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P. J. Hickey Dies Suddenly Heart Ailment Fatal to Chief Inspector For State Authority Funeral services for Philip J. Hickey, 60, chief inspector for the General State Authority, who died of a heart attack Sunday at his summer home in Budd Lake, N. will be held Thursday at 10 a.

m. in St. Michael's Church, Netcong, N. J. Mr.

Hickey, who resides at 1010 North Second street, left Harris burg Friday evening with his. son, William, in good health. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nettie C. Hickey; seven daughters and six sons; his mother and a step father, Mr.

and Mrs. William J. Collins, Chicago, and four sisters and two brothers. Mr. Hickey who formerly resided in Upper Darby, was born in Chicago, and received a civil engineering degree from Armour Institute, Chicago.

He was for a number of years associated with (he George A. Fuller Construction Company, Chicago, and for 30 years construction manager ior the Thompson Starrett Company, New York Mr. Hickey was drafted for service with the Emergency Fleet Corporation during the World War and supervised construction of proving grounds for artillery ordnance at Aberdeen, Md. He was appointed to the Federal Housing Administration in the summer of 1936, and early in 1937 he was named assistant to Colonel Augustine S. Janeway, then executive director of the Authority.

Mr. Hickey was named chief when Colonel Janeway resigned two weeks ago. FRANCIS KNOUSE Services for Francis Knouse who died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ralph Gibson, 115 East South street, were held there today, with additional services in St. Ignatius Catholic church, Buchanan Valley.

Burial was in an adjoining cemetery. TUESDAY ONLY WOMEN'S TOP LIFTS ru Pair attached Meifs Women's Children's Rubber Heels 19c Gold Crown Heels ruin shoes 12 i i I i MONDAY EVENING MRS. WILLIAM STARTZER Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret C. Startzer, 66, wife of William Startzer, who died Saturday at her home, 1237 Bailey street, wilLbe held Wednesday at 2 p.

m. in St. Daniel's Lutheran Church, Robesonia, the Rev. Dr. J.

E. Rudi silL pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The body may be view ed at the Richard Lee Snyder funeral home, 1720 Regina street, Tuesday after 7 p. m.

She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. John Ressler, and a sister, Mrs. Stella Hassler, both of Robesonia; brother, Alvin Hoover, Womelsdorf, and three grandchildren. WILLIAM E. BENDER Services for William Edward Bender, 65, who died Saturday at his home in Valley street, Marys ville, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.

m. at the Deckard funeral home, Marysville, the Rev. A. D. Gramley, Marysville Evangelical Church, officiating.

Burial will be in the Centerville Cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home Tuesday 7 to 9 p. m. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edna Bender; four daughters, Mrs.

Charles Spangler, Asper, R. Mrs. William Miller, Lemoyne; Mrs. Ruth Casterson, Woodbury, Mrs. Wilbur Quigley, New Cumberland; two sons, Marlin, Bristol, N.

and John Harrisburg; one step son, Gilbert Miller, at home; one sister, Mrs. M. L. Frye, and two brothers, John and Mervin Bender, all of Carlisle, and seventeen grandchildren. JOSEPH H.

NESTLE Private services for Joseph Her man Nestler, 70, employe of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation, who died of a heart attack in the plant, Saturday, will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the Boyer funeral home, Shellsville, the Rev. Thomas Patrick, pastor of the Hanover Church of the Brethren, officiating. Burial, will be in Shoop's Cemetery.

The body may be viewed at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p. m. Mr. Nestler was a member of the Patriotic Order, Sons of America, of Linglestown. He is survived by four brothers, Philip, Palmyra; David, Hummelstown; Jacob and Edward, Linglestown, R.

and sister, Mrs. Martin Wilt, Pike jtown. OLIVER M. SHANNON Services for Oliver M. Shannon, 80, who died Saturday at the home of his son, Roy Shannon, 39 Kerr street, were held there today with burial at Springville.

The Rev. Dr. Ira S. Ernst officiated. He was the survivor of a family of 14.

Surviving him are his wife, Abbie of Springville; three sons, Roy and Jesse C. Shannon, of Carlisle, and James E. Shannon, Carlisle, R. D. a daughter, Mrs.

