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THE DAILY ITEM Sunbury, Oct. 10, 1978 Concerns government jobs Obituaries Frederick B. Eveland SUNBURY Frederick B. "Frank" Eveland, 75, died at the home of his sister at Sunbury RD4, Monday morning. Death was due to natural causes.

Mr. Eveland was a veteran of World War II and served with the Army from 1942 to 1945 in the European and African Theaters. He was a custodian for the Buffalo, N.Y. School District for many and retired about five years ago. He was a former resident of Buffalo, N.Y.

Mr. Eveland was a member of the V.F.W. of Buffalo. Born in Wilkes-Barre, April 3, 1903, he was a son of the late William A. and Margaret F.

Bartholomew Eveland. Surviving are two sisters, Miss Jane Eveland of Philadelphia and Mrs. Mabel Zimmerman of Sunbury RD4; and two brothers, Clayton R. Eveland of Shamokin, and Walter Eveland of Pinella Park, Fla. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m.

Friday, in the Zweier Funeral Home, Sunbury, by the Rev. Kenneth A. Geise. Burial will be in Lantz's Church Cemetery, Sunbury RD3. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday evening.

Charles H. Schultz KLINGERSTOWN Charles H. Schultz, 87, a lifelong resident of Klingerstown RD, died Monday at 2:45 p.m. in the Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville where he was a patient since Friday. Mr.

Schultz was a retired painter; a and a member of the Salem United Church of Christ Church, Klingerstown RD. Born at Klingerstown RD, June 21, 1891, 1 he was a son of the late Wilhelm and Emma Kuntzelman Schultz. His wife, the former Mary Herb, died in 1966. Surviving are the following children, two sons, Charles S. Schultz of Pitman RD and Palmer Schultz of Elizabethville RD; five daughters, Mrs.

Gertrude Dietz of Klingerstown RD, Mrs. Irene Bernas of Mount Carmel, Mrs. Geraldine Heim of Valley View, Mrs. Norma Fetterolf of Hegins and Mrs. Betty Kahler of Shamokin RD2; 21 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

Two children died before him, Kermit Schultz in 1931 and Mrs. Ruby Kessler in 1974. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in the Lawrence E. Rothermel Funeral, Home, Klingerstown RD, by the Rev.

Elden Ehrhart. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery, Klingerstown RD. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. E. Ben Hartman Jr.

PAXINOS E. Ben Hartman 59, of Paxinos RD1, was pronounced dead on arrival Monday evening in the Shamokin State General Hospital. Death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Hartman owned and operated a farm in Irish Valley and also was employed as a heavy equipment operator on various constructions in the area.

He was a member of Clark's Grove United Methodist Church, Irish Valley; Susquehanna Valley Corral; and the Hitching Post Corral, Augustaville. Born in Nanticoke, Dec. 19, 1918, he was a son of Edgar B. Hartman of Shamokin RD1, and the late Myrtle Flynn Hartman. In 1938 he married the former Helen Latsha, who survives.

Surviving in addition to his father and wife, are a son, E. Ben Hartman III of Shamokin RD2; two granddaughters; a brother, Col. William F. Hartman of Shamokin RD2; and a sister, Mrs. Esther Evans of Orangeville.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, Sunbury, by the Rev. J. Thomas Truitt. Burial will be in Summit Cemetery, Irish Valley.

Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday evening. Death notices EVELAND, FREDERICK B. 75, died Monday morning, Oct. 9, 1978, in the home of his sister at Sunbury RD4. Funeral at 11 a.m.

Friday, Oct. 13, in the Zweier Funeral Home, Second and Chestnut streets, Sunbury. Burial will be in Lantz's Church Cemetery, Sunbury RD3. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday evening. Funeral arrangements by the Zweier Funeral Home, Sunbury.

HARTMAN, E. BEN 50, Paxinos RD1, was the Shamokin State General Hospital. Funeral at 2 pronounced dead on arrival Monday, Oct. 9, 1978, in p.m. Thursday, Oct.

12, in the Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, 395 State Sunbury. Burial will be in Summit Cemetery, Irish Valley. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday evening. Funeral arrangements by the Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, Sunbury, LEONARD, ROBERT JAMES, 49, Milton RD1, died Monday, Oct. 9.

1978, in the Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. Funeral at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Oct. 12, in the John H.

Shaw Ill Funeral Home, Market and Eighth streets, Lewisburg. Burial in the Lewisburg Cemetery, Friends may call in the funeral home Wednesday evening. Funeral arrangements made by the John H. Shaw Ill Funeral Home, Lewisburg. MURRAY, MRS.

