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30 Lebanon Daily Ntws, Monday, August Convention Report Dole Said Popular Choice By JAMES SHELHAMER Daily News Staff Ex-delegate William R. Smith had his mind on his job as he resumed work this morning but his eyes are focused on election day Nov. 2. "I'll be very active in the campaign to elect the Ford- Dole team we selected at Kansas City," Smith told the Daily News following his return home late Saturday afternoon. The Cornwall resident, the lone Republican delegate from Lebanon County, said the convention was both "exciting and exhausting." Then he added, "It was a combination of a very good time, hard work and an exhilarating experience." Not the least of Smith's experiences at the convention was that of meeting Senator Robert J.

Dole before that individual was announced as President Ford's choice for the vice presidency. "We were passing each other down on the floor-and I introduced myself and we had a little chat," Smith related. He said he was very impressed by Dole and pleased with Ford's choice of the Kansas senator as a running mate. "Most people don't know much about Dole, but he's a friend of the farmers and well liked by them," Smith related. He told of one member of the Pennsylvania delegation who was a Reagan backer, but yet very happy that Dote was named to the ticket.

Smith also noted Dole is big with veterans and he expressed confidence Dole will get their backing. Smith is a Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam. He is employed as a sales representative for a drug firm. Popular Choice Despite the hard fight waged by the Reagan forces at the convention all the delegates left Kemper Arena committed to the Ford-Dole ticket, Smith related. He noted the Pennsylvania and South Carolina delegations sat near each other and he observed the pro- Reagan South Carolina delegates express support for the Ford-Dole ticket after the convention was ended.

In retrospect, Smith related, the convention was pretty much what he expected. Things I Never I Knew Before (But Do Now) I By Irene M. Stupp In his words "A lot of hoopla, decorations and bands playing." Down on the floor where the delegates were seated it was also crowded with news media and it was extremely hot from the TV lights. Smith noted that a number of Republican Party bigwigs, including Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke and William Scranton, former Pennsylvania governor and presently ambassador to the United Nations, were seated near him. Consequently, he frequently felt the glare of the hot lights as these dignitaries were interviewed.

"For the first couple of days it was difficult to get use to the bright lights," the delegate from Cornwall related. Smith related it was 3 or 4 a.m. each day when he got to bed and rising time was 10 to 11 a.m. "The first full meal I had was Friday night when I had a Kansas City steak," he related. He termed the hotel meal not very remarkable considering that Kansas City is considered a stockyard town.

"I had much better steaks at home and at Tony's Mining Company he related. The latter is a Cornwall area restaurant. "We existed on hamburgers and hot dogs during the convention," Smith explained. He said there was no time for complete meals. While many viewers of the convention may have thought delegates would be charged exorbitant prices this was not the case.

The area delegate said a hot dog sold for 60 cents at the convention site and a large Coke was 55 cents and a cup of beer 90 cents. He also noted the daily cost of the hotel room he shared with Thomas M. Rowland Philadelphia, was $20 each. This was only $4 over the normal rate. SecowlTerm Smith, who is on his second two-year term as a COP committeeman for Cornwall Borough, sold Rowland and.

some other Philadelphia delegates tickets for the Lebanon County GOP dinner on Oct. 2. Rowland was head of the Philadelphia delegation at the convention, Smith related this story by way of showing that his activities on behalf of the Republicans did not end with the convention. The Young Republicans are having a corn roast this Saturday he noted. In addition to being a committeeman he is also on the party's executive committee for Lebanon County.

The only negative facet of the convention as far as Smith is concerned was the 45 to 60 minute bus ride each way to and from the arena. Asked if he would seek a delegate post four years hence Smith said, "I haven't given it much thought." He quickly added, "I met a lot of terrific people in our delegation." He termed the Pennsylvania group one of the best organized on the convention floor. When he arrived home Saturday Smith's wife, Carol, and their three sons had a welcome home sign, a big cake and dinner waiting for him. For his sons he had imprinted T-shirts and a handbag and medallion for his wife. All were in the convention motif.

