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Boyertown CARL t. BENFItLD, 129 North Walnut Street HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1940 HOLDS 18TH YEAR REUNION The 18th year reunion of the class of 1940 of Boyertown High school was held at the Boyertown Orioles home. Harry I. Gilbert, Boyertown Area Senior High school principal, was guest speaker. He spoke about the teachers who were in the school system in 1940, told of their whereabouts today and recalled memorable events in the school life of the class.

The hall was decorated with blue and gold ers, the class colors. White carnations, the class flower, and greens were at the entrances on trellises, Blue candles and floral centerpieces were on the tables. Two white candles were burned in memory of departed classmates, Ernest Bittenbender and Eugene Clouser. THE CLASS decided to hold another reunion in 1960. Members of the class reported a total of 201 children.

Before the meal William Stubanus led the group in prayer. The following prices were awarded: Traveled the greatest distance, Robert Park, Sallisaw, most children, Gerald Wasson and Kenneth Romich; youngest child, 7 weeks old, Kenneth Romich; most recently married, Mrs. James Devlin (Betty Reichert); least hair, Moyer; grayest hair, Mrs. Paul Weller (Jeannette Schock); married the longest, Willard Kline (Pauline Leister); longest hair, Mrs. Paul Merkel (Grace Moyer); bachelors, Howard Weiss, Linwood Shirey and Karl Leckner, and single ladies, Mildred Bahr, Catherine Rohrbach and Anna Naigle.

ATTENDING THE reunion were: Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Rhoads (Ellen Babb) Mildred Bahr, Mr. and Mrs. Lester M.

Beitler, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Freed (Lillian Benfield) Paul Brumbach, Mrs. James Stettler (Merrill Carrington), Mr. and Mrs.

Harold Christman, Mr. and Mrs. Mervin M. Clemmer; Mr. and Mrs.

William Stubanus (Margaret Decker), Mr. and Mrs. Allen Drumheller, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fillman (Sara Eddinger), and Mr.

and Mrs. Harold Endy. Also Fred Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Faust, Mrs.

George W. Hazlett (Yvonne Forsythe), Mr. and Mrs. David Cooney (Florence Frey), Mr. and Mrs.

Leon Stapleton (Lorraine Fryer), Mr. and Mrs. John Moser (Mae Freyer), Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ewing (Marguerite Fryer), Mr.

and Mrs. C. Grant Gabel, Mr. and Mrs. J.

Donald Lord (Berneice Geiger), and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Breuninger (Pearl Geisler). Mr. and Norman Moser (Mabel Gilbert), Mr, and Mrs.

John H. Giles, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Reinhart (Edith Mae Grosser), Mr. and Willard Haring, Mr.

and Mrs. Linwood Hartman, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Haas (Edna Hausman), Mr. and Mrs.

Daniel R. Heller, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ertman (Cora S. Hoffman), Mr.

and Mrs. Ralph E. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Williams (Beatrice D.

Horn), Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hoffman (Geraldine Houck) and Mr. and Mrs. John F.

Gundlach Jr. (Grace N. Houck). Mr. and Mrs.

Earl Fleisher (Ruth A. Houck), Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Kemmerer (Erminie Hummer), Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas lezzi, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weller (Mildred Kaas), Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Rhoads, (Virginia Kahler), Mr. and Mrs. George 0. Zanger Jr.

(Helen Keim), Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dilliplane (Virginia Latshaw), Mr. and Mrs. Willard Kline (Pauline Leister) and Karl Lechner.

MR. AND MRS. Walter Mover and Manager Holds Employe Party Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F.

Steltz entertained Prudential employes and their families at an annual affair at Zern's Grove. Attending the affair were: Mr. and Mrs. W. Wilson Kline and jthildren, James and Pamela; Mr.

and Mrs. E. Erb, Mr. and Mrs. George F.

Rittenhouse, Mrs. Salome Mest, Mr. Mrs. Walter T. Swavely Margaret Lorah, Mr.

and Mrs. Clifford Losh, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Miller, Mr. and Mrs.

Gerald Leh, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Moyer, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Merkel (Grace Moyer), Mr.

and Mrs. Harold Myers, Mrs. Thomas Iezze (Jeanette Nagel), Anna Naigle, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hollowbush (Geralene Nester), Mrs.