MAE 92, a former resident of Milton. died Monday, Oct. 9, 1978, in the Forrest Nursing Home, Carlisle. Funeral at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct.

13, in the Dale E. Ranck Funeral Service, 125 N. Front Milton. Friends will be received in the funeral home Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will be in the Harmony Cemetery.

Funeral arrange ments by the Dale E. Ranck Funeral Service, Milton. SCHULTZ, CHARLES 87, Klingerstown RD, died Monday, 1978, in the Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville. Funeral at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct.

13, in the Lawrence E. Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown RD. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery, Klingerstown RD. Funeral arrangements by the Lawrence E.

Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown RD. Justices to rule on veterans' preference laws Mrs. Mae S. Murray MILTON Mrs. Mae S.

Murray, 92, a former resident of Milton, died Monday at 5:35 p.m. in the Forrest Nursing Home, Carlisle. She was formerly a guest in the Presbyterian Home at Newville. Mrs. Murray was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Milton.

She was employed for many years as a matron in the Presbyterian Home, Newville. Born March 27, 1886, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Sarah Watts Shultz. Her husband, C. Howard Murray, died in 1944. A son, Harold, died a number of years ago.

She is survived by one daughter, Gladys Murray of Hollywood, two grandsons; and five grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in the Dale E. Ranck Funeral Service, Milton, by the Rev. Dr.

Philip R. Jones. Burial will be in the Harmony Cemetery, Milton. Friends will be received in the funeral home Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Robert J.

Leonard A native of Clearfield County, he was born March 6, 1929, in Clearfield, a son of the late William and Sylvia Edmonds Leonard. He was married to the former Anna Kline, who survives. He was reared in the Lutheran faith. He was employed as a plumber at Kellogs in Williamsport. Mr.

Leonard was a member of Kratzer-Dull Post 182 American Legion, Lewisburg; the 40 at Northumberland V.F.W. Post 8298; Ents and Gents of V.F.W. Post 8298; Montandon American Legion Post 841; Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No. 897, Northumberland; and the Northumberland Fire Company No. 1.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are one son, Gary Leonard, at home; two sisters, Miss Patricia Leonard and Mrs. Sandra Herman, both of Lewisburg. The funeral will be conducted Thursday morning at 10:30 in the John H. Shaw III Funeral Home, Lewisburg. The Rev.

John Clayton, pastor of the Crossroads Church of the Nazarene, will officiate. Burial will be in the Lewisburg Cemetery. Friends may call in the funeral home Wednesday evening. MILTON Robert James Leonard, 49, Milton RD1, died Monday in the Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. Mrs.

Emma Zeiders BERRYSBURG A funeral was conducted today in Millersburg for Mrs. Emma Zeiders, 62, of West Main Street, Berrysburg, who was pronounced dead on arrival Saturday in the Evelyn G. Frederick's Health Center, Millersburg. Mrs. Zeiders was a retired employee of Muskin's Shoe with more than 25 years of service.

Born June 5, 1916, in Carsonville, Dauphin County, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rutter. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Claire Starr, Mrs.

Ronie Yeagley and Mrs. Judy Shomper, all of Berrysburg; two sons, William of Harrisburg and Randy of Berrysburg; three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Blontz and Mrs. Grace Lutz, both of Hummelstown and Mrs. Helen Minnich of Hershey; three brothers, Lloyd Rutter of Palmyra, John Rutter of Pine Grove and Ray Rutter of Hershey RD1; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Dora R. Miller MILLERSBURG A funeral will be conducted Wednesday in Millersburg for Mrs. Dora R. Miller, 84, of 257 Moore who died Saturday in the Holy Sprit Hospital, Camp Hill.

She was a member of Hebron United Methodist Church and the King's Daughters Bible Class. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ben Fye, a son, John W. Miller, a brother, Elmer Walburn, a sister, Miss Anna Walburn, doll of Millersburg; a grandchild; and great-grandchild. Harold F.

Whitmire Sr. BENTON Harold F. Whitmire 69, of Benton RD1, died Monday in his home. Among his survivors is a half sister, Mrs. Roy McAllister of Danville.

The funeral will be conducted Wednesday in Hunlock Creek. Mrs. Lenna R. Mitidieri LEWISBURG Additional survivors of Mrs. Lenna R.

