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Of Illinois Enters Prison LEXINGTON, Ky. I Otto Kerner --once governor of Illinois and U.S. appeals court judge --now prisoner No. 0037123 --Monday began serving a three-year term on convictions stemming from racetrack stock transfers. Kerner, sentenced in February, 1973.

was refused a review of his conviction for the second i by the U.S. Supreme Court last week. Prison authorities said he would be eligible for parole in October He surrendered to marshals at the federal i i here, then was driven to the prison, a former narcotics treatment where he was met by Associate Warden William Key. He was assigned a double room with an unidentified prisoner. There are 250 male prisoners and about 100 women at the prison a short- termers.

He was not permitted to speak to reporters. Kerner. governor of Illinois before he was appointed to the U.S. 7th i i Court of Appeals in 1968. suffers from a heart i i He was assigned to the prison's comprehensive health care unit.

Warden Lawrence G. Grossman said, "We are primarily interested in taking care of his medical problems." He said Kerner earlier had written him that he wished to get involved in prison activities, however, and not just sit in his cell. Kerner's prison caseworker, Mary Moldestad, 31, said, "I don't see his stay here a rehabilitative thing. Considering he's been around all these years and stayed out of prison. "He's accountable for whatever he's done," she added, "but what we do for him depends.

It's clear he's not a master criminal. Kerner, the first federal judge ever convicted of a crime while on the bench, resigned last week. He had continued to draw his $42,500 annual salary for 14 months after his conviction. 2 Hurt in Mishap Two Ford City residents were treated at the Armstrong County Memorial Hospital for injuries sustained in a one-car accident at 9:30 p.m. yesterday on Ross Ford City.

David Meixelberger, 17, of 1226-6th driver, suffered contusions of the face and Barbara Petras, 17, of Ford City RD a passenger, received facial lacerations and abrasions of the arm and leg. Both were treated at the hospital and released. Parked Auto Bumped A hit-and-run car caused $40 damage to a parked automobile at 1 p.m. Sunday on the private drive of the Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, according to state police at the Kittanning substation. June L.

Weight, 57, of Ford City RD 2, it was reported, was parked along the private drive when another car parked in front backed up, bumped the Weight car and left the scene. 2--leader-Times Kittanning, Po. Tuesday, July 30, 1974 1,000 Signatures Atlantians Fight To Save Ws News Palace-like Movie Theater Across State: This Day In This Area Hospital Notes By THOMAS G. BELDEN ATLANTA I The Fox Theater, a once-glittering monstrosity that is one of America's last palace-like movie houses, is scheduled to be demolished and the people of Atlanta don't like it one bit. The Fox's marble water a i masonry a ticework, carved chair "legs and low archways are all from an era that seems destined for oblivion.

"The Fox is a showplace in the 'Roxy' style, theaters which were built in the twenties and were a phenomenon," says theater manager Mike Spirtos. "The other ones have all been torn down and there just won't be any left." The owners of the theater announced a month ago that it was no longer "economically feasible" to operate the Fox and said they planned to sell the i i to Southern Bell Telephone Co. as the site for a new high-rise headquarters. Almost immediately, a "Save the Fox" movement was launched to find an alternative to the destruction of the huge, ornate theater that is supposedly a replica of the Al Hambra in Granada, Spain. Organizers of the movement have collected the signatures of 11,000 persons who say the 45- year-old palace should not be torn down, and all manner of public officials plus actress Helijn Hayes have added their support.

Zeal for the movement is running high enough now that almost 2,000 persons turned out Monday for a "Save the Fox" performance at the theater, and let out a hearty cheer for an Atlanta real estate man who said he would make an effort to uby the building and turn it into a music hall, hall. "We're not Santa Claus, we're businessmen," developer Harry Aviron said. "We're prepared to buy the Fox Theater and we're going to pay what it takes." Reportedly, Southern Bell is willing to pay $5.5 million for the choice piece of property just north of downtown Atlanta. Before Aviron, sounding like an evangelist, took the microphone, dozens of officials and citizens told the boisterous crowd about efforts to save the building. "The Fox is an endangered specis," said Georgia Tech architecture professor Frank Beckum.