Harry Lewis, Sandwich, 14 grandchildren 'and seven ereat erandchildren. I JSt' II II Sf So great it can be held only twice a year iff Mil TOCROW OBITUARIES ABOUT MRS. KATE E. KAUFFMAN Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Elizabeth Kauffman, 70, widow of Galen Kauffman, who died Friday at the home of her son, Elmer Kauffman, 2344 Canby street, Penbrook, will be held Tuesday at 1.30 p.

m. at the home of another son Harry K. Kauffman, Grantville R. D. 1, with further services in the Zion Lutheran Reformed Church at Grantville, at 2 p.

the Rev. Wayne Lutz, pastor of the church, of which she was a member, officiating. Burial will be in an, adjoining cemetery. The body may be viewed at the home of Harry Kauffman tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock. In addition to two sons, she is survived by three grandchildren and a brother, Samuel Lightner, Lebanon, R.

D. MRS. PERCY CAMPBELL Services for Mrs. Thelma Camp bell, 30, wife of Percy Campbell, Marysville, R. who died at her home Saturday, will be held Tues day at 2 p.

m. at the Deckard funeral home, Marysville, with the Rev. Frank Monsley, pastor of the Christian Alliance Church, Marys ville, officiating. Burial wiy be in Chester Grove Cemetery. The body may be viewed at the fun eral home tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock.

In addition to her husband she is survived by her father, George Weaver; two sisters, Mrs. Simon Myers and Mrs. Oscar Duncan, all of Marysville, R. D. JOSEPH H.

HEPLER Funeral services for Joseph Harper Hepler, 59, who died at his home, 1852 Park street, Saturday, will be held Wednesday at 9 a. m. at the home with further services at 11 a. m. in the Evangelical Church, Gratz, the Rev.

J. R. Weaver, pastor of the Sixth Street Evangelical Congregational Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Gratz cemetery. Friends may call at the home from 7 to 9 p.

m. Tuesday. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. A. Ritzman.

Mrs. Hannah Miller and Mrs. H. S. Smeltzer.

all of Harrisburg, and a brother Thomas R. Hepler, Williamsport. He was the son of the late Isaac Hepler and Amanda Harper Hepler, formerly of Gratz, and was' a member of the Sixth Street Evan gelical Congregational Church, I Harrisburg. MRS. HARRY HEISER Funeral services for Mrs.

Ruth Heiser, 23, wife of Harry 400 South Nineteenth street, Har risburg, who died in a Harrisburg Hospital, will be held from the W. J. Minier funeral parlors, 217 North street, Millersburg, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with further services in, the Lebo Church near Landisburg, 'with the Rev. Finley' Keech of the First Baptist Church, Harrisburg, of which she was a member, officiating. Burial in the adjoining cemetery.

Besides her husband, she is sur vived by her father, John Neubold, Millersburg; two sisters. Miss Nina uuuawcu, ouiiuiuL, it. anu miss Edith Neubold of Lewisburg; six brothers, Fred Neubold, of Harrisburg, Harold, Robert, LeRoy, James and Gene Neubold of Millersburg. The body may be viewed at the funeral parlors tonight after 7 o'clock. JOHN W.

RHOADS, SR. Brief funeral services for John W. Rhoads, 71, retired Pennsylvania Railroad Company employe, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Conrad, Harrisburg, R. D.

1, Lower Paxton township, Sunday, will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the home DMinM nll KT 1 HT. of Mrs. Conrad, with further services at 3 p.

m. at the Paxton Methodist Church, of which he HARRISBURG j3fl TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 30, 1939 was a member for 24 years. The tnna, all of Bressler; three grand Rev. W. E.

Cathers, pastor, children, a sister, Anna will officiate. Burial will be in Matiko, Bressler, and two broth the East Harrisburg Cemetery. ers Simon of Ohio, and Martin of The body may be viewed at the 1 home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p. m. Rhoads is survived bv two daughters, Mrs.

Conrad, Harrisburg, R. D. 1, and Miss Anna Rhoads, Harrisburg, and five sons, Eugene C. and John both of Harrisburg; Norman H. and Ray mond both of Penbrook, and Russell Stanwood, Iowa.

A sister, Mrs. Fannie Heilman, Iron Springs, also survives. WILLIAM L. KROMER Services for William Leroy Kromer, 44, 1332 Susquehanna street, former employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who died in the United States Hospital Philadelphia, Saturday, will be held Wednesday at 2 p. at the funeral home of Hawkins Estate, 1207 North Third street, the Rev.

