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The Mercury from Pottstown, Pennsylvania • Page 3

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LOCAL BUILDERS TO CONSTRUCT 10 NEW HOMES had born is Pottstown Home Buili porated for 14 npu home in the northern section ough. Fieht of gtructed on block Four block of two more in thp bl vinp strept. The homes ill cost 1 Othpr permits (hr office of huildinc S. Krpner building went to Irwin Nrwman for horn upd from invpn lor for home ontrac tor the construction of thrpp siiirIp REIIE OK Hit. that note just a little longpr, Director Id ward F.

O'Neill tells nipmbprs thp Pottstown Hiuh school chorus. Ihese arp just a few of thr singers who will take- part in thp program of choral music at thp school on hiesdav at 11:15 p. m. In ip first row. left to right, arp Staff Photo Jaccjueline Andes, Pat I.

Doloics Bieleski and shoe- makpr. Second row has Haihara Kuvak, Marcia Yohn. Fileen Yoc om and Theodora Oovatos. choral groups of thr sc hoed will hp hpard during the program. The homes, apiece, will bp and 540 West Ki dull hr 17 EMPLOYES HONORED AT FLAGG BANQUET Silver Carnegie Hero Award Given Man frajtl Blind Vet Who Saved Two Girls in River 1er seventeen emp totaling almos were honored at meeting of the tury club ni re hall.

Klmer Fei with service centurips thp 29th annual On- ht at thp Moose PITTSBURGH, April 29 Carnegie to honor deeds of blind war veteran who risked civos bronze, silver or gold medal- life to save two girls from a depending upon the degree of througn a death and a tiny circus acrobatic known ri'k involved at the l-evin clown who cushioned the fall of ar the heroic act is undertaken High street 1g yesterday morning when he tripped on a step and crashed a plate glass window at 200 jewelry store. lodi H. End William W. Anthony Fontana and Step F.grie each received a new i for their long service. All have been employed 50 years Flagg company four at the Stanley ant here.

New timepieces also went men with 45 to 49 These include: Hunter Xmole. Salvatore Segnere, Oeorge McCann, I ontana, S. Kovach. Paul Wasiluk, Charles Dilliplane, Morris Brunner, Cieorge S. Fong.

Nat Celecnick, Stephen svaros and Nick Now 25-vear employes who re certificates include aerial ballerina today were aw arder! Carnegie Hero The Carnegie Hero Fund commission accorded the blind veteran. 22-year-old Charles Nines of Mobile. Ala the rare honor of silver medal. Schwartf, 27, of Brooklyn. X.Y., the clown, was among 1C pprsons in 10 statps awardpd hronre mpdals.

Thp fund commission, endowed bv the late Andrew Walter J. Rutkowski. Pleasant DESPITE HIS blindness. Vine- View road. Sanatoga, was walking unaided rescued Barbara S.

Wood, down the steps from the second 15, and Mrs. Anne Ball. from floor of Ihe building to the first drowning at Merrill. Miss, floor when he slipped and rammed riprcro June 27. through the window.

Thp setting for Ihe couraceous Th happened ai 9.30 m. Rutkowski was treated at CLIFTON YERGFY nut street, was for alterations at hi $500 The Rev. Haywood street, received a permit build a porch at his home for Warren Fidlp, North harlottp strppt. was granted pprmission to contruct a cp mrnt block garagp for Clarke A Miller, 1 Lane, was issued a construct a patio at $75. fit REIBEN K.

SC HEIKLE Kozloff Resigns Hotel Position SCHEIFLEY From Tei home foi for the courageou deed was on the Leaf river above vvherp it merges with a creek to form the Pascagoula river While wading on a submerged sandbar In the Leaf river, the mmmm The gl as ENT blork ga- built by Guiseppo Cherry street, for 125 North Warren a jermit to install system at this two girls suddenly stepped into ANOTHER rage will bi 444 $500. Banks received a hot-air heating home to cost $300. Ernest Miller. 510 State street received a permit to make altera tions at his home for $500. LAS VEGA Kozloff.

lanager of the rontier on the ned today and I Leeds is 01 29 1951 general hotel Last mbling strip, replaced by Angeles. yard, een good i and his past year, partners censed hv i memher purchased he Frontil ere cond if a group controlling The new lonallv li- TAX water. Yinps heard their cries and (Continued rom Maybe that's why," hp grinned. MRS ANNE G. MacDONALD, 44H Chestnut street, a rubber- 'plicer at Firestone, said.

