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WEATHER FORECAST Some scattered light rain today, highest the 60s. Mostly cloudy and mild tonight, lowest 52-58. Sunday, partly cloudy and warmer. THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Truth Our Guide--The Public o-ood Our Aim ESTABLISHED 1902 With Honor To Ourselves And Profit To GUT Patrons GOOD EVENING A moralist is a person who is In earnest about other people's morals. VoL 52, No.

241 Oocntyc Only Dally newspaper GETTYSBURG, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1954 seated Wire Member of Associated PRICE FIVE CENTS LIBRARY PLANS READY FOR BIDS MR ANNEX SOON Hospital Report The Adams County Free Library's 1 plans tion nearly risburg tentatively of the board in November. That announcement isras mace to the members of the librarys board j- 02 '-of directors by L. S. Long, chairman 5 of the Property Committee, at the October session of the board Friday evening at the main library. The addition furnish garage space for the new bookmobile donat- this summer by the Musselman Foundation and will provide badly needed work and storage space.

Board President William M. Lott said. One of the matters the board I discussed Friday evening was means of raising money to bolster the building fund to meet the cost of the constructiss vrork. Admissions: Mrs. Joshua, Fen- 1 nington, Hanover; Mrs.

Harold Anders, Taneytown; Mrs. David Bioser 3rd. R. Mrs. Robert Beard, New Oxford; Mrs.

Elmer Miller, Littleswwrn, and Joseph Nusbaum, Taneytown R. 1. Discharges: Mrs. Jack Calhoun SPEAKER IS EXPERIENCED IN WORLD AFFAIRS Dr. Frank Bonn, Blue Ridge Sinn- 2 More CommitteesjI ftP A I 0 0 1 1 0 1 Named For CampaignjLU PTA Meets In York Attorney John A.

MacPhail, chair- UV II A I man of tae Community chest Fund I ff I I 111 Drive, has announced the appointment of two special committees to aid in the drive. The Business Solicitation. Committee, under the chairmanship of David Biocher includes John Pitzer, Yemon Clapper, "Walter Lane. Harold Brown, James Reaver, Edward XAVIER RECTORY Monday evening at 8 o'clock at York Springs High School Mrs. Mary i Middoar, PTA president, announced Miss Dorothy Loiiise Sease, daugh- ter of Mrs.

Cora Sease, 33 E. Middle The first project, the possible pur- became toe bride of John Leroy chase of an audiometer aid, sin iOJTK i I i on Monday Mate, Local Otticials Inspect County; Cost Over $1248,000 I The first meeting of the year of the North Adams jointure Parent Teachers' Association will be held be discussed. Movies will J3arcman, son cf Mr. and Mrs. CZar- ence R- Hardman, 79 Stein-vrehr and refreshments will be Expect H.

1. and Archie Lawver, school, considers his World War I HO 11 LubAL fcWiifc ATTORNEY FOR '10 MEN OF 1954' wosk the high point of his career. A distinguished scholar, author, lecturer and teacher, he found his of Europe an 5 Stine and Robert Hartley. I The Special Gifts ac 1: 30 o'clock this morning in St. served, approach some indiviau- i Xavier rectory.

Rev. Fr. i date Attorney Daniel's. Teeter officiated at the double-ring cere- 1 -g its chairman as members. I -on one of the most exciting and unusual positions anyone could have.

The American Joint Labor Com- mittee and the 17. S- State Depart( ment sent to Europe in late 1940 with one task--to get out 437 I refugees. "Daredevil" Tasks 1 attorney, was nominated by the we of im- Gettj-sburg Junior Chamber of Com-- po various' merce Friday for consideration as crher rnei- families. They October 19 kickoff i Wallace S. Bawdy, assistant pastor, Daniel'E.

Teeter as its chairman, and as members, "4V R. Sammel. Attorneys Don- i The brlde 7rore a dar grey aid P. McPherson. Donald STrope i accessories and a corsage of red and Charles W.

Wolf, Drs, C. Harold Johnson apd Granville Schuhz, John and Clark S. Smith. roses. Mrs.