Cyrus A. Byler, Green Street Church of God officiating. Burial will be in Rolling Green Cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p. m.

He is survived by his vidow, Mrs. Ethel Kromer; four sisters, Mrs. Russell Erlenmyer, Allen town; Mrs. Charles Midaugh, Lewistown; Mrs. Merill DeCoursy, Emaus, and Mrs.

Edward Stros ser, McAlisterville. He had been in the Naval Hospital for several years. He served in Company 79th Division, 314th Infantry, during the World War. ARTHUR J. SMITH Mechanicsburg, Oct.

30. Services for Arthur J. Smith, 59, who suffered a fatal heart attack Saturday at his home, 422 Valley street, will be held at 10 a. m. tomorrow at the Meyers funeral home, 37 Main street.

Burial will be in the Camp Hill Cemetery. Friends may call tonight from 7 until 9 o'clock at the funeral home. Smith formerly conducted a butcher shop here. He is survived by a twin brother, J. Garfield Smith, Mechanicsburg; a sister, Mrs.

George Chapman. Wormieys burg, and another brother, Samuel Smith, Shiremanstown. I 1 WORK STARTS ON HARRISBURG'S FIRST HOUSING PROJECT Tractors today began mowing down trees at Twelfth and Herr streets, where, within ten months, will rise Harrisburg's first answer to the slum clearance question. The new project will cost $671,000, 90 per cent, of it from the Federal government. Two hundred famiies will be accommodated.

SAMUEL C. CLARK Funeral services for Samuel C. Clark, 48, who died Sunday at his home, 485 Main street, Steelton, will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the Joseph A.

Wiedeman funeral home, 350 South Second street, Steelton. Burial will be in the Pax tang Cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral parlors, Tuesday after 7 p. m. He was a member of the Citizen Fire Company, Odd Fellows of Steelton and the Sergeant Lawrence L.

Chambers Post No. 710, Steelton Veterans of Foreign Wars, which will conduct services at the grave. He is survived by one brother, Andrew, Philadelphia; two stepbrothers, Nathan Reynolds, Harrisburg and Harry Reynolds, Maryland; a sister, Mrs. William Whit taker, Virginia and a step sister, Mrs. William Schmidt, Harrisburg.

ALBERT P. RICHARDSON Services for Albert P. Richard son 67, 1730 North street, who died Saturday at his home, will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the iDugan funeral home, 1600 Market street, the Rev.

Charles R. Beittel, Otterbein United Brethren Church, assisted by the Rev. John Davidson, officiating. Burial will be in Shoop's. Cemetery.

The' body may be viewed tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock at the funeral home. Mr. Richardson was a member of the Modern. Woodmen, Owl and Junior Mechanics. For 45 years he was maintenance foreman of the F.

McFarland Company plant. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Amelia J. Richardson; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Bowers, Mrs.

Helen Smith and Mrs. Alice Kelly, all of this city; a brother, J. E. Richardson, of Maywood, 111., and four grandchildren. STEPHEN DOSCEVIC Requiem Mass for Stephen Do scevic, 57, 590 Monroe street, Bressler, who died in a Harris burg Hospital Sunday, will be celebrated Tuesday at 9 a.

m. in St. Mary's Croation Catholic Church, Steelton, by the Rev. Ambrose Mesetic. Burial will be in the Holy Cross Cemetery.

He was an employe of the open hearth of the Bethlehem Steel Company. He is survived by six children, Anna, Catherine, Joseph, Stephen, and Vera Be Pittsburgh. JEAN HUNT Mechanicsburg, Oct. 30. Word has been received here of the death on Friday of Miss Jean Hunt, at her home in Berwick.

Services were held today at the Seriff funeral home, Berwick. Miss Hunt was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hunt. She resided in Mechanicsburg with her parents a number of years ago when her father conducted a confectionery at 52 West Main street.

She was graduated from the Berwick High School. JAMES E. TAWNEY James E. Tawney, 44, Peiffer's Lane, Harrisburg R. D.

1, died Sunday of a. heart attack about 250 yards from his home. His body was found by his son in A gun which he had taken with him on his walk, was at tys Dr. H. E.

Milliken, coroner, said. GEORGE L. SMITH Private services for George LaRue Smith, 60, who died at his home, 255 Forester street, Sunday, will be held at 10 a. m. Tuesday in the George H.

Sourbier funeral chapel, 1310 North Third street. Burial will be private in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Benjamin M. Mumma, Harrisburg.

