High school band appeared in line with its new uniforms, blue and white capes and caps. Lehighton-Weissport Rev. Jerome Leinbach.

pastor of the Reformed church. Nanticoke. spoke at the Lehighton cemetery; Rev. John Ludwig, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic church, the Catholic cemetery; Rev.

Paul Hartllne, St. Paul's Lutheran parish, at Union HiU. Parada lines were formed in Le highton and Weissport. and Joined at 1st St. and Bankway.

Lehighton, about 10 a. m. This large group marched to the Lehighton cemetery to conduct services at 11 a. m. The services were sponsored by the W.

W. Shoemaker American Legion post of Lehighton. A number of military units were in cluded In the parade line, assisted by the Lehighton band. Maurice Blauch. post commander, was chairman of the committee in charge.

Palmerton A native of Palmerton returned to that borough yesterday to deliver the oration at the annual Memorial Day exercises held at the Town Park wherein is located the American Leeion memorial to the soldiers and sailors who lost their lives In the last war. He was Atty. Charles Prutzman of New York City, vice president of Universal Pictures, Inc. Autv. Prutzman paid tribute to the men and women who served faithfully in former wars and stressed the will ingness for similar sacrifices at this crucial time so that the liberties tney fought for mght be preserved.

John Messersmlth, commander of the Robert Mader post, American Legion of Palmerton, presided over the exercises which were attended by more than 1,000 persons. It was the blKgest attendance at any simitar affair held in the borough In ten years. The invocation to me memorial exercises was ofrered by Rev. Wllbert Lesser of the First Evangelical and Reformed church of Palmerton and the benediction was pronounced by Father Felix LaBuda of the Sacred Heart Catholic church of the borough. The firing squad of the Robert Mader Post fired the salute and Bugler William Siegmund sounded taps.

The Palmerton Boys' Band, directed by Robert Montz. and the Kunkle-town Band played appropriate patriotic airs. A parade preceded the presentation of the program. The procession was led by Commander Messersmitn wno was followed by the firing squad, the color guard and the members of the Mader post. The parade proceeded In two divisions.

The first division, led by the Palmerton Boys band. Included a group of automobiles bearing Atty. Prutzman, the speaker. Burgess F. S.

Long.sdorf, post chaplain, Rev. George McKinley. members of borough council, 22 Gold Star Mothers and members of the American Legion auxiliary. The second division was headed by the Kunkletown band and Included Campflre Girls, Girl Scouts. Boy Scouts, the West End Fire Co.

in full uniform, the West End Fire Co. auxiliary, pupils of the public schools and parochial schools and a contingent of about 200 youths on bicycles. The parade was formed at the home of the Palmerton Fire jno. ana proceeded to 5th St. where it went north to Franklin then east to 6th St.

and north on that thorough fare to Lafayette and then westward to the town plot. Coaldale Hospital Notes Admitted Zerbinskas, Veronica surgical. Lehighton, Peter Hrlnda, Lansford, surgical. Births To Mr. and Mrs.

John Labyock, East Mauch Chunk, a eon at 9:45 am yesterday. Fair wevr brought thousands of Panther Valley-Carbon county resi-denu to annual Memorial Day serv-ioea conducted In the various communities throughout the area. Speakers struck a note of warning to large audiences, forecasting trying tinea for America as a result of the present world situation. In honoring the -war dead, the speakers expressed confidence that should another war en-vekn this country, Its soldiers would acquit themselves as nobly as those who fought in the last war. The dictators threatening world safety were scored.

Special police forces were needed In aU the communities to handle the overflow traffic. The area swarmed' with automobiles, many of which bore out-c'-state licenses, as natives returned to their home communities for the holidays. Despite the heavy traffic, accidents were held -to a minimum, according to the Lehighton and Tamaqua details. State Motor pohce. although one fatal accident marred the first of the three-day holiday weekend.

Ia "the afternoon, parks, swimming pools and amusement part were thrown open for the season, and large attendances were reported. But the greatest throngs were present at the SEE US TODAY FOR A REAL USED CAR BARGAIN 1939 Cherrolet Master DeLuxe Town Sedan $545 193 Buick Sedan $375 1937 Chrysler Sedan 1375 1940 Chevrolet 5-Faw. Coupe $645 1935 Plrmouth Coach $225 1S37 Plymouth Sedan $395 KOVICH'S GARAGE Lansford Nesquehonlng M. Jean Evans, 21-year-old tele-phono operator of Slatington was fatally injured at 8:15 o'clock last night when the automobile in which she and a companion were riding left the highway near Kunkletown. crashed into a service pole and turned a complete somersault.

