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The Daily Notes from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania • Page 8

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The Daily Notesi
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Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
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WE DAILY NOTES, CANONSSUXG, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1956 A0BOOHT I Fourth Miner Found Hospital 3 New Eagle Man Held For Firing Shotgun MONONGAHELA (UP) A New Eagle man, who fired a number of shotgun blasts from the windows of his home, was held today for violation of the firearms law. April 21 Charles Springer, John Progar. Andrew Farrow, Mirian Olson. Armenio Calabro, Eugene Raczyborski. Kenneth Widish, Ron- aid E.

Hoffman, Kent Munnell, Nancy Herceg, Robert Koceski, Jrry Havlka. April 22 Cora Ambrose, Matt Wilson, Mary LeGrande and daughter, Lirline Lewis and son, Raymond Pounds. BIRTHS April 22 A son to Mr. and Mrs. George Liggett, Morgan; a daughter to Mr.

and Mrs. John Clark, 312 Grant McDonald. April 23 A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Leveto, 151 DiCio St.

Ceetfccci frrs Tit'- if chetta and Paul Hawkins. R. Voy Lacock, club manager, announced a membership of 8,850 for the past fiscal year, which is an increase of 387 members, and an average monthly gain of 31 members. He reported on plans for continuing traffic safety education and said at least 400 fewer Americans were killed while walking In traffic last year than the previous year. The local Club sponsored a two-day tour to Washington, D.C.

last May for boys and girls who serve as school patrols, and this year's trip will be May 4 and 5 for an even larger group. Three additional district high schools have taken up the driver training program. Lacock stated it is the objective of the County Club to have every high school enrolled in the pro ADMISSIONS April 20 Tom Martys, James A. Boyd. April 21 Anna Gordon, Robert Koceski, Nancy Herceg, Kent Mun-nell.

Jerry Havelka, Diana D'Ales sandro, Jacob An till, Dorothy Kok-licb. April 22 Ruth Liggett. Mar-guertie Krafick. Margie King, Ber-nice De Boe, Julie Popovich, I Harold Cass, Gladys D'Amico, i Dorothy Miller, Ralph Celio, Irene Hutchinson. Betty Schultz, Dclores Clark, John Dzikowiski, William Malady.

April 23 Helen Leveto. DISCHARGES April 20 Charles Smith. Elizabeth Roman, Thomas Vlachos, Irene Hutchinson. Lengycl, New Eagle, Dr. Michael A.

Plesher, Monongahela, Burgess Robert Conaway, California, Far-rell Jackson. Marianna, and Clarence Williams, East Bethlehem Township, challenge in the second district. Have State Backing While there is some bitterness being engendered in these races, the four incumbents have certain factors going for them and defeat of any of them will be considered something of an upset. The incumbents first have the support of the state administration and its patronage. They are blessed, as it were by the presence of so many challengers in the field, the feeling being that the challengers will divide the vote.

Similarly, the failure of all the elements opposed to the incumbents to concentrate on one or two candidates will likely prove an advantage for those seeking to return to Harrisburg. Lack County Blessing One of those opposed to all the incumbents is Democratic County OBITUARY Mrs. Georgia Arthur Mrs. Georgia A. Arthur, 76 Washington RD 3, near Meadow-lands, died in her home Saturday, April 21, 1956, at 7 a.

m. She had been in poor health for the pas: four years. She was born in Chartiers Township, June 18. 1879. the daughter of the late William and Catherine Bedillion Mounts, and had lived in Washington and Chartiers Township all her life.

Mrs. Arthur was married twice, first to James Uhler and later to George Arthur, both of whom arc deceased. Surviving are one son, Clinton J. (Nicky) Arthur, Washington RD four daughters: Mrs. Olive Wilson, Meadow-lands; Mrs.

Genevieve Sonson, Washington; Mrs. Georgia Miller, Washington RD Mrs. Mildred Messina, with whom she made her home; two sisters, Mrs. Jnnie Brennan, Meadowlands, and Mrs. Claudia Arthur, Washington RD 1.

Fourteen grandchildren also survive. A son, Lawrence Uhler, died in 1944. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 p. m. from Speak-mari's Funeral Home in charge of the Rev.

