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Turnpike Figures Draw Prison Terms The Death Record Isaiah F. Mansfield Mrs. Charles Henry Rettig Isaiah F. Mansfield, 81, of Bethel! Mrs. Bertha Viola Rettig of Ford City RD 3, died at i Rimersburg RD 2, widow of Char- about 6 a.m.

today (June 5, 1958) lies Henry Rettig, died Wednesday Stocks Resuming Rise Today After it I If ll A I KITTANNING, PA. --THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1958 58 I Turnpike scandals drew prison sentences today in Dauphin County Court, but imposition of the terms was held up pending appeals to the state Superior Court. The defendants included Thomas J. Evans, 74, Coaldale Republican, who was sentenced by Judge Homer L. Kreider to a two-year term on a conspiracy charge, plus a one-to-two year indefinite sentence and a $5,000 fine for misbehavior in --James F.

Torrance. 70, Ex- Iport, former commission secre- Itary treasurer: One-to-two year I indefinite term for conspiracy, a one-to-two year term and a $1,000 fine for misbehavior in of- 'fice, with the latter sentence to begin upon expiration of the first, i --Clayton A. Landsidle, Shilling- lon, former vice president and 1 general manager of Manu-Mine: A 10-23 month term for conspir- lacy, plus a 1-2 year term illness. A farmer by occupation, he had lived his entire lifetime in the Bethel Twp. area.

was born Feb. 25, bounty, a son of Samuel and Wilhemina (Herold) Mansfield. He was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church. Survivors, other than his wife, the former Carrie Kelly at home, include a 'County Memorial Hospital. i She was aged 66 years, having i been born on April 9, 1892, in mount City, a daughter of John A.

land Emma (Crowe) Sayers. Survivors are seven sons and two daughters, Charles Niagara Falls; James and Paul, both at home; Leo. Rimersburg RD Joseph, West Monterey RD Dai vid, with the U. S. Army at Colorado Springs; John Mary at home and Elizabeth NEW YORK (UPD-Stocks re-j sumed their rise today after a bit! 01, hesitation in the previous ses- jsion.

Railroads, which Wednesday practically all of their-gain' of the Tuesday session, opened' steady to firm. Industrials and! i utilities firmed to new 1958 1 Trading increased with blocks changing hands at; the outset. These included Foremost Dairies at 19 un-l Hospital Notes Armstrong County Memorial Kittanning Admitted: Arlene Loughrey, E. Brady Kittanning MR 10 Gloria Gayle Robinson, Worthington Harvey Kessey, Templeton Sally Lehner, 547 N. Water Kittanning 'Margaret J.

Plyler, 220 Church Worthington Lois Rosenberger, Grant Vandergrift Albert M. Daugherty, 1055 Seventh Ford City Robert H. North, NuMine Jennie C. Cousins, Kittanning Miners Examination Scheduled Saturday The Examining Board of District No. 2, Department of Mines and Mineral Industries, will hold an examination for the certification of miners on June 7, it was announced today.

The examination will be at 9 a. I in the office of State Mine spector J. A. Blackburn, 249 Vine ISt. of almost 20 million dollars The other sentences meted out mon hs monins court Costs Imposed pri- GarfieW (Laura) Deemer of plii Warren Ohio and four grandchil- -Oiarles W.

Stickler Read-! addit ion to the prison terms! Friends will be received at the ing, president of the Manu-Mine: fines aj fiye were or dered i Armstrong funeral home, Leech-) Friends will be received in the Research and Development of prosecu ti 0 and burg, 7 this evening and McNaughton McKlnney funeral a nephew by marriage to Evans: maximum $500 fine on the con- until noon Saturday. From 1 to p.m. home, East Brady, until 10 a.m. Five years in jail for cheating by charges. The defendants Saturday the body will be at the Saturday, when funeral rites will false pretenses and a S5.000 fine, Deceived their sentences without 'i Bethel Lutheran Church, where be conducted by Rev.

Thomas Busand a two-year term for conspir- a emotion. services will be held at 2 p.m. tace in St. Eusebius R. C.