Mitidieri, 62, of Lewisburg RD3, who was buried Saturday in Milton, are one stepson, Nick Mitidieri of Turbotville, and a brother, Harry Kriner of Milton. Bloodmobile visit Thursday DANVILLE The Montour County chapter of the Red Cross will sponsor a mini bloodmobile visit Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. in the Washingtonville Lutheran Church. Walk-ins are needed. Fire calls Northumberland Brush fire on property of Sunny Hill 'II, off Elliot home development.

responded. WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today agreed to decide whether government employers who give hiring preference to military veterans are discriminating against women. The justices said they will review a decision by a three-judge federal court in Massachusetts which in 1976 outlawed such preferential treatment as unconstitutional sex discrimination. The court's eventual decision will carry broad impact. Every state but four Arkansas, Mississippi, New Mexico and South Carolina has a form of veterans' preference in hiring for public jobs.

A veterans' preference is fostered by law in the federal government's hiring practices. The Massachusetts law first reached the Supreme Court a year ago. The justices on Oct. 11, 1977, set aside the invalidation and told the lower court to review its ruling in light of a 1976 Supreme Court decision. In that landmark ruling, called Washington vs.

Davis, the high court said a class of persons charging it had been treated unequally by some act of government must prove not merely an adverse impact but that the challenged act had a discriminatory "intent." The court in Boston did restudy the case in light of the Supreme Court ruling, and once again struck down the state law. The panel ruled in May that the high court's decision did not apply to a veterans' preference law because the law was not "facially neutral" that is, its wording clearly showed a bias against women: Helen Feeney, a Massachusetts state employee who worked as a clerk and personnel coordinator from 1963 to 1975, challenged the veterans' preference law. On three occasions, Mrs. Feeney had taken civil service tests as an applicant for better paying government jobs. Each time her ranking was lowered because veterans.

always men with lower test scores were elevated ahead of her when the preference formula was applied. Mrs. Feeney has been unemployed since she was laid off hep state job in 1975. In her lawsuit, she claimed the City may get 'windfall' for street project SUNBURY Up to 70 percent of Sunbury's $220,000 cost of the Walnut Street extension project may be paid by new federal funds. If that happens, it could release more than $100,000 of the city's federal community development funds earmarked for the road construction.

That federal money then could be used for other projects. Paules Gibson, city community development director, was contacted this morning by Nat Marvi, a location and planning engineer of the Montoursville district office of the state Department of Transportation. Marvi told Gibson PennDOT might be able to provide between 50 and 70 percent of the cost. Marvi said later that PennDOT could provide the federal money from "nonearmarked local urban highway sys- Auxiliary's use of park for hospital fair undecided SUNBURY Use of Cameron Park for the 1979 Sunbury Community Hospital Fair is expected to be resolved in another month. Charles Schlegel, director of parks and public property, said he has discussed the park's use with the hospital auxiliary's fair co-chairwomen, Mrs.

Robert Jaegers and Mrs. William Gass. Schlegel said he also wanted to discuss the situation informally with members of city council. Mayor Donald R. Morgan this year expressed reservations about use of the park and the destruction of grass, according to Schlegel.

The fair is held the second Saturday of June. Schlegel said he had no recommendation to make at this time but that he would make one, if necessary, after conferring with council members and the two chairwomen. He added that if the issue is not resolved before the Nov. 13 meeting, he might ask council to take formal action at that time. Schlegel said the matter was not discussed at Monday's meeting because of the absence of Councilman George F.

Amerman. Danville driver's hearing reset DANVILLE The preliminary hearing for a Danville RD2 man charged with homicide by vehicle and reckless driving has been postponed until Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. The hearing for Robert Martz, 18, was originally scheduled for Wednesday morning before District Magistrate Guy H. Williams.

The date was changed because District Attorney Richard C. Brittain could not attend the Wednesday hearing. Charges were filed against Martz in connection with the death of Mark R. Santucci, Riverside, Aug. 22.

A 1978 graduate of the Danville Area Senior High School, Santucci died of head and chest injuries when he was thrown from a car operated by Shaun Recla, 16, Danville RD5. Martz reportedly told police that while he was traveling south on Rt. 54 near Washingtonville, he started to pass the Recla vehicle when it drifted across the center line. Martz's car struck the rear of Recla's vehicle. The Recla car skidded into a tree and came apart upon impact.

Neither Martz nor Recla was seriously injured. Students become ill while on trip WILLIAMSPORT Forty members of the Williamsport High School Band who became ill just before a weekend competition were unable to attend classes Monday. The illness has been attributed to "low-grade food poisoning" among the 200 band personnel. They became ill prior to field competition in Souderton. Dr.

