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The News-Herald from Franklin, Pennsylvania • Page 14

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The News-Heraldi
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Franklin, Pennsylvania
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PAGE FOURTEEN THE NEWS-HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1928. Office 214 Seneca St. Telephone 4361 OIL CITY DEPARTMENT R.A.LUDWIG, Manager, 'You'll Like Trading at Veach's" Smaller Music House on. cm, FA. Social Activitie, Ulll JOHNSTON, ONE OF CITY'S OLDEST RESIDENTS, PIES TODM Well Known Worker in Church and W.

C. T. U. Succumbs at Home at the Age of 87 Years. Here's a Real Refrigerator featured for this week! Bargain in mi imrninr'rrrr--n'-l i i i SUSHI 1 I 1 1 i 1 1 55l8Ss i lj Mr- i This Family Size 3-Door Front leer 100 POUND ICE CAPACITY OTHER REFRIGERATORS Never before have we been able to offer such a remarkable value in a 100-pound ice capacity three-door front icer style Refrigerator.

This Refrigerator is substantially constructed and the exterior is finished in dark Oak. lit has two large all white enameled food compartments and a heavy galvanized ice chamber, affords ample space for all the foods fresh and sweet with very small ice consumption. If you have the slightest need of a new Refrigerator by all means come in and inspect this special value. Telephone and mail orders promptly filled. Removal DiscountSale is attracting Piano-Buyers because the extremely Low Prices for New Pianos makes this sale inviting.

A Player Piano worth $550 only $255 at this sale. $10 down and $10 per month. New Uprights as low as $275. $10 down 27 1-2 months to pay the balance. 35 discount on New Pianos means more than a bargain, it means, cash in your own pocket.

Shaffer Music House has sold thousands of instruments. Our Guarantee and Reliability. Shaffer Music House 15 Seneca Oil City. CAKLONS STETSON SHOES 8 Seneca St, Oil City, Pa. TIRES ON CREDIT LIVINGSTON'S Lyric Theatre Oil City, Pa.

"WILD GEESE" With a cast including Belle Bennett, Anita Stewart, Russell Simpson, Donald Keith, Eve Southern, Evelyn Selby, Jason Robards, Wesley Barry and others. Venango Theatre Oil City, Pa. RICHARD DIX in "SPORTING GOODS" Our Gang Comedy "THE OLD WALLOP" Let Ui Reroof the Top on lour Sedan or Coupe. GOLDBERG AUTO PARTS CO. Phone 160 Oil City, Pa.

A Real Tailored to Order Suit at $33.00 KAY TAILORS 009 Canter Street, Oil City, Pa. Semember KAY X8 YOV. Big oni ar IB GUARANTEB II ij REGARDLESS 18 flH OF MTLEAGB I I Li By Geraldlne Kennedy. Has Election of Officers. Miss Ruth Britton was elected president at the regular meeting of the Queen Esther Society of Trinity M.

E. church at a business session which wa held in the church parlors on Tuesday evening. Other officers elected were Vice president, Miss Dorothy Sherman seo-retary, Miss Marlon Hunter! treasurer, Miss Dorothy Turney tnite box secretary, Miss Edna Lantz; devotional leader, Miss Edna Baker, and pianist, Miss Harriet Davis. The society accepted an invitation to join the Helen Weaver Society at a picnic to be held at the cottage of Mrs. S.

R. Van Kirk at Canadhota Lake on June 11. After the business session a' program was given, with Miss Harriet Davis, Miss Marion Holbrook and Miss Marjorie Anderson taking part. Refreshments were served by the social committee. Banquet Well Attended.

The mother-daughter banquet held on Tuesday evening in the church parlors of the First Baptist church by the young ladies of the young people's department of the Sunday school of that church was attended by 56 mothers and daughters and was one of the most successful social affairs given at the church this year. Mrs. Iola H. Snyder was general chairman of the affair. The tables for the banquet were prettily decorated with baskets of lilacs, tulips and roses.

Small crepe paper baskets, filled with mints were given as favors- A short get-acquainted period wes held from 6 to 6:30 o'clock, at which time Mrs. W. T. Dbersole gave the grace and there was assembly singing. A program was given after the dinner, with instrumental numbers and readings.

P. T. A. Has Card Party. Thirty tables of bridge, "oOO" and "bunco" were in progress at the card party held on Tuesday evening in La tonia hall, under the auspices of the Parent-Teacher Association of the Seneca street school, Prizes were awarded and a lunch was served at the conclusion of cards.