MRS. LAURA S. RHINE Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Speese Rhine, Hainton, who died in Harrisburg Hospital, Saturday, will be held Tuesday at 11 a. m.

at the Dugan funeral home, 1600 Market street, the Rev. Dr. Chester S. Simonton, Messiah Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in the East Harrisburg Cemetery.

The body may be viewed at the funeral home, tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock. Mrs. Rhine was a member of the Salem Reformed Church. She! is survived by two sisters, Miss Minerva Saunders, of Philadelphia ana Mrs. Charles Miller, Harris burg.

'MRS. ELMER J. SELLERS Funeral services were held to day for Mrs. Ada A. Sellers, 68, wife of Elmer J.

Sellers, Maple avenue, Marysville, who died Thursday. She was a member of the Marysville Methodist Church. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a dauhter, Miss Jean ette Sellers, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Susan Thurston, Lynn, and Mrs. Mary Lancaster, and a brother, J.

Howard Garnett, California. The Rev. C. F. Johnston, pastor of the Marysville Methodist! Church, officiated.

Burial was in Chestnut Grove Cemetery. ANDREW S. LIGHTNER Funeral services for Andrew Lightner, 39, who died at the Hahnemann Hospital, Philadel phia, Saturday, will be conducted at the grave in Rolling Green Cemetery Tuesday morning by the! Rev. Thomas Shearer, pastor of the Lansdowne Lutheran Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs.

Thelma Lightner; a son, James; a daughter, Jean; his parents, and a sister, Mrs. R. J. Wolf, Philadelphia. Patient Goes Home Ickesburg, Oct.

30. Robert H. Irvine who suffered spine injuries last May while working on the house roof of the, Beaver farm near Millerstown, and has been brought home the Polyclinic Hospital. I v. disss' 9 Church Needs to Be Studied Presbyterians Will Hear Leaders at Olivet Conference Tomorrow Methods for advancing Christ ianity and increasing financial re sources of churches will be consid ered here tomorrow at a confer ence at the Olivet Presbyterian Church from 2.30 to 9 p.

m. Rpnrpspntaf members and nearly 50 churches of the Presbyterian Presbytery of Carlisle, including ministers, church officers and laymen will attend. enp Wprs iho Ro nr Monroe G. Everett of the University of Pennsylvania, who will de liver the dinner address; the Rev Dr. W.

Felmeth, Elizabeth, N. Miss Mary Amelia Steer, Philadelphia, a secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education; the Rev. Dr. Raymond C. Walker, Market Square Presbyterian Church, and the Rev.

Dr. Arthur H. Limouze of New York, promotional secretary of the Presbyterian General Council. A choir from the Market Square Church will sing at the closing meeting at 8 p. m.

2 Die in Chair For Murder Executioner Sends Men to Doom With Three Con tacts By NOBE FRANK delphia Negroes, Charles Edward! i i am i tiT.ii i I (joiaen, zu, ana waiter lanKara, 32, paid with their lives in thei electric chair at Rockview shortly! after midnight this morning for; the murder of Nathan Philadelphia produce dealer last January 25. Golden vas the first to go to the chair. The first contact was made at 12.31 after Frank Lee Wilson, I Pennsylvania's new executioner, had turned off the switch a fewj moments later. Dr. W.

J. Schwartz turned to him, nodded his head! dissentingly, indicating Golden was not Wilson buckled the! breast strap again and threw the switch, but again Schwartz nodded 1 the man still lived. After the? third contact was made, Golden was declared dead at 12.36. Three Contacts Again Tankard was led into the death chamber a short time later, and again it was necessary to apply three contacts. Contact was made at 12.38, and Tankard was declared dead at, 12.45.

Neither man had any visitors yesterday, nor. any last requests. Both spent the day in reading and writing letters. They ate sparingly of the regular prison fare. Golden's body was claimed by his mother in Philadelphia, while Tankard's was unclaimed.

He will be buried in the prison graveyard. Executioner Wilson showed no nervousness as he tackled his sec ond big job in two weeks since takine tht nnst whlVh henamo vacant with the death of Robert G. Elliott. WHy VATTTTTTTTTTTrMy An any 1 "See Your Optometrist He Knows Beat" CRLLlT terms to suit your convenience OPTOMETRISTS Keefer Named Gettysburg, Oct. 30.

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