Her companion. Fred C. Arnold of Palmyra, escaped with a few scratches. The accident happened on the Palm- erton-Saylorsbrg highway about a mile east of Kunkletown almost In front of the Kleintop dairy. Kenneth Kleintop, who witnessed the accident, toow the two occupants of the automobile to the Palmerton hospital but Miss Evans died within a few minutes after admittance.

Coroner Harry Doll of Carbon county released the body to Undertaker David Heintzelman of Slatington. State Motor Police of the Brod-headsville detachment took Arnold into custody and escorted him to the office of Justice of the Peace William N. Walton In Stroudsburg. No charges were placed against him pending a conference with District Attorney Fred of Monroe county who could not be located at once because he was spending the holidavs at his summer home near Lake Minisink. Miss Evans, an operator for the Bell Telephone had been on duty as usual yesterday at the Slatington exchange from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until 7 o'clock last night, having gone off duty a comparatively short time before the fatal accident happened.

She was a daughter of George W. and Mary Davis Evans of 658 W. Washington Slatington. and was a native of that borough. She was a graduate of the Slatington High school.

Besides her parents, she Is survived by four brothera and sisters: EtM, at home: Donald of Elizabethtown, N. Dorothy, at home, and Lloyd of Fort Heustis, and her paternal grandfather, Samuel J. Evans of Slatington. Boy Runs Into Auto Allen, seven-year-old aon of Mr. and Mrs.

R. E. Angst. Mlddleport. suffered a scalp laceration at 8 o'clock last night when he la said to have run headfirst into an automobile driven by Joseph Lalcha.

1317 Church Lebanon. According to Investigating officers of the Tamaqua detail. State Motor Police. Lalcha was pulling out onv the road In Mlddleport when the boy ran toward the car. The car stopped, but the lad struck his head against the headlight.

No arrests were made. The wound was closed with three stitches and after treatment at the Pottsville hos pital dispensary he waa discharged. NOW YOU CAN PURCHASE GOODRICH Tires Tubes Batteries at Heimbach's Service Station PALMERTON FHONE 2211 TFKMJ Ch 30 Daj rr Plan Il Tasty, Tempting Foods Commencement Tuesday Night 17 Pupils to Graduate from Weissport Grammar School Graduation exercises for 17 pupils who have completed eight grade in the Weissport grammar school will be conducted at Ebenezer Evangelical church. Weissport, at 8 p. m.

DST Tuesday. The class colors are blue and white and flower red rose. Clarence Zel-lers Is president of the class. Rev. W.

L. Kettner, pastor of Ebenezer Evangelical church, and Stuart E. Prutzman, Carbon county superintendent of schools, will deliver the commencement addresses. The class Is composed of Evelyn Deutsch, Loralne Greene. Pauline Greene, Anna Hartman.

Gwendolyn Kern, LaRue Penberth. Christine Shaffer. Beverly Whlteman. Clair Fatzinger, Robert Frantz, John Hart-man, Russel Keck. Ralph Kleintop.

Lee Moyer, Harold Reed. Richard Schwab and Clarence Zellers. Following is the program: Music, Ebenezer Sunday school, processional march, orchestra; Invocation, Rev. Paul W. Hartllne, pastor of St.

Paul's Lutheran parish; oration. "History of the Flag," Beverly Whiteman; piano solo, "IL "Fantasie," Eve- Ivn Deutsch: oration, "The consti tution of the United States." Clarence Zellers; piano solo, "The Pickininny Picnic." Robert Franz; oration, "Thomas Jefferson." Anna Hartman; trumpet solo, "America, the Beautiful." Lee Moyer. Oration, "Farewell," Richard Schwab: song. "Sunny Golden Rod." members of the class; address. Rev.

Kettner; selection, orchestra; address. Mr. Prutzman: presentation or ai-ploma3, Nan R. Jenkins, assistant county superintendent of school; benediction, Rev. Hartllne.

Members of the board of education ara William II. Brown, president; Erb N. Kershncr. secretary; Milton E. Nanstecl, treasurer; Charles B.