Church, i JhOW off 2,000 Mrs. Rettig was a member of St. 16 Ux 4 250 Eusebius Roman Catholic Church! at 47 up a an(1 in East Brady. lic at up Small gains 'appeared in Southern Railway, mine-is Central, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Atlantic Refining, Monsanto, Union Greyhound, Douglas Aircraft, Co- Martin, lawn Ftird City Mildred A. Contrael, Feme Kittanning Elizabeth Zempko, Yatesboro Patricia Pfeister, 540 Fair Kittanning Richard Round, Kittanning RD 4 Nancy King, 536 Rose Ford City Lloyd, Kittanning i Before Evans was sentenced his! Rev.

Walter Kennedy. Burial will be made in St. Distillers, Magma BD A I i attorneys asked Judge Kreider to: the Templeton and Goheenville bius cemetery, consider his physical condition and Presbyterian Churches, will offici- 'age, pointing out that two i Mrs. Ella Louise Chestnut icians contended confinement could! Burial will be in Bethel ceme-i FORD CITY Mrs. Ella Louise i per, Dupont, Amerada, Avco, and 'Dow Chemical.

i prove fatal and would "definitely tery. Area children were invited today health. Saturday in a net' Torrance's counsel said his 1 baturaaj in a pei, John Hubert Kamer RCA, 94, of 226 Third TC TMf le iFord City, died1 at 8:25 a.m. to- I o.ay (June 19o8) at Armstrong parking lot, in Kittanning High- A I A UJ.ll* U) I lliOUL mt. JT 1 1 FORD CTTY Funeral services i county Memorial Hospital foUow- There were a few losers includ- iinnr 1 Hornlonom lands.

in rpl will be Evans and Torrance. said: Men wno excess of affability." Kreider. were held at 9 a.m. Monday for jug a "lingering jing Allied Chemical, answering the attorneys for I John Hubert Kamer, 235 Mrs. Chestnut, a daughter of steel on 2 300 snares, United Air- temporary custodians of great mann officiating.

companied by an adult, sponsors I said. Children will compete with their pets for 10 "grand prizes." Every entry will receive a ribbon. Chaplain, Wife Visit Relatives In Dayton DAYTON Chaplain Frank C. Black, U. S.

Navy commander Senior, Protestant Chaplain at U. S. Naval Hospital at St. Albans.i N. and Mrs.

Black are -visiting (Continued from Mr. Black's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Black here. said: Ford City.

Services were held i Mr. and Mrs. George Jefferson, hi pubUc in st Mary Roman Catholic was born July 15, 1864 in Elktown, I Positions must realize they are church with the Rev. Paul Weis- y. She was a member of the craft, Goodyear, Boeing Airplane, Royal Dutch, Shell Oil, and American Cyanamid.

Queen Anne Baptist Church and power, which must not be used pallbearers were W. Kenneth i Solomon's Temple Lodge, Trenton, for their own aggrandizement." iReichard, Martin L. Moore, Shus-jKy. Immediately after the sentenc-Jter P. Bernauer, Andy J.

Mehal, I she is survived three sons, ing Kreider granted the attorneys Frank Kendra and Ira M. Henry, i Clark and Finnis, both of Indiana postponement on imposition i Military were conducted all sentences until appeals can be made to the state Superior Court. Kreider permitted the defend- at the St. Mary's cemetery. John Hand, commander; Kenneth Reichard, chaplain; Steve Kozuch, Al ants to remain under bail and chavaux, Dave King, Louis Faulx, ordered them to renew their bail within the next four days.

Richard Moore, Ray Law, Aaron Hutchison and John Zanoli. color guard; and J. Garbarino, P. Biel- skt, R. NouUet, J.

Sotak, J. Reitler, C. Bowser, J. Stuber, J. Kudelka P.

Veek and F. Parlik, escorts, participated in the service. ow tornadoes struck hard in a two-! Second Lt. Gerald Lenavitt, SFC Chaplain and Mrs. Black attend-i state area.