Harold Myers (Mildred Oberholtzer), Mr. and Mrs. William Gunther (Virginia Quigley), Mr. and Mrs. Harold Endy (Ruth Reese), Mr.

and Mrs. James Devlin (Elizabeth Reichert), Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wentzel (Nora Reider) and Mr. and Mrs.

Harold A. Reitnauer. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Heffentrager (Anna Rhoads), Linwood Rhoads, Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Ritter, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Rohrbach, Ruth Catharine Rohrbach, Mr.

and Mrs. Kenneth Romich, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dill (Jeanne Sands), Mr. and Mrs.

Ellis Yoder (Virginia Sands), Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schealer, Linwood Schiery, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weller (Jeanette Schoch), Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Kirk (Anna Fern Schott), Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fox (Marian Schultz) and Mr. and Mrs.

Paul Fronheiser (Helen B. Spohn). William Stubanus, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Brile (Ruth Stauffer), Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Stimmel, Joe Stitzel, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stranick (Jeanette Underkoffler), Mr. and Mrs.

Victor Underkoffler. Mr. and Mrs. William Veitelli, Mr. and Mrs.

Gerald Wasson, Howard Weiss, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dotterer (Helen Marie Weller), Mr. and Mrs. Ammon Dierolf (Elizabeth Wetzel) and Mr.

and Mrs. Kenneth Snyder. Class officers were: president, Willard Haring; vice president, Thomas lezzi; secretary, Jeanne Sands Dill and treasurer, Jeanette Nagel lezzi. and daughter, Marian; Mr. and Mrs.

Norman J. Faut and children, Dennis and Debby, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Breidenstein Jr.

and children, Michael and Leanne. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Shankweiler and children, Carol, Sharo.i, Ronald and Robert; Mr.

and Mrs. Gerald Weidner, Mrs. Richard H. Steltz, and children, Michael, Jeffrey and Mark, and Mr. and Mrs.

Willard Kolb and daughter, Susan. Steltz is Boyertown staff manager. USE 'COPTER AS the use of a crane, would have meant cutting a path through a wood, a British helicopter has installed a half ton beacon at the new Gatwick Airport, south of Ixmdon, England. It was loaded in two sections, the base being installed neatly that the securing bolts were lined up with the holes in the beacon tower. Geigers Conduct SHUNS Family Gathering TAX ON AUTOS Noon Is Deadline For Reservations Noon today is the deadline for Boyertown area boys between the ages of 10 and 14 to register for the Rotary-sponsored bus trip to the ball game at Connie Mack stadium tomorrow.

Registratoin forms can be obtained at Hardware store, Boyertown, and should be returend there with a signature. The boys will be taken to Philadelphia in chartered buses. They are asked to bring a box lunch. Piggy-Back Bandits Lool Bank of $2000 Worker Injures Thumb A Boyertown RD 3 laborer was admitted to Pottstown hos- NEW YORK robberjpital yesterday for treatment of held up smashed right thumb, able him to reach into a Antonio Tellado, employed by cage and steal $2,000 to Robinson Hide company. Boyertown RD 3, hurt the thumb at work Wednesday night.

from the Chase Manhattan Bank at lunchtime Thursday. The money was lying on a coun- YOUNGER seemingly out of reach of any Boyertown Classified Deaths ter one standing outside the cage, but one robber lifted the other up high enough so that he was able to lean in and grab the cash Then they, escaped through crowds of strollers on Lower Broadway. Mary Proctor, the teller, had turned around to answer a telephone call when the money was 1 Wednesday. June 18. 1958.

Alberta R. (Kelsch) wife of Eugene Pronhelaer, age 42 years. and are Invited to the eervlees from her late residence. Schultzvllle, on Monday, June 23. at 8 a.

m. A Solemn High Requiem Mass will be celebrated in Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Bally. at 9 a. m. Interment In adjoining cemetery.