Heller and Calvin Reph. Teachers are L. Harrv Kershner, principal; Eva Barrington and Mrs. Lydla Scholl. Panther Valley Carbon County Briefs Vhmrol xervlpM for Mrs.

Ovelle were conducted from the familv resi dence yesterday morning, runner service were held in the Immaculate rvnrtinn ehnrrh. Interment was made in the parish cemetery. ii r.t,Viiie. nmep' at the Carbon eountv court house will be open today. The department of Public Assistance office at Mauch Chunk will not be open until Monday.

Vernnira Zrrhlnskas. 17. of Lehich- frtn war admitted to the Coaldale hos pital Thursday where she will under go an appendectomy. rotor Hrlnria. Lansford.

tnlured his left ankle while at work at Coaldale colliery Thursday night. He was admitted to the Coaldale hospital. Rev. W. W.

Moyer will conduct Whitsunday services tomorrow at Zion at 9 a. Ben saiem at a. and Christ at 7:30 p. m. the latter is Daylight Saving time.

Rev. Marvin L. Shelly will conduct service in Advent church. Tuscarora. at 9 a.

m. and at Zion's church. Lewis! own Valley, at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow.

Rev. Mark G. Wacner will conduct services at Christ church, McKeans-burg. at 9:30 a. m.

and at Friedens church st 10:45 a. m. tomorrow. The theme will be "A Man of Great Courage." Reckless driving was listed as the cause of 3.580 deaths in American traffic accidents la 1840. Mary Louise Honsberger "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address." A wreath was placed at the foot of the Abbott St.

monument, where the services were conducted, by the Ladies auxiliary of the Lansford American legion post. A parade preceded the ceremony. Nesquehonlng "The highest life Is a life of service, and real greatness Is measured by the quality of service." said Dr. John Pounder, Lansford Baptist minister, who was main speaker at memorial services conducted by the Frank Fer-rara American Legion post in Nesque- honing. "In these critical times," the speaker asserted, "if we are to save this great Nation of ours we must make great sacrifices." Dr.

Pounder was introduced by Dr. C. W. Wotring, superintendent of Mauch Chunk township schools, who on behalf of the post lauded the cooperation of the townspeople in observing Memorial Day. Rev.

L. S. Erb, pastor of the First Baptist church, Nesquehonlng. gave invocation. A vocal selection was given by a mixed quartet, Mrs.

Fred Hooper. Mrs. Arthur Davis, Howard Bond and Ben Arthur. Dorothy Koran recited "Flanders Field" and Peter Skerchock delivered Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Rev.

Francis C. Thomas, Methodist church pastor, pronounced the benediction. Salute was given by the firing squad, and the bugler sounded taps. The Nesquehoning school band gave several selections. Summit Hill Panther Valley's services centered In the Summit Hill cemeteries, where a speaker's platform was erected on the rear of a truck and the services combined into one affair.

In previous years, services were held In the individual cemeteries. Speaking to the group on E. White Rev. Francis H. Pascoc English Congregational church.

Coaldale. told of the necessity for unity to preserve our Nation. Donnas Snyder, Summit Hill High school, gave Logan's General Order, and Mary Louisa Hons berger, Lansford High school, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Invocation was offered by Rev. William J.

Fogarty, St. Ann's church, Lansford, and benediction by Rev. J. C. Zook, Summit Hill Methodist church.

Prior to this service, a ceremony was held at the park, the old Presby terian cemetery and at St. Josephs cemetery. Every military organization In Lansford, Summit Hill and Coaldale. as well as the Lansford and Coaldale High school bands, were in line for the (Parade through summit hui Thousands lined the sidewalks and additional thousands gathered about the speakers' platform for the main address. The Mauch Chunks Impressive Memorial Day services were held yesterday morning in tne Mauch Chunks, beginning at 7:15 with a salute by the firing squad at the monument in Mauch Chunk.

The line of parade Included Frank Dick, commander of the Charles J. Dolon post. American Legion, followed by the firing aquad, Spanish American War Veterans, Mauch Chunk High school band. Boy and Girl Scout troops, members of the American Legion post and Its Ladles auxiliary. Camp 61.

Sons or union Veterans of the Civil War, East Mauch Chunk school band, Boy and Girl Scout troops of the high and grade schools. At the Mauch Chunk cemetery. R. 7. Dubs of the high school faculty delivered the main address.