Did you know there is a haunted house in Berks County? Actually, this house is a mansion. It is located at Charming Forge, several miles north of Womelsdorf. This venerable mansion was built in 1774 by George Ege, nephew of Baron Stiegel, the German glass-maker. Today, it is owned by Mrs. Luther Sensenig, Womelsdorf, and her sister, Mrs.

Lewis Everline, Lebanon RD 2. Mrs. Sensenig says her family has frequently experienced what scholars call paranormal phenomena. To the layman, this means ghosts. First, there was the case of the Footsteps on the Stairs.

These were the broad stairs leading from the entrance hall in the mansion to the third floor. On one occasion, Mrs. Sensenig was sitting in the kitchen, from which you can not see the hall. She heard footsteps going up the stairs. She called, but received no answer.

So she went out in the hall. She arrived just as the footsteps could be heard going around the turn of the first landing. As this stairway is open all the way to the third floor, Mrs. Sensenig said she could easily have seen somebody. But no one was in sight.

The footsteps contmued. She followed. When the unseen walker got to the top of the third floor stairs the footsteps stopped. And no one was there. Some months before, a man who a skeptic about ghosts and haunt ings, visited the mansion.

He also heard the mysterious footsteps, but did not see anyone. After that experience, he changed his mind about the mystifying things which happen at Charming Forge. Then there was the day Mrs. Sensenig turned suddenly into a hall adjacent to the main hall and noticed a black cloud floating just above her head. It quickly disappeared.

Again, the skeptics had a plausible explanation. They told Mrs. Sensenig it was just a trick of light, and her active imagination. But the Womelsdorf woman had a different reaction. "In that same hall," she said, "you sometimes get a feeling like someone is looking over your shoulder but there is no one there." "For a long lime," she continued, "1 was puzzled by this experience.

Then one day some strangers stopped at the mansion. One woman in the group said when she was young she had been a maid at the mansion. She told us a story of a maid who was employed at Charming Forge a century ago. This woman had been sitting by the fireplace in the kitchen. Somehow her skirts caught fire.

She ran screaming through the hall, and eventually died from her burns." "Some time later, when I was look ng through one of the old ledgers in the mansion, I came across this entry: 'Mon. Feb. 15, 1864. Sarah Moyer came as Almost a year later there were these notations: 'Sun. Feb.

12, 1865. Sarah Moyer's took fire at stove last night 8 o'clock and she was dreadfully burned. Wed. Feb. 23, Sarah Moyer died at 4 o'clock from effects of Then there was the case of the Slamming Screen Door.

On two occasions members of the Sensenig family heard the screen door slam, but no one was there. There was no wind, and the spring was fastened. This happened twice to Mr. Sensenig, and once to their daughter, Peggy. Mrs.

Sensenig said sometimes Cappy, Mrs. Heverline's dog, would stand at the foot of the stairs staring at something the family could not see. He would stand there for ten or fifteen minutes, and attempts to get him away from that spot were futile. Or Pepper, the Sensenig's dog, would go into one of the rooms in the mansion, jump up in the air and snap at something unseen. Then he would run to the door, wanting to be let out of this house which disturbed him.

The Sensenig family's experiences with the unseen are far from unique. For many centuries, ghosts have been so common in every country that they could not all be due to imagination, fantasy, mental illness, fear, apprehension, hypnotism, hallucinations, telepathy, abnormal atmospheric conditions, or the power of suggestion. A few of the common sounds in haunted houses are invisible feet walking across rooms, or up and downstairs; chains clanking; doors creaking; the rustling of women's clotting; screams; bumps; crashes. Noisy ghosts are called poltergeists. They smash windows, lift tables, move furniture, throw stones, vases, warming pans, and many other household objects.

