The Mercury from Pottstown, Pennsylvania • Page 7

TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1938 POTTSTOWN MERCURY, POTTSTOWN, PA. Phone 2263 PAGE SEVEN and Funerals MRS. ANNA GICS, 62. wife of George Gics, 458 CHERRY STREET, died in her home yesterday morning about 1:30 A native of Czechoslovakia, she had been in this country since 1922 and was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic church, the church lodge, the Rosary society and tiie Pennsylvania Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic union. She is survived by a daughter.

Anna, wife of Nicholas Skokowski. Pottstown; a son, Michael, Phoenixville: a brother, John Harmonski. Pottstown, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from her residence tomorrow morning at 9 with high requiem mass In Holy Trinity Catholic church at 110 Interment will bo made in Holy Trinity cemetery. Arrangements are in charpe of Funeral Director Howard J.

Barnett. Ill since September 1, HEFT died yesterday morning at 2:30 in his home, 546 JEFFERSON AVENUE, of a complication of diseases. He was aged 61 years, 9 months and 11 days. He was a son of the late Harrison and Mary Ann (Rhoads) Heft. For the past 23 years Mr.

Heft was employed at Ellis Keystone Agricultural works. He was a member of Grace Lutheran church. His widow, Leah tLcvengood) Heft; a son, Stanley Richard, at home, and a sister, Maggie, wife of William Hatfield, Pottstown, survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 at the funeral home of H. Kouck and Son, 112 North Wiish- lngt6n street.

Interment will be made In Pottstown cemetery. otricken while completing his milking chores Friday night. SHANER C. MOCK, 69. I PPER UWCHLAND township farmer, died Sfc.iday night in Chester county hospital, West Che.ster.

Mr, Mock, who was in apparent good health prior to the attack, managed to Summon aid when he was on his farm at Byers. He was born in West Whiteland township, a son of the late William and Mary Mock. He was a member of Vincent Baptist church. A sister, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Phipps, near Eagle, and a brother, Ludwigs Corner, survive. The funeral will be held Tliurs- day afternoon at 2 in his home.

Interment will be made in Vincent Baptist cemetery. The funeral of EPHRAIM S. HARTENSTINE was held yesterday afternoon at 1 in his homo, at SANATOGA. Further services were conducted in St. James Lutheran church.

Limerick, at 2 p. m. by the Rev. N. F.

Schmidt, pastor. Interment was made in the cemetery adjoining the church. Bearers were A. Shuhart, Daniel Kerlin, We.sley Grow, Samuel Kurtz, William Moyer and Paul Radcliffe. Arrangements were in charge of Directors Kepner and Romich.

BUILDING, LOAN (Continued from Page One) ,000, a gain of $40,000 during the year. Real estate sold in the year totaled while real estate under contract of sale amounted to $40,000. Hackmaster congratulated the directors for the manner in which the association conducted its business and thanked the secretary, Troutman, for his co-operation. Troutman, prior to the meeting, entertained the directors at a dinner in his home, 173 North Hanover street. Oflficers of the association are; Yergey, president; Mayer, vice president; Leveille, treasurer: Troutman, secretary; Carroll L.

Rutter, conveyancer, jnd Jesse R. Evans, solicitor. LIONS TO SEE MOVIES Several reels of motion pictures will be shown at the weekly meeting of the Lions club tonight in the Elks home. Richard Stamm, president, announced last night. WOXALL The correspondent In Hoxail Is Mti Hnrare Heller.

The Mercury delivered by E. Ren- Phone Sassamansville 10-R-ll. Mrs. Charles Hendricks. Mr.s.

ther Taggert and Miss Estelle Hendricks, Hoppenville, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grubb, Earl Grubb, Mrs. Laura Calln, Miss Estella Reed, and Miss Grace Rahn, Perkiomenville, vlflted Mr. and Mrs.

Horace Heller and family. The Rev. and Mns. M. O.