Boyd Rmeharts John sss- TWO TOWNSHIPS PLAN BANS ON GARBAGE DUMPS experience." He said he recently spent the greater part of a day inz the bookmobile over an tfi-iC tered route in the northeastern part men ot tne nation Two more Adams County towns are planning ordinances ban- and elsewhere. ning the dumping of garbage. yearly by the U.S. Junior chamber had Sed ro France O-'o-d Twp and Mt. of Commerce to select the top, oo over -jh country peasant Twp.

will consider for of the county, because of highway detours. On the basis his observations that day, he recommended similar trip for every member. Mrs. Mary S. Wilson, librarian, said Frederick Kurtz, Hunterstown.

has loaned the library two of his paintings for display, "Road to the Village" and "Pennsylvania Housewife." I and Dr. Bohn got the job of taking adoption ordinances at special the group on another flight to meetings "prohibiting the dumping EAGLES HOLD ANNUALTURKEY DINNER NOV. 2 Plans for the annual turkey banquet to be held Tuesday evening. November 2. at 7 o'clock at the Eagles Home, were made at a meet- i The state Highway Department spent S1.243.39S.23 this year on nes- road and bridge construction and Chapel Pilgrimage oecial of roads torougnout the county, according to Nearly 1,000, members of Holy a report presented Friday by R.

EL 'Name Soc'etles sr district supervisor, dur- 'a-e a Week tour made 3 a-- Co s. fc re presenta- ipected to take part in a Marian. riTes of Gettvsburg Moto- Club Year pilgrimage to Conewago Ioeal Travel and Chapel Sunday afternoon under chamber ot Commerce 1 sponsorship of the Southern Re-" gional Union of Holy Name Socie' ties. The group will gather near the chapel at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon and, led by the Delone Catholic High School band, march into the church for services The new highrsrEy sSO'sni dur- the tour, "srith the totm's reore- sentatives expressing themselves as vrell the "excellent carried out d'-irmg the past year by the highvrav cepartment. Nearly miles of constmc-- took place, at a total cost; of J.

L. HARDMAX The ten top men, between ages of 21 and 35 inclusive, -Rill ree com--this time to bring them sarbage or rui be honored at ceremonies at to rj. upon private property, fur- board I-ouisville. January 22. curing i 0 a scholar and lecturer, Bohn prohibiting the transporting Jaycee Week.

found himself in numerous daredevil: hauling of garbage or rubbish The Ten Young Men of the Year predicaments as he traveled about, rorn points outside of said town-1 program was inaugurated by the locating people who wanted to re- to sa id townshio and oro-' ter of the bridegroom, was the ma- TJ. S. Junior Chamber of Com- hidden from Hitler and who Yiding fines and nenaltiss for vio-' cron of honor. She wore a rose- nierce in 1933 to recognize the jjac escape by one means or an- i a ton thereof." accomplishment of men within ths, her. Oxford supervisors will i series and a corsage ages of membership of the Junior Helped By "Cndergrimnd a -rh election house on the tions.

Ralph Sease, Tuckerton. the Adams County AuxUi- recent meeting of the "Women's Cnic Council and Mrs. Florence Yingst gave a report for the Visiting Committee. Mrs. Ethel Bucher, president, who presided, announced a card party be held Friday.

October 22, at 3 p-m. at the lodge home, mittee in charge Marie Little, Mrs Bess: 1 Mrs. 3-acher. Members Enrolled cesan director of Holy Name societies; recitation of the Marian Year prayer, solemn Benediction, recitation of the Holy Name and singing of the hymn, "Holv' God Praise Thv Name." announced Mrs. Annie colored woolen suit wiih plack acces- Deitch wiH replace Mrs.

Marie Sel- of white cama- as the Auxiliary representa tive The board mmec down a reque from the day care center for retard- i children for a play area to be fenced off on the Horary grounds. Expressing a sympathetic interest in the center's work, the board said it, be iirisafe for unsuperrissd' children to use the'grounds during strive to achieve." a before his group was to board Wagaman, secretary Many Affiliations the ship 13 French officers, seeking board. Gettysburg R. 5. Hartman, who resides at 7 Lib- 0 escape to the Free French, stole erty graduated from Gettys-' boat.