"Flanders Fields" was given by Elizabeth Einthall and the Gettysburg Address by Wil liam Betting. The choir of St. John's Lutheran church. East Mauch Chunk sang. Rev.

Paul K. Cressman, pastor of Ebenezer E. C. church. Upper Mauch Chunk, gave the Invocation and benediction.

The Mauch Chunk Hieh school band played. The parade then moved to East Mauch Chunk and the Evergreen cemetery where Lawtence B. Morris of the East Mauch Chunk High school faculty spoke. Students orators were Richard Potter and Mary Stoffa. Music was furnished by the East Mauch Chunk High school band.

Rev Alan H. Tongue, rector of St. John's EDisconal church. East Maucn cnunK offered invocation and pronounced the benediction. At St.

Joseph's Catholic cemetery the sneaker was Rev. John O. zoion dek. Student speakers were William TODAY ONLY! rDR.KUDARE AND THE iWb anniuiu QUEEN! TV In tta ifJ toughast Jam hit Aallniw. most excil- LTnghearUdvanrarai Also Added Shorts Matine Daily 2:30 THE GREATER LEHIGHTON Tamaqua Girl Will Become! Lansdale Man's Bride at 4 p.

m. Anna Quathcr, 34 Market Tamaqua. will become the bride of Henry Wesley Wentz. Lansdale. in a ceremony at 4 p.

m. today in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church, Tamaqua. Rev. Earl Mohney will officiate and Mrs.

Kathryn Zizclmann will be at the console of the organ. The bride-elect will be attired in a gown of. tea rose marquisette with matching shoulder length veil set with a tiara. She will carry a bouquet of talisman roses. Her sister, Aldona Quather.

New York, will be maid of honor. She will wear a pink marquisette gown with matching picture hat and will carry a bouquet of pink tea roses. The best man will be Albert Quather. brother of the bride-elect, of the Devon detail. State Motor Police.

Following the ceremony a reception for the bridal party and immediate families will be held at the home of the bride-elect's parents. After a wedding trip the couple will reside at Lansdale. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quather.

the bride-elect attended Tamaqua High school and was graduated from the Wilfred Beauty academy. Philadelphia. She has been employed at a Tamaqua beauty shop. Mr. Wentz is the son of Jacob Wentz.

Lansdale. and Is employed as assistant loreman at the Hunter Pressed Steel Co. plant there. Freight Car Jumps Tracks A wrecking crew at the East Stroudsburg roundhouse of the D. L.

and W. railroad was called out early Friday night to clear tracks of the company about 20 yards east of the Mt. Pocono station after a car on an eastbound freight train had Jumped the tracks and tied up traffic. The car was replaced in a short time. Draft Official 1 i EDWARD NEISWENDF.R Of New Ringgold, was named secretary of Schuylkill County Draft Board No.

1. succeeding Clarence J. Koch, Tamaqua. who succeeded Dr. William H.

Clewell, Coaldale, resigned, as chairman. The group of 53 which is scheduled to receive final physical examination at Harrlsburg on June 10 will be named next week, probably Tuesday night. The board held a routine meeting Thursday night to continue checking and classifying those who returned questionnaires. Questionnaires are being mailed out almost dally in 100 group lots. Every effort is being made to comply with orders to have each questionnaire returned and classified by July 1.

when the registration of those who hae become 21 since Oct. 16 will take place. I i i 'i HUGHES DINE AND DANCE AT THE EW PALACE GRILLE Under New Management PALMERTON. PA. Friday and Saturday Music by Don Confeis and the Five NBC ArtiaU Home Cooking All Kinds of Sandwiches Wines Liquors Beers Mixed Drinks "Come All Lots of Fun" SKATE TONIGHT GRAVER'S ROmNLKER SKATING IjtTT WednrwU.

Frtitav. turd Mfhti Sunday Altar noon. Lvenini Drill Team Will Appear Sunday Night We Cater to Private Tarlies Call Lehighton S12R5 LA ROSE GARDENS LEHIGHTON LEHIGHTON R. 3 STROl DSBI RG TIKE R. 209 AIm Saatinc at Cata.aooua Saalina Rink Tw Thara- Sat.

WE CATER TO PRIVATE PARTIES SKATING TOMORROW NIGHT ALSO.