Locked doors open and slam shut. A rocking chair will begin to rock; lamps and electric lights go out and no one in sight. Families have been forced to leave their homes because they could no longer stand this harrassment. One famous household which kept an account of a poltergeist was the John Wesley family in England. In letters writen to one of the sons they described how they were being pestered by a poltergeist.

At least 150 castles in England are reputed to be haunted. Many of these haunt- ings are well documented. The Gazeteer of British Ghosts lists 236 English residences and many other locations where ghosts may be seen. In one of England's stately homes a luminous figure was often seen going up or down the stairs. Finally, the owner had a professional photographer come and take a picture of the ghostly visitor.

When the film was developed the mysterious figure was so bright it reflected Even though many thousand people have produced convincing evidence that they have seen a phantom or some other paranormal phenomena, most people would say they do not believe in ghosts. The witty Madame du Deffand, who lived in the 18th century, was noted for her bora mots. On one occasion, when asked if she believed in (hosts she replied, "No, but I'm afraid of them." Spartans Attend Football Camp Training Program Scheduled HERSHEY "Problems in Primary Care Medicine," an educational program for physician's assistants, will be conducted Oct. 2 and 3 at the Penn Harris Motor Inn Camp Hill. Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Society of Physicians' Assistants, The Pennsylvania State University Physician's Assistant Training Program at The Milton S.

Hershey Medical Center, the Physician's Assistant Program at George Washington University, and the Physician Assistant Program at Essex Community College in Baltimore, the program is acceptable for 18 hours of Category I Credit by the American Academy of Physicians' Assistants and the American Medical Association and 1.8 continuing education units for participating health practitioners. Topics to be covered include upper respiratory infection, shortness of breath, chest pain, hypertension, office gynecology, wound healing and office surgery, abdominal pain, urinary tract infection, diabetes, painful joint, low back pain, sprains and fractures, well baby examination, battered child syndrome, fever in the infant, gastroenteritis in pediatrics, ear infections, office psychiatry, and alcoholism. An optional session will provide assistance on "How To Take the National Board Examination." Fees for the program are $50 for non-member participants, for AAPA and PSPA members, and $20 for students. Interested persons should contact the office of continuing medical education at the Hershey Medical Center, (717) 5348898. Bishop Sheen Speaker For LVC Convocation Picnic Held By Group Over a hundred members attended the annual picnic of the Blue Mountain 50 Plus Club, Thursday night, at the Rehrersburg Lions Park.

Fred Bohn presided at a short business meeting. Representatives from the Kissinger Travel Agency Reading, met with the group. Pauline Moyer reported for the Sunshine Committee. Plans to attend the Bloomsburg Fair Sept. 27 are underway.

The bus leaves Tulpehocken High School at 8 a.m. Walter Sonon. Shilling ton will be showing slides of Reading and surrounding areas at the September meeting at Altalaha Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg. Games were played and picnic lunch was served. The present membership is 205.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, one of the most beloved spiritual leaders in the world today, will be the featured speaker for the opening convocation at Lebanon Valley College, which will be held in Miller Chapel on the LVC campus on Sept. 1, at 10 a.m. Known and loved by millions of all faiths, Archbishop Sheen is familiar to Americans throughout the country who have seen and heard him on television or read his popular books and his nationally syndicated newspaper columns. His message and influence transcending doctrinal lines, he will lecture on the topic, "Life is Worth Living," a talk for all faiths.

His famous television series "Life is Worth Living" ran from 1951 to 1957, won an "Emmy Award" and the Look Television Award for three successive years. Two subsequent series were followed by the appearance in 1966 of "The Bishop Sheen Program." Today he is much in demand for guest television appearances. An inspiration on the printed page as well, Archbishop Sheen has published some 66 books and has several more in preparation. "Life is Worth the philosophy which won him nationwide attention and as many as 30,000 letters a day, was published in fiw volumes and is still widely read. Having been appointed by Pope Paul VI as Archbishop of the Titular See of Newport (Wales), the Prelate continues to be actively engaged in writing, lecturing and performing his priestly functions in retirement.