Mrs. D. H. McCready, Mrs. R.

P. Ralph and Mrs. A. W. Myers acted as hostesses for the evening.

During the evening music was furnished by the Hawaiian orchestra. Club Has Business Session. The Be Square Club of the Girl Reserve held its regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock in the Y. W. C.

A. rooms. The two advisors, Miss Laura Mae Walter and Miss Mary Gealy were present. Plans were made for the conference and also for a picnic to be held in June, with Miss Marion Hunter, Ruth Fiddler, Eva Davis, Mary Mor gan, Marion Montgomery and Margaret Milhizer as the committee in charge. A.

H. W. to Have Banquet Tonight. The members or Oil City Fort, No. 19, American Home Watchmen, will hold their annual banquet this evening at 6:30 o'clock in Latonia haW.

Fol lowing the banquet the regular lodge session of the fort will be conducted. Auxiliary Has Card Party. Mrs. J. H.

Corrin, Mrs. H. A. Jewell, Mrs. R.

L. Gordon and Mrs. E. M. Metz were the committee in charge of the card party held on Tuesday evening iff the State Armory by the ladies' Auxiliary of the John I.

Cann Camp of the United Spanish War Veterans. There were 15 tables of Cards in play during the evening with prizes awarded to those having high and low scores. A lunch was served. Class Has Tureen Dinner Meeting. The Win-One Class of the Trinity M- E.

church held a tureen dinner meeting in the Church parlors on Tuesday evening with 20 members in attendance. Tall candles and flower9 were employed, in the decorations for the table, to carry out the color scheme of pink and white. Mrs. W. B.

Gilbert, Mrs. C. W. Shaffer and Miss Idella Gilbert were hostesses. Mrs.

John Bromley was in charge of the short business session that followed the dinner. Entertains For Bride-Elect. In honor of Mis Genevieve Reid, daughter of Mrs. Catherine Reid, of Colbert avenue, whose marriage to Francis A. Cavanaugh, of Rouseville, will be an event of June 6, Miss Stella Conley and Miss Catherine Welch entertained at a prettily appointed party given on Tuesday evening at the homo of Miss Conley, of 221 Colbert avenue.

Eight tables of bridge were in pay during the evening, with honors awarded to Miss Anna Schwakoff and Miss Marceline Myers. A lunch was served at the conclusion of cards, with the color arrangement of pink and green attractively carried out in the tallies, floral decorations and favors. The affair was also in the nature of a kitchen shower, with the guest of honor receiving many useful! gifts. Entertains Bridge Club. Miss Geraldine M.

Kane entertained the members of her bridge club at her home, 6 Hoffman avenue, on Tuesday evening. Two tables were In progress during the evening, with honors awarded to Miss M. Virginia Lee and Miss Ula Bannoti. A lunch was served. Cluii Has Dinner-Meeting.

Covers were arranged for 15 mem bers of the Chrysalis Club at the dinner served at 5 :30 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. rooms which preceded the regular business meeting of the club, Tuesday evening.

After the dinner, Miss Gertrude Morgan was in charge of the business session, when the matter of sending a delegate to the Business Girl's conference at Kiski Springs School was discussed It was also decided to hold a special meeting of he club nest MonJay, when olllcers for the ensuing year will be elected. lias Regular Meeting. The regular meeting of the Julia Dent Grant Tent, Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, was held oil Tuesday evening in the (t. A. U.

rooms of the city building. There were 18 members present Arrangements were mad to attend VERY SPECIAL Convenient Payment Terms Gladly Arranged. Rice. Clarence Brown, of Tyronvllle, spent Sunday with Miss Hilda Deeter. Several from this place attended the funeral of Miss Ada Messenger at Sun-ville.

Lawrence Deeter has gone to Erie, where he has employment. Miss Doris Rice spent the past week with her aunt, Mrs. E. M. Bradley, helping her clean house.

James Bradley was a visitor at the home of David McAIevy Sunday. Oil City's Great Furniture Store Mrs. Laura M. Johnston, aged 87 years, a resident of Oil City for more than 30 years, died at 6 o'clock this morning at the family home, 30 West Fourth street, after a two weeks'" illness. Mrs.

Johnston was born in Greene county, Ohio, on February 18, 1841, the eldest daughter of Judson and Mary Lucinda Halstead. She was twice married. She came to OH City SO years ago and had resided here since. Mrs. Johnston was a woman of exceptionally high Christian character, and her life was a splendid example to all who knew her.

