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PAGE TWO TH1 GETTYSBURG TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1971 Fire Sweeps Mental Wad And 30 Die SHBRBORNE, England (AP) Fire swept through a wing of the Cold Harbor Mental Hospital early today, killing 30 of the 36 male patients sleeping in a ward. The nursing staff rescued seven of the men, but one died later. The other six suffered minor injuries. One of the dead patients was 16 years old and the rest were described as middle-aged. Most died in their beds, out the main doors were said to have been unlocked at the time of the blaze.

About 325 patients were hi other buildings of the hospital. The fire occurred in the Winfrith Villa, a wing which opened nine months ago. Dr. Peter Johnson, chairman the hospital management committee, said the most severely hrn ucappeH the male patients were there. Johnson said investigators had no idea yet what caused the fire.

He said the firefighting equipment in the wing was "perfectly adequate "It was a very rapid fire, with a great deal of smoke," added. Vo-Tcch Groups Meeting Tonight A joint organizational and informational meeting of the Adams County Area Vocational- Technical School's General Advisory Committee and the 15 newly-formed craft advisory committees will be held tonight at 7:30 at the all-purpose room of the James Gettys Elementary School on the BiglerviHe Road. The meeting will be presided over by Julian Estep, chairman of the AVTS General Advisory committee, and will take the place of the monthly GAC meeting, according to AVTS Director Paul M. Burns. Robert Kluck, chairman of the Joint Operating committee, will explain to the group the background of the Vo-Tech school in Adams County.

Littlestown Superintendent Frank E. Basehoar, who completed his one-year term as chief school administrator for the Vo-Tech, and Superintendent Donald B. Hudson of Upper Adams who began his term as of July 1 as the chief administrator, are al- ao expected to speak. Materials will be distributed to craft committee members present relating the function of the craft committee to the entire AVTS program. After a period of questions, the new craft committee members will be asked to fifl out informational questionaires.

Social Happenings For Sticial News Phone 334 1131. Ext 18 The regular meeting of the Eagles Auxiliary will be held Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at the home on Chambersburg St. Prof. Norman Luquette ha returned to his home on Hanove St. after spending 10 days with his brother-in-law and sister Coi.

and Mrs. William Matthews and his brothers and their wivei Mr. and Mrs. Horace J. Lu quette Ponchatoula, an Mr.

and Mrs. George Luquette Baton Rouge, La. Col. Matthew will leave July 12 for Vietnam and was honored at a family reunion. Mr.

and Mrs. Jay Linn, Balti more are visiting his rela tives in Louisana. Mr. Linn's mother, Mrs. Frank I.

Linn, Middle will leave July 17 to spend some time with her son, Frank, and his family in Hagerstown. The Ladies Prayer Breakfas will be held Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m at the Lamp Pos Tea Room. Women of all faiths are invited. The guest speaker will be announced. Dr.

and Mrs. Stephen Bishop and children, Hans and Lars Arlington. and Miss Cathj Bishop, Fairfax, have returned to their homes after visit ing over the holiday weekenc with Rev. and Mrs. John Bishop Buford parents of Dr.

Bis hop and Miss Bishop. Mr. and Mrs. Russell McCau ley, Limestone Acres, Winnington, left Monday to return to their home after spending the weekend with her parents, Dr and Mrs. Lloyd Keefauver Springs Ave.

BULLETINS (Continued from Page 1) day with Prime Minister Indira Repair 3 Roods Cloud By Flood Thr roan have been reopened for traffic after repairs tf flood damage were completed on July Fourth. Charles F. Rinebart, county road superintendent, said toe three roads, from Centre Mifls to Idavffie, Mt. Carmel to Orrtanna, and Iron Springs to Fairfield had all been damaged as a result of water running under the road surface following the recent floods. Heavy traffic on the roads caused the undermined macadam to break.

An other roads in the county are also open to the traffic, although some shoulder work is still being done in some areas to replace sections washed out by the flood waters, Rinehart Mid. The Ladies Guild of Lower a Creek Presbyterian Church will meet Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock in Fellowship Hall at the church. Mrs. Oscar Rao and children Mary, Oscar, Valerie, Cheryl and Laura, who spent last week with her parents. Col.

(Ret.) and Mrs. Thomas H. Allen, Jackson BxL, Lake Heritage, have returned to their home in Pittsburgh. On Sunday their son, Li. Col.

