The Morning Herald from Hagerstown, Maryland • Page 10

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1957 THE MORNING HERALD, HAGERSTOWN. MARYLAND Ed WASHINGTON Right along wilh the Spirit ol St. Louis and other a a i symbols ol 'famous firsts" al (he Smithsonian Institution, there should )e another memorial to advcn- Thai would be a strange-look- ng amphibious jeep named "La Torlufia." That bcatcn-up land-water craft now rests unceremoniously in a back yard in Valley Ccn- icr, the home of Frank and Helen Schrddcr. The Schrciders last year piloted their "La Torluga" (Iho Tur. tie on an odyssey that parallels in courage the treacherous flight of the Lone Eagle's trans-At- antic crossing more than 30 years ago.

Frank Schrcider, 33, a wide' ed dreamer, and his plucky, perl wife, now 30, accomplished something no one had ever hc- 'nre eilemntcd. They rmtt-iHilUvl heir war-surplus auto-boat from North American cnntincnt the soulhernmosl lip of South America. Their story was written up in a Saturday Evening Post series and is now' retold in a book, 20.000 Miles South." The National Geographic Society called the SchrcMcrs to Washington fo relate this fulfillment of a 10-year drcajn. So was the society that broke a 70-year tr.idilion Eleclrically Healed House Under Construction Shown above is an on-lhn job conference photographed al a house now under construe- lion on Wooilburn Drive, Fountain Heal Heights, where a new chanter in residential heating is being written locally. Austin 0.

Frick and John H. Rcdrtig (I. to r. foreground), commercial representative ami residential heating specialist, respectively, of the Potomac Ertison are seen studying wiring blueprints for the new house, which will feature radiant electricn! healing throughout, using insulated copper cable installed in the ceiling of each room. Robert N.

Bowers, job foreman for the electrical contractor, the J. B. Ferguson is seen on a ladder in the rear affixing some of the resistant cable to the coiling. The cable later will he entirely cov- ered by plaster, making it an integral part of the hoiiyc. Advantages of the new ceiling wiring for elcdrical heating of a home, according to Krick, include the ability to control heal in cadi room by a separate thermostat, the elimination of maintenance and the achievement of even temperatures from floor to ceiling--besides dispensing with furnace, radiators and other usual heating equipment items.

Redtiig explains that the physical char- acterics of radiant hcnt account for the floor and lower portions of the room being heated as quickly as the ceiling. So that there are ni) drafts. Widely acclaimed in other metropolitan areas, Hie new version of heating-by- elcclric pioneered locally in the house on WoodbWn Drive. Business, Shown By Debits, Good Here First 9 Months Debits to demand deposit accounts as reported for Hagers- loirn during Hie first nine months ol this year by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, showed a gain over corresponding period of '56. Dcbils represent the amount of cherks passing through this city's four banks are considered an excellent barometer of a community's economic condition.

I Total debits for the first throe- quarters of 1957 were SJ14.765,- COO as compared lo $397,807,000 for the same period last year, September's debits nf CCi) also showed gain over the same month of 1956, which were $41,911,000. Hagerstown continues the second city of Maryland from a debits standpoint, only next to Baltimore City. Salisbury, huh of the Eastern Shore, is in third place with debits for the first nine months of $345,631,000. of other Jlaryland cities (for the same period arc: Cumberland $268,311,000, Frederick $246,696,000. llagerstown's building permits for new construction for the nine months of 1057 showed the value at $5,802,599, as compared to $2,014,740 for the same period last year.

New construction in other Maryland cities for the same period was valued at: Frederick $1,716,985, Salisbury Cumberland $918,366. Twenty-three players named White have played in Ihe major leagues. that some- chair travelers yearn for and The cxhileraling sense: of dis- Tribute To and permitted the Schreiilcrs give their lecture in two parts. Constitution Hall was jam- mcl. Later, back stage, Frank was breathless from the press of the mob crying for his alien- lion.

Watching the crowd, you could see a America still hungers for the nigged adventure personified by youth Hut all other travel settings on Iho surface of this earth must he anti-climactic after the Schreidcr voyage Chopping i way through virgin fiuatemala jungle pushing roadless swamps al 25 yards a day -with the help of a winch plunging into (he Pacific lo bob along coral reefs fo reach Co)- onibia from Panama TOO miles by sea crashing through the Andes over llama and nntt-puHinij Ihe" Ire.vhcrous wind-swept Maccllan Strait. Yon have to see the movies lo believe it It took a year for Ihern I reach the no-man's town Ushuaia at South America's til To finance the trip, Frank saved for 10 years on his jol as electrical engineer. It cos Jll.OOO. Frank sjid Helen are getting the money back writing and lecturing. But they're gelling much BLEVBN- Thc Schreidcrs' "La Toiluga" a symbol of a couple kids' lurage, of restless curiosity and lip.rdy adventure Washington ought lo find a 'lace for it in the Smithsonian.

Perm Imposed For Snatching Piii-ses Here A man who snatched pocketbooks from young girls on Ha- gcrstown streets last summer was sentenced (o 18 months in he State Reformatory by Judge D. K. McLetighlin. He was convicted of three counts of robbery and one count of assault, Harry I. Smith, 300 block a i Avenue, was convicted of three counts of robbery and one count of assault, mid received the 18 months as a lolal scn-i tcnce.

I Kobcrl I.cc SUilzman, Clear Spring, i-onvicled of grand larceny in (he theft of $5CO from Truman Smith, 1000 block Main Avenue, was given on 18 month suspender! sentence. Harry Seal, 56, first Klizabolh Street, was handed six months in the county when he was convicted sautt on Edward n. Dtwsoili. same address, a stepson. DRW.

son was cut wllh knife. StopsHearTGas IIMES FAitEH; Guardians of Health REPORT FORMULA OFFERS OOSE-BY-DOSE REPRIEVE FROM PAINS OF RHEUMATISM, ARTHRITIS Curbi Piln suppty Ruihed Here ol the drue. ttlicvla- mice. H-litcli vci fias Hit cower lo urine bleescu my He Irani the junior Rchcs ftnd DSliu Rnrl arthritis. Is ictn as olfrrliit! riosr-ljv- relict to sullmrs these dread conditions To brine thl- to sit.

ft been i i cuv-to-iake Ublfls cBllcd REMA- 1'RON. which tct Inlcrnailv to curb the minor but nonc-Uif-less ilieuniRilsm dlsUesa In hands If ITS and While rt- suits from the use of HKMATRON art moat Jmprwslre. ft Is not offered txetlineiiL. ciftlmi lor the mntni limited to its oower to reUef from nilnor aches and ualns In of arthritis rheumatism ind aclalicn. REMATHON costs J2.50 but considering In not finfrtflve and Is sold e.

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