Born in Illinois in 1895 to a farming family of Irish ancestry, Fulton J. Sheen rose to international eminence, serving as Papal Chamberlain and in 1951 being consecrated Bishop in the Church of Saints John and Paul in Rome. From 1950 to 1966, he was National Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith which, according to Vatican is the Church's principal mission organization. In 1966, he was appointed Bishop of Rochester, New York, which post he held until 1969. Holding degrees and numerous honors from all over the world, Archbishop Fulton J.

Sheen for many years taught philosophy at the Catholic University of America. Recognized by radio, television and the press for his spiritual greatness and his ecumenical spirit, in 1968 the Catholic Radio and Television Association conferred upon him its coveted award for his outstanding contribution to these media. The public is cordially invited to attend the convocation at Lebanon Valley College on Sept. 1. Medical Center Awards Grants The Milton Hershey School football team is in serious preparation for its fall schedule with an intensive 10 days of training at a special football camp.

Thirty-eight boys are living together at Camp Swatee near Hershey. They report daily for practice sessions in the morning, afternoon, and evening. Following the evening session they return to camp for a "Victory Hour." This consists of pro-football highlight films, special speakers, and discussion. The boys left for camp last Monday and returned to their student homes on Friday. On Sunday, they attended a special worship service in Founders Hall.

The message for the day was presented in the form of a dialogue between coach Buzz Cash of Milton Hershey and Marvin Klinger of Hershey High School. The boys returned to camp today through Thursday. Two O's Gold Conducts Seminar Supervisor Arnold T. Olson of Lebanon, Penna. was among 350 distributors, supervisors and their wives who recently attended O's Gold Seed Company's annual sales kickoff meeting in Lake Geneva, Wis.

The entire 1976-77 sales program was discussed with those attending by. members of O's Gold's general offices in Parkersburg, Iowa. One feature of the 1976-77 sales program is a 50 per cent cash discount to all new customers on the purchase of their first bag of seed corn. In addition to this there are additional cash discount premium programs which customers may participate in. It also was announced at the meetings that the 1977 O's Gold Customer Tour would be a week long Caribbean Cruise with over 2,000 customers expected to make the voyage.

Over 400 customers will also travel to Hawaii. O's Gold is marketing 36 hybrid com varieties in 1976-77 with nine of those being new hybrids. In addition, two new sorghum varieties were also introduced. Among those attending the Lake Geneva meetings were Dick Sparrow, owner and driver of the famous O's Gold 40-Horse Hitch, and his wife Joy. Sparrow spoke on the outstanding reception the "40" has received at its appearances this summer and highlighted the remaining showiigs this season.

O's Gold currently markets hybrid seed in 22 states from New York to California with a dealer force of over 2500. scrimmages are scheduled as part of the intensive pre-season training. One was with Cedar Crest High School last Saturday, and the other will be against Warwick High School on Thursday. In charge of the program is Ken Snyder, director of athletics at Milton Hershey School. Assisting with various phases of the camp operation and with the practice schedules in particular, are the following assistant coaches: Warren Hitz, Buzz Cash, Ken Sharp, John Hoerner, Chuck Camp, Leroy Gallagher, and Bob Schellhorn.

The Spartans will open their official season on Sept. 10 with the traditional Cocoa Bean Classic against their cross town rivals Hershey High School. Quarantine On Swine Is Reduced State and federal hog cholera quarantines were lifted from Rhode Island, New Hampshire and four western counties of Massachusetts- Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced. 4-H Around The County The actions remove restrictions imposed July 20 on the movement of swine from those areas both within the states and in interstate commerce, officials of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said.

All the other counties in Massachusetts remain under quarantine for hog cholera. Under such quarantines swine may move to slaughter only under a permit from state or federal animal health officials. Hog cholera was diagnosed in Worcester county, on July 17. As part of the national state-federal program to eradicate hog cholera, a task force of state and federal veterinarians and animal health technicians has been working in the quarantined counties to find, confirm and eradicate this costly swine disease. Hog cholera affects no animals other than swine and is harmless to people.