A twister damaged Roscoe P. McElhaney, SFC Robert cd, the General Assembly of the! homes near St. Cloud, Presbyterian and United Presby-jthen clubbed an estimated terian Churches while in this area. in Pittsburgh Freeporters Visiting West Coast Relatives FREEPORT--Mrs. Joseph Cunningham, daughter Mary Edith, son William and Mrs.

Leroy Henry have left for- the West Coast, where Mrs. Cunningham will visit her sister, Mrs. Thomas Hamell, of Hollywood, Calif. Mrs. Henry, a friend from Lucesco Hollow, is accompanying the Cunninghams.

FAIL TO PAY COSTS John Zemko, 31, and George Zemko, 38, of Sagamore, were committed to Armstrong County jail for failure to pay constable and squire costs, the sheriff's docket shows. Squire Karl Watt made the commitment and later ordered John Zemko released. George Zemko remained in jail. VISIT IN N. Y.

STATE FREEPORT--Mrs. Massimo Pesci and daughters Edith and Rose of Franklin Street are visiting the former's son, Geno and family in Tonawanda, N. Y. 25 farms in the Albany, Minn. area.

Several injuries were reported, none of them serious. Crossing into Wisconsin, the violent storm pattern hit with deadly force. One man was killed in Wilson and there were reports, of heavy injuries. Pursuing a zig-zag pattern, the tornado generally followed U.S, 12 into Menomonie, then skipped northeast into Coifax where it unleashed its full fury. Throughout the region communi- catjons were down and farms flattened so that not a stick was left standing.

Dunn County Coroner William Sipple reported 10 persons dead at Cplfax, including two television repairmen from Bloomer, who were -working in the stricken community. Two injured were not expected to live, he said, and there were reports of a missing couple. Three members of a family were killed nearby Chippewa Falls, four persons died near Menomonie, and at least two persons were killed in Knapp, another fanning community. Memorial 'Hospital officials at Menomonie said up to 30 persons half dozen were in critical condition. There were 35 patients at St.

Joseph's Hospital in Chippewa I Falls, including 10 critical cases, Employment statistics released; en te at Eau in mid-March revealed a rise to 62,311,000, an increase of 323,000 from the previous month. more paUen te hosmtals two hospitals. NO DOWN PAYMENT Modern Drama Freeporters Will Get Surplus Food Friday FREEPORT--Surplus food will B. Wingard, Sgt. Harry R.

Hartman, Sgt. William J. Chernelli, Sgt. Fred J. Tregaskes and SP3 Robert A.

Kornasiewicz comprised the firing squad. Mrs. Luella Pearl Stitt Funeral FORD CITY Funeral services for Mrs. Luella Pearl Stitt of Ford City RD 1, who" died May 31 at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, were held at 2 p.m. yesterday at the Faykosh Funeral Home, Ford City.

Rev. -Walter Kennedy, of Templeton and Goheenville Presbyterian Churches, was in charge of services. A poem, "Beyond the Sunset," was given. Burial took place at the Ford City cemetery. Casket bearers were William Stivason, Walter Stivason, Cliff Turney, Pern Rupert, Claude Bowser and Russell Beers.

W. Glen Ward W. Glen Ward, 71, Karns City RD 2, dfcd in his home at 3:45 pirn. Wednesday (June 4, 1958). Born May 1.

1887 in Perry Township, Armstrong County, Mr. Ward was a brother of the late Charles A. and Roberta Ward. McKinney Ward, a son and three daughters. Friends will be received at the Hepler Funeral Home, Petrolia.

Burial will take place Saturday at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church, Chicora RD, where Mr. Ward was apolis, and Caleb, and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Smith, Ford City, and Miss Norine Evansville, Ind. Mrs.

Chestnut's husband, John, died in 1940. She leaves two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Her body will be taken from the Livestock Mildred E. Rumbarger, 312 S. McKean Kittanning Olive K.

Smith and baby girl, Worthington Carol E. Cornman and baby girl, Ford City RD 1 Diann J. Zimmerman, Kittanning RD 2 Lois 0. Stennett and baby girl, N. Apollo Julia A.