Oscar Knade, superintendent of schools, said the students have nicknamed the illness "millionaire's 600-700 attend Kiwanis' program SUNBURY From 600 to 700 persons went "By Sail Through the Caribbean" Monday night and never left Shikellamy High School. They were "'Le Bateau with Capt. Jean Poisson. Their tour consisted of two 45-minute filmed segments, narrated live by Poisson, a nationally known photographer whose work appears in National Geographic and who entertains in Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. Stops along the tour included the West Indies, the Grenadine Islands of Granada and St.

Vincent Island. With the help of the film and Poison's narration, the audience roamed native villages and listened to the sounds of the sea, wind and steel drum bands. was well attended. People seemed excited about it," said Richard N. Viens, president of the Sunbury Kiwanis Club, of the kickoff of the club's 16th annual Travel and Adventure Series.

The next show will be "Surprising Southern California," with Robert Ditta. It will be shown at 8 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Shikellamy High School Auditorium. Accidents Shamokin state police 2:30 p.m.

Monday Farm tractor-car accident on Rockefeller Township Rt. 704, four miles west of Stonington. Drivers: Marlin M. Freed, 15, Sunbury RD4, and Debra E. Kreiger, 25, of 248 S.

Fourth Sunbury, Injured: Alyssa R. Krieger, 2, admitted to Gelsinger Medical Center, Danville, with head injury. She is in satisfactory condition today. veterans' preference law violated her rights to equal treatment as guaranteed by the Constitution's 14th Amendment. The three- federal court agreed, noting that only 2 percent of Massachusetts veterans are women and that from 1948 until 1967 federal law prohibited women from making up more than 2 percent of the work force in the nation's armed forces, Mrs.

Feeney's case does not involve any special preference a veteran might receive from a non government employer Constitutional claims of discrimination can be: lodged against governmental entities only, while private employers must be charged with violating some anti-bias law. tem" grants PennDOT already has received. The money does not come from cate- en gories of federal grants PennDOT may lose in future years, he said. PennDOT has said it will lose some federal grants because construction of new roads has been stopped because of budget problems the agency faces. Walnut Street will be extended beyond Ash Street, and then curved to join Haas Avenue near the Sunbury Textile Mills plant.

Current plans call for conversion of Chestnut and Walnut streets to alternate one-way routes after the extension is completed. Marvi and Thomas Bafile, PennDOT's. Montoursville traffic engineer, will meet with Gibson Thursday to review the plans and tour the site. After the meeting, Marvi said, PennDOT will be able to judge whether the work can qualify for the federal grant. The local matching funds in such an arrangement could come from the city's community development money already set aside for the work, he said.

Police calls Sunbury 4:45 p.m. Thursday Theft. Jean Faux, 607 Walnut reported a boys' 20-inch bicycle stolen from her home sometime since Sept. 28. 1:26 p.m.

Thursday Vandalism. Officials of the Goodwill Hose Company playground association reported that the equipment building at Sixth and Line streets was entered and material inside damaged. Losses estimated at $300. Thursday Theft. Employees of Sunbury Motors, North Fourth Street, reported four wheel covers worth about $300 taken from a vehicle on the lot.

Northumberland Monday Theft. Approximately $35 removed from a soft drink vending machine in the faculty room at the Dr. C. W. Rice Middle School, Hanover Street.

Hospital notes Community ADMITTED: Sunbury RD4 Mrs. Beverly Smith, Robert Broscious. Sunbury Ida Zerbe, Gladys Cocklin, Mrs. Marie Hendrickson, Robert Eroh, Ray Savidge, Mrs. Betty Shipman.

Shamokin Miss Melissa Mikulski, Mrs. Helen Kanpik, Lester Snyder, Mrs. Deborah Snyder. Shamokin RD2 John Dudinskie. Northumberland RD1 Willard Deets.

Northumberland John Gombert, Mrs. Emma Kirkner. Selinsgrove RD1 Ira Reader. Mifflinburg RD2 Mrs. Alberta Jarrett.

Milton RD3 Leo Botticher. Chambersburg RD8 Mrs. Judith Wheary. Mrs. Amelia Postal.

Mount Carmel Harry Cawle. Dalmatia RD1 Mrs. Pauline Klock. DISCHARGED: Sunbury George Sarfine, Michael Faust, Arthur Brookens, Miss Jacqueline Hickey, Kenneth Freet, Mrs. Freda Neff.

Pillow Charles High II. Hummels Wharf Mrs. Edith Bailey. Shamokin Helms Buchman. Elysburg Leon Weller.