Thomas H. Allen his wife and children, Elizabeth, Susan, Thomas III, Matthew, Tristan and Kathleen, arrived from Hawaii where Lt. Col. Allen has been stationed for over years and the family resided while he was on a tour of duty in Vietnam. He has been transferred to Marine Headquarters, Washington, D.C., and his family w31 reside with his parents until housing in that area can be located.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lighter, Buford have with them mis week, their daughters, Mrs. Susan Shaffer and children, Dan, Lisa and Andrew, Woodridge, Mrs. Ralph Eberle and children, Fred, Polly and Joseph FteMtag Smith Jr.

SALT LAKE CTT Y(AP) i Joseph Fielding Smith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dfed late Sunday at 95. Smith became ihe 10th president of Molly, Oreffeld, and Mrs. William a and children, Amy and Mark, Dayton, Ohio. The Lighters, who wfll celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary July 20, were guests of honor at a famiy dinner Monday evening at Charnita Country Club. The Weather Elsewhere By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ffighUwPr.

the th re in January. 1970. upon the death of David O. McKay. Weather Extended outlook Friday through Sunday- Eastern Pennsylvania florae rain Thursday night ending early Friday followed by partial clearing Friday afternoon.

Fair Saturday. Partly cloudy Sunday with a chance of a few showers northern and western sections during the afternoon. Coo) the beginning at the period with a moderating trend there after. Daytime fcfehs Friday mid Hi to the low fto Satvday low to mil Tte, to the mid Albany, ddy 73 53 Albu'que, ddy 81 59 Anchorage, dear 71 53 Asheville, rain 77 64 Atlanta, cldy 88 66 Birmingham, rain 83 66 Bismarck, ddy 73 42 Boise, ddy 96 70 Boston, ddy 77 60 Buffalo, ddy 68 53 Charleston, dear 89 73 Charlotte, ddy 87 67 Chicago, dear 68 46 Cincinnati, clear 70 60 Denver, dear 39 43 Des Moines. ddy 69 46 Duluth.

clear 69 46 Fort Worth, cldy 81 Green Bay, dear 69 44 Helena, clear 77 44 Honohilu, cldy 86 77 Houston, cldy 92 70 Ind'apolis. clear 73 49 JacksMfle. clear 95 71 Little Rock, clear 81 62 Los Angetes. clear 87 65 Louisville, clear 73 60 Manniette. cldy 69 52 Memphis, dear 61 Miami, dear 86 83 Milwaukee, dear 57 45 Mpls-StP.

dear 71 45 New Orleans, dear 92 68 New York, rain Okla. City, dear Phoenix, ddy .43 .80 .45 .48 .35 .12 .01 .07 .01 Gandhi. Neither the prime miniate nor the former Treasury secretary divulged details of their discussion at Simla, the mountain retreat where the a peace agreement Monday witl President Zulfikar All Bhutto Pakistan. VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Paul VI said today that it is a duty for ail to discriminate between what is obsolete and wha must remain unchanged both hi the world and in the church. He declared that the choice can not be made arbitrarily, bu only by those who have the an thority to do so, especially hi the church.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer apologized today for delaying the start of his $300,000 chess match with world champion Boris Spassky of Rns sia. The American, whose dispute over prize money forced organ izers to postpone the work championship round, said he had the greatest respect for Spassky as a man and as a player. KOCHI, Japan (AP) Torrential rains set off a landslide which smashed at least 10 homes and swept a locomotive and two railway coaches into a ravine in southern Japan today, Police said (1 persons were missing. A rescue team of 120 police and volunteers was digging into the mud and rock which cascaded down a mountain slope List Charges Filed By Police The following traffic citations lave been filed by state police before Magistrate Dale W. Wetzel: Wendell D.

Marshall, Tonica, 11., speed; Caroline E. Beiber, tfaugansville, speed; Earl Andrews, Hagerstown, speed; Louis W. Hershock, York, speed; Joseph M. Difrischia, Beaver Falls, speed. Roy A.

Adelsperger, Aspers ft. 2, was charged with failure to make a movement in safety on Rt. 34, north of Biglerville on June 14, resulting in an accident. The following drivers have been charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants: tames T. Mumaw, Gettysburg R.

2, Route 15 in Straban Twp. on July James M. Robins, 27 Chambersburg Rt. 116 in Ht. Pleasant Twp.

on July lenry L. Bdt, Hampstead, in Berwick Twp. on June 28. Charged with driving while under the influence of intoxicants by borough police was Hermit R. Tressler, 235 Barlow at intersection of S.