Bohn was later rather School, Shippensfaurg giaa they had. The ship was cap- Fines Provided the best ary. Joseph Ja- T-ro nevv candidates accepted for membership. at noon as Mrs. Beatrice Cluck and of the the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Boyd VTiser vere named to serve on z. i Rlnehart. Later the couple special committee. I leave for -sreek's honeymoon at The door prize -KTHS 2-s-arded Mrs.

Teac3aers College and Diccn n- and the officers interned. aw School. i3.e is a member of; Bonn's group got oat safely by other -JQ- Onn American" Book Total Is 24.000 The statistical report for Septem- from. is. Wilson showed the library has- accessioned a total of 24,000 volumes since it opened nine years ago.

Of that number 4.500 have been withdrawn from circulation, because they were worn. out. These figures are in addition to the Dixon books here on loan from the state Horary. i The circulation report, with no: bookmobile reports included, showed 3,212 loans in September as against 2.SJ7 the same month last year. Oi the total 2.403 were made at the.

main library. The others were from; (Ccntinner'. On Page i CotfPign, vice president of, were imprisoned in an ancient castle oe townships in. the i Continued on Patt Z) with the lowest windows 20 -feet; Jtave uassea county BIRTH ANXOUNCE3EEXTS or more sbove the ground. 3ohn iviHipBk A ft TTf Mll fltlCIf I fl I I LrtU made a rescue attempt and failed -Mr.

and Mrs. Davii Bioser 3rd, R. and as a result of the attempt was 1, announce the birth of a daughter deported from Spain. this morning at the Warner Hospi- i Was At Versailles sal. I Bohn "Kill speak from, experience of both the League of Nations and the United Nations, as well as from (Continued on Page Z) A daughter 'sras bom to Mr.

and Mrs. Harold Anders, at the hospital this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Pennington.

Hanover, became the. parents of a Bank President's Brother Dies In Ohio Edmund W. Thomas has returned to his home on W. Lincoln Ave. after ter bom at the hospital Friday eve- i ning at o'clock in the Chamber Mr.

and Mrs. Hobert Beard, Ne- Oxford, are the parents of a daugh- s. Berwick Twp. passed, such; an ordinance earlier this summer- II Fl block establishment of a dump 11 11 I 11 f- for Hanover, New Oxford, McSher- I I rvstown and other communities in that township. The Oxford and Mt.

Pleasant ordinances appear aimed at, the change of the dumj THURSDAY BOARD TO MEET There vrill be a meeting of the board of directors of the Gettysburg Chamber of Commerce Monday eve- ing' grounds to their areas. attending the funeral of his ning. the late Alien Weils Wednesday in St. Mo. The deceased, who had come east by train to attend the World Series-' games at Cleveland, was stricken enroute and died at the home of his son and daughter-in-law.

Dr. and i It te oSen a catches Mrs. Edmund Wells Thomas, in Da aefield ac Cleveland. He was an alumnus 01 0 -jj "ere--out it Lafayette College where he was a in'a member of the varsity baseball team. A native of Fottstown.

Mr. Thomas Aa 3 is survived by four children, one last wees to suppiy proof brother, Mr. Thomas and a sister, ills Ann Thomas, of Montrose, Pa. A mining engineer, had lived in i offices on Baltimore St. Tourist Corrects Local Guide's Story About Irish Wolfhound; Has Proof ZENTZBUYS NEW PROPERTY Boy Scout JLTOOP and Explorer Post 73 held a family covered dish supper Thursday evening at Trinity Reformed Church.

Sighty- five scouts ana their parents were present. Eugene Sckert, Scoutmaster of the Troop, conducted Candlelight Investiture Service, at which Roger Craver became a First Class Carroll Zents, proprietor of a-gcout, and Richard Noel was pro- useS car lot on Carlisle to Second Class Scout. Those I purchased the uiliis Schwartz Tv ho TM a ar( a Tenaerfoot pms property at the corner of Carlisle i ere: WeUer. Ronald Wel- 2e west for many that the Insh Wolfhotznc is not an extinct annual--as the guide had said on the basis of a carved in: scrtotion on the Irish Brigade monu- and Railroad for 324,000. The ler years.