I'm opposed to the income tax I'd pre fer the sales tax. The average man is going to have to bear the brunt of that, with the $4000 bracket being hit hardest. didn't think Leader was going to do anvthing like this. He was guided only by his sense of heai ing, unhesitatingly plunged into thr up water and strokpd toward them (Conttmifd From matter had alreadv bpen cleared Slowe Girl Suffers Cut While Roller Skating The transaction was handled the J. Moore realty agency Barbara Ann Hummel.

7. Wood grasped his aoPnts Charles W. Bechtel ter. of Mr. and Mrs George Hum- ind young ines.

swimming and Clyde Brumbach. mel. 224 Walnut street. Stowe, was gambling ln ec ted. approached Mis Ba i Howard V.

Evans, 8 Pine treated in Pottstown hospital last he is advertising tav the state tax on last week. Kozloff, a former Reading, Brewery owner, said he will have no connection with the hotel, renamed the new rontier, and has no immediate plans for the future. had hold a to percent interest in thr Frontier. said hp will retain a small olding he has in a downtown porch and walks in His hearing for a number of sight has declined in but he reads tl time books and nevvspape the aid of a reading lie still rises at every morning and goes to bed bv 8:30 each night. He nevpr drinks and nevpr smokps and pats thrpp avpragp sire a day.

His 145 pound on a five foot, but he used to GAR DAMAGED IN HIT-RUN ACCIDENT An unidentified woman motorist who left scene of a collision with a vehicle operated by a Boyertown man will be sent a summons for hit-and-run driving by borough police. Thp Boyertown man, Cedric Kelt- nauer, told Desk Sgt. Paul Galloway he was driving west, from a service station at High and Franklin streets when an auto operated by a voman rammed into his left front fender Thp woman, hr said, Ipft the enp without stopping to identify herself. Reitnauer took down her license number, and reported it to police, who will check it out. The accident occurred at p.

m. TWO CARS were damaged in another mishap in the borough yesterday afternoon when one car struck the rear of another which was stopped for a red light. Katharine Plotts, Reading, traveling east on High street, halted for a slop light at West liiKh and Hi(p streets, when a vehicle operated by Goldenberg, Philadelphia, rammed into the rear of her auto. told Motor Patrolman Earl Rhoads he stop in time to avoid striking thp othpr car. The rear bumper, rear body and right rear door spring of the Plotts car.

and the front bumoer of Bible, Goldehberg car were damaged. The mishap was at 4:15 p. m. Wet Ground Causes Postponement of Contest 10 inches and weigh The Montgomery county 4-H club distributed plowing contest scheduled for to- mch frame, fla-v the farm of Robert Buch- ire five feet, ert. Leadrock, has been postponed Igo.

until May 7. Simons, assistant county ime a made the announce- thc 1890 s. he mrnt. said that the ground is too Lower wet competition. casino of manager.

hich Porter Beasley, Gordon Beasley Frank Rrcgovi. John Cooney James Crawford. Frank Fon tana. Mildred Highley, Anna Manwiller, Vincent Oliver, Anthony Woiciechowski Jr Stephen supposed to cut Zezmski aod Frank Hatnes. WALTER M.

KEEN 1239 PAVIP A JONES, Philadelphia, Quppn strppt, a tool maker at of the Flagg company, Flagg s. said. sort of go along presented the awards and spoke with the tax It quite a big to the 180 members present on budget Leader is proposing, but 1 past and future of the company. Other speakers were George A Cockefair, general superintendent of Stowe plant; Harry Buchert. Quarter Century clu1) president: and the Rev.