Heller, Trumbauersville. visited Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hildenbrand and family. Mr.

and Mrs. Luke Harner, East Greenville, and Mr, and Mrs. George Hibblehouse, Ambler, R. called on Mr. and Mrs, Wright Sacks and family recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Horace Heller and family called on Mrs. Charles Hendricks and family, Hoppenville, recently. Mr.

and Mrs. Mahlon Walker and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Abel Smith. Perkiomenville.

called on Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Nase and iamily recently. BIRCHRUNVILLE The correspondent In Birchninville ts Mrs. Olive Zollers.

The Mercury is delivered in he Birchrunville area by Oliver Neiman. Phone Pottstown 460-M. Friday night at 8 at the School house, Lewis FRoislter will present moving pictures of There will be vocal and instrumental music by Miss Annette Rossiter. The Misses Wolflnger and a group from Warwick High school will sing at this meeting of the Birchrun- vllle Parent -Teacher association. 6ELL COMPANY HONORS SAFE AUTO DRIVERS STOWE The Mercury Is delivered In the and Glasgow areas by Joseph Bucclaglia.

Elm street. The Mercury Is on sale at Swarti's store. Glasgow street. Five Pottstown Employes Enrolled in Willard L. KHne, manasrcr of the local Bell Telephone exchange; Nervin A.

Long, Raymond Detterer, E. Maag, Schwcnkville and Paul A. Pughtown, telephone employes, together with 486 employes in other towns and citie.s were presented charter member- ship.s in the Telephone Hundred Thou.sand Mile at dinners held iltaneously la.st night in 20 cities in Pcnasylvania and Delaware. The five local men with 23 other employes in this district, who operated company cars for at least ten years without being responsible fnr a fiinpfK ftccidetttv; honored at a meeting in Valley Forge hotel, Norristown. Read Admiral Percy W.

Foote, commissioner of Pennsylvania Motor police; Philip Staples. of the company; Herbert L. Badger, vice president, and Edward Prisk, assistant to the prosident. addressed gatherings Allentown, Chester. Grcenshurg, Harrisburg, McKeesport, New Castle, Norristown, Philadelphia.

Pittsburgh, Pottsville, Reading, Roehester, Scranton, Warren, Washington, West Chester, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport and Wilmington, by telephone hook-up from Philadelphia. The prinripal speaker of the local district meeting at Norristown was Benjamin F. Evans, president of Norristown Chamber of Commerce. Roy L. Smith, district plant ku perintendent.

chairman. Membership presentations were made by Earnshaw Murdoch, chief engineer and the respon.se was given by WUliam H. Hilderbrandt, Souderton, who has a safe driving record of 28 years. It was pointed out at the meeting although rpqulrements for membership in the club call for at least 10 years of driving, many of the charter members have gone 15 or 20 years or longer without being responsible for mishaps. Many employes who are assigned telephone company car.s and who use them daily in their work average approximately 10,000 miles a year, It was brought out.

After serving as treasurcr of St. Lutheran church for the past 35 years, Howard Koch resigned because of advanced age. His action was announced at a reorganization meeting of the vestry last night in the parish house. Wilson Mest was elected his successor. The Rev.

William R. Seaman, pastor, automatically became president of the board. Edwin Misslmer I was named vice president: Lewis Steigrrwalt. financial and i Charles Fllcklnger, recording secre- tary. FHIE.MEN PLAN PI HASSIE Plans for a public Saturday, Jan, 29 In West End Fire annex were formulated at a meeting of the house committee of the company at Its weekly meeting last night.

Fii th uns "naTnPr! chalr- man for the affair and Peter Schneider and William Bartchak the remaining members of the committee. meats will be given as prizes, it was announced. The condition of George Eagle, Vine street, now confined in University hospital, Philadelphia, was about the same yesterday. Mr. and Mrs.

Anthony Canceliere and Greorge Davis reported following a vi.sit to the institution. Mrs, Stephen Phillips, Vinft street, returned home Sunday from JefTer- son hospital, Philadelphia. Mrs. Clyde Ludwig, Glasgow returned home yesterday I from Pottstown hospital where she underwent an operation recently. STAMP CLUB (Continued from Page Onei Rohrbach, Horace Swavely.