Sunbury RD2 Marlin Wolever. Northumberland Vincent Waligurski, Miss Lisa Mancini. Selinsgrove Barbara Swint. Herndon RD Gabriel Grimm. Middleburg RD2 Clifford Kratzer, Births Evangelical A son to Mr.

and Mrs. Jay E. Weaver, Middleburg RD2, 11:28 p.m. Sunday. The mother is the former Mary E.

Smith. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin M. Reiff, Mifflinburg RD3, at 5:20 a.m.

Monday. The mother is the former Minerva B. Sensenig. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs.

Barry W. Starks, Milton RD1, at 2:48 p.m. Monday. The mother is the former Vicky L. Broan.

Muncy Valley A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher, Allenwood RD1, Friday. The mother is the former Sarah Smoker. Community A daughter to Mr.

and Mrs. William Schlagel, Selinsgrove RD1, at 9:21 a.m. Monday. The mother is the former Bonnie Leitzel. A son to Mr.

and Mrs. Ellis Mazelin, Port Trevorton RD1, at 11:32 p.m. Monday. The mother is the former Mary Hoover. Shamokin A son to Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Koropchak, 81 Holmesville Road, Ashland, at 2:17 a.m. today. The mother is the former Elizabeth Schmidt. Evangelical ADMITTED: New Columbia Mrs.

Mae G. Fox, Mrs. Charles E. Treibley. Milton RD1 Michael P.

Baker, Robert J. Lazarus. Milton Kent D. Boyer. Mifflinburg RD2 Roy C.

Boyer. Milton RD2 Van A. Chaapel. Lewisburg John W. Merrill.

Middleburg RD3 Mrs. Stephen K. Rhoads. Pottsgrove Joseph G. Robbins.

Montandon Mrs. Graham Shumate. Hummels Wharf Mrs. James A. Snyder.

Mifflinburg RDI Miss Rose C. Kudra. New Columbia RD1 Mrs. Hazel P. Snyder.

DISCHARGED: Mifflinburg RD2 Shane C. Burrell. New Columbia RD1 Theodore A. Hartley. Lewisburg RD3 Mrs.

Kathy M. Dillon, Mrs. John M. Stoltzfus and son. Middleburg RD1 Annie M.

Gill. Millmont RD1 Mrs. Elsie M. Rowe, Michael H. Gemberling.

Lewisburg Mrs. Harry S. Fegley, David E. Smith. Hummels Wharf Mrs.

Richard McFalls. Milton Herman D. Hagenbuch Sr. Watsontown RD2 Russell L. Harold, Mrs.

Ronald L. Koch and son. Milton RD2 Floyd E. Hulsizer. Swengel Lynn W.

Mifflinburg Mrs. Bradley Huntington and son, Mrs. Jeffrey A. Yount and son. Geisinger ADMITTED: Mifflinburg James R.

Chambers. Northumberland RD1 Clarence Fertig. Sunbury Clayton Bressler, Ray Maneval. Elysburg RD2 Raymond F. Blackwell.

Lewisburg RD3 Mrs. Evelyn J. Baker. Klingerstown Mrs. Vivian E.

Bowman. Catawissa RD3 Mario Dionisio. Danville David F. Billman. Northumberland RD1 John B.

Latsha. Millmont RD1 William E. Fultz. Band members performed Saturday afternoon at the Williamsport-Harrisburg football game and then were taken to Souderton. As the band prepared to compete, members became ill and were taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment.

All were treated as out-patients, except one student who was kept overnight and released Sunday. The band returned to Williamsport early Sunday. Board to prohibit building in floodplain SUNBURY The Lower Augusta Township Board of Supervisors plan to pass an ordinance prohibiting building in the "100 year" floodplan after the beginning of 1979. Passage of the ordinance is required for participation in the federal flood insurance program, Cathy Herrold, township secretary, said. Advertisements have been placed i in area newspapers giving the proposed flood elevation determinations for the township.

If there are no objections to the elevations within 90 days, they will be established in the proposed ordinance. The 100-year floodplain is defined as any area in which there is at least a 1 percent chance of a flood in any given year. Jailed man faces morals charges NORTHUMBERLAND Information was filed today by the Point Township Police Department charging a Northumberland RD2 man with furnishing alcohol to minors and corrupting the morals of minors. Police said they filed the information against Victor W. Hare III, 21, for the incident Sept.

9 on Montour Ridge. Hare is in the Northumberland County Jail in lieu of bail on a Sept. 9 burglary charge involving summer homes along the north branch of the Susquehanna River. Hare will be arraigned later before Sunbury District Magistrate Wade J. Brown, police said.

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