H. E. Williams, of the Pilgrim Holiness Church, Washington. Burial was in Washington Cemetery. On an offshore oil drilling rig seeking petroleum 15.000 feet beneath the ocean bottom, lubrication of equipment costs $2,000 every 24 hours.

your -TOWN MAN! Chairman Harvey Stuart whose ire goes back to the time of the pitched battle over state patronage immediaely after the Democratic administration went into power in Harrisburg. Stuart has been promoting Cummins in the first district and Conaway in the second District 5 of the United Mine Workers announced last night that it was supporting Caruso and Popp in the first district. Jackson claims the mine union's support in the second district. Nearly 100,000 persons are eligible to vote in the county, two-thirds of them Democrats who are also expected to vote a heavier percentage because of the contests in their parties. The unopposed Republican candidates are I.

Willits McCaskey, Peters Township, for Congress, -2 rat Couny Common Pleas Court judge, to defeat organization-backed Judge Benjamin R. Jones, Wilkes-Barre, for the Republican nomination for Supreme Court. O'Brien's chances of "cracking the slate" were enhanced by reports he had gained the support of former Philadelphia Sheriff Austin Meehan. Previously, O'Brien supporters had looked to Western Pennsylvania alone for the bulk of their candidate's vote. I Cm tinned From rife Ont rammed into the utility pole snapping it in two.

Marks showed that he had scraped the curb for approximately 70 feet before the collision and after it happened turned around and followed a car traveling in the opposite direction. The other car, driven by Adlel Halboth, stopped on the Weavers-town and asked him what he wanted. Smith reportedly replied that she had forced him off the road causing the accident. Police were summoned who in turn notified the power company of the break. The other accident involved two cars with on driver.

Charles B. Carson. 143 Regent St, being ar- rested on the right-of-way law. The mishap occurred reportedly when Carson pulled from an alley onto E. Pike St.

in the path of an oncoming car, operated by Lorn-zo Gregory, RD 1, Canonsburg. Damage to Gregory's vehicle involved the right side, bumper, and grille while Carson's car had the front end along with the left fen der damaged. Dan's Garage General Auto Repairing Open Evenings and Sundays Evenings 5:00 to 10:00 Sundays to 4:00 PHONE: SH. 5-8960 SH. 5-7234 10 Murdock Canonsburg, Pa.

gram. The emergency road service department bandied 5,146 calls at a gross cost of $12,682.69. the average cost per call being $2.46. The i Club's personal accident insurance carrier paid 25 claims for a total I of $4,998.44 for the year. Domestic air sales, handled by the County office totaled $103,310.56, which wals requested by 2,301 persons.

Foreign and western hemisphere travel sales were $16,537.97. Travel services of all types were requested by 3,407 persons for the 12 months with sales amounting to $165,599.10 more that $46,000 over the previous comparable period, Mr. Woodward enumerated the American Automobile Association goals for the coming year to be: work toward better police training and supervision for enforcement of speed laws, and better handling of speed law cases; urge automobile manufacturers to tone down their increasing emphasis on more and more horse power and speed potentials in their new models, and to devote more thought and emphasis on ways to protect the driver against his own mistakes; recommend new safety features be introduced into the construction of automobiles; favoring pay-as-you-go financing of highway improvements whenever it is feasible and practical to do so with taxes apportioned equitably among the several beneficiaries; advocate a program be maintained to perpetuate and conserve national parks; protect passenger car owners from discrimatory tax burdens as users of the highway. He spoke of the vast services, given by affiliated clubs in disaster areas, such as the flood sections of parts of Pennsylvania and New England last summer. Try A Notes Classifies THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK HE STANDS 0 Greater Economy in Government More Industrial Expansion for This Area Taxes Based On Ability To Pay VOTE FOR BURGESS FRED A.

Of Houston, Pa. R. E. PLUNKETT, Pres. J.

C. KING. emu VOW CAN PUT THEM FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1st District 5th Place On Ballot ENDORSED BY LABOR (political Certthweft From face was passing a heavy tractor-trailer. The child dropped beneath the wheels of the truck and his skull was crushed. In addition to the deaths on Pennsylvania highways, at least six residents of the state died in traffic accidents in other states.

