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8 POTTSVILLE (PA.) REPUBLICAN TUESDAY. JUNE 1. 1976 Tlhday it uir hnt yttr i 1 i fflf 1 I i few TM Jr 'sv 2 (7 0 The midnight ride of Paul Revere awakened the Massachusetts countryside to the invasion of the British. The Pine Grove Area Middle School recreated Revere's ride for the Bicentennial celebration. The Pine Grove Area High School Color Guard marches to the tune of the district's high school band during the Pine Grove Bicentennial parade held Saturday afternoon.

0 51 I h4-' i un's Molly Pitcher is famous in tale of the American Revolution as the brave patriot, who fought alongside the minutemen. The Pin rove Women's Club sponsored this float. 1 SI 0 mm The Rajah Temple Oriental Band plays an exotic melody during the Pine Grove Bicentennial parade. Staff Photos by-Dallas Deluzio Hetzel's Church Sunday School recreated an early American Sunday School for the Bicentennial parade. The Pine Grove Area High School Band plays a patriotic song for the occassion of the Pine Grove Bicentennial parade.

Parade Winners (Continued from Page 6) August Bertie August Bertie, 74, of 770 McNair Hazleton, died Sunday at his home. He was born in Oneida, a son of the late August and Anna Marcinko Bertie. He was employed by Jeddo Highland Coal Company and Pennsylvania Monument Company prior to his retirement. 5 Services will be held Wednesday afternoon from Krapf and amd Hughes Funeral Home, Hazleton. i William R.

Smeltz William Roy Smeltz, 70, of RD1 Lykens, died Saturday evening in Pottsville Hospital. He was born March 21, 1906 at Sacramento, a son of the late Daniel and Rachael Herb Smith. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Erdman and the Klingerstown Fire Company. Surviving are his widow, the former Ver-na Wagner; two sons, Dr. Leroy Smeltz, RD1 Hegins, vocational agriculture teacher in Tri-Valley School District; Lester Smeltz of RD1 Lykens; five grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs.

Meda Schmeltz, RD1 Hegins; Mrs. Edna Maurer, Lancaster; Mrs. Verna Hatter, Spring Glen; nieces and nehpews. Services will be held Wednesday morning from the Robert Miller Funeral Home, Valley View with Rev. Robert Eastlack of Klingerstown officiating.

Interment will be in St. Paul's Cemetery, Sacramento. Frances Dodson Frances E. Dodson, of 612 N. Eighth died Monday at York Terrace Nursing Home.

She was born in a daughter of the late and Mrs. Oscar Wright. She was the wife of the late OUie Dodson. He died in 1968, Surviving are a sister Mildred wife of Rev. Herbert Outzs of Coatesville and a brother Benjamin of Coatesville.

She was a member of Mount Zion Baptist ChuVch.v Arrangements are incomplete; Lord Funeral Home is in charge. William M. Frost William M. Frost of 39 E. Center Shenandoah died Sunday at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Norristown.

Born in llengowan, he was a son of the late William and Mary Greener Frost. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Rescue Hook and Ladder Co- He was last employed as a clerk in the Commissioners office at the Schuylkill County Court House. He had also served several terms as a councilman in Shenandoah. Surviving are a daughter Shirley, wife of Robert Jones, two grandchildren, Nancy and Janet Jones, all of Norristown; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Roth of Shenandoah, Mrs.

Elizabeth Roland of Collingswood, N. nieces and nephews. Services will be held Friday morning from the Waters Funeral Home Shenandoah, with Rev. Paul Hagenberger officiating. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mary Upanavage Mrs. Mary M. Upanavage of 313 Main Gilberton died Sunday at 4:59 p. m. in the Pottsville Hospital where she had been admitted earlier in the day.

Born and reared in Gilberton, she was the daughter of the late Matthew and Katherine Grisconis Andrewscavage. She was preceded in death by her husband George in 1962 and a son George in 1959. Mrs. Upanavage was a member of Our Lady of Siluva Church, Maizeville, the Daughters of Our Lady of Siluva Church, the Third Order of St. Francis and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Gilberton American Legion.

Surviving are three daughters, Fran, a registered nurse at the Pottsville Hospital, Gere, a pharmacist at Towne Drugs, both at home, Marion, wife of Stephen Basheda of Frackville; one son, Dr. le; six grandchildren. Services will be held Thursday morning from the Nice Funeral Home, Frackville, with Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of Siluva Church and internment in St. Louis Cemetery, Frackville. The floatfis just what it says as these women display their care and concern for the American Indian.

I 'fMri Hmtr- I 3- nrt. (-' a I Winners of the Pine Grove Bicentennial Parade, firemen's division awards were: special judges' award, Mountaineer Hose Company, MinersvUle, first place; Citizens' Fire Company No. 1, Gordon, second place. 750 gpm pumper, Alert Fire Company, Saint Clair, first place; Greehwood Hill Fire Company No. 65, second place.

500 gpm pumper, Goodwill Fire Company No. 4, first place; Friendship Hose Company No. 1, Orwigsburg, second place. tank truck, Liberty Fire Company No. 4, Schuylkill Haven, first place.

special service truck, Rainbow Hose Company No. 1, Schuylkill Haven, first place. brush truck, Community Fire Company, Frystown, first place. aerial truck, Phoenix Fire Company No. 2, first place.

snorkel truck, Rainbow Hose Company No. 1, Schuylkill0 Haven, first place. oldest motorized truck, Keystone Fire Company, Rehrersburg. The South 4-H Cattle Club float promoted the farmers' contributions to America..