Ed wan Kammerzell, treasurer; Donald Knauer and Tilghman Hauseman, Morton Cooper. Paoli, spoke on of He pointed out many of the Canadian issues were related to the history of the country. He displayed his collection of commemoratlves and regular Issues. President Hauseman was in charge of the meeting. Door prize winner was Emmanuel Berger.

Speaker at the next meeting, February 7, wjll be Horace Swavely. His topic will be CONDITION OF COASTING REPORTED Condition of William Hartman. 9. of Pine Forge, injured wlien his sled crashed into a moving automobile, last night was his physician, Dr. Frederic Bushong.

said. The child, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hartman, suffered a fractured and his face was torn in Dr, Bushong He was injured Sunday afternoon when he coasted into the path qf a -smchine driven by Daniel Wright, Glasgow street. Stowe, near the home of Leon Moore, in Pine Forge.

Dr. Bushong last night explained 20 stitches were neces.sary to close the severe lacerations He said the fractured jaw could not be set at least a because of the nature of the deep cuts about the mouth. Wright was released by Corp. M. B.

McAfee. of the Pennsylvania Motor police, after an investigation. HUSBAND IS GIVEN BULK OF $10,000 ESTATE WOMAN DRIVER HALTED Alleged to have ignored a red traffic light it 'the intersection of High street and Rasedale Drive. Mrs. Robert Pottstown R.

D. 4 was arrested yesterday by Motor Patrolman Earl Rhoads. She will be sent a summons, it was said. Woman, 70, Unhurt In Plunge Into Well By Staff Correspondent Jan. 17 70-year-old widow, Mrs.

Adella Curley, went about her duties of conducting a boarding table today, apparently none the worse for her experience of toppling down into a 23- foot well. The aged woman went to a well to pump water. Stepping on a trap-door, Mrs. Curley was thrown into the well when a supporting beam gave way. She fell into six feet of water at the bottom of the well.

Struggling to keep her head above water, Mrs. Curley groped in the darkness for Iran on the side of the wall. Finally she found them. Pulling herself up. rung by rung, the woman managed to climb to the top of the well where she lay for a time exhausted.

Bruised and cut, she managed to reach the house and change to dry clothing. A boarder, Frank Hoffman, returning a short time later for dinner, summoned Dr. J. A. Zook who treated the for shock.

By Staff Correspondent NORRISTOWN, Jan. her will probated today, Mrs. Laberta M. Dorman, Pottstown. left the major portion of a $10,000 estate to her husband, George.

After granting bequests totaling $2000 to nieces and nephews, Mrs. Dorman stipulated the residue be held to provide her busband with $30 a month for life. The will, w'ritten November 29, 1937, provided at the death of her husband the residue is to be divided among nine beneficiaries named In the will. Those receiving bequests were: Gertrude a I a Helen Brandt, Evelyn Tiiompson, Ruth Frederick, Mary Rath, nieces, and Rath, nephew. $200 each; Charles and Hilda Batdorf, $300 each, and Ethel Lewin, $200.

Executors named were the husband and Hilda Batdorf. STORE MANAGER NAMED M. C. Rhoads, 412 High street, recently was appointed manager of the Kalamazoo dlrect-factory branch store at 12 South Hanover street. Rhoads, who has had 15 years heating experience, formerly was associated with the Kalamazoo store In Norristown.

Clarence Kulp still Is associated with the local branch. Pep Up! Be Popular! People with are always the most popular. Yet the secret of abounding energy is often merely a matter oi keeping regular. For tiredness, head- sleeplessness, loss of appetite, mental depression can all be caused by constipation. Truly, proper elimination is all-important to your well-being.

So if more than one day goes by without it, assist Nature. U.se Dr. Olive Tablets. This laxative is extremely mild. And Olive Tablet.s are marvelously effective because they stimulate the liver's secretion of bile withput the discomfort of drastic, irritating drugs.