The Pennsylvania death victims: Killed in the- Irwin collision: Wallace W. Bush, 16, Michael Cheran, 14. John A. Kovacs, 16, Richard Fritz, 16, all of Westmoreland City, and Philip D. Gilpin, 26, of Tarrs, and Edward R.

Miller, 30, of Mt. Pleasant. In cn-tkil condition were Woodrow Leasure, 27, Scottdale, and Merle Lcucks, 25, New Stanton. The operator of the trailer, William G. Valentine, Houston, was charged with manslaughter and held in $1,000 bond.

The Lingenfelter boy. His father's car and the truck, driven by Warren A. Hillegrass, Zionville RD 1, were both headed Two-Car Crash Mrs. Edna School, 55, Port Tre-verton, and Raymond Haupt, 7, her grandson, killed in a two-car collision at Selinsgrove. Francis D.

Raybuck, 20, Brook-ville RD 2, killed Sunday when his automobile overturned on Rte. 322 near Brookville. His body was hurled 75 feet. David Harris, 17, Bellefontaine, Ohio, killed Sunday when an automobile in which he 'had picked up a ride while returning to his Navy base overturned at Gorley's Lake near Uniontown. Mrs.

Anna Balistrini, 54, and Mrs. Martha Pettinato, 59, fatally injured in a headon collision shortly before midnight Saturday as they were returning to their Windsor, homes after attending a bridal shower for Mrs. Balistrini's' daughter at Erie. Robert Farkas, 30, McKeesport, killed early Sunday when he was struck by the car of a hit-run driver. William Fitzpatrick, 22, Philadelphia, killed Saturday when he apparently fell asleep while driving.

Joan Ropas, 14, Pittsburgh, fatally injured when the car in which she was riding sideswiped a truck near Belle Vernon. John Schmook, 43, Lancaster, killed Sunday near Wakefield when another car crashed into his parked machine after he had stopped to adjust ropes holding a boat on top of his vehicle. Apparently Fell Asleep Victor Bench, 17, Now Enterprise, killed when he apparently fell asleep and his car crashed into a tree Sunday near Woodbury, Somerset County. Mrs. Lovi W.

Kamble, Middle-burg RD 2, fatally injured when the car in which she was riding collided with a tractor-trailer near Harrisburg Saturday two miles north of Harrisburg. Her husband, the Rev. Walton L. Kamble, 75, was injured seriously. Other week end traffic fatalics included: Mary Obtruba, 3, Monongahela Greene County; Mark Hummer, 11, Mercersburg; John McVitty, 32, Raleigh, N.C.; W.T.

Benson, 31, Burlington, N.J.; Patricia McGce, 12, Duncansville, and Edward Boring 15, Unity. The Lighter Side CHICAGO (UP) Police called out extra squad cars Sunday to catch a wayward driver. They trapped him after a two-hour search. He was Richard Sic- vers, 4, who set out from home on his tricycle and was still going strong after seven miles of steady pedalling. Canonsburg, Pa.

Lr-au in Utah tavc-in SUXXYSIDE, Utah (UP) Coal miners found the crushed body of Joseph Otterstrom, 58, Sunday, ending a four-day rescue effort at coal mine No. 2 of the Kaiser Steel Co. Three other miners, trapped for 40 hours by a were rescued. Continued From Page One ahead of us?" he asked. "If you want to discuss the hydrogen bomb, it remains a fact that we were the first to explore the H-bomb from a plane.

The Americans are only intending to." Later in a speech to civic leaders and businessmen at the British Industries Fair: "Great stress is being laid on guided missiles. We can compete there, too. I am quite sure we shall have a guided missile with a hydrogen bomb war-head quickly. And, in spite of that, you do not want to trade with us!" A loudspeaker truck blared anti-Communist slogans as the weary Soviet leaders arrived. Refugees from countries taken over by the Soviet Union stood in the front row of a crowd and waved banners calling for freedom for such countries Latvia and Lithuania.