Interment was at Property Transfers ment near the Wheatfield on which The lowin the county register and I a recumbent bronze wolfhound rests i at the foot of a 10-foot cross. The letter, containing csro pictures jot live and very large Irish Wolf- tv transfers iMrands C2me to Get- ffice High Scnool teacner ana uart-iinie oattieiieia guiue. wr.o ciyde 3. of Mt. Pleasant Two, for S6-00, property in Berwick Two in oie summer.

In his letter, onaiier saia tasen land in tsal; borough. aj woman. Shaffer describes the dog Roy eifford, Steven Schmidt, Ahrens, Jack Heikkinen, Ken- Maryland. "rt nine-inch ballast stone base topped with inches of "hot coanng. 3 Jobs Underway An 853-mile stretch being completed between Gettysburg and Heidlers'curg along the Harrisburg an asphalt high- wsv along thst section.

Conewago Chapel. McSherrj-siowa, 232-mHe stretch between are scheduled to be present. and Hanover was con- 1 structed at a cost of 3247,875.16. The road work included placing of nine inches of large stone ballast, for the 24- to 25-foot road, and a. 2r3-inch topping.

i Cost of the 5J24 miles of road being built from York Springs to- --ard Cross Keys is S277.973.66. The road is 22 feet in "victi! with a heavy base and inches of bituminous material topping. Old Bridges Go One of the county's ancient wooden bridges, bersresn Littles- tovrn and over Allowav tanners saic. Tomatoes Qreek. disaDteared during the sum- are due to disappear from the stalls i me rpuiaced.

is the old Mummas- by an deck bridge at Blacktoppiug Is Costly SSrTlCe a reSUlE to facing of a aevr 40-foot nex THesday oe coricretg deck men suffered slight injuries tne Ias session ot tae brides over -j, Bermudian' bsnsreen vvhen an auto and a tractor-trailer mars ne 7 oriiy T7ro2e cost OF SUMMER REACHED TODAY AT LOCAL MART The Farmers Market here today period in in of the seasons, present for the "last i a collided at the Heidlersburg inter- 1 Saturcay markets neld aunug section Fxiaav night at 3:05 1 1 Escepooas are noted notr- Blactaopoin night State police said Dale EL Cor- bin. 47, Warsaw. operat- ing the tractor-trailer on the Qg-" tour from Eamaton to Heidlers-i burs and that a car ouerated by" Stealing E. Kreeger. 55.

Spring er waen so Grove R. 3, following the truck. Cantaiouoes ijrere a newcomer with "T'" I farmer offering the home srown the rear or the trader, police saia. jmd 2 ece depending on size- Tomatoes continued When tne truck stopped lor tne mtersection, tne car crasned mto 1 a a OiiS TM James 54, Mt. Wolf, and Ralph Gladfelter, 53.

York R. 8, also comes high, holidays repor plana-d and com- iarmers attera special wor To A 1Ea 1 place one inch of blacktopping on Cantaloupes Appear Ave. and Chambersburg ces at last vels generally 2o cen a ua to a Ieagril 35 fee cos secaon 2 53 mass of black- 1S feeT; On the Fair- bill totallea 323,634. both passengers in the Kreeger suffered bruises of the lorehead; at 2 Cost of widening .21 of a mile of a quart box, S1A to Sl.oO a haL Involved but did not seek medical attention. i bushel.

Large yellow tomatoes were ava Jabie at oae'cacd. Quality did of base purchase includes two apartments and a large warehouse. Mr. Zentz said he will remodel, inarl the property and build a new store- Diehard Noel. room, on the Carlisle St.

side. In! Badges were given to the rear he is removing a railroad Hoger Graver, for music and read- trestle and will build a new park- (j to Harvey Bellinger for ing lot to where he will move his: and swimming. Give Demonstration Explorer Post gave a cook- and several hundred loads of fill' demonstration, with Philip win be placed in the new area. Scott announcer. The boys Mr.