Washington and W. High St. on July 1. William L. Nicklow, Wrightsville, on July and Daniel P.

Groft, 25 Pleasant New Oxford, on uiy 1 Charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants by kfcShenystown police was Rufus E. Malonen Littkstown R. 2, on uly 1. Elizabeth M. Rinehart, 100 to tke mid north art to Pittsburgh, rain Ptland.

Ore. cldy PtTand, Me. cMy Oty.dear 79 62 76 57 114 81 73 55 37 62 74 47 tt .15 Ewell has charged Richard C. Rinehart, Wormleysburg, with assault and battery and surety of the peace at her home on July 1. State police charged Jeffrey A.

Warrenfeltz, Aspers, with driving an unregistered motorcycle and failing to have a license to drive a motorcycle in Menallen Twp. on June It. A Chambersburg bail bondsman. J. W.

McCormick, has charged Earl Lewis. Adams County Prison, with bail jumping on or about May If. Lewis had posted bail on April 22 for a hit and run accident in November. 1J71 and was to have appeared in the Adams County Court, The defendant was later apprehended in Florida by the bondsman's agent for failure to appear for the May term of court and is now in the county prison here. 23 In State Lose Lives Over Fourth By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An eight-year-old boy was killed by a car as he sat on the steps of his neighbor's home in Philadelphia a motorist died after his car stopped on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and was hit from behind a Scranton man was run down by a car as he stopped to change the tire of his own vehicle.

These were some of the ways in which 23 Pennsylvanians lost their lives this past Independence Day weekend. As usual, automobile accidents accounted for the body of the fatalities. Accidents in which two persons died frequented the fatalities log. Two teenabers--16- year-old William T. Jones, and 16-year-old Albert Searing, both of Scranton--were the last additions to the count Tuesday Upper Communities Telephone Mrs Robert E.

Baker, Biglerville 677-7014 GrMp One of the Society of DEATHS Farm Women held a dinner meeting recently at Stamms Chicken Barbecue, Carlisle, where they entertained Group Two. Those attending from Group One included: Mrs. Le- reane a Mrs. Nancy Bream, Doris Tos- teri, Mrs. a Mrs.

Leoda Robinson, Mrs. Grace Starner, Mrs. Gretna Speck and Mrs. Lois Parr. Guests from Group Two were Mrs.

Dorothy Caskey, Mrs. Dorothy Chronister, Mrs. Grace Dennis, Mrs. Mary Rhodes, Mrs. Nancy Johnson, Mrs.

Kay Kiligas, Mrs. Florence Diehl, Mrs. Zora Hostetter and Mrs. Ann Petza. The group enjoyed games with Mrs.

Dorothy Caskey, Mrs. Florence Diehl, Mrs. Mary Thodes, Mrs. Leoda Robinson, and Mrs. Grace Starner night.

A car driven by Jones) 1 awarded prizes. missed a turn as it travelled at high speed. The car slammed into a pole killing young Jones and Searing, who was a passenger in the car. PEDESTRIANS TOO Pedestrians, including a bicyclist in Windber, Somerset County, occupied the death list. The cyclist, James E.

Stanford, 36, of Johnstown, was hit by a truck on Pennsylvania Route 56. On Friday night, eight-year- old Attley Hooks, his sister and another girl, were sitting on the stoop of a neighbor's home on Philadelphia's West Diamond street. A car swerving to miss another car went out of control and struck the group, injuring young Hooks fatally. Henry Cannon, 46, of Pittsburgh, died of second and third degree burns Sunday. He had been hospitalized since Saturday, when his car had stopped from some unexplained reason on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Breezewood.

Nineteen-year-old James Chmiel of Scranton was killed Tuesday morning as he was changing a tire in the city. Police said another car apparently drove too close to the kneeling motorist, ft ttering him. Western Pennsylvania dominated the death toll this year with 13 of the total. There were four drownings, two motorcycle accidents--one of which killed suspect in a highspeed police chase--and in all three pedestrian fatalities. MANY INJURED The official total of fatalities does not take into account those who were injured in traffic accidents over the weekend.