"I think we all agree that they don't build them like this anymore. The Fox is extremely significant as an architectural masterpiece as well as a socio-cultural document." The theater, built between 1926 and 1929, has a seating capacity of 4,000 and beneath its 135-foot wide stage are five floors of dressing rooms, cavernous storage areas, practice rooms and another auditorium and banquet room. The Metropolitan Opera used the Fox for many years, but as Atlanta grew numerous other auditoriums were built and many special productions, including those of the Met that had been using the theater went elsewhere. Movies alone could have supported the Fox at one time, also, but in the last few years, feature films were no longer making money because of the theater's location in a changing neighborhood. Lloyd M.

Bentsen Ronald Dante Diane Nemec Ignashev About People By United Press International LEAVES HIM BEHIND MOSCOW I Diane Nemec Ignashev. 22. won a three-month battle against Soviet red tape to marry her Russian fiance, but Monday had to leave him behind because her visa expired. But, said Mrs. Ignashev.

daughter of a former Chicago policeman, "We hope we can get as soon as She planned to spend a few days with friends in London before flying on to Chicago. Mrs. Ignashev, who is four months a said she would i i i a i a i procedures for her husband, Sergei, 36. a i a i a and translator. Mrs.

Ignashev came to the Soviet Union two years ago to work for an A i a diplomat. She later got a job with the English-language Moscow News as a translator but was fired a announcing her marriage plans in April. YOUNG KENNEDY HURT NAIROBI (UPI) Robert Kennedy 20, banged up his knee when he slipped on some rocks while trying to sneak past a rogue elephant on the slopes of Mount Kenya. He was taken to a doctor for treatment and hobbled around on crutches for a couple of days. "But I'm all right now," he said Monday.

"It was nothing at all. I'm just taking it easy." Kennedy has been in Kenya filming a television wildlife series for viewing in the United States. WILL ANSWER I AUSTIN. Tex. I Sen.

Lloyd M. Bentsen a Texas Democrat who a i presidential aspirations, has been picked to appear on national television Wednesday to answer President Nixon's speech on the economy. Bentsen said Monday Nixon is to blame for the country's inflation and only Congress can keep the United States from tumbling into a recession. "The President is trying to blame the Congress (charging) budget busting," Bentsen said. "If you take all of the budgets submitted by this President since he's been in office the Congress has cut his budgets." Bentsen said Nixon proposed the country's first S200 billion budget and its first $300 billion budget.

TRIAL POSTPONED TUCSON, Ariz. I i i Ronald a former a of actress Lana Turner. Monday was ordered to undergo ah examination for mental competence, postponing his trial for attempted murder. Dante's attorney requested the mental examination. Tho order by Superior Court Judge a a automatically delays Dante's trial, which had been scheduled to begin today.

Dante, 53, is charged with attempting to hire a killer to murder another hypnotist. By United Press International PHILADELPHIA I -Four Episcopal bishops Monday ordained 11 women as the first female priests in the history of the church. A standing-room-only crowd watched the ceremony which had been condemned by the Episcopal Church on grounds it violated church law. Hospital admissions are printed for the benefit of friends and relatives of patients, but not to encourage visitation. Welfare of the patients should be considered by ali hospital visitors.

Brookville Hospital Admitted: Lillian Hindman, Corsica Martha Fitzgerald, Brookvitle Joy Martz, Brookville RD 1 Arthur Winslow, Sligo RD 2 HARIUSBURG I Oil industry spokesmen say the price of a gallon of heating oil has increased 50 per cent in less than a year. The average price was 23 cents per gallon last September and is now selling for 35 cents. Armstrong County Discharged: Memorial, Kittanning Admitted: Clarion Hospital Admitted: Kathryn Corbett, Summervllle Linda Shaffer, Brookville Sandra McCullough, Summerville PHILADELPHIA I A federal judge has been asked to approve a out of court settlement in a civil suit charging former Gov. William S. Scranton and four others with fraud in a 1969 corporate stock i Judge John Morgan Davis took the proposal under advisement.