Zentz has been in business participating were: William. Swish-" in Gettysburg ten years, eight er Woods. David Weikert, years of which were at the present; jjoger Miller Henry Fox, David location. He recently sold this pro- Schmidt. Fred Snyder, and Her- grown in Adams County this fall' is in the warden of Mr.

and Mrs. Hull, Charles Boinnger, aea steams, and te 24 loag 27 inches in circumference and weighs eight and pound. "It is potato I ever had i 2 4 inches of blacktoa, on each sice LARGE SWEET POTATO appear as aign general among a eil 2V TV2 S12 One of the largest sweet potatoes red tomatoes as earlier in the sea- ot er provements I present business. Railroad tracks I on the trestle have been removed three quarters There" were still some "roastin 1 (Continued on Page BOARD TO IHEET Members of the Gettysburg Joint Cost of placing one inch of blacktop on nearly a mile of two lanes of the Lincoln Highway through Oxford was S7.991. "Where placing of the new bridge GTL the Mummasburg Road cost said Mr.

Kurnp. Notices have been issuea oy Secre- DR. PTmiAX IS RE-ELECTED tary G. Reinhart Jr. Rev.

Dr. Dwight Putman of Har- be Smith. The post's activities risburg. president of the Central Pennsylvania Synod of the tTnfted Lutheran Church, was re-elected to a four-year terra on the church's executive board at its biennial convention Friday. is a former pas- of the Court to Robert Nail Oxford, for 33,700 perty and a new diner will erected on the site.

0 October include a visit to the tor Christ Lutheran Church here. 1 Mr. Zests has another used car Glatfeker Paper Plant today and; business in Tburmoni; which is a hayride on Oct. 23. Robert Zeig- managed by Lawrence E.

er the Post's daviser. The new used lot here will be Attorney Eugene Eartman, 130 68 feet. It is expected to be chairman of the Black Walnut Dis- i completed in six weeks. trict. presented the 1S54-5 charters both organisations.

SALE HELD XZlG Oi and Marjorie Stanibaush ile2iome in New Chester was sold this rr.om- in2 at shenfrs sale from the stets DEATHS Co-chairmen for ths dinner were Mrs. Robert Zeigler and Mrs. Char- I les'Zhea. The invocation was given Guides liave reBea on oronze in- Sister M. Irmalita Rev.

Dr. Howard S. Fox, and on this Irish Brigade! Sister M. Irmalita, a member the benediction by Rev. Clyde' monument on SicMes Ave.

and told! of the Sisters of St. Joseph for Brown. 152 years, died Friday at Fitz-, the Irish wolfhoond is ex- llg COgS The guides had pretty good an- i proprty on the north side Middle St. thority for tneir statement mat tee dogs are extinct for, inscribed on the west end of the six-foot bronze jCTRx a The funeral of Mrs. Anna Eliza: stretchea Out ca jrisn Bngace beUi Laughman.

81, New Oxford monument. it sa.v_s: AOIS, in uie R. 2, who died Wednesday in the Ja ana strucvOre; Warner Hospital, was held this! TM represents the tosn WoL- moming at 10:30 o'clock at th 5 hound, a cog which has Deen extmct Fred P. Feiser Funeral Home for roore New Oxford with the Rev. Archie Hudoif C.

Rohrbaush, New Oxford, ofS- I O'Donovaa was one ciating. mtermeaf was at St. John's for tne monument. Cemetery. New Chester.

The pall-1 The bi bronze bearers were Mark Stock, John across the front Guest, Richard Sips, Augustus Noel, Gilbert Ross and Elvin Harner. LOCAL WEATHER Yesterday's high 61 Last night's low 46 Today at 9 a.m 55 Today at 10:30 60 tae faces the monument, his head resting between his front paws with his ears down and eyes wide open, directly above the O'Donovan inscription. An encyclopedia says" the Irish Wolfhound, the "largest of all dogs, was "nearly extinct" in the 19th century but the breed was revived by a noted Insh dog breeder. gerald-Mercy Hospital. Philadel- phia, after a short illness.