Find Extinct Birch SUGAR GROVE, Va. A birch tree thought to be extinct in the United States was discovered not long ago near Sugar Grove in southwestern Virginia. The species, Betula had not been seen since 1914. Biology teacher Douglas Of)e rediscovered 12 mature trees, a sapling and 21 see- dliags. CU Ht-S HlfttlHI Avon-KastLeb.

Roundup was held recently for the Avon-East Lebanon 4-H Gub in the Avon Zion United Methodist Church. Sixteen members and 20 guests attended. Mrs. Earl Rittle, Mrs. Lynford Krissinger, and Ruth Ann Arnold, adult leaders attended.

The projects were judged in the afternoon by Mrs. Homer Kreider of the South Mountain 4-H Club. Liz Lutz, president, conducted the program. Vicki Sahonic led the American flag pledge and Lisa Brandt led the 4-H pledge. Show and Tells were given by Jodi Kreider on "How to Make Grape by Lori Reesor on "How to Make a by Susan Brown on "How to Make Strawberry by Sharon Bo yd on "Annual and by Karen Boyd on "Vegetable Gardening." A piano duet was presented by Karen Rittle and Ruth Arnold.

The sewing girls presented a fashion show with commentary by Ruth Arnold. Awards and ribbons were presented by the leaders, "Colonial Foods" by Mrs. Lynford Krissinger, "Start Stitching" by Ruth Arnold, "Clothes, Money and "Design With "Vegetable Gardening and Annual Flowers" by Mrs. Earl Rittle and "Start With a Small Change" was taught by Karen Rittle, teen leader. Refreshments consisting of colonial foods were served by each member.

Bethel Members of the Bethel 4-H Club earned awards in the recent Berks County 4-H Fair. Audrey We Her earned the grand champion award for home-baked cupcakes and Roberta Soliday was reserve Drum Corps Title To Calif. PHILADELPHIA (UPI) The fifth annual Drum Bugle Corps International Competition ended Saturday night at Franklin Field before 27,000 onlookers. First-place winners were The Blue Devils from Concord, with a score of 92.70. Second place went to last year's winners, the Madison Scouts of Madison, with a score of 90.70.

The Santa Clara Vanguard from Santa Clara, with a score of 89.50, finished third. Ninety-eight drum and bugle corps took part in the com- petiton, which began Wednesday. Next year's competition will be held in Denver, Colo. grand champion with her homemade apple pie. Sharon Miller received a first place ribbon for' her denim outfit.

The club's group exhibit on Plan and Plant for Beauty received a first place ribbon, and the display by the sewing group earned third place. Members earned second place in the talent show with a skit. WnsCar Wayne LaFountain, 534 N. inth was the winner of the electric car in the drawing event sponsored by Frey's Garage, Womelsdorf RD 1, at the recent Lebanon Area Fair. Store Scene Of Fire Scare Myerstown firemen were called to the vicinity of the Country Store, Route 422 and Railroad Street, at 9:16 p.m.

Sunday when, in the words of one firemen, "the transformer popped its cork." A Met-Ed spokesman said there was no immediate explanation for what he termed equipment taiiure. Frederick Shaak, chief of the Keystone Fire said there was no fire and firemen were on the scene about five minutes. There was some smoke from the transformer, he said. The incident disrupted service to the Country Store for two hours and 24 minutes, according to the Met-Ed report. Both the Keystone and Goodwill fire companies responded.

At 9:52 p.m. Sunday the Chemical Fire Co. responded to what was recorded as a car fire at the Turkey Hill Minit Market, Eighth and Chestnut streets. Fire Chief Frank Ceresini said the call was triggered by steam from a broken radiator hose. He had no other details.