(UPlTolophoto) THE FOX THEATER, one of America's last palace-like movie theaters, located in Atlanta, is scheduled to be destroyed. A "Save the Fox" movement was launched to find an alternative to the destruction. Mike Gluck (right) one of the leaders of the movement, collects signatures for the cause, and Clyde Panter adds his name to the list with the theater in the background. Approval Asked of Terms To Clear Scranton of Suif PITTSBURGH I -Eleanor Roseman of Philadelphia, a former professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, said Monday she was dismissed from the faculty because she missed school while observing the Jewish holidays. The testimony was given at a hearing in federal court on her suit to be reinstated to her teaching post.

PHILADELPHIA (UPI) A federal judge was asked Monday to approve a $475,000 out- of-courtsettlementof a civil suit charging former Gov. William W. Scranton and four others with fraud in a 1969 corporate stock offering. U.S. District Judge John Morgan Davis took the proposal under advisement to study Earnings Show Sales Skid For Chrysler DETROIT I The Chrysler Corp.

Monday reported worldwide earnings during the first six months of this year fell 85.9 per cent from the record figures of a year ago. Lynn Townsend, chairman of the smallest of the "Big Three" automakers, and President John Riccardo said Chrysler's earnings of S29.4 million for the first six months this year, compared with a record S198.4 million last year, reflected the difficult economic conditions for the auto industry worldwide. General Motors, the industry giant, announced last Friday its first-half earnings dropped almost 74 per cent to S426 million from the comparable 1973 period --the lowest earnings for the period in IB years. Ford Motor the other member of the big three, will issue its i half report Wednesday. Chrysler said sales for the first half of 1974 totaled S5.7 billion, down 5.8 per cent from S6.I billion a year ago.

Sales in the second quarter totaled S3 billion, a decline of S200 million or fi.3 per cent from S3.2 billion a year ago. Earnings during the second quarter by Chrysler this year were S27.8 million, down 75.6 per cent from the profit figures in 1973. "The combination of depressed sales volumes and the extraordinary cost increases resulting from general inflation and shortages of basic materi- a a i i a i i ficult to earn an adequate profit." the two top Chrysler executives said in a statement. Chrysler, which has had four consecutive three-month periods in i earnings have declined, sold 840,825 cars, trucks and tractors in the second a of 1974, compared with 947,122 for the second quarter in 1973. Thieves Remove Door To Get Beer in Club A case of beer was stolen from the Sagamore Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Home, Sagamore, between 2 and 7 a.m.

yesterday as burglars removed the door from the hinges to gain entry, according to state police at the Kittanning substation, who are investigating the burglary. Porfa-foilef Siolen Burglars, sometime during the past weekend, removed items valued at $350 from a bus at the ROB Coal Co. of Apollo in South a Tpw. The material is owned by Clarence 0. Creel of Kittanning RD 4.

Missing were a porta-loilet, two acetylen torches, hoses, gauges and a 12-volt battery. State police at the Kittanning substation are investigating. numerous documents submitted by counsel for the class of 1.000 persons. The five defendants were among 1H persons and four firms originally named in the four-year-old suit. If approved, the settlement would boost the total of out-of- court agreements in the case to 5540,000 Theodore a counsel for the plaintiffs, also filed a petition, seeking $180,000 in fees or one-third of what the plaintiffs hope to recover in the case.

He also sought reimbursement of more than $20,000 in costs. The settlement submitted to Judge Davis involved Scranton, Public i i Commission Chairman George I. Bloom; state House Republican Whip Matthew Ryan: Craig Truax, House Republican aide and former GOP state chairman; and Vance F. Rigling, vice president of United Municipal Incinerator Corp. I the i cited in the allegedly fraudulent stock offering.