She was a member of Grace Methodist Episcopal church and one of its most loyal and devoted supporters. She was a member of the Foreign and Home Missionary Societies of the church and was for many years a teacher in the Sunday school. Mrs. Johnston was also actively interested in the work of the Women's Temperance Union, giving whole. heartedly her time and energy to promote the aims of the organization.

For 18 years she was president of the South Side union. For many years she had been president of the 1904 class, C. L. S. C.

at Chautauqua Lake, known as the Louis Miller class, who was one of the founders. Surviving Mrs. Johnston are the following sons and daughters: A. B. Speer, of Hollywood, Cal.

K. D. Speer of Richmond, Rev. H. L.

Speet, of Tarentum; S. B. Speer and C. J. Speer, of Oil City; Mrs.

Ada Spear Wilson, at home; and Mrs. Fred Schrners, of Cranberry. Notice of funeral arrangements will be made later. ES The body of Dr. Earle W.

Bolton prominent Oil City specialist who died in Philadelphia on Tuesday morning, arrived in Oil City at 10:10 o'clock this morning over the P. R. and was taken to the family home, 506 West 2d street. Funeral service in Dr. Bolton's memory Will be conducted in Christ Episcopal church at 2:30 o'clock Fridav af ternoon, and interment will be made in Grove Hill cemetery.

PITTSBURGH CHAMBER OF GOUGE SPEiS TO OIL GIH HIMS Ruel W. Elton, secretary of the cotn-numiry division of the Pittsburgh chamber of Commerce, was the speaker at the Kiwanis Club meeting held to day at noon at the i. M. C. A.

The meeting was in charge of the Business Methods committee and the speaker was Introduced by It. J. Alexander. Mr. Elton's subject was the application of the Golden Rule In business and he told of the great changes that have taken place in the business since the slogan, "let the buyer beware" was used by the Romans, up to the present day.

The establishment and practice of service in business has not only been found to be an application of the Golden Rule but has proven to be good business and pays big dividends all around. There will be no meeting next Wed nesday, owing to Memorial Day. The regular meeting will be held on Monday noon at the T. M. C.

then the Hays Post 167, G. A. will be honor guest and when Co. I. Fred W.

Windser will be the speaker. Monday, June 18, will be a red letter day in the history of the local club. AU-Kiwanis night will be observed by all the northwestern Pennsylvania clubs. Over 300 are expected to attend Visitors at today's meeting were; Samuel Kunkel, of Franklin and Itev, David Reiter, of Santa Fe, X. M.

STONE CHURCH. By Clara Coulter. Stone Church, May 21. Rev. C.

C. Miller, of Butler, pastor at large, preached yesterday. Mr. Pat terson brought him. Sunday Kev.

MChoIson is ex pected to preach at 3 o'clock p. ru. E. F. Say leaves for Tulsa on Tues day to attend the Presbyterian general assembly.

The work on Route 75 is progress- ing well. The good cement bridge at Sedgwick's Mill had to be blown up, Too narrow and not in the right place, C. A. Reichart is going to Oklahoma this week on a business trip. He ex pects to be gone some time.

Miss Pearl Clay and Miss Anna Haz lett, of home for the week-end to see the former's sister, Mrs. E. E. Jamison. Arrangements are being made to celebrate Children's Day.

Mrs. Alice Hunter has a fine new car, the Dictator Studebaker. The Shorts Company of Emlerton having sold their business to Criswell William Vorous is now employed by the hitter. Mrs. Wesley Drake and two cbil dren are visiting her parents at Cherry Tree Boro.

Her son, Donald, is spend inx this week at Hornet-tead, return ing then with Wiliam Drake and son, Stanley. Mrs. J. C. McCoy.

and Mrs. R. M. McCoy were Grove City visitors on last Wednesday. Remember: "It iff not always May." The President Oil Co.

is building a new barn on the farm occupied by Ed Downs. Clyde Martin lias the contract. Mrs. Redlck Coulter was a Builer visitor on Saturday with her parents. Miss Mae Perrine, of Pittsburgh, is visiting her mother, Mrs.

Prudence rerrine. 'Where Your Patronage Is Appreciated" PRICED AS LOW AS $13.95 TROUT RUN. By Miss Doris Rice. Trout Run, May 21. Lynn Deeter, of thle place, has purchased a Ford car.