Friends may call at her late residence Sunday evening 7 to 9 (Ott) We Can Do if II Closing Programs Are Scheduled Closing programs of Daily Vacation Bible schools will be presented today by three Boyertown area churches. The closing program at St. Evangelical Lutheran church, Boyertown, will be held at 10 this morning for parents and friends. Children will attend the regular 9 a. m.

session. At the Reformed Church of the Good Shepherd (United Church of Christ), Boyertown. the program will be held at 7 p. m. The closing program of the school at the Alliance Gospel Tabernacle, Shanesville, will be held at 7:30 p.

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Arthur Manwtller phone Boyertown 7-6747 Help 37 KANSAS CITY iffI Fathers are getting younger, it seems. A greeting card company checked national statistics and found that the average age for becoming a father in the United States has dropped from 27 to 25 in the last 48 years. Early marriages are responsible, according to the records. In 1955 the average American In Gilbertsville mi.RKRTSVILLR Miss Shirley Clouser, Phone Boyir- lown 1-0276. News Agency.

Phone Boyertown 7-M41. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Geiger Wilson avenue, held a fam lly get-together at their home in honor of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Rutter, of Washington, D. C. Rutter formerly of Pottstown, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rutter of 53 Sixth street, Pottstown, was discharged from the U.

S. Air Force in Washington, D. C. He was a staff sergeant. He spent four years with the Air Force of which IS months were spent in the Far East.

He is married to the former Bertha Geiger, of Gilbertsville. MR. AND MRS. RUTTER spent several days visiting Mrs. parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Russell Geiger of Wilson avenue, before moving to Chicago, where Tom will go to school at the University of Chicago and complete his studies in law. While living in Washington, D. Mrs. Rutter was employed by a finance company and was transferred to an office in Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Rutter will live in Chicago approximately one year. Attending the affair were: and Mrs. Raymond Rutter and son.

Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Huss and children, Karen and Ricky; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stephens, all of Pottstown; Mr.

and Mrs. J. Donald Lord, Alan JiOrd and Preston Moyer, all of Souderton. Billion and Half Revenue Loss Stressed WASHINGTON (AP)-The Sen ate refused 59 32 Thursday to re peal the 10 per cent excise tax on new passenger autos and to cut result from the repeal and tion. The losing proposal was offered by Sen.

Pat McNamara (D-Mlch) as an important step toward getting the automotive important in his state- back on a good-times basis. McNamara argued in vain that repeal of the tax on new cara would encourage more people to buy them, thereby restoring employment in Detroit and other manufacturing centers and helping the economy in general. He offered his proposal as an amendment to a House-passed bill that would extend for another vear the present tax rates on cor- the tax on trucks from 10 to 15 portion income and excises on per cent. things as liquor and Instead, it hNtM etle? that the government can not af ford the estimated $1.400,000.000 annual lass of revenue that would GEIGER and children, Roy and Kathy, of Boyertown; Mr. and Mrs.

Russell Geiger Jr. and children, John and Kay; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Geiger Sr. and the honored couple.

Mrs. Bertha Rutter also entertained friends at her parents home. Attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Terry Shaner and daughter, Kim; Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Steltz and sons, Michael, Jeffrey and Mark; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Kolb and daughter, Susan; Betty Tim, Kay Geiger, Karen Nuss, Mr. and Mrs.

Russell Geiger Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rutter. ALSO, MR.

AND MRS. ROY stolen. About 20 persons were in juJt when the bank married, but in 1910 he was The thieves uere described Today slightly more than 60 Negroes about 20 years old. Female Operators wanted for 3rd shift. Vacation with pay, complete free Insurance covering life, hospitalization, surgical, accident and benefits.

Great American Knitting Mills Bally, Phone Bally evening Bally 5-3117 Steelworkers' Union Sued By Candidate PITTSBURGH -A candidate for president of a United Steelworkers local filed a one million dollar libel suit Thursday against USW President David J. McDonald and two officers of the local. Frank W. seeking the presidency of Local 1843 in Hazelwood, charges he was libeled in campaign literature posted on bulletin boards at the Jones and Laughlin Steel Hazelwood plant. percent of married men under 25 have children.

Just before World War II, only 50 percent of the same age group had become parents. Unfurnished Apartments 68 APARTMENT FOR RENT Apply C. COXON. 12 N. Reading Boyertown.

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