The firemen were in service nine minutes, according to a Civil Defense report. HERSHEY Fourteen grants totalling 18,363 have been awarded to patients at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of The Pennsylvania State University from the Medical Center's Catastrophic Care Fund. The fund, established for the purpose of providing relief from extraordinary financial burdens by helping families pay for care and treatment received at the Medical Center, is a limited accumulation of volunteer gifts contributed by area businesses, industries, and individuals. Twelve grants totalling $17,765 have previously been awarded to patients.

The recent Catastrophic- Care grants were awarded to patients and their families from Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin and York Counties. They ranged from $300 to $1,000. Recipients are chosen upon the recommendation of a committee of hospital administration, financial management and social service personnel. Details about recipients of Doctor Earns Grant Award HERSHEY Dr. E.

Michael Van Buskirk, assistant professor of surgery in the division of ophthalmology in The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, has been granted a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health. The five-year award for basic research in glaucoma was presented by the National Eye Institute. Research Career Development Awards are presented "to foster the development of scientists with outstanding research potential who require additional trailing and experience in productive scientific environments in preparation for careers of independent research in the sciences related to health." Dr. Van Buskirk, who joined the faculty at the Medical Center in 1974, holds A.B.

and A.M. degrees from Harvard University and an M.D. degree from Boston University. Rebellion Forgiven WEARE, N.H. (UPI) Britain's Queen Elizabeth II apparently is willing to forgive a tittle act of rebellion 204 years ago.

On April 14,1772, a fine of 20 shillings was levied against eight Weare woodsmen for beating a royal sheriff and his The so-called Pine Tree Riot occurred after one of the woodsmen was arrested for illegally cutting trees in a white pine forest owned by King George III. Ariyoshi Is Marshal LOS ANGELES (UPI) Hawaii Gov. George Ryoichi Ariyoshi, acting as Grand Marshal, led the Nisei Parade Sunday that concluded the week-long Nisei festivities in the Little Tokyo area. Industrialist Konosuke Matsushita, 81, founder of and advisor to Matsushita Electric came from Japan to be honorary Grand Marshal. Ariyoshi is the first governor in the United States.

some of these grants "show dramatically how even families in good economic situations can have their lifestyle ruined when faced with justifiable medical hospital expenses as a result of catastrophic illnesses," according to William Corley, hospital director at the Medical Center. One $500 grant went to a family whose infant died at the Medical Center. The father has had surgery and is unemployed, and their family debts total nearly $5,000. Another grant was awarded to, retiree, livesV, alone on an income of less $4,000 per year. The family of a two-year-old child who has been hospitalized several times received a $1,000 grant.

The family has a $3,700 hospital bill and additional debts of more than $20,000. Their income is less than $10,000 per year. An award of $400 went to the parents (both students) of a baby who died shortly after birth at the Medical Center, leaving a hospital bill of nearly' $600. A cancer patient with costly chemotherapy treatments received $800 toward a bill of over $2,000, as did the family of a child who requires frequent hospitalization and who currently owe more than $2,200 for treatment. Another $1,000 grant went to the parents of a young man who has been disabled since 1973.

The family has $20,000 in a bank loan to pay hospital bills and car payments and lost everything when their home was flooded. Lecture Slated On Therapy HERSHEY Combined Modality Theraphy: Basic and Clinical Studies" is the topic of. a lecture to be presented Sept. 14, at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of The Pennsylvania State University by Dr.

Emil Frei III, director of the Sidney Farber Cancer Center at Harvard University. The lecture is the first in a 1976-77 series sponsored by the Cancer Research Program of The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. It will take place at 4 p.m. in Lecture Room at the Medical Center. The program is acceptable for one hour of Category I credit toward the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award.

All interested members of the medical community are invited to attend. Dr. Frei, who holds his M.D. from Yale University, has been director of the cancer center since 1973. The author of nearly 200 papers for professional publications, be serves on the editorial boards of "Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics," Cancer Research" and "New England Journal of Medicine.".