Georgp A Lineker, rector of Christ Episcopal church. The Rev. Lineker gave the Invocation and conduct ed a memorial for dpcpaspd mem bers of the club. Entertainment after the banquet included five variety acts from Philadelphia. An accordionist pro vidcd dinner turkey banquet.

think the sales tax would cover it wouldn't need additional taxes who was struggling wildly afloat. Mrs. Ball seized her rescuer around the npek. Breaking the strangle hold Vines swung her be hind his back and instructed her to cling to Miss Wood for support. With great effort.

Vines towed the girls about 15 fppt. Miss Wood, spping hp probably couldn't makp It to thp sand bar. rplpaspd hpr hold and hpgan swimming alonp. quickly took Mrs. Rail to wadablp watpr.

Thpn he heard cries from Miss Wood who was being carried downstream. court Hill school, of the Healys living in the area Two other daughters survive. They are John F. McKer nan. New Canaan.

Conn and Mrs Henry K. Adikes, Great Neck L. N. Y. Fans have been used in since about 3000 C.

is the only child night for a cut on the left knee. She received the wound in a fall while rollpr skating at fi p. m. Spvpral stitches were required to dose the cut. Her grandmother Mrs.

Mary Hummel, 813 North Charlotte street, a switchboard operator at China the hospital, was on duty when Nine Indonesians Expected Today the child was brought in. Good Will Ambulance Fund Unit To Begin Canvassing Area Monday BEFORE HF. bee, time postal carrier in was a school teacher Pottsgrove for eight years. One of Scheifley best friends Although Serius, the dog star is was Ross C. Shinehouse, who was not an exceptionally bright star, struck down a few voars ago by an it is 28 times as bright as the sun.

auto at High and Hanover streets. When son. Donald, takes him for a ride, they often wind up at the farm home of son. Raymond, who is a mpm- bpr of thp Limerick township road board. Scheiflev attributes bis old age to steady living and lots of exercise.

walking his beat as a mail carrier. Two of his chief interests are the weather and the almanac. He Nine businessmen from Indonesia will make a week long study Pottstown starting today. The men, to be accompanied by a Pennsylvania State university guide, will greeted at 1 High spCn(js more time pondering the street by CIO-AFL union officials and Burgess John Hartenstine at 4 p. m.

today. Eight representatives of the Mrs. Roth. Good Will ambulance committee Montgomery Ralph will canvass the Pottstown area Weiser and daughter, beginning Mondav for contributions Stowe and Berks Favmger. GUIDED BV DIRECTION from a man on the bank, EDMUND 325 though nPar exhaustion-plunged to ns annual fund drive Walnut street.

Leviti levision back into deep water and swam $20 thj Pott.stoven-Mrs Dorothy technician, averted, doesn toward the stricken girl. il and Mr Fdith Hawk make any difference to me. We Progressing some 300 feet, he Robert Koth. bood ill Fire have to have taxes, no f.nally overtook Miss Wood in the thlpf arid secretary of the saKl 111 getting away from it. Pascagoula river, then succeeded anihuiame For the wprk, thp men will be gtfidprf through Pottstown on a tour prpparpd bv Emprson Millpr and William Shutt, union officials.

Thp Indonesians, sponsored by Imanac than with any other reading material. Although only his sons and daughters will gather around the table for Sunday dinner, numerous other visitors will say to the grand old man during the day. Among the expected visitors are Crosscut, BEEF ROASTS 69 Ample Parking Sands thp State department, will tour js grandchildren and numerous olants. the hospitals, schools, mar- friends. kets, the Pottstown Community KEMPS GROCERY Sanatoga don see any difference be- in towing her about 250 feet to the tween 1 he a regis- opposite side of the river down- tered Democrat, said.

stream from the sandbar. Both girls recovered. Vines suf- WALTER J. HINDLER, fered no ill effect's from his music during the Evans street, a pressman for ling ordeal. a Philadelphia printing concern.