Olive Tablets help sgrfeguard your welfare and pep. SOji and at all druggists, everywhere. TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY At) specials POOD STOiiS 268 and 101 HIGH STREET BEST CENTER PORK CHOPS lb. CUT CHOPS, Ib. 17c) 21 Plate Boiling Beef Ib.

Fresh Pork Sausage tb 19 WETHERHOLD e. METZGER Inc. FINAL Begins Tomorrow Wednesday, January 19 Wetherhold Metzger Famous Shoes for Men, Women, Children and Boys, at the lowest FINAL CLEAN-UP PRICES in years. This sale is the greatest and most effective merchandising and fashion link between the closing winter season and the opening spring season and allows no shoes bought for a particular season to be carried over into the new season. The shoes on sale are short-end lines of the following standard makes: Walk-Over, Arch- Preserver, Dr.

Locke, Peacock, Bilt-Rite, Style-Eez, Vitality, Dr, Drake. Steadfast and Nunn Bush Shoes. PANDORA DEPARTMENT FINAL CLEAN-UP PRICES! MURIEL GOLD STRIPE HOSIERY 79 Chiffon and Service Weight. Now Other Chif. SSc, 2 l.iS HAND BAG SPECIALS 68 Discontinuec! of Handbags.

belter grade Handbags. Were 2.95 and 3.95. FINAL Clean-Up Price! Evening Slippers. Incomplete sizes and widths. Were 3 95.

Clean-Up Price! Winter styles df Vitality, Selby Styl-Eez and Bilt- Rife Shoes. yiz Were up to i iO Clean-Up Price! Bilt-Rite Women's Shoes. 3.95 to 5 00. FINAL Clean-Up Price! Peacock, "Walk- Over and Arch-Preservtr Shoe.w. Discontinued winter styles only.

Were 8.75-10.50. DEPARTMENT FINAL CLEAN-UP PRICES! FINAL Clean-Up Price! Bilt-Rite Shoes for men. Were 3 95 to 5.50. -FINAL Clean-Up Price! Short-end lines. Walk-Over, Dr.

Locke and Were 8.50, 10.50, 12.00. FINAL Clean-Up Price! Di.scontinued styles of Vitality, Styl-Eez and Bilt- Rite Shoes. Were 5.00 to 7 50. FINAL Clean-Up Price! Arch Preserver, Walk-Over, and Nunn- Bush Label) Shoes. An interesting jproup of styles, sizes ana widths.

Were 10.00-10.50. FINAL CLEAN-UP SHOE STORE 26 FINAL. Clean-up Price I House Slippers. Were 75c and 1.00. 1.88 FINAL Clean-up Pricel and Growing Oxfords, Ties, Pumps and Straps.

Black and Brown Leathers and Suedes. Stwt Oxfords. Were 2.65-2,95. FINAL Clean-up Price! and Growing Shoes. Oxfords.

Ties and Strap Slippers. Were 1.95-2.45. 1.88 FINAL Clean-up Price! Black and Brown 0.xfords. 88 FINAL Clean-up Price! and Shoes. FINAL Clean-up Pricel Boys' Biack and Brown Oxfords.

FINAL Clean-up Price! Children's and Misses' Shoes. Oxfords, Ties and Sti-aps. Were 1.95. 48 FINAL Clean-up Pricel Women's Home Slippers. Short-end lines.

2-38 FINAL Clean-up Price! Black and Brown Oxfords. FINAL Clean-up Pricel and Shoes. 65. 2-88 FINAL Clean-up Price! and Growing Shoes. Including discontinued styles of Dr.

Drake Shoes. All leathers and heels. Were 3.45-3.95. 88 FINAL Clean-up Price! and Rain- boots. 88 FINAL Clean-up Pricel and Oxfords, and Strap Slippers.

All leatherf. Goodyear stitched. 2-88 FINAL Clean-up Pricel Black and Tan 88 FINAL Clean-up Price! Cloth Arctics. Were 1 98. During This Final Clean-Up Sale Do Not Expect Exchanges, Refunds, Approvals or C.

O. WETHERHOLD METZGER, the Store of Famous Shoes.