Slease, Kittanning RD 2 Eleanor Riffer, McGrann Howard F. Shuster, Kittanning RD 4 Delmar Fair, Kittanning RD 3 Diana M. Volek, 107 Sunset The following births were announced today by Armstrong County Memorial Hospital officials: A son to Mr. and Mrs. William Loughrey, E.

Brady Kittanning MR 10, at 7:04 a.m., June 4, 1958. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Junior Shaffer, 501 Fifth Ford City, at 10:01 a.m., June 4, 1958. A daughter to Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Robinson, Worthington, at 1:06 pjn. June 4, 1958. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Plyer, 220 Church Worthington, at 4:10 p.m., June 4, 1958. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rosenberger, Grant Vandergrift, at 6:30 p.m., June 4, 1958. A son to Mr.

and Mrs. John Pfeister, 540 Fair Kittanning, at 3:33 a.m., June 5, 1958. PITTSBURGH (UPD--Livestock Cattle: 75; steers and bulls 5 0 1 cents to 1 dollar lower. Steers! 0 medium to choice 27-29; medium to good 24-26; common to medium 22-24; heifers good to choice 25-27; medium to good 22-24; common to medium" 20-22; cows good to choice 18-20; medium to good Susan Henderson, Kittanning RD Welch funeral home, Ford City, 16-18; and cutters 14-16; at 11 a.m. Saturday to Second Bap-j bulls common to medium tist Church, Ford City.

Funeral services will be held at' the church with the Rev. J. 0. Kennedy, pastor, officiating. Burial will be made in Ford City cemetery.

Notable Deaths From Everywhere By United Press International PARIS--Harry McElhone, 67, owner of the famous Harry's New York Bar here, died of a heart' attack Tuesday night. The bar has been a favorite hangout of Americans in Paris since Harry took it over in 1923. Among its patrons were Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. McElhone left Paris for London with the onset of World War H.

He served as head bartender at the Cafe de Paris and at the Hotel Bitz's Rivoli Bar in the British capital until the war's end, when he returned to Paris, and reopened his bar. He was a native of Dundee, Scotland arid first went to work in France in 1908. CHRISTTANSTED, Virgin Islands--Dr. Fairfax Hall, pediatrician for the Island of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, died here surTivId by his wife, Alice Wednesday.

He was 72. Before going: to St. Croix in 19o5, he was a pediatrician in New Rochelle, N.Y., for 40 years. 20-22. Hogs: 250; 25 cents higher; 160150 Ibs 180-200 Ibs 23.75?4; 200-220 Ibs 23.75-24; 220-250 Ibs 23.75-24.75; meat type 24.25; 250- 30C Ibs 300-350 Ibs 20.7521; 100-150 Ibs 19.25-24; roughs steady; 17.75-20.

Sheep: 125; steady and slow; luxnbs 1.00 lower; choice spring lambs 24-25; medium to good 1921; common lambs 13-15; ewes 3.50-6.50; wethers 4-8. Calves 25; 1 dollar lower; good to Choice 29-31; medium. 21-24; culls and common 9-14. Egg Prices PITTSBURGH (UP) Eggs: Market weak; supplies moderate but fully ample for trade requirements; movement into retail 'channels reported slow to fair. A large white 46Vz-53; mostly 49-50: brown and mixed mostly 48-50; A medium white 4449, mostly 4648; brown and mixed 43-49; large white 45-46; brown and mixed 45-45.

World production of coke has increased every year since 1945. Grand Jurors (Continued from Paee One) The jurors refused to indict defendant Clarence Toy of Kittanning RD 3 who was charged with larceny by prosecutrix Evelyn M. Snyder of 1507. Orr Kittanning. Snyder is to pay costs.

A. R. Shellhammer of Vandergrift, charged with assault and battery was released by the jurors. Nettie Virginia Shellhammer of Vandergrift RD 2 was the pro- secutrix. The county will pay costs.