The proposed settlement stemmed from a suit filed by investors in UMIC which was i a in 1969. They claimed the firm organized to operate i i a trash disposal systems across the state but was doomed to fail on the basis of a a prospectus accompanying its stock offering. UMIC declared bankruptcy in February, 1972, after lending S3.G million to three unrelated firms which also failed, the plaintiffs said. The suit charged the prospectus was fraudulent because it failed to reveal the transactions with the three firms. The proposal submitted to Judge Davis includes the payment of S440.000 in cash or securities with the remaining 835,000 to be paid over a period ot three years.

Previous court approved settlements included one for 000 to be paid by Hess, Grant and Frazier. a Philadelphia investment firm, and a 515,000 payment by Sciencescopc to members of the plaintiff class. Church of God Group En Route Denver Meet A group of First Church of God (Woodward Avenue) young men and women were en- route to Denver today for a four-day International" Youth Convention a will open Thursday. The busload which departed Kittanning shortly after 8 a.m. included 29 from the Kittanning church, nine from Erie and two from Lower Burrell.

The party was under the oversight of the Rev. and Mrs. James Harvey and several counselors. Mr. Harvey is associate pastor of the Kittanning church.

Knox Man Hospitalised After Clarion Road Mishap Ronald Wile, 46, of Knox is in "fiar" condition today at the Clarion Hospital, Clarion, with undetermined injuries after he rolled over with a PennDOT vehicle yesterday afternoon on the Limestone Plant Road, Perry Clarion County. State police at the Shippenville substation said the vehicle ran off the roadway, ran into a ditch and rolled over on its side. An estimated $200 damage was incurred. UNDATED I Many sections of the state were struck by a series of severe thunderstorms Monday. No injuries were reported and damage was relatively minor except in Washington County where state police reported a tornado touched down in the village of Beallsville and damaged six homes and a business.

Worthington Crossroads Scene of Auto Collision Two cars collided at the intersection of a legislative route and Route 422 in Worthington at 1:30 yesterday, state police at the Kittanning substation reported. Margaret Georgeana Reitz, 38, of Brookville RD 3 entered the intersection the legislative road and Joan C. Claypool, 34, of Craigsville drove eastward on 422. Police estimated $475 damage to the Reitz car and $250 to the Claypool vehicle. Nobody was injured, police said.

Tina L. Siar, Corsica Curtis H. Pence, 608 Franklin New Bethlehem Matt W. Fatten, Widnoon Kristen R. Bearfield, Rimersburg RD 1 Brenda L.

Yount, 715 Woodward Kittanning Michael E. Williams, Kittanning RD 5 Jason W. Gray, Kittanning MR 10 (East Brady Road) Robert I. Patterson, 301 Franklin Kittanning Wilfred Mitchell, 152 S. McKean Kittanning Barbara M.

Cloak, 1009 Johnston Kittanning John R. Odrechowski, 705-Sth Ford City Olive H. Rearick, Rural Valley RD 1 Thelma L. Ritchey, 205 Garfield Kittanning Elzada P. Snyder, Timblin Russell W.

Young, Kittanning RD 5 Edgar E. Armor, Natrona Heights RD 1 Diania L. Uplinger, Rural Valley RD 1 Margaret A. Baker, Ford City RD 1 Beth L. Anderson, 110 Lyons Bay Road, Nokomis, Fla.

Howard E. Brosius, 546 Hawthorne Kittanning Shirley D. Vogt, East Brady RD 1 Timothy Schrecengost, i tanning RD 5 Cindy Lou Shields, 152 Ridgeview Road, Sarver Ronald G. Carney, 906-7th Ford City William L. Clever, Kittanning RD 2 Doris I.