In that Scranton double fatality accident, two other teenagers were injured critically. The list of accident victims of he past few days was aug- The Biglerville Fire Company Carnival opens Thursday evening with dinners being served starting at 5 o'clock. There will be full-course dinners, with a choice of four dinners, homemade soup, and sandwiches. Entertainment will include the Prince and Princess contest Thursday evening when the first Prince contest will be held, and a new little girl will be elected to succeed Miss Tyra Pyles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Eugene Pyles, Table Rock. Friday evening Miss Carol Hedntzel- man will relinquish her title to a new Miss Biglerville Fire Company Queen; and Saturday evening home talent will be featured to entertain those attending the carnival. mented Tuesday a death. by one air Police in McDonald, southwest of Pittsburgh, said eyewitnesses told them they saw a plane nose dive into a strip mine pit outside their community. The body of Neil Miller, 26, of North Favette township, was pulled from he wreckage of the light aircraft.

Plan Living (CoMiMed from Page 1) Plans were made for the annual Travel Council picnic August 1 at the Gettysburg Moose The office report showed 5,734 inquiries answered in June of which 3,969 came about from advertising in various magazines. Visitation to the Travel Council office in June totaled 3.569 wrties, compared to 2.817 in he same month a year ago. The council voted to purchase Mrs. 0. A.

Nary and Mrs. Earl E. Carey, Biglerville, have returned home after spending several days in Atlantic City where they attended the 49th Chapter Reunion of Telephone Pioneers of America at the Shelburn Hotel. The Biglerville Grange will hold their monthly meeting Saturday evening at 8 o'clock si the Grange Hall. Herbert H.

Bowers, Shippensburg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grim Bowers, Center Mills, has completed study in criminal investigation at the State Police Academy, Hersfaey. Officer Bowers has taken over the Criminal Investigation Section at Shippensburg State College. Mr.

and Mrs. Roy Himes had as guests at their home. Biglerville, Sunday afternoon their nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Brandt and son Keith, Carlisle.

The California Ctab of Job's Daughters will have choir rehearsal Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at Zion United Church of Arendtsville. A3. members should be present. The Cranbebny Valley 4-H Club met Saturday morning at the home of their leaders, Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Strine, Aspers. The next meeting win be Jury 15 at 9:30 o'clock. The U-ATAC wfll btU their regular board meeting tonight at 8:15 o'clock at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bigfcrvilfe. The address of Gary Dfretey who is serving at Fort Dix, N.

was incorrect in an account recently published. It should have read: Pvt. Gary V. Dive-ley. 2nd 182-44-4618, D-2-3, Fort Dix, N.

J. OBS40. Harold Kint, Bigkrvffle, has completed a two week course at sponsored by the Chamber of a trash can in the program American Machine and Foundry School. Shelby. Ohio, to learn the maintenance of new bowling machines being installed at the Upper Adams Reports showed five press releases month sent out including during the one stating ittie flood damage occurred tere.

and another telling of the reenactment at Colonial Valev. Richmond, rain St. Louis, ddy Salt Lake, ddy San Diego, dear San Fran, ddy Seattle, dear Spokane, clear Tampa, dear 83 561.50 74 53 90 57 Tt $4 62 54 tl 87 73 II .14 .33 KEYSTONE. S.D. (AP) George Reedy, the man who was press secretary to former President Lyndon B.

Johnson virtually all politicians are a little paranoid. "This is a generalization, but 'm confident of it. With few exceptions, every politician suffers from a touch of paranoia," Reedy told the Mt. Rushmore Institute Seminar on Wednesday. He said politicians are quick to jump on a shred of evidence that there is, a plot against them.

"Given that condition." he observed, "it is not hard for them to say all reporters are liberal, all reporters are elite." Lanes. CHICAGO AP John Cardinal Cody. Archbishop of Chicago, is celebrating the 25th a nivcrsaiy of his ordination as a bishop. Cody was appointed Archbishop of Chicago, the largest archdiocese in the United States with a population of 2.5 million Roman Catholics, by Pope Paul VI on June 16. 1065.

He was named to the Cardinal- ate by Pope Paul and elevated to the College of Cardinals in 1967. TRACY, Calif. (AP) Hal Walker. 76. veteran motion-picture and television comedy director, died Monday.

Walker directed such films as "Duffy's Tavern," "Road to Bali," "Road to Utopia" and "At War With The Mrs. Abrant Horst Jr. Mrs. Lorraine E. Horst, 52, wife of Abram Horst died unexpectedly at 5:30 a.m.

Sunday at her home in Elizabethtown. Bora in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Ulysses S. and Viola E. Reichstein. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs.

