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The Expressi
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Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
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THURSDAY; APRIL 9, THE LOCK HAVEN EXPRESS, LOCK HAVEN, PA. PAGE THREE PILES Co Your Itching-, protruding iJIei will no when you actually remove the Mood circulation In the lienjorrjoidal velna, Salvu or cutting cant do Internal meaidne wlioula be used HEM-ROID, Dre- ircrlptlon at Dr. 3. S. Leonhardt.

siic- needi because It the clrcu- 8 tbe preiMura of the con- nested blood and helps to heal and affected HEM-ROID Bas a flee record of Buccen that Wldmann Teah and all drumlsta one bottle of, HEM-BOID Tableta Biuat relieve irony or money WATER RENT NOTICE Water Bents for the first Quarter of 1936, Jan. 1 to April 1, "936, are -now due and payable at the office of (be CJty Treunrer. A penalty of 5 per cent will be added after May 1, 1936. BRUCE H. KREAMEB, City Treasurer.

SPENCER-EQUIPPED HOME WAS WITHOUT HEM One Hour After The Flood Subsided Six Families Flee to Safety as River and Creek Rise Fast; Much Damage ONE HOUSE IS TORN AWAY QUEENS i the recent flood the Wills and Connelley families who live along the state road in this side of Queens Run had a thrilling experience. As the water came up around the house they were forced to climb the side hill back of the house and were taken in the home of Harry Bauman. Mr. Wills, Mr. ConneUey, Mr.

Bauman and son, Sylvester, then rushed back to rescue Mr. Gron- nette, who lives at the Wills' home. They carried him over to Mr. Con- neUey's side of the house and upstairs. Here a ladder was put out the upstairs window and over the stone Up the side hill Mr.

Gronnette went with little aid, although will be 78 years old in July. He says he had to act young again or he would have taken a ducking. He -went through the '89 flood but says this flood was somewhat higher. Water Hirh, Losses The water was even with the door knobs in the Wills and Connelley homes and nearly all the furniture downstairs was ruined. Junior Chapman's home and the residence of Charles Sixsmith were so.

damaged- that the families had to move out. The Chapmans lost everything downstairs'including a radio. Mr. Sixsmith's side of the house was torn off by the current and everything he owned floated down the stream. All he had left were the clothes he had on.

Foster Chapman's outkitcher was torn away from the house and the swift current swept it down stream. Just as the outkitchen was gone the motor washer sank. When the water went down the washer was in the back yard, not damaged, but very muddy. Kathryri Saiers, who lives in the lower side of the Chapman Queens Run Mrs. Nan Freeman and Mrs.

Paul Painton and Elmira, N. Frank Wills Friday They had heard that Queens Run was washed away by the, recent flood and motored in to see for themselves and were glad'the little village was still on the map. They are also friends of Mr. Fronnette. Leonard Wadsworth had a cellar full of water during the flood.

is nearly even with the down jirs floor but did'not come up through the floof. Mrs. Raymond Connelley is ill LMtTonpr MBSflKETEST Meetings of 4-H Club Resumed After Flood Suspension; Other School News SALONA-f A meeting of the 4-H Club, of'the Lamar. Township High School was held Tuesday noon in the high school room i Meetings had been suspended for weeks because Miss Catherine B. Howe, home extension representative, had been occupied assisting p-v Ethel were sick last week.

are able to be around Contest tests March 27. The last i lesson in the State Bible Study I Contest'was held Monday, March flood they were unable to hold i their meeting on the scheduled with a cold. house, lost everything downstairs, even the clothes she was going to and Hi-Y advisor, discussed the topic of "Guidance." Our schools have all opened ay vacation on i panes out and all the clothes floated out the windows. The water was within a foot of reaching the ceiling downstairs in all four of these houses. The families who live in these houses went out in Foster Chapman's garage to enjoy hot coffee, made on a stove BfOTICE! Any patron who has purchased any.merchandise, or anyone having merchandise on approval from bur store, and especially radios, which have been in the flood, is requested to'communicate-with us as soon as possible.

D. K. Shadle Radio Sales It's our family's whiskey, neighbor and neighbor, it's your price! Here yon get afurideaof 3 that Mr. 'Chapman had to keep the garage warm. When the water- URC came to the garage they went to neighbors who lived higher than the flood level.

Mrs. Foster. Chapman has been ill since the flood, suffering from and daughter, Eleanor, of Lock Haven, paid us a visit on Tuesday, March 31. Pink eye has caused several ab- scences in our schools in the past week. Harriet-Figgles of Lock Haven visited school on April 2.

shock, grip and kidney trouble, but is somewhat better now. Are Lucky Edward Heck and family were TENDERED SURPRISE ON BIRTHDAY J. F. Decker was pleasantly surprised at her home here Saturday evening on the occasion of her 60th birthday anniversary. Mrs.

Decker was the lucky that the water from the recipient of two birthday cakes, creek did not flood them out. The Refreshments were served, creek split, one half running in Those present were: Mr. and front of-their home and the main! Mrs. Delmar Decker and son, Del- part of water running behind the mar, Mr. and Mrs.

Ellsworth house. If the swift current had! Young and daughter, Marian not washed the stone wall from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Decker and under the house and front porch they would have had water inside. As it was, the water had room to flow under the building instead of up around it.

The Heck family went Wadsworth home, as the house is very 'old. Westport You never could have got a Family's Whiskey so tasty It wasn't formy dad starting tuWilhent dittillihg way back in'92 I don't know as there's another family anywhere so lucky as us Wilkens is to say a whole family of whiskey making people that's bad the chance to work out their own whiskey recipe like we have. This here Family's Whiskey of ours has got everything that three whole generations of us Wilkens have learned concerning ways of making with a genuine mildness and tastiness I to it! Fd sooner quit making whiskey forever than to slack up on the care we all take to make our Family's Whiskey something that'll do us proud, and make you glad you bought it! Pinch Co. Inc. FIFTH Ho.

PINT 75c No. MO PraF-nX grata ventral tfilrltt i.H. copy of ourWnkea-yamlly Cobklnc Album If write me it K. P. D.

No. 9, Schtnler. AT ALL PENNSYLVANIA STATE STORES Miss Elmerdeen Bailey, at Washington, D. spent a few days here estimating flood damage to her property, the old Porter Stewart home. The.

foundation is impaired and it is not habitable now. C. D. McCrain came from Annapolis, to assist in repairing Siis property here, now occupied by his wife's sisters, the Misses Fannie and Claