The Mercury from Pottstown, Pennsylvania • Page 1

9 MEUTE RIDING MOWERS REDUCED FOR QUICK, SUMMER CLEARANCE APPUANCE Mt-S200 m. 4 MM. tortH 91 FMH. Pottstown VOL 35. NO.

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1966 DIAL AStOCIATBD MIfS CINTKAL A wnc Upper Perkiomen School Cost Near $4 Million Mark Funds for the construction of mously to sell school revenue the Upper Perkiomen Valley bonds to the firm of Butcher school were realized Tuesday and Shcrrerd. night w'hen the Jbint School Authority awarded a bond issue to a Philadelphia brokerage. The SIX man authority, ing on the recommendation of the school board, voted unani- Tlie decision to accept the 35 year and three month bond bid was made after the school board and ity deliberated in a 40 mil- ttte executive session. CHIEF SEEKS ORDINANCE IN TOWNSHIP is a great step Dr. Allan Harman, superintendent of county schools, told Dr.

George Baver, school! board head, as members of the brokerage were informed of decision. think you have a good he added. presence at the i at the Pennsburg Wants Disorderly Conduct school building was to help ex- Control in UODer sending agreement docu-! ments to Harrisburg for 0ttSQr0V6 jdiate approval by the Depart-' i ment of Public Instruction. Police Chief John C. Levan chyle Hendershct, attorney, Jr.

proposed Tuesday night an representing the law firm of ordinance to prohibit disorderly Rhoads, Sinon and Reader, conduct in Upper Pettsgrove the legal aspects of the meeting, lownsnip. officials speculate that Chief Lie van said that dis- construction for the new school, orderly conduct as such is not which will house 918 pupils, will now covered by local ordinance, begin within the next four weeks. $50,000 for River Study is Included By State in Bill rection of Departmeat Forests and Waters, would aimed at determining A $50.000 appropriation for a umberland county, also study of the Schuylkill river in the measure, the Pottstown neighborhood was Maack said, delighted to hammered into the State appro- have been part of this latest de- islands near Pottatown wert (d priations bill Tuesday night in velopment in the continuing pro- natural or culm formatioiif. Harrisburg. gram sparked by Mercury Drillings would bo to The bill would provide funds to get action on the Schuylkill termine this, for an exhaustive survey lead- river project.

i The appropriatkm taimo alUf ing to cleaning the Schuylkill revealing tales of channel, and putting it in shape THE fW.OOO H'EM. It was storiei in Tho Mtreury ihowoi for recreational and clean water agreed, would be ear-marked dredging of tho SefauyUdQ Staff Photo The Goose With A Smooch The school, located in Upper Hanover and Red Hill, is scheduled to be complet- on Pagt Two) Rain Follows Sticky Day, Clearing Due Alico tova whoro tho wlld gooao goos. in cato a gray and whito Canadian gooso chatod into tho So Porkiomonvillo proporty by a noighborhood cat. Boforo ho could flip his wingft and boat it South, ho wat namod. woighod on tho bathroom tcalo.

Premonition are at lot of things going on in the township that you prove is going on. but is happening in a disorderly the llceman said. too much in the township, but there are teenage drinking he went on. are not committing vandalism and you prove they, are drinking, but they are act-: ing in a disorderly It was a properly sticky end- CHAIRMAN JOHN F. Prout to a pretty darn sticky of the board of commissioners Summer day.

referred the matter to the town- 1 The sticky topping to Taes- thip solicitor, Sherwood Yergey, weather were the light for him to draft an ordinance, that sprinkled the area Did Murray H. Gulack, 67, Yergey said disorderly thortly after 6 p.m., catching Perkiomenville RD. have conduct ordinances arc common many area workers on their premonition of his death? and added, with a chuckle', that way between work and home. they can prove to be rich, Though the rams may have stack many shirts to their backs as they traveled home from the plairt, it was unlikely if they felt any wetter than earlier in the day, when they suffered with 60 percent humidity. fitted with living quartort and fad with corn moal math.

Now wantt to ttlck around. Ho lovot children and will away with them for hourt. Bowaro If ho llko you! a moan too- nibblor. Gulack Planned Funeral Night Before His Death source of revenue. But Levan emphasized (CMItilHMtf TkrM) tha 132 Million (iailons of Water Used In July Friends who knew him say the mysterious industrialist who died Saturday morning in Pottstown Memorial Medical Center North division, had such an indication.

