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2 The Mercury, Pottstown, Pa -Tuesday, October 18,1977 Obituaries Mrs. Etta P. Ehlers dies at 101 in Coventry Manor Mrs. Etta P. Ehlers, widow of Frank Ehlers, 28 Chestnut died Monday morning in Coventry Manor Nursing Home, South Coventry, where she was a guest two months.

She was 101-years-old Born in Foosland. 111., Mrs. Ehlers was a daughter of the late Joseph and Samantha (Shirley) Phillips. She moved to Carl Jacob, retired machinist, dies at 60 Carl Jacob. 80, husband of Loretta (Witman) Jacob.

118 N. Church Bally, died early Monday morning at his home after a two-month illness Born in Upper Hanover Township, he was a son of the late Frank and Annie Brey) Jacob He was a tool and die machinist, employed at Doehler-Jarvis Division NL Industries for 33 years and retired Aug. 1, 1975. He was a member of Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church. Bally; a life member of Goodwill Fire Bally, and Nest 1302.

Order of Owls. East Greenville; and a member of Pike Township Sportsmen's Association, and Keystone Fire Boyertown. Surviving with his widow are two daughters. Mary Ann. wife of John Eshleman, 501 N.

Church Bally, and Kathleen, wife of Wayne R. Weidner, Oley; a son. Robert, Bechtelsville RD three brothers. Harold, East Greenville RD Francis. Macungie.

and Paul. Alburtis RD three sisters. Elva. wife of Frank Schlegel, Gilbertsville RD Anna, widow of Paul Stofflet, Pennsburg RD 1. and Florence, Gilbertsville RD six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 9 a.m. Thursday at Linwood W. Ott Funeral Home. Ill N. Reading Boyertown.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 9:30 a m. in St. Roman Catholic Church, Boyertown. Interment will be in Most Blessed Sacrament Cemterv, Bally. A viewing will be 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday at the funeral home. Funeral services set for Robert Shirey Sr. Funeral services for Robert A. 55, husband of Grace G. (Quinter) Shirey.

801 Furnace Road, Birdsboro. will be 11 a.m. Wednesday from the Dengler Funeral Home. Main and Spruce streets. Birdsboro.

The Rev. William E. Harner pastor of St. United Church of Christ. Amityville, will officiate Interment will be in St.

Cemetery, Gibraltar. A viewing will be 7 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Shirey died Sunday in St. Hospital, Reading, shortly after admission.

He suffered a heart attack at home. Born in Pottstown, he was a son of the late Bert and Lillian (Beahm) Shirey. Death Notices 1 CAPINSKI, on Friday. October 14, 1977, Edward Capmski. husband of Wanda (Mazur) Capmski, 2132 Sunnyside A San a toga Pa age 67 years Relatives friends are invited to attend the services from the Kopicki Funeral Home.

1104 High St on Tuesday, October 18 at 9 15 A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St Peter's Roman Catholic Church at 10 A M. Interment in St Aloysius New Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday evening from 7 9PM with Vigil Services at 7 Monday evening (B Kopicki) FLEMING On Sunday. October 16, 1977, Mildred (John) Fleming, Hanover Garden Apts, North Coventry Township, age 70 years Relatives and friends are invited to Memorial Services from the Wilson Funeral Home, 711 Franklin St, Pottstown, on Saturday, October 22, 1977 at 1 (Wilson) HOFFMAN on Saturday, October 15, 1977, Paul Hoffman Sr husband of Sophia I (Nace) Hoffman, 821 Spruce age 77 years Relatives and friends are invited to the services from the Skean Funeral Home. 404 High Street on Wed nesoay, October 19, 1977 at 10 30 a Interment in Highland Memorial Park Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday evening. 7to8p m.