No prosecution was filed for Dean Bennett of Kittanning ME 10 on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill and surety of the peace filed by June Bennett of Kittanning MR 10. No prosecution was also filed on behalf of Florence Toy of Kittanning RD 3 who was charged with neglect of children. Clarence Toy of Kittanning RD 3 was prosecutor. Dale Bowser of Kittanning RD 2, charged with paternity by Evelyn Benson of 125 Sampson Kittanning, is scheduled to face court action this June term. A true bill in his case was handed down during the March term and the case was postponed.

Alaska is the northernmost territory of the United States. ST. AGNES, Cornwall, England --Alburn E. Skinner, retired bank-! er and industrialist, died here a life-long member. Rev.

C. Tuesday at, the age of 86. Skinner, Hildebrand, church pastor, will who, had lived in St. Agnes since officiate. 19 was honorary chairman and former chairman of the board of Robert M.

Greenbaum Funeral i trustees at the Chautauqua Insti- Funeral services for Robert tubon-tte summer cultural cen- a Chautauqua, N.Y. be distributed in Freeport Friday, Greenbaum of Kittanning High- Jack Atkinson, head of the Monday night COMMUNITY DRIVE-IN THEATRE LOCATED ON RT.422 EAST OF I A I Buck a Carload Tonight TWO FIRST BUN FEATURES KUUROBURTOK CURTIUHSWI HUTU ROHAN MTKOHfl PtlLESRH lift CM BUT BITTER VICTORY RHMILLJUW A Wnitk fateto. BE 78 TOMORROW Mrs. Samuel Chestnutt, New Bethlehem RD 2 will observe her 78th birthday anniversary June 6. Baptist Children: Day Observance To Take Place Sunday Children's Day will be observed with a special program at the 11 a.m.

worship service Sunday morning in the First Baptist Church, The program, presented under the direction of Mrs. Lloyd Duncan, chairman of Children's work for the Board of Christian Education, is entitled, "Jesus, Friend of Children." A "Baby Dedication" service will be a part of the program. offering will be received in support, of the "Winning the Children for Christ" program of the American Baptist Convention. Due to the annual meeting Saturday and Sunday of the Clarion at the Clarion First Baptist Church, there will be no Sunday evening worship service at the local Baptist Church. BOND POSTED Edward Rybarick, 23, of Kittanning RD 4, was released, fro county jail yesterday after boni was posted before Squire Richard Siar of Cadogan.

Rybarick faces a charge of larceny, sheriff's records show. TO BE 84 Andrew Delacour of Tidal (Mahoning RD 1) will observe his 84th birthday anniversary June 6. Modern urama 7TM 11 Presbyterian- Hospital, Pittsburgh, Joanne Woodward, Sheree North i gram announced Hours are 11 Wednesday afternoon at Tony Randall --PLUS- A I David Wayne, Keenan Wynn iajn. to 3 p.m. in Carmerlo store 'room, 5th at High.

Recipients must take with them and turn in their cards at this time. New cards will be issued. SUNSET-VIEW DRIVE-IN THEATRE Junction Rfs. 28 and 908--Top Freeport Hill NOW SHOWING Walt Disney's "BAMBI" Technicolor, plus "NIGHT PASSAGE" Technicolor and CinemaScope James Stewart and Audie Murphy were held Wednesday afternoon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Rev. William M. Bayle officiated. Pallbearers were Harry A. Heilman Harry Atkins, Edward jBuchholz, Sidney Nevins, Harry I T.

Blaney and Dr. Calvin Miller Jr. Burial was in Kittanning ceme- i tery. "THE MOST FMSSTIC ENTERTAINMENT EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY!" --NZWSWEtK MAGA2JNf THE GREATEST SHOW NOW ON EARTH!" Thomas L. Odgen Services Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m.

Friday in Bauer funer- I at home for Thomas L. Odgen, who died last Monday in Doctor's Hosi pital Md. Rev. Walter i Kennedy will be the officiating minister. Burial will be made in the Red Bank Cemetery.