Bowser, Kittanning RD 5 Mrs. Glen Shields, Summerville Lorna Beichner, Shippenville RD Arthur Mayhue, North Pine Grove Barbara McManigle, Brookville Ronald Wile, Knox James Kindel, Sligo RD Goldie Spragg, Strattanville RD Margaret Cicciarelli, Rimersburg William Neiderriter, Clarion Discharged: Rita Wolbert, Crown Gloria Ganoe, Shippenville RD Winifred Barrett, New Bethlehem Beverly Waring, Shippenville RD Mrs. John Boyer and baby girl, New Bethlehem Alice Schreckengost, New Bethlehem Births Hospital Employe Completes Course In Nuclear Field Robert (Elaine) Dunkle, a radiologic technologist, became the first employe of Armstrong County Memorial Hospital to receive registration in the field of nuclear medicine technology by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. One of approximately six similarly trained people in western a i a she completed a rigorous a a program and examination to qualify, according to Robert Engle, hospital administrator. Nuclear medicine technology incorporates the use of radioactive materials to detect, diagnose or treat a i diseases.

At ACMH, Engle said, the nuclear program is a division i i the a of Radiology, under the professional direction of D. W. Minteer, M.D., radiologist. Mrs. Dunkle, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John R. Roberts of Ford City, is a graduate of Ford City High School and Armstrong County Memorial School of Radiologic Technology. Discharged: Diana R. Colin, 112 Justice Kittanning Anthony S.

Kozuch, 204 Gene Drive, Lower Burrell Francis Bourdess, Indiana RD 5 James C. Claypool, Shelocta RD 1 Carl C. Conley, Worthington Janet L. Furlong, 2116 Manor Drive, Ford City Mildred L. George, Worthington RD 1 Dorothy B.

Kammerdiener, Kittanning MR 10 (East Brady Road) Margaret R. Long, Main Worthington Janet Montgomery, 108 Delaware Williamstown, N.J. Phyllis Paulson, Indiana Effie Perry, 141 Campbell Kittanning Clayton L. Schrecengost, Kittanning RD 7 Richard D. Sinclair, 710 Clay Gallon, Ohio Wilda D.

Thompson, Kittanning RD 3 State lottery Drawings Scheduled Clarion County Fair Under Way NEW BETHLEHEM The 36th annual Clarion County Fair, now under way at Redbank Valley Municipal Park will feature state lottery drawings on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday is billed as the big day at the fair and the first lottery drawing will take place at 9:30 a.m. The second a i will take place Thursday morning. Attention will be focused i on a Nation-Wide Demolition Derby scheduled to start at 8 o'clock. This has been one of the top crowd-pleasers the past three years.

Wednesday's program will start with a cattle cavalcade and a concert by the 60-member Dayton-Shannock Valley High School bands under the direction of Tom Shaffer of Distant. Another concert will be given at 7 p.m. Beginning at 2 p.m. there will be a grandstand stage revue a i the Blue Ridge Quartet and the Flowers Family. Both will return for repeat performances at 8 p.m.

Wednesday is also billed as "Senior Citizens' Day" at the Fair, with members of such clubs in the area being admitted free for the afternoon events upon presentation of their membership cards. A kids' carnival will start at 1 p.m. on Thursday. Attention shifts to horses in the evening with the Armstrong County Mounted Posse presenting a demonstration at 7:15 p.m., followed by a horse pulling contest at 8. i i at 9:30 a.m.

Friday there will be a tractor pulling contest for youth. An annual tractor pulling contest which is one of the Fair's top attractions will take place in the evening at 7:30. For the teenagers, a dance will be held at the skating rink, with music provided by the Pittsburgh rock group, On Saturday, the Fair Week will be concluded with ostrich races and a wild animal show at 2 and 8 p.m. Among the announced "jockeys" for the afternoon ostrich races are Jerry Tosh, a former Fair cochairman and New Bethlehem insurance agent; Jack Weiser, from First Seneca Bank, and Wray Hepler from New Bethlehem Bank. Competing in the second afternoon racing event will be Cliff Snyder, this year's cochairman; Russ McHenry and Jerry Brown, president and secretary, respectively, of the Clarion County Holstein Club.

