The Pocono Record from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania • Page 3

Death of train Phoebe Snow ends era here By Elliot Brown EAST STROUDSBTJRG It was rather a sad day yesterday as the Phoebe Snow, one of this country's most famous trains, pulled out ol the station at East Stroudsburg the last tiiria. Many people awaited the famed Train No. 1, and the station, usually quiet and nearly empty on a Sunday morning, took on almost a holiday air, but not nearly so gay. Some of those present had come to take a train ride, most to wave goodbye. The Erie Lackawanna Railroad, in final tribute to its finest train, dispatched two sections.

The first section arrived rather quietly at 11:50 and pulled out with several parting blasts 01 the whistle at 11:52. It consisted of two diesels, six coaches and an observation car. 12:02, with a continued series of sharp blasts, the Phoebe Snow rolled in. Diesels 814 and 817 appeared newly painted and shining. The train consisted of the diesels, a railway express car, two coaches, a diner, five more coaches, a pull- man (the Chenango), and a tavern lounge car, in that order.

At 12:08, with ringing bell, a steady blare of the horn, and the final clicking of car wheels on the rails, the 'Phoebe Snow rode "the route of anthracite" into railroad history. $2,775,000 suit filed over blast SCRANTON A lawsuit has been filed in the S. District Court in Scranton for J2.175.000 for damages sustained from the explosion of a truck loaded with explosives near a a ll's Creek on June 26, 1964. William E. Paesch, filed suit on behaH of himseH and as administrator of the estate of his wife, Lillian, who died as a result of injuries sustained in the blast.

Six were killed in the explosion, including three Marshall's Creek firemen who had answered an alarm to extinguish the burning tires of a Iraclor-trailer truck. Paesch seeks punitive damages of $500.000 plus $75,000 compensatory damages for in- juries received, on the first count, and $1 million for his late wife's estate, on the second count. In the third count, Paesch asks for $600,000 for himself as administrator of the estate. It was alleged that Albert Koda, driver of the truck owned by American Cyanamid drove the rig after a blowout which caused the tires to overheat. The complaint charges that the resulting fire and explosion caused the damages and loss of his wife's life.

He claimed that he was forced to stop because of the fire and that the trailer was not marked to indicate it was carrying explosives. Local mall plans to be modified vSTROUDSBURG Architectural plans for the million-dollar Wyckoff Shopping Mall will have to be modified somewhat as a result of the lest borings taken last month. This was made known yesterday by E. Holt Wyckoff, the store's presi- Results of the borings taken by the Giles Drilling Corp. of Kearney, N.J., showed water and quicksand from a depth of 11 feet on most of the 26 test borings, while the rest showed water and quicksand at 14 fee'.

The borings, a i in depth from 14 to 70 feet, showed, what is probably, an Tourists up TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) -Tho Visitors Association reported the number ol foreign tourists hero In the first nino months this year reached a record 113,253. Americans topped the list with 45,179 followed by Japanese with Obituaries Linton Parker, area visitor STATTEN ISLAND Union S. Parker, 66, of 38 Grceley Staten Island, died Sunday night In St. Vincent's Hospital, Stalcn Island. He was a carpenter by trade.

He spent his summers in the Poconos. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ruby Parker, at and three daughters, -Mrs. Marga- rettc Tosi, (Mrs. Thadene Hill.

Mrs. Keiper of Long Pond LONG POND Mrs. Sarah Alice Keipcr, 70, of Long Pond, died yesterday morning in the General Hospital Of Monroe County. She was a tax collector in Turin annock Township and the first woman tax collector in the United States. She was the wife of Burton Keiper, and the daughter of the late Joseph and Bmma Keenhold BelUs.