Friends will be received at -the I funeral home until the hour of fun- i eral rites. Gutters Down Spouts Repaired or Replaced We Sell and Service all kinds of SIDING and ROOFING Aluminum, Stone, Glatex, Ruberoid, Carey, Celotex, Johns-Manville, Bird if it's on the market we have it. A I A W.J. GOOD Roofing Siding KiftMining LI 3-7111 Ford City RO 2-5554 I Marriage License Applications Armstrong County Thomas Eugene Grossman 'Of kittanning RD 1, Loretta Jean Sperl of 317 Main Ford City. Robert Walter Salankiewicz of 716 Fifth Ford City, Dorothy Charlotte Thomaswick of 1110 Sixth Ford City.

Edgar Thomas Williams of Elderton, Janet Lee Barger- I stock of Kittanning RD 1. Edward Francis Hansotte of i New Kensington, Patricia May i TJfltegraph of New Kensington. I Milton Claude Womeldorf of Vandergrift, Virginia Lee San- ford of Leechburg. i James L. Oravitz Jr.

of Brack- enridge, Rose Marie Spencer of Tarentum, Hillis Eugene Shenafelt Jr. of Kittanning MR 10, Marcia Jean Toy of Kittanning MR 10. Butler County Ralph Wilbur Hotz, Fenelton; Stella Mae Jukites, Worthington. Harry Edward Madison, Butler Springdale; Phyllis Julia Oeibel, 525 Franklin Freeport. TODD'S TROOPER TO SCHOOL State Trooper Charles Klodell of the Kittanning; sub-station, has been temporarily assigned to the SUte Police Training- School at Hershey.

He is expected to return here some time In the late nmmer. THE WOBUTS MOST HONORED SHOW 52 BEST PICTURE AWARDS AND WORLD-WIDE PRIZES SEE 1T AT Cool! Cool! starring' if DAHD NIYM CMTIimAS ROBERT NEWTON SHIRLEY MadAINE TECHNICOLORS StrcenjUj fcy IMU KHS F.WM* ir.i S. I. WHILE PLAYING AT ADVANCED ROAD SHOW PRICES TO RECORD BREAKING AUDIENCES IN NEW YORK, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, PARIS. LONDON.

TOKYO AND CAPITOLS ALL OVER THE WORLD. CHARLES BOYER JOE E. BROWN MARTINE CAROL JOHN CARRAD1NE CHARLES COBURN' RONALD COLMAN MELVILLE COOPER NOEL COWARD FINLAY I REGINALD ANDY I MARLENE DIETRICH LUIS DOM1NCU1N A WALTER FITZGERALD I JOHN GIELCUD HESMIONE C1NCOLD JOSE GRECO SIR CEDRIC HA.R0WICKE TREVOR HOWARD GLYNIS JOHNS BUSTER KEATON EVELYN KEYES BEATRICE LILLIE PETER LORRE EDMOND LOWE COL. TIM McCOY VICTOR McLACEN A. E.

MATTHEWS I MAZURKI JOHN MILLS ROBERT MORLEY ALAN MOWBRAY ED MURROW JACK OAK1E It GEORGE RAFT GILBERT ROLAND It CESAR ROMERO FRANK SINATRA RED SKELTON RONALD SQUIRE BASIL SYDNEY RICHARD WATTIS HARCOURT WILLIAMS OLUMBIA NOW SHOWING MATINEES THRU SUNDAY AT 8:15 P.M. SEE IT NOW ON THE GIANT SCREEN HELD OVER' Evening Matinees Sat. and Sun. 2 p.m. OF THE YEAR Inf HHMC Of Acoovmy Awonb! BEST PICTURE OF THE A r- 1 i i i A Rf A FRI.

YOU'LL LOVE LUCY and Des'i on the Lucille BALL DesiARNAZ inM-G-M's The LONG. Marjorie MAIN Keenan WYNN Tommy Sands "SING BOY SING" DRIVE-IN THEATRE LOOK HOW HAPPY THEY ARE BECAUSE IT'S BUCK A CARLOAD TON1TE AND SCHOOL IS O-U-TI--ARE THIS HAPY? Jfffij See Tonight 3 Big Features WARNERCOLOR WARNER BROS. MTAUE WOOD KflRL MAIDEN GARY GRANT DEBORAH KERR AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER caw tans HUUCCKKTUK scon BRADY.

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