Joyce Borman, Lititz, and Mrs. Abram III, at home; three grandchildren; Five sisters, Mrs. Richard Crabbs. Silver Springs, Mrs. Martin S.

Sanni, Gettysburg R. William Davis, Leola; Mrs. Donald Hevener and Mrs. Richard Appier Lititz R. 3, and a brother, Robert B.

Reichstein, Lititz R. 3. The funeral service will be leld at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Frank S. Miller Funeral Home, 130 N.

Market Elizabethtown, with the Rev. Henri A. Eberly officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening. Robert A.

Shaffer Robert A. Shaffer, 42. Dillsburg R. 1, died Monday at 8:55 p.m. at Carlisle Hospital, where be was a patient one week.

A machine worker with Knouse Food Aspers, Mr. Shaffer belonged to the United Church of Christ congregation at St. John's (Franklin) Union Church. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Vettie B.

Shaffer, and a sister. Mrs. Leon G. Fanus. both of Dillsburg R.

1. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Cocklin Funeral Home, D'llsburug. Mr. Shaffer's former minister, The Rev.

Arthur T. Kaup, will of ficiate, to be assisted by The Rev. Howard W. Smith, Lutheran congregation pastor. Burial will be in Dillsburg Cemetery.

Daniel P. Bankert Daniel P. Bankert, 78, died at 9:45 a.m. Sunday at the Brethren Home, Cross Keys, where he was a guest six months. He formerly resided at 225 Penn Hanover.

He was a son of the late Samueul A. and Sarah Pressel Bankert and was a member of St. Paul's (Dubs') United Church of Christ and belonged to Gideon Grange. Surviving are: His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Bankert; a foster daughter, Mrs.

Charles Hartman Hanover; three sisters, Mrs. George Rohrbauugh, Spring Grove R. Mrs. Jacob Dobbs, Homewood Church Home, and Mrs. Andrew Snyder, Pleasant Acres; two brothers, Ralph Bankert, and Emory P.

Bankert, both of Hanover. The funeral services were held at 2 this afternoon at St. Paul's (Dubs') Church with the Rev. Andrew Horn and the Rev. Harvey M.

Light officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Sanaet Cassatt Mrs. Nina M.

Baker Cassatt, 77, Hanover R. 3, died at the Hanover General Hospital Monday evening. She had been hospitalized three days. She was born in Adams County, daughter of the late George and Margaret (Appier) Baker. Her husband, Samuel M.

Cassatt, died October, 1971. Surviving are four children: Mrs. Ralph Henry, New Windsor; George M. Cassatt, New Oxford; Mrs. Helen Hetrick, Los Angeles, and Mrs.

Curvin SmaH, Hanover R. 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services win be held Thursday at 2 pjn. from the Feiser Funeral Home, New Ox ford, with Rev. Harry Bowman.

pastor of the First Lutheran Church, New Oxford, officiating. Interment win be in Rest Haven Cemetery, Hanover. Catholic Church, Daflaitown, at 10 a.m. Thursday by Rev. Walter P.

Roberts, associate pastor of Saint Joseph's Parish. Burial will be in the adjoining parish cemetery. Edward W. Warner Edward W. Warner, 94, of Carlisle R.

2, died Monday at Carlisle Hospital. He was a retired employe of the Borough of Carlisle and was a member of the Cumberland Fire Co. He survived by four sons, Edmund Carlisle; Chester of Gardners; Melvin of Shermansdale R. 1, and Lester M. of Carlisle R.

two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Coulson and Mrs. Alda Penner, both of Carlisle; a sister, Mrs. Florence Bridge of Carlisle; 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m.

at the funeral home at 219 N. Hanover Carlisle, with Rev. Walter Winger officiating. Burial will be in Waggoner's Church Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m.

Mrs. D. E. Rineman Mrs. Jennie Irene Rineman, 75, Union Bridge R.

2, died Sunday at 11 p.m. at the Long View Nursing Home, Manchester, where she had been a patient for six months. She was born in York, the daughter of the late George and Mary Fisher Rodenhouse. Her husband, David E. Rineman, died in November 1963.

Surviving her are a son, Richard E. Rineman, Westminster, and two daughters, Mrs. Mary A. Gladfelter. Littlestown, and Mrs.