The riders will use brooms instead of reins. Riders in the first race of the on evening at 8 o'clock will be Sheriff James a County Commissioner Robert S. Thompson, and Al Cypher manager of Citizens Utilities Company of Pennsylvania operations in New Bethlehem and Sligo. Competing in the evenings' second race will be H. Thomas Aaron of Fairmont City; Paul Kirkpatrick of New Bethlehem RD 2 and Dave Fowler, assistant county Agricultural Extension Service agent.

The Clarion County Fair was known as the Farmers and Merchants Picnic. The site, the Redbank Valley Municipal Park is the former American Legion Park at Alcola, about three miles east of New Bethlehem Route 28. An arts, crafts and antique display is on exhibit in the skating rink. The fair opened Sunday with a Clarion County 4- horse and pony show. A hymn sing took place in the evening under sponsorship of the Redbank Valley Ministerium.

Activities by 4-H, FFA and FHA groups took place on Monday. A horse show was held in the i Judging of livestock, grain, hay and other crops took place on Tuesday. Fair co-chairmen are Robert Shaffer of Distant and Cliff Snyder of Parker RD (West Monterey). Arnold Dinger and Jerry Brown are assistant co- a i Gene Smith is secretary and serves as Fair Week coordinator. W.

R. (Ted) Strong is treasurer and Tom T. Andrews Jr. is program chairman. Tree Falls on Car A i a i Park tree slammed an automobile stopped for the signal light on S.

Water and Mulberry Kittanning, at 5:25 p.m. yesterday during the wind and rain. James R. Boyer, 52, of Port Washington RD 2, Ohio, was stopped at the red light when the tree near the curb in the i a i Borough Park snapped and the heavy upper trunk crashed to the roadway and onto the stopped Boyer car. Boyer was reportedly uninjured.

Car Forced Off Road Daniel Crytzer, 16, of Kittanning RD 2 was forced off the roadway at 4:05 p.m. yesterday on a curve in the legislative road near West Valley, and his car ran into an embankment. State police who investigated said about $150 damage was done to the car. Armstrong County Memorial, Kittanning July 29, a.m., boy to Mr. and Mrs.

Regis Narin of 314 Meadow Ford City. Elsewhere: July 29, 1974---at Brookville Hospital, a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Holt of Brookville. --at Clarion Hospital, a boy to Mr.

and Mrs. Glen Shields of Summerville. 3 Individuals Hurt As Auto Rolls Over Three persons were injured when the driver lost control of her automobile at 4:25 p.m. yesterday on the wet roadway, Route 228, a half-mile north of Worthington. i Vogt, 19, of East Brady RD driver of the car, sustained a fracture of the nose and arm lacerations.

She is in satisfactory condition at the Armstrong County Memorial Hospital. Passengers in the car, Richard Olcus, 19, of East Brady RD 1 suffered facial lacerations and cuts of the hand and wrist, and Joy Vogt, 44, of East Brady RD 1 received facial lacerations and contusion of the right shoulder. Both were treated and released at the Jriospilal, To state police at the Kittanning substation, Miss Vogt drove her car northward on 228 when she lost control and the car rolled over on its side. An estimated S600 damage was incurred. More Rural Families To Have Mail Delivery A liberalization of rules will benefit an estimated 25 families served by rural routes out of the Kittanning Post Office, postmaster Theodore J.

Croyle said today. The rule change approved by Postmaster General E. T. a Croyle said, will provide mail delivery service for the first time to more than 100,000 rural families nationwide. "Under previous criteria," Croyle said, "rural delivery extensions could be made only if at least one a i was i for every seven- tenths of a mile a rural carrier had to go to serve the box and return to his normal line of travel.