(Skean) REESE On Friday. October 14, 1977, Laura (Grim) Reese, widow of Mark Reese, of 229 North Shaner Street, Boyertown, age 81 years Relatives and friends are invited to the services from the Linwood Ott Funeral Home, 111 North Reading Avenue, Boyertown, on Tuesday, October 18 at 10 a In terment in Fairview Cemetery, Boyer town Friends may call at the funeral home Monday evening, 7 to 8 30 pm, (Ott) ROMICH, on Thursday, October 13, 1977, Jacob Romich, 4)8 Vine Stowe, age 80 years Relatives and friends are invited to the services from the Houck Funeral Home, Charlotte Grace Sts on Tuesday, October 18 at 2 pm interment in Highland Memorial Park Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 1 to 2 pm (Houck) SHELLENBERGER. on Sunday, October 16, 1977, Leonard husband of Lillian (Evans) Shellenberger, 80 Mam Pottstown, Pa age 62 years Relatives and friends are invited to the services from The Houck Funeral Home, Charlotte at Grace Sts Pottstown, Pa on Wed nesday, Oct 19, 1977 at 11 a Interment Mt Zion cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday, 7 8 30 (Houck) WILLIAMS, on Sunday, October 16, 1977, Gary A Williams, of Pughtown Rd 1, Pottstown, Pa age 24 years Relatives friends are Invited to attend the ser vices from the White Memorial Home, Parkerford, Pa on Wednesday, October 19 at 2 Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Parkerford, Pa There will be no viewing Please make memorial contributions to the Organization or Fund of your choice (WHITE) Mr. Shirey was employed with Stanley G. Flagg Stowe, for 14 years.

He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Shirey was a member of the Gibraltar Fire Co.

Surviving with his widow are two sons, Robert A Boyertown RD and John at home; two daughters. Grace, wife of Benjamin J. Gockley, 351 Red Lane, Birdsboro; and Linda, at home; three brothers, William, Douglassville; Frederick, Oley; and George, Amityville. Also, four sisters. Mary, wife of George Wenrich, West Lawn; and Emma, wife of Robert Ellis; Marian, wife of Edward Garbin; and Katherine, wife of Paul Busch, all of Boyertown RD; two stepbrothers, John Kochel, Glasgow Street, Stowe; and Robert Kochel, Spring City; and five grandchildren.

Cardsof Thanks ANDRE We wish to thank our relatives, friends, and neighbors for the many acts of kind ness shown, for sympathy extended, and for the beautiful spiritual bouquets at the funeral of Karl Andre The FAMILY BRENSINGER We wish to thank our relatives, neighbors, friends for the many acts of kindness shown, for sympathy extended, and for the many beautiful floral tributes at the funeral of Gerald Brensinger, Sr The FAMILY 66 Pages 5 Sections Today's Mercury contains 66 pages in 5 sections. Twenty eight pages are included in the regular paper. Also included is a J. M. Fields advertising sup plement.

If you do not receive all of these sections, please call the Circulation Department at 323 3000, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday from 6 to 9a.m. Pottstown in 1955. until she entered the home, she was able to get around quite well by said Mrs.

son. Glen Nichols, with whom she resided. vision was almost normal for her age. Of course she had to read with a magnifying Nichols said his mother would actively become involved while watching television or viewing their neighborhood from an enclosed porch. "She complain about the many changes she had seen in her Nichols said.

just went along with the changes over the years. "She dwell in the past, but if the subject ever came up she would give her opinions of the many things she had Surviving with her son are three sisters. Mrs. Maude Conley, Muskogee, Mrs. Mae Minshall, San Gabriel, Mrs.

Marie Quinton, Hey worth. three grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. Memorial services will be private Wednesday from Skean Funeral Home, 404 High St. The Rev. Richard G.

Hoffert, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, will officiate. Cremation will be in Reading. Auto show rescheduled The Downtown Pottstown Auto Show was rained out Monday and has been rescheduled for next Monday. The annual show gives local dealers the chance to display new models to the public. Marc Weitzenkorn.

president of the DPBA. said he anticipates no problem in getting the borough to arrange to close off High Street next Monday for the rain date. Because of the number of cars on display, the main drag is blocked from Hanover to Charlotte streets. The show will be 9:30 a m. to 9 p.m.

mihh lam ssss ihomen 5 mm A 11 ON AI WlAtMfS NO A A US Di SUNNY AND MILD but not for long. The skies will be blue today and temperatures will return to normal for October with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. But It won't last for long. Rain In the midwest might arrive in the Pottstown area tonight or Wednesday. French to puff less or face stiff fines Births To Mr.

and Mrs. James M. Hodges 104 Douglass Drive, Douglassville. a daughter in the medical center Monday. Mrs.