In combination with a high temperature of 85. the humidity was responsible for a discom- The w.ter treatment plant pumped, with ease, a record 132,701,000 gallons of water during the sweltering month of July. pretty close to the level, reported the Reading weatherman Frank They say he sat up almost the whole of Thursday night talking with Mrs. Carrie Mumbauer, his business assistant for 33 years. He reportedly made all the plans for his funeral, how he was to be cremated, who should attend services, etc.

Mr. Gulack then entered the hospital Friday morning and The figure backed up a fore- succumbed less than 24 hours isfby Harry borough later. He is believed to have 1 of the more oppressive of re- cufforari cast water manager, who claimed two weeks ago that new mark would be set. suffered from echinococcosis, which is a disease caused by a weather parasite spread by dogs and supply purposes. Legislators Edwin G.

Holl, a a I Herbert R. Maack, Pottstown, and Robert J. Butera, Norristown spearheaded a drive with a bipartisan. Senate and House committee support to place the appropriation ia the bill. Their work indicated successful passage, for agreement was made that the bill would be passed.

Rep. R. D. Fleming. Allegheny county, chairman of the conference committee, assured the area legislators that he I placed the $50.000 proposal in budget.

GOP House Member, Adam T. Bower, North- EQUAL RATES ARE STARTED AT CENTER Price Saine at Both Pottstown Memorial Divisions Recent price adjustments mean that patients at the two divisions of the Pottstown Medical Center will pay substantially equal charges from now on. The former price schedule at his life. So he waj able to pre- Pottstown hospital (now north division) was used as the basis Rev, pastor of adjutlment, which ef- Christ Lutheran church, Niantic, mcreased charges at east who says he knew Mr. Gulack (formerly Memorial).

for only a year, found him "a I Henry f. Acker, admiiUi- man of great faith. He was born; taU for Schuylkill cleanup use only. The study, under tha di- ago did not faiciuda tha (CentifMMi ea MURRAY H. GULACK and raised a Lutheran.

The congregation will remember him for sharing his Touching on his being a of as indicated in The report of his death, the Rev. Kiefer asked: we all (men of mystery). we all have certain things we keep to The minister also touched on Mr. generosity to his church, to Pottstown Medical center and on the good he did for his fellowmen. higher figures were choten, as standards so that ployes at the north divisioa would not have to suffer wage cuts.

former charges at Memorial were way below average, said Acker. it' amounted to there was that the, hospital was subsidizing the pa-: (Cwitlnwoe on Two) oppressive cent days. However, aiaanc a xcau xjyjno aiiu the record to Promises area residents thought to have contracted the JJ the halt' wave during the steamy atmo-igite formed a cyst which con- disease as long as 45 years ago. no erv month. Previous highs for the new plant, which took over the pumping tasks April 13.

were 122,616,000 in June, and 107,843,000 in May. Leister said that the old plant could not have pumped as many gallons as the new plant! did during July, even if we ran it 24 hours a Maximum pumping capacity of the old plant was 4V4 million gallons per day, which is minimal compared to the 12 million gallon capacity of the new plant. The new plant is in operation about eight hours each day. want to pump all Leister said, is too much of a strain on the equip- (CMltidMS Two) sphere with the clouds schedul- Uinued to grow to great size in The Rev. Robert Kiefer, ed to disappear.

A cool low in his liver. officiated at funeral services the 60s should greet early Tuesday in the Houck Funeral risers. HE DISEASE is encountered home. North Charlotte and Dry and sunny weather is quite often in the Balkans and Grace streets, may have borne called for later in the day with the Middle East, where Mr. out the contention ot a death (Cofltinute Mt a high again in the mid 80s.

IS premonition when he said: was a fortunate man in having some indication of the end of Barto Women Get Behind Bundle Drive LIMERICK IS TOLD OF ROAD PLANS Residents Protest Widening of Route 422 'Douglas May of Pennsylvania State Highway department has The ladies auxiliary of the Township Barto Fire company who like Superv.sors the State ito go about doing good. Tuesday $15 toward The Mer- to four 11-fMt traf- bundles for buddies in lanes and one foot of Viet Nam. THE WEATHER A low temperature in the 60s this morning, followed by fair and pleasant weather the remainder of the day. High today in the 80s. FIVE DAY FORECAST Temperatures arc forecast to average slightly below the normal high of 86-and normal low of 67.