commented. would prefer a THE COMMISSION cited Seh- sales tax. We have enough taxes, wartz for bravely breaking th? immittee. announced bulances made We hope to buy a new ambulance traveled 15,688 miles for next old memberships will run out on June 31, explainpd. Families can sign for another ambulance service for $1.50.

am- calls and camp, the unemployment bureau, during the phases of American life. Explorer Scouts Will Participate In Two 'Good Turns' in Area Today amount will provide ambulance service for a husband Explorer Scouts of the Contin- plorers will report to the oil tank An income tax is felt hardest by possibly fatal fall of Gladys Rim- and wife and all unmarried ental district. Valley Forge council, area near West King street bordcr- the low and middle income groups, mer, 23-year-old aerial performer children they have under Roth will participate in two ing the park. a sales tax, the ones that with Ringling Brothers, Barnum said. in the Pottstown area today it was EXPLORERS FROM Limerick.

LtUter. can afford to buy the luxuries are circus. announced by James J. Moore, Linfield, Roversford, Trappe. Grat- I'IT ors will make one call camping chairman, and Bertram C.

crford, and Schvvenksville will par Philadelphia Couple Visits in Hoppenville 1 7 ones that are taxed er of Philadelphia spent the weekend at of the SOLK HOPPKKVll.l T-arl 7 are taxed most At the Winter quarter Mr and Mrs Raebecker of circus at Sarasota. Fla last Dec at each house within five miles of Scanlin. exploring commissioner, ticipate a conservation good turn PETER R. HARRIS. 221 Wilson 9, Miss Rimmer was practicing her Pottstown.

he announced. In the Explorers of Pottstown and the project at French Woods which rheir Summer home here street, who is on the sick list but aerial ballet act 25 feet above the borough, they will make one call immediate vicinity will is a camping u.sed by Scouts Mr and Mrs. Roy P. Miller and normally works at Firestone, ob- earthen floor of a building, family of Emmaus. Mr.

and Mrs. served, don think the income Schwartz, who is less than Walter Wurstler. Aulpsville; and Mrs. Woodro.v Frey and suspended vertically from the ceiling Suddenly she slipped Mr. lax is any good, but it Ray gives the working man Fenstermacher Jr.

of Allentown 54000 man pays less than the and Doris Durhammer of Fuller- who makes $10,000. ton. visited Mr. and Mrs. Clayton a sales tax.

everybod.v has Leister 10 Pa-V at least feet tall, watched as Miss Rimmer a break, went through her routine on a rope Area Motorist Rams The lithe Schwartz bounded a dozen feet to a directly beneath the falling aerialist, and holding thp ropp with onp hand, rpachpd out with the othpr to catch hpr. She landed atop Schwartz's shoulder and he crumpled to the floor. Miss Rimmer suffered minor ALBERT REED. East High street, who is retired, but still a Girard Rail al Collegeville K'K William Fretz, Phoenixville KD The sales tax was better for the 1, ran his car into a guard rail on people. Route 29 near Collegeville and always had a couple cents bruises.

Schwartz, badly dazed, damaged his car an estimated $200 in pocket to pay sales tax. sustained rib fractures and a The guard rail was loosened but This income tax is nut of nev injury. not broken. State police from Jeffersonville EARL IV SMITH, 346 Chestnut TRAIN HITS BIS, 5 DIE barracks investigated the accidpnt street, paint store proprietor. Bl'ENOS AIRES, pril 29 which occurred at 11:55 p.

added, think we have enough train rammed the back of a and return call if necessary. Mem- with the Pottstown Kiwams club in of the Valley Forge council and is five bers also can renew their cards the annual clean-up of Memorial located near Evansburg, The activ- the fire house on South Hanover park, beginning at 1 m. ity will begin at 11 a. and elose street. Jack Eck, scoutmaster of Ki at 3 m.