Mrs. Keipcr is survived by four sons, Leon and Ray B. of Long Pond; Joey of Las Vegas, and Allen, of Stroudsburg; two daughters, Glendora Johnson of Krcsgcvllle and Fame Elwlne of Stroudsburg, RD 27 grandchildren and 14 great -grandchildren; two brothers, Victor Bellis of Pittston and Elwood Bcllis of Long Pond and six sisters, Mrs. Cleveland Keipcr of Brodheadsville; Mrs. Clarence Kuhenbaker of Mrs.

Arlinglon B. Meyer ol LwiS Pond; Mrs. Arthur Knccht of Long Pond; Mrs. Violet Kaufman of Slroudsburg and Mrs. Louis Mcckes of Saylorsburg, RD 1.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Kresge Funeral Home, Brodheadsvllle, with Rev. William Wutider officiating. Burial will bo in l-oiig Pond Ct-melery. Viewing will bo Tuesday after 7 p.m.

ut tlie (unonil homo. The Pocono Uucord, Tlie Nov. 29, 10GG Off The Record; By Bob Clark Dressed for comment Cited for 63 years attendance Levi Marsh, third from left, was honored by the congregation of the Zion United Church of Christ for 63 years perfect attendance. Helping: Marsh to celebrate the occasion were, left to right, Roy M. Decker, Victor Koch, Harry Hoffman, "Roy Hawbaker, and Grant L.

Bartholomew, (Photo by Arnold) The red coat-clad man pushed several standees aside as tie 'pushed his way to the restaurant's counter. "Is Clark here," he asked of the waitress. "Yes, he's over at that counter," she replied. It was Chesly attired like thousands of other red-coated hunters who invaded Monroe County yesterday. He spied us.

"Clark," he yelled so SO noon-time lunch- ers could hear, "Stay out of the woods this year." This was like Chesty who claimed he loved the outdoors better than the birds and bees. "What's the problem," we asked. Chesty then went into his act. "I went into the woods early today. So help me I felt like Helen of Troy horsing around.

There were more men and youths present with guns (nan a Cecil B. DeMille specataeular." used to be a brave man, Clark. But now, with these firearms sticking up like an over- stacked cornstalk field, the jit- have taken over." Chesty went on to explain that hunting deer Isn't fun anymore. "You have to spend more time watching out for the other miss- ed three bucks because I was looking Ihe other way." The gourmets around Chesly were not the outdoor type. Naturally, they got a kick out of his remarks.

But Chesty wasn't buying quietness this day. ''What about you," he asked a fellow who was pulling a soup spoon away from his uppers. "Do you think I did right leaving the woods?" The souper specialist (he always has soup at 12 noon every day so he can qualify as an expert) said he wasn't interested in Ohesty's problems. Chesty tried another chow- hound and got no reply. Finally he came back to us.

"Clark, why don't they set a limit on the number of hunters that can go into the woods each day. Uke when the ballpark Is sold out no more tickets are soM." We commented that this would be hard to police and the game protectors have enough problems on their hands without collecting ducats. "Well there are just too many gunning around he forests. My gosh, a guy's afraid to pop his head around a tree for fear of getting fired at," Chesty said. The soup expert heard this.

Wining the last of the vegetables from his chin ne glared, "Chesty you said the same thing last year. And If I remember correctly you saW Ihe same thing the past 10 deer seasons. Why don't you act your age and take up fishing." Chesty saw he wasn't getting any sympathy. "1 can see you fellows don't care whether I live or die," he mumbled as he buttoned up his red jacket. Chesty started toward ithe door.

"You guys are nice and comfortable here so you are not concerned with the problems of the hunter," he shouted over his shoulder. This catapulted the soup eater into action again. "Best thing that could happen during deer season Is for the state to ban hunters like you Chesty," he shouted. Ohesty laughed. "Next year when I get my buck you'll have a different tune." agreed next year lhat Chesty would 'be back at the same familiar beanery in his red coat.