There wiU be little change at the beginning of the period, turning cooler by Sunday. Precipitation may total up to a half inch, occurring as widely scattered thundershowers late tomorrow or Friday. Mercury 85 Antics 75 Temperature Extremes Local temperatures yesterday Strike Forces Local Firms to Cut Sales Trips The 26 day old strike of the International Association of Machinists against five of the major airlines has curtailed almost completely the trips taken by salesmen at Doehler-Jarvis, Division of National Lead company, and at Firestone Tire and Rubber com- peraonnel sometime, jniployes over 100 ha. must travel to Canada just catch a plane to Chicago," Edward Hunnicutt. manager at Firestone.

Housewives Up in Arms At Food Costs llie price of food has Pottstown housewivai fripiaf, especially if they have large families or must lira on a fixed income. have seven children, and let me tell you mess. Butter and bread and meat are al! to and things you do said Mrs. Barttm Green, 346 Walnut street. food bill is to Itt week, and not including she said.

Mrs. family eoBSumee at least two laavaa of bread a day at 34 cents a loaf for tha Jamba siw. A two cent price rise la Um large loaf wait ialo effad Monday. She said that she prepares steaks and beef alKMit once a month since the prices rose, whereas she used to have it once a week. is no lie, the price of food is really complained the housewife.

MRS. JOHN FREEZE, a mother of aix, 365 Laurel street, realizes that the dry weather has probably caused much of the increase, but understand how the price oi. tomatoes could go up four cents in four days. were four cans for cents ea Satarday Tuesday I went and they wera of to the aagry shopper. I She said she feeds her brood of six a lot more spaghetti and noodle soups to try and cut down on meat eosto, but wltti everything going up iooim loataf week something else goes up in has a good job over at Firestone, but witk six children things are really getting she lamented.

THINK if the government would step in then things would get said Mrs. Rocco Ranieri. SOt North (CMittiNMtf Pottstown Axle Company is Sold U. s. Axle company incorpor-1 incorporated is a Chicago based ated.

Water street, Tuesday an- investment company controlled nounced the sale of control to by N. Marshall Seeburg oi Noel incorporated. and hia family. William T. Beaver, president addition to several real been chartering planes during the strike, but we have sent groups of men by automobile as far as the Midwestern states.

Some of our technical people have gone by car to our home office in Akron. the manager adds. estate hoildings, the Seeburg company is a diversified investment company with interests la a variety of businesses. The local company was founded in 1919 by the late George C. Lees, who then became its president.

He came to Pottstown la 1915, aad brought with him his life long interest In auomoblles. In partnership with Carey manufacture of formed Potter- axle, and more recenUy Compajw. dianwd wltt- the manufacturing of of the local company, said: sale of the majority of common stock of the U.S. Axle company went to Noel incorporated, a subsidiary of N. Marshall Seebnrg Sons iacarparatedef U.S.

Axle company which ty line of axles for manufacturers of industrial equipment. shoulder on each side of the; rosdwfly May say, the Route 423 proi- ect IS part of the six-year road program, and that originally million had been allocated fori the work. If the road were widened to 50 feet, the cost would be $2Va million, so the 46 foot construction cost was can Motors company. They produced the Hazard motor in their plant, located at I (CawtifiiMi Ml Twe) THE PRESENT management wUl remain with Beaver as Mornlngl president and John OrgiU, executive pre.ideat. the world.

President Beaver laid The major difficulty caused changes in policy or personnel are Two) N. Marshall Seeburg and sons ON THE AAAIN DRAG and early ttis morning were: 4 a. i P- m. a. .71 p.

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Karan kaapa In har room, leaving him thara aN day happlly laWng an tho windowalH. matharT I kaap Iha doar aha aald. 4 Collectors Provide Insight Into Bygone Days Movie Equipment Page 5 Handcuff Collection Page SNIPER SUFFERED TUMOR; LBJ SEEKS ARMS LAW Stories Photos Pages 13. 14 Baby Steelers Toppfe Myersfowa; Face Immaus Page 16 Social Newt World Newa Boyartown SporU Editorial 4 Twin Borongh Advice to Lovelom Financial ........................9 19-U 1114 11 GAIL MESSNER on a ferris wheel with a flattering friend. JUDY KUNE a wrestling match with her brother.

BOBERT ENDY to make tiia electrical connection for a kissing booth at t' fira company. SANDRA RIPPLE her family tree to some interested persons. DAVID WAGNER stuck with a defective flashlight whOa parking cars. CAROL INGRAM a friend forget birthday. JOHN SIEGKIST to ipand twa weeks Snmmtr ii the'Army.

JEPPREY 8TA81 whet lia wiSk do about ttat.