The program will be Committee Chairman Harr) wanis troop 17 and Waverly II. under the direction of Moore and Wertz, is in charge of the drive Kiehl representing the Kiwanis Ralph Michaels. Roth and Committee Member club will be in charge. The Valley Forge Bov Scout Charles Jones are assisting. Plans call for the cleaning of council is an agency of the Potts- Solicitors include: the upper area of the park so that town United Fund, Roversford Chester Margaret it, too, can be used in the Community Chest, and the Phoe- Polev, Mrs.

Connie Kimes and tion program Participating Ex- nixville Community chest. Vdvprtisement VdTrrttsPTTif nt YOU (AN OWN A HOME FOR LESS THAN YOU THINK! Anthony J. Will Build This Home For Only StO.SOO Vanilla-Peach French Vanilla-Cherry Custard French Vanilla-Strawiberry Thursday, Perkiomenville Couple Visits in Philadelphia PKKKIOVIIW I F. I del Rovertnwn Mr. and Mrs William Baas spent a day in Philadelphia.

Mrs. Mae Hoffman spent an evening with Mr. and Mrs Heckler. Telford RD Charles Drach, Trenton, spent the weekend with Abram town, at 1 Blank and family. taxes right now, I don't like either crowded bus today, killing five one of them." passengers and injuring 14, eight Smith is a Democrat.

of them seriously. Frieden's Church Will Start Project Women Attend Lehigh Synod Guild The first outdoor workshop pro- May 8 The guild will Homer 0f the season will begin for the follow its annual custom of pre- brotherhood of Fne- senting flowers to all mothers dur- den's Reformed church, Sumney- ing this Festival of the Christian The men will today. tackle Home service the 1955 VANDAL- (Continued From One) and W. C. Foley, 449 Chestnut.

Police investigated yesterday af ternoon Urd-i anc project-the improve- Bfettlfen CIlUrCH Names Convention Site ment of a plot of land near the church. Frieden's guild and brotherhood executive committee will LEW1STOWN, April 29 Al meet at 8 p. m. Wednesday. bright Memorial church.

Washing Women of the church attended ton, today was chosen as the a regional meeting of the Lehigh site for next year's 117th annual Pantile commented he knew of synod guild at St. An- session of the Central Pennsylvania no incidents in the neighborhood Reformed. Allentown, this conference of the United Brethren that could have caused the plant- week. Those in the group were Mrs. church.

pulverizing Alma Bergey, Mrs. Lydia The site was chosen at the second have- verv little Alice Worwood and Mrs. Marian He added, we nave day session of the groups mee.t Mother's, P.y services are sched here today and May 1-5 was set with vandalism at all uled at Frieden's at 10 a m. on as the date for the program. Yes, this beautiful 25 8 45 home (not a pre fab) can be built on your lot for only $10,500.

This includes oil heat, 3 bedrooms, tile bath, powder room, spacious 11 21 living room, tile kitchen with cabinets and formica top. Complete insulation, hardwood floors with a sub floor and colored bathroom fixtures, if so desired. If you are without a lot, the complete price for home and lot is only $12,000. With full cellar 5500 extra. This is truly the moderately priced, ideal home for smart homemakers.

Call Tony today, 6202. He will he happv to show vou through the sample home at your convenience and answer all your questions. Mortgage ran he easily arranged, rail 02, no obligation. Before you buy or build see the home for vming Americans. Mr.

Anthonv them- St. Pottstown, has been a reliable builder In this area for many years. Vour satisfaction is guaranteed. SPECIAL While They Last FREE 2 in One Dessert (Take Some Home Today) ICE CREAM CAKE ROLL (Retail value 49c ea.) To Fverv Custompr Pure hasine 1 GALLON ICE CREAM AT $1.65 (Tour Choic-p of Flavor as AbovP) OWN COCOANUT TOPS 25 CREAMY CHOCOLATE; FUDGE TOPPED WITH FRESH COCOANUT Hi. DUTCH MAID MARSHMALLOW TENDER JELLS 503 HIGH 5T.

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