"Wouldn't be surprised that he goes into the woods one of these years," the souper-dup- er grinned. Poem to home from Viet Nam underground stream running through the property. Wyckoff said that he has watched workmen on other construction projects along Main Street encounter a similar situation which raised the costs by thousands of dollars. Wyckoff executives ordered the borings in order to prevent such unduo expenses. Now store plans can be modified without any excess expense, he said.

A formal report of the findings was sent lo the architect. Wyckoff said that plans for an underground warehouse will have to be eliminated, but this is the only serious modification in the plans. Plans for the foundation will not have to be modified to any great degree. According to Wyckoff, the architect is presently working on these building modifications. It is hoped that final plans will be completed in the near future so, possibly, construction work can be put out on bid sometime next year.

Luther Hotfner and Margery Wall, all of New York City; a son, James; two sisters and a brother. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Evergreen Hills Memorial Gardens, East Stroudsburg, with the Rev. Charles A. Park officiating.

The Westbrook and Klofach Funeral Home, East Slrouds- burg, is in charge of the arrangements. Bittenbender of Sciota SGIOTA Norman Clemens Bittenbender, 59, formerly of Sciota, died in Mahoney Valley Convalescent Home yesterday afternoon. He was born in Sciota, the son of the late Charles and Anna Getz Bittenbender. He was a member of the Christ Hamilton Lutheran Church. He was a retired employee of the H.

L. Green Co. 5 and 10 Cent Store. BItlenbender was a veteran of WW II, serving in the European theatre. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs.

Willlard Shoemaker of Saylorsburg; Mrs. Albert Arnold of Saylorsburg; and one brother, Stanley BitteribcrnJer of Kingston. Funeral services will too Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Funeral Home with the Rev. Adan Bohnor officiating.

will be in Buena Vista Cemetery, Brodhoadsvillo. Viewing will be Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Philly YMCA to build dam via MDT Act LEItlGHTON The Philadelphia YMCA has found a way lo build a dam on its campsite near Lehighton to provide on- Uie-job training for 200 men and. at the same lime, save itself J390.000 in construction costs.

This will be done through a retraining program of a Union 542 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, which is supplying the men to build the 35-foot high dam. The will receive about $390,000 in federal funds under the Manpower Development Training Act and will pay only $60,000 for drain pipes, spillway, engineering fees and other expenses. Estate valued at $37,526 BANGOR The estate of Mrs. Jennie Pritchard, of Bangor, who died Aug. 10, has been valued by slate inheritance tax appraisers at $37,526.

Included in the assets are an 11 room house on South Second Street, Bangor, valued at $9,500 and personal properly, including stocks, checking accounts, and household goods, valued at $24,776. Jointly held properly includes $3,250 in United States Savings bonds. A niece, Martha V. C. Yah- racs, 222 S.

Main Bangor is the sole beneficiary. SAYLORSBURG SP 5 Uilher P. Hoffner, of Saylorsburg, currently stationed at Pleiku, Viet Nam, wrote a poem "Viet Nam 23rd Psalm" to his wife Carol and Iheir two sons, Luther Jr. and Jessie Hoffner, of Saylorsburg RD 1. Hoffner is a senior track mechanic attached to the First Squadron of the 10th Cavalry with the 4th Infantry.

His Poem: Viet Nam 23rd Psalm The Lord is my leader, I shall not stray. He lighted me through the dark jungles, He leadeth me across the deep swamps. He guards my soul, He leadeth me by the light of (he moon for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the jungle of death. I will fear no V.

C. For Thou maicheih with me. Thy love and Thy care, they protect me. Thou preparest a shelter before me, in the presence of mine enemies. Thou annointesl the jungle with light.

My mission is a dangerous one. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all through Ihe days of my tour. And I will rest in the camp of Ihe Lord forever. Funeral Notices KEEPER, Mrs. Sarah Alice of Long Pond, Nov.

28. Aged 70. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend funeral services Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 2 p.m. from the Kresge Funeral Home, Brodheadsville.