Birmingham University students followed the example of Oxford University students last Saturday and chanted "poor old Joe" as the Russians and their official welcoming party drove to flty hall. Police made no effort to halt the protests. Wilbert L. Sims, Peters Township and Albert S. Diaz, Charleroi, for the legislature in the second district, and Okal Sprowls, Claysville and G.

Linn Culp, Houston, in the first district. H. M. TEMPLETON, Pres. Cashier WHERE YOU WANT THEM Insurance Corporation SH.

5-3810 no JA 9 31 7 5' FIRST SHOWING TODAY. You can set whatever time you like, day or night, for making a deposit with us once you've taken this simple initial step: Ask us for free mail deposit forms. Then, when it's not convenient to visit our bank during our regular banking hours, you can do your banking by mail! PAC KARD John Mulligan John Mulligan, 212 Fifth Carnegie, died on April 21, 1956. Mr. Mulligan was a former resident of Muse.

He was the father of Mrs. Arthur Young and Joseph F. (Mike). Mulligan, both of Wierton, W. and James L.

Mulligan, Carnegie. He also leaves eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Friends arc being received at the Leo J. Henney Funeral Home, 323 Second Carnegie. Requiem High Mass will be sung on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m.

in St. Luke's R.C. Church. Burial will be in the Holy Soul Cemetery. Mais Services Blessing services for Mrs.

Mary D. Mais, 370 Euclid who died April 18, 1956 were held Saturday at 8:30 a.m. from Yoney's Funeral Home followed by Requiem High Mass in St. Genevieve's R. C.

Church in charge of the Rev. E. R. Szelong. Burial was in St.

Patrick's Cemetery. Pallbearers wer: Edward Wis-niwski, Ted Wisniewski, John Ko-walewski Stanley Bartnecki Steven Judish and John Phillips. 1 -1 CaatlMBfl tagt i Kiuick, Charles Mawhifuicy, Pauline Eiler, Joyce Natale, Susan Wy-tovich, Carol Ann Bell, Nancy Petrisek, Jean Arbuckle, Susan Lu-ongo, Bessie Belle Horr, Ramona Roe, Susan MacCartney, Roberta Mong, Darlene Gumbert, Arlene Olescvsky, Bonnie Toth, Carolyn Newion and Jack Cooper. Louis Ramicone, the school champion from St. Cyril and Methodius school, Charleroi, was not able to compete due to illness.

Judges, guests and officials of the contest, which was attended by 800 spectators were: Chief Judge Dr. Clarence L. Branton, assistant professor of English at Washington and Jefferson College. Honorary Judges William H. Donaldson, superintendent of Washington County Public Schools and C.A.

Mathewson, superintendent of Canon-McMillan Joint Schools. Josephine Tomayko, Charleroi, winner of the 1954 Bee. Pauline Krehcl, Washington, winner of the 1955 Bee. Euunciator Dr. Lawrence E.

Whitiug, head of the English Department of Washington and Jefferson College. Master of Ceremonies Mitchell Gray of WJPA. Owi-dinator Robert H. Campbell of the Observer Publishing Co. Following are the words which tripped 28 school spelling champions who participated in the 1956 County Spelliug Bee last night in Washington High School: Amicable, variegated, canister, inoculate, jargon, moccasin, ogre, odious, connived, geranium, chromium, mauve, ukcrous.

tragedian, plebiscite, raillery, fiasco, regaled, emissaries, convene, quorum, subtle, acquittal, guardian, oversight, reeled, acceptance and launch. fry A Notes Classified Phone SH. 5-8270 NOW SHOWING THE YEAR'S BIG GO! GO! GO! PICTURE! TECHNIC I IC Ak.lll A IPC i I After the Movies Enjoy a Good Lunch I at THE EAVES I I I 7TJ Member Federal Deposit SPECIAL SPECIAL! SPECIAL! SAVE $171.00 on 1956 DELUXE Westinghouse Laundromat and Dryer Advertisement)' investment many other feaJures, UMlty i Canonsburg, Pa. We invite you to see and drive the nrwrst members of the Packard family. the Packard BmuIik Scries fine cars with a proud name, yet priced juat above middle-bracket line.

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