"But the postmaster general has increased the acceptable route variance to a mile, thereby enabling us to provide home delivery service to many additional families." Thieves removed various mechanical parts from a farm tractor sometime between July 8 and 29 at a farm off old Route 422, East Franklin Township. The tractor, parked in a shed, is owned by James EHermyer of 165 S. McKean Kittanning. Value of the parts is undetermined. State police at the Kittanning substation are investigating.

Car Parts Removed A carburator and a manifold were removed from a wrecked car sometime during the weekend at Welis Wrecking, New Bethlehem RD 1. The car belonged to Robert Andrew Smith Jr. of Hawthorn and the missing parts were valued at $180. State police at the Shippenville substation are investigating. Reunion Dates: Opening Pool During Festival A County YMCA today announced the opening of the swimming pool for public use during the Fort Armstrong Folk Festival.

Hours will be 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and 1 to 11 p.m. a a members, executive secretary Albert M. Conville said, will be admitted at no charge on presentation of a current membership card. Others will be required to pay a fee.

Conville said the will reserve the right to limit admissions for safety reasons, using a pool check point in the back hallway. The gym and weight room will be closed to the general public, but limited access to the facilities will be provided members wanting to use them. The will be the site of exhibits and a work center during the Festival, which will be across Water St. from the in Riverfront Park. "We are looking forward to an exciting four days," Conville said, "as the becomes an integrated part of this festive occasion." Insulators Broken Charles K.

Burke of Karns City RD 2 reported to state police at the Kittanning substation that someone broke electric insulators off a fence behind his home. Broken items were valued at $10. Police are investigating. UNDERGOES SURGERY Mrs. Rose Brady of Butler (formerly Rose Senopole of Ford City) underwent surgery this morning at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Death Record Noble Parks Johns Noble Parks Johns, 84, of A i a RD 1, died at noon yesterday at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital. He was retired, formerly by Haws Refrac- tories Company at Bridgeburg. He was a veteran of World War I. Born a 4, 1890 at Washington Township, he was the son of William and Emma (Cousins) Johns. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.

Catherine (Johns) Johns; three sons, Gerald of Freeport RD 1 and Clevie and Delson, both at home; three daughters, Mrs. Elsie Cullum, Mrs. Elvie Sybert and Miss Agnes Johns, all of Adrian RD brothers, Elmer and Daniel, both of Kittanning; 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. JOHNS Friends of Noble Parks Johns, who died July 29, 1 9 7 4 i be received at Snyder Funeral Home, Cowansville, 7 to 9 tonight and 2 to I and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, where service wilt be at 1:30 p.m.

a The Thomas Kidder, pastor of Brush a Brethren Church, will officiate. Burial will he at Johns Cemetery. Arrangements by Snyder of Cowansville. Mrs. Chester (Betty Dunn) Plazarin A former resident of Rural Valley and Yatesboro, Mrs.

Chester (Betty Dunn) Plazarini 63, of Burgettstown died Sunday morning at her home. Interment is planned tomorrow at Burgettstown in Washington County, family members said. A A I FAMILY reunion August 3 at Falcon Park, Leechburg Road near Crooked Creek, 12:30 and 6 p.m. meals. LERNER FAMILY reunion August 4 at the Pony Farm; family died July 28, 19747 are behie members expected to take basket WAUGAMAN Friends of Cleon George Waugaman, who lunches meals.

for noon and evening Sheriff's Docket: Daniel Floyd Cunningham, Kittanning RD 6, committed to Armstrong County Jail by orders of the court for 90 days for contempt of court--failure to pay support. received today at Welch Funeral Home, Ford City. Service will be at 1:30 p.m! Wednesday at Appleby Manor United Presbyterian Church, Ford City, with the Rev. Raymond T. Eichler, church pastor, officiating.

Burial will be at Lawn Haven Burial Estates. Arrangements bv Welch..

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