Hodges is the former Diana J. Stiffler. To Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F.

Ruth. 477 Spring a daughter in the medical center Monday. Mrs. Ruth is the former Christine R. Moyer.

To Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sheffer, Augusta, a son in St. Hospital, Augusta, Sunday. Mrs.

Sheffer is the former Ursula Bogart, formerly of Pottstown. To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Bauer, Bechtelsville RD 1, twin sons in the medical center Friday.

Mrs. Bauer is the former Teresa L. Stoudt. PARIS CAP) A new law went into effect Monday obliging the French to puff less in public or pay some of the stiffest tismoking fipes in Europe. The rules bar smoking in elevators, post offices, banks, schools, government offices dealing with the public and any public place frequented by those under 16.

Violators may be fined from $8.25 to 116.50. according to where the outlaw smoker is caught. But it remained to be seen how severely the new law would be enforced in this land of individualists. a very delicate question to tell people to throw away their said a supervisor at a post office in downtown Paris. not this way that make me give up said a colleague.

just smoke in the an attack on my personal complained bank employe J.L. Kapel as a fellow teller squashed out her cigarette. The antismoking measures are part of a year-old Health Ministry campaign that includes a $500.000 publicity drive and plans for warning labels on cigarette packs similar to those in the United States. The fines put France, at least on the books, among the toughest antismoking countries in Europe. Most countries bar smoking in theaters and buses and designate some railroad cars and airline seats as smoking areas.

But an informal Other deaths Floyd Breeding DODGE CITY. Kan. (AP) J. Floyd Breeding, a democrat who served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and was minority leader in the state House during the 1949 session, died Monday. He was 76.

Michael Balcon LONDON (AP) Sir Michael Balcon, producer of a string of British film comedies involving such characters as Whisky Galore and the Lavendar Hill Mob and dramas including "The Cruel died Sunday at his home in Sussex at age 81. Gardner Weld NEW BRITAIN. Conn. (AP) Gardner C. Weld, president of The Herald Publishing Co, died Saturday at the age of 85.

James Miller EVANSTON, 111. (AP) Dr. James Roscoe Miller, 71, president of Northwestern University from 1949 until 1969. died Sunday. Underwater World 100 Jackson Rd.

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The average French citizen consumes 4.5 pounds of tobacco a year, compared to about nine pounds for Americans, according to French statistics. The law provided for instruction in secondary schools and chapters in medical school texts on the dangers of smoking. Pennsylvania Lottery PITTSBURGH (AP) Monday's number in the Pennsylvania daily lottery was 6-0-7 21 N. HANOVER ST. POTTSTOWN 326-0959 GILBERTSVILLE SHOPPING CENTER 367-6925 Raymond Elliott THE OTHER DAY Comparing dangers faced primitive and modern man.

an article the of in- home, traffir and increasing place man in far greater jeopard) than his Stone Age primitives haven was his cave but modern man does not escape from potential harm even in his home. It i- not the home's fault, but man own failure to be ever on the alert which more accidents to occur in and around the home than anvwhere else. That statistic should cause all of us to make a watch word. Vie to vou well here and in business. First Savings Loan ASSOCIATION OF POTTSTOWN Hiah Hanover Sts Pottstown Calling AM HOME MAKERS Brought To You By KITTY ENDY JUST HOW IMPORTANT IS A COMFORTABLE BID? taw a statistic other day that wot really startling Of course wt all know that we spend obout one third of our livas in bod (If we re in bad eight hours a the statistics wa sow painted an even rnora dramatic flgura.

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