Interment in the Long Pond Cemetery. Viewing Tuesday after 7 p.m. KRESGE "iHTTBNBBNDER, Norman C. of Sciota, Nov. 27.

Aged 59. Relatives and friends arc respectfully invited to attend funeral services Thursday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. from Ihe Kresge Funeral Home. Interment in the Buena Vista Cemetery, Brodheadsville.

Viewing Wednesday after 7 p.m. KRESGK Yule help available in Slate Belt BANGOR--Slate Belt employers who anticipate the need for extra help for the Christmas season are urged to contact the Bureau of Employment Security in Bangor now, John L. Schiavone, local manager, said yesterday. Noting that the business outlook for the coming Christmas season is for record sales, Schiavone said that despite the small labor market, extra help will be forthcoming from high school and college students on vacation. "Housewives, too," the manager said, "are anxious to work a few weeks lo earn extra Christmas money, so we will have a number of extra and part-time workers available." There will be openings for sales clerks, slock clerks, delivery personnel, general clerical workers and other workers in the merchandising and sales fields.

According to the BES manager, holiday preparations and parties result in an increased demand for domestic help. These jobs vary from a few hours per day to several days work. 'Ws the community's manpower center," Schiavone said! "we are vitally interested in all phases of employment, and urge both workers and employers to avail hemselves of our facilities not only just during the holiday rush but also throughout the year." Overheard on pay day: "I have enough money lo paj my (axes. What need now Is something to live on." Congregation pays tribute to Levi Marsh STROUDSBURG--Levi Marsh, 78, of 623 King Stroudsburg, was honored by the pastor and congregation of the Zion United Church of Christ Sunday, for 63 years of perfect attendance. Mr.

Marsh serves as secretary of the Sunday School, a post he has held for over fifty years, and last year retired as a member of the consistory, also after fifty years of service. Pastor Marshall Rice presented Mr. Marsh with an engraved plaque on behalf of the congregation; Mr. Paul Fellencer gave an engraved wallet card from the consistory; Hugh Altemose, president of the Mens' Bible Class presented a scrap book and Victor Koch, superintendent of the Sunday School, awarded Mr. Marsh a perfect attendance pin with 63 pins attached.

W. G. C. Peterson, toastmaster of the affair, introduced guests including Roy Decker, Grant Bartholomew, Roy Hawbaker and Harry Hoffman. Tiie invocation was pronounced by Rev.

J. 0. Reagle of Ml. Bethel. Rocket derby is held by Pack 85 TANNERSVU.LE--Cub Scouts of Pack 85, Tannersville, held rocket derby at meeting in the Tannersville fire hall.

Each boy constructed a rocket from a kit provided by the Pack. The meeting was opened with prayer. Tlie flag ceremony was conducted by Den 6. Judges for the race were George Prosser, Charles Brader, and Rev. Alan Taylor.

'Winners of the race were first place, fastest, Joey Batton; second, Randy Rasley, third, Charles Henderson. Best appearance awards went to first, Christ Leauber; second, Harland Felker; third, Jimmy Sebring. Plaques were given to the first place winners with 2nd and 3rd ribbons to the others. Also prizes were given to the winners. Recruiter scrips were awarded to the following Cubs for bringing a new boy into Cubbing: Jimmy Sebring, Joey Batton, Randy Heckman, Dale Pugh, Tim Burger, and Harris Rosenburg.

Cub Master Edward Buck, and assistants, Bob Sickels and Tom Burns and Frank Piatt, Pack 56, Phillipsburg, N. J. were visitors at the meeting. Buck presented to Clair Wallingford, Cubmaster of Pack 85, a book of "Scouting" for services given to Pack 56 in Phillipsburg, N. J.

Plans were announced to have a uniform day in school on Friday, Dec. 2, 1966. All Cub Scouts of Pack 85 will wear uniforms to school and Iry to recruit new into Cub Scouts. It Is always belter to make your selection of a Memorial while all arc together. Stroudsburg Granite Co.