For the; last 10 years she had taught a the" Catholic Home. Philadelphia, Previously she had been a teacher 1 Tourist sent this picture of Phila- phia dog to prove inscription and story are wrong. 18-Year-Old "Boy Around The Corner" Admits Stabbing Gir 14, And Four-Year-OId Boy SPRINGFIELD, Mass. "The' authorities where they could fir.5 boy around the was ar- ths death knife (behind a. chair rested yesterday connection in his room and his blood-stained I with the savage two-week-old knife, clothes: hanrmg in a kitchen For ScOUtS'.

slaying of pretty baby sitter Lynn of his horr.e. Smith, 14, and her four-year-1 The police chief sai. 16-foot wide jwill be 52,625. Treatment of 2.22 miles of Route CI005 is the Mt. Rock area was a S4.8S3 job while placing of 4.63 miles of sis inch base and 2-inch blacktop to a width of tr 16 to IS feet or: the Littlestown-jaar- r.ey Rd.

cost SS2.993. placing of an 18-foot wide, "oass and two-inch blscs- top for a quarter mile of Route 01047 between Tork Springs and cost 512.02! and the deep, 13-fcot wide, blacktop placed on s. little over a half mils of route OIC52 in cost S5.3IO. main 5S1 3IIIes Here The state mainta-ns 56Z.S7 of rcac in Acams Cot sr told the group. The possible purchase of the at West Philadelphia Catholic I Clearview Schoolhouse for use High School, at McSherrystown.

at I ihe New Oxford scoutir.g program. Allentown. and at Bayotme. N. J.

old cnarge. Police Chief gher said r.o Question of sex bemz a was discussed by the Scout Corn- a high school A Requiem Mass will be sung mittee of Troop 84, which met Mt. Joseph's Chapel, Chest- Thursday evening at the First Luat nut Hill, at 9 a.m. Monday. met! a pall-bearer at the girl's funeral, ar.d the tne mo- i rt tT-S dCOr 2Omlt- I theran Church, New Oxford.

I The school will be at public Louis and Frank Meehan. Philas action Oct. 30. A small sum is now She is survived by two brothers, The school will be at public Goldberg. slaying Lynn Ann and little Stephen Gallagher said Chapin, a 6-foot, she opened the coor r-n- h.m ta the Gold'oer- apart- mer.t a substantial section of delphia, and three sisters, Sister i available toward its purchase.

The 3-inch electrician's son described Marie Alvsius, Rose Dolores and balance will have to be raised by by teachers and friends "as a Gallagher went on. vouth heard little Stephen c.y. He m.ies rrcup with a yard stick for the vast of the work of the department- Fifty-one years ago ths dsuartment came rnto was a little over $1,000,000 ter year--less thsn the amount spent tr. Adams county alona last year. The history shows the state operates 41.C03 miles of highways, 13.CCC primary roads, operated bv ihe state since 1912, 25,000 secondary system, and Agnes Dolores.

William H. Kelly William H. Keliy, 73. died at his home near Thurmont Thursday night after a short illness. He was a son of the late Jerome P.

and Mary V. Peddicord Kelly. Survivors include his wife Kelly, one daughter. Mrs. Evelyn Keliough, (Continued on Psfe 2) public subscription.

The school "good quiet offered no would provide a meetng place for Troops 84 and 85. the Explorers, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts. C. P. Keefer presided at the meeting.

Others' present were: David E. Winebrenner HI, William H. Snyder, Richard J. Brindle, Robert Donohue, Rev. George E.

Sheffer, Rev. A. C. Rohrbaugh and Merrill Yohe, Scoutmaster. reason for the double slaying.

Sex Not A Factor I kniie handle. Gallagher said the youth, a Boy Stabbed 34 Times Scout leader who had never before The. bodies were found by been in trouble with the police, youngster's parents, and chain-smoked cigarettes but other-! Bernard Goldberg, wrien they re-, or face. Adams County state highways 1 are all at least stabilized, an but having statement. iHer Then, Gallagher said, he fold (Continued On Page 3) the state 9,000 miles of (Continued on Z).

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