Kitty Devilbiss, with whom her mother resided; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held day at 2 p-m. at the Myers Funeral Home, Westminster. Lawrence E. Richards, Holland, a member of Jehovah's Witness, officiated and burial took place in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

Mrs. Gilbert Kline Mrs. Mary Catherine Kline, 63, wife of Gilbert Kline, Lantz, died on Tuesday evening at the Western Maryland Hospital of Hagerstown after a lengthy illness. She was born fa Frederick County, daughter of the late Jacob and Margaret (Smith) Martin. She was a member of the Church of God of Prophey.

Besides her husband, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Manahan, Lantz, and Miss Frances Dailey, Blue Ridge Summit. two brothers, Charles W. Bowman. Quincy; John W.

Bowman, Frederick, and by a number of nieces and nephews including some in this area. The body is at the Creager Funeral Home in Thunnont where friends may call after 7 p.m. today. Services will be at the funeral home on Friday at 2 p.m. Rev.

Troy Orr and Rev. William Parks will officiate. Burial will be in the Germantown Church of God Cemetery. Mrs. Paul E.

Hmnerkk Mrs. Ida Gertrude Humerick, 50, wife of Paul E. Humerick, 321 N. Seton Emmitsburg, died at the Western Maryland State Hospital, Hagerstown. Tuesday atfernoon at 5:10 o'clock.

She had been in ill health for two years. She was born in Frederick County, daughter of Mrs. Alice Adelsberger Brawner. Emmits- Greenmount Will Display 1901 Engine Fire Co. win soon have a 1901 "Chemical Engine" in operation for parades, according to reports at Monday night's meeting of the firemen at the Greenmount Fireball.

Lloyd Reaver was named chairman of a team to exhibit the 71-year-old piece of fire equipment. President Frank Coffelt reported the "No. 85 Boyer Chemical Engine, Pun Type" has been completely renovated so that it now is operable. He said the president of the company that formerly manufactured the engine reported to the Greenmount firemen that their 1901 engine is "one of few in existence today." Those wishing to participate in the team were asked to contact Reaver soon so uniforms can be made. James Fiscte, chairman of the property committee and Joseph Eyler, chairman of the ways and means committee were named as chairmen for the work nights for the carnival, scheduled to be held July 10,17, 24 and 31 and August 1, 2, and 3 preparatory to the August 4 and 5 carnival.

They said a meeting will be held at the end of each work night to decide the work to be done on the next work night. Plans were made for a donkey bas'ball game with Vigilant Hose Co. of Emmitsburg at the Greenmount Carnival Grounds Friday, July 14 at 8 p.m. Plans were made to take part in the Kocky Ridge firemen's parade. Harold Lsatherman and Harry Small were appointed to the property committee.

Eugene Althoff and William Fiscle were elected to membership in the fire company. Gary Shorb announced the Adams County Fire Police will meet at Greenmount next Monday night. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Abe Stark, 77, the onetime Brooklyn clothier who to become president of the New York City Council, died Sunday. Stark, who was dubbed "Mr.

Brooklyn" by Mayor John V. Lindsay, won the City Council presidency in 1953 and served until 1963. burg, and the late William Brawner. In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by one son, Paul Joseph Humerick, Emmitsburg R. one granddaughter; six sisters and brothers: Mrs.

fcabelle Swazey, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. William Mffler, Emmitsburg R. Roy Brawner, Dayton; Richard Brawner, Baltimore; Mrs. Helen Warren, Fairfield R. and Mrs.

Mary Rohrbaugh, Gettysburg. She was a member of St Joseph's Catholic Church, Emmitsburg. Funeral services will be held Friday morning. Friends will meet at the Wilson Funeral Home, Emmitsburg, at 9:30, followed by a requiem mass at 9 o'clock at St. Joseph's Church, with Rev.

John King celebrant Burial will be in the new St Joseph's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday evening, when the Rosary will be offered at 8:30. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to St. Joseph's Church. V.

Eck John V. Eck, 49, Baltimore, a native and former resident of the DaHastown area, died Monday at 5 am. in Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, after an illness of several months. He was born in York near Dallastown, the son of Thomas J. Eck, Dallastown R.

1, and the late Mrs. E. Lawrence Eck. In addition to his father, he leaves 11 brothers and sisters. Lawrence Eck.

York: Mrs. Joseph Steinfdt, Mrs. Clyde Goodling, Mrs. Richard Saykr, Gregory Eck. Mrs.

Res- line, Leo P. Eck and Mrs. David Defler. aO of Dallastowij; Mrs. Francis Hunk, McSberrys- town, and Thomas A and Richard Eck, both of Mount- viDe.

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