Truman llurnett Owner Main St. nt Drelirr Avc. Philly summons man who wasnt there STROUDSBUHG James Arndt, of Stroudsburg RD 3, a teacher in the Pocono Mountain school district, is the latest to report being charged with a traffic violation in Philadelphia on a day Arndt says he was far from the city. The teacher has received by mail a summons charging him with disobeying a "park sign" in Philadelphia on October 31 12:05 p.m. "That was a Monday," says Arndt.

"I had the car at school at the time the police say I was in Philadelphia." The summons says he owes $8, which Arndt doesn't plan to pay. "I plan to write the governor," he says. "It's the inconvenience and annoyance that bothers me. I know it's happened before to people around here because I've read about it in The Record. It just shouldn't happen.

I don't see how they Phoebe wing is dedicated ALLENTOWN Dedication of the site for the million infirmary wing to Phoebe Home for the Aged took place before a large number of friends of the Home. The Home, sponsored by the United Church of Christ, is open to all races and creeds. Elderly from this area reside at the Home. In -speaking at the program, the Rev. Warren E.

Adams, member of the Phoebe-Devitt Homes board and pastor of the First United Church of Christ in Reading, urged the importance of the new wing since more than two-thirds of the applicants for admission to Phor-be Home need intensive nursing care. The average age of admission, he said, is 80 years of age and most applicants have two or more chronic illnesses. "While there is a constant need for apartments and cottages for the elderly," he said, "we feel that the greatest demand today lies in the field of intensive nursing care." "As everyone knows," he continued, "the need for care of the aging is constantly growing as more and more people live longer and longer. This has been the history of Phoebe Home since its inception in 1902. Every decade it has had to add facilities and today we know that even our new 100 bed wing cannot possibly take care of the 131 applications we already have." He emphasized the need for a "vision that before too long everyone with needs in the evening of his life may be caret! for in the spirit of the church's The Rev.

Carl O. Trexler, president of the Homes Board, in outlining the purpose of the wing, said that only $800,000 had been raised for the building thus far. An additional $500,000 is being sought to make up the remaining $205,000 and to improve existing facilities. Edward F. Hunter, administrator, said that construction on the wing will begin early in 1967.

The building committee will let bids at a meeting on December 6. He emphasized the high standing of the Home throughout the area. Phoebe Home has received accreditation and both Phoebe and Devitt Homes are members of the American Hospital Association and the American Association of Homes for the Aged. The Rev. Paul P.

Haas. Phoebe Home pastor, led the litany of dedication at flie site of the new wing just east of the present ma'n building. The choirs of St. Paul's U. C.

Reading, presented several anthems and solos. can make such a mistake." The Philadelphia police have said all they know is what's on the summons made out by the officer who tagged the car. It takes a notarized affidavit from the one charged (in this case Arndt) to escape further action. Police say they've been wrong before and will accept the affidavit as the close of the case but if the motorist decides to argue instead o'f taking the time to prove his case, the final cost after delays probably will go higher than in the original summons. Car slows down 2 others collide TOBYHANNA An accident on Route 611 Sunday at 5 p.m.

resulted in $750 damage to two vehicles but no injuries. According to Slate Police at the Mount Pocono barracki, a panel truck driven by Frank Rossmaier, 47, of Susquehanna was going south on Route 611 when it swerved to the left to avoid hitting a car which had slowed down suddenly. When it swerved it hit a car driven by Ivan Plishevsky, 65, of Trenlon, N. J. The Rossmaier vehicle flipped over on its side and the Plish- evsky car came to rest facing north in the southbound lane.

Jacquelyn Smith in St. Luke's CANADENSIS Jacquelyn Smith, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith of Canadensis, is a patient at St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem.

Miss Smith is in the children's ward. She is a student at Barrett Elementary Center. RUPTURE-EASER TJ4: lie. US. rat, OH.

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