James Rice and Rudolph Deeter were business visitors in Franklin Tuesday Miss Margaret Rice spent Sunday with her parents, Mr- and Mrs. D. W. Visitor Alway Welcome the Memorial services at Good Hope T.nthprnn rhureh oil Sunday and also to march in the parade on Memorial Day. It was decided to hold a bake sale date to be announced later.

Rayus Club Meets. Miss Mary Solovey entertained mem bers of the Rayus Club at their regular meeting at her home, on Seneca street, r.n Tupsdav evenlne. Dr. H. Rosenberg conducted the business session.

After the business meeting, a social hour was enjoyed and refreshments; Were served. Mrs. H. Rosenberg acted as assisting hostess. Entertained at Dinner.

The voutiff ladies of the Helen Gor don Shops of both Oil City anld Titus- vllle were entertainea at a dinner at the Oil Oitv store Tuesday evening. Covers were placed for 11 and follow-: lug me tanner, rants guru uu style and store policy. MATRIMONIAL. KLUCK-MARSH. Miss Marion F.

Marsh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marsh, of Rouse-, ville, and Lawrence Kluck, son of Mr.i and Mrs. Albert Kluck. Of Clapp Farm, were united in marriage on Tuesday morning at the rectory of St.

Joseph's church with Rev. J. H. Seybolt, officiating. I They were attended by Alice Kluck and Charles Kluck, brother and sister of the bridegroom.

i After the weddim? ceremony, a wed ding breakfast was served at the borne of the bride's parents with covers plac ed for 15 at the bride's table. A color scheme of green and white was carried out In the table decorations. Mr. and Mrs. Kluck will make their home on Clapp Farm.

RECENT DEATHS. Henderson-Bates. Announcement has been made in this city of the marriage of Miss Gertrude Bates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Bates, of Seneca street to Raymond Henderson, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry A Henderson of 3.15. Pine street. The ceremony took place at Ripley, X. on October with Rev C.

A. Patterson, officiating. Mrs. Henderson is a graduate of Oil City High School, class of 15)25 and for the past three years has been employed as stenographer for the Goldberg Auto Parts while the bridegroom is at present wltn the General Motors Corporation at Saginaw, Mich. The young couple will make tneir home in Saginaw.

Heeney says he doesn't want to see Gene Tunney until he meets him in the ring. so he's able to find him then. i MILLCREEK. By Bessie Peden. Millcreek, May 21.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kcllar and two children, Dorothy and of Akron, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. D.

S. Peden and five children and MUs Isabelle Giebner, of Grove City, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.

Giebner yesterday. Mrs. D. G. Peden called on Mrs.

D. W. Vogan last Saturday afternoon. Miss Claribel Clayton, of Franklin, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

S. Clayton. We are sorry to learn that Mrs. John Williams who ad been able be about again after several weeks' Illness, was taken seriously ill last Wednesday while returning from Stone-boro. No improvement in her condition was reported yesterday.

Miss Dorothy Martin was a recent caller at the home of D. G. Peden. Misa Frances Aley spent the first of the week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence Carey. The Wide Awake class of the Sandy United Presbyterian Sabbath school was entertained in a very pleasing manner last Saturday evening at the home of William, Brainard and Edward Broms. Misa Marion Aley, of Cleveland, spent the week-erid with her mother, Mrs. James Aley. Mrs.

D. G. Peden, son, Thomas, and brother, D. W. Vogan, caflled on Mr.

and Mrs. II. S. Vogan last Saturday evening. H.

F. McClay recently purchased a new Chevrolet sedan. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Martin and daughter, Dorothy, were visitors at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. John Martin yesterday. Miss Margaret Ricks Spent last Thursday afternoon with Miss Dorothy Martin. Mr. and Mrs.

Chas. Black and daughters, Elizabeth and Martha, Bpent last evening with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Martin. Mr.

and Mrs. Earle Vogan and son, Kenneth, of Oil Oity, epent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Vogan. Misses Hazel Hays', Elizabeth Black, Edith Plants and Elvidda Reynolds, William Plants and Joseph Gilll-laud, of this place, were among the 40 pupils who successfully passed the eighth grade examination held at the Sandy Lake High School on May 12th.

It i reported there were 84 who took the examination. Mrs. James Aley and two sons moved to their new home near New Lebanon the first of last week. Mary May Haylett, of near Polk, spent a few days last week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

B. R. Havlett. Dodging holes and rough spots in a worn-out pavement is hard work, and dangerous. If it's time to repave your street, ask for a portland cement concrete pavement Strong, smooth, and safe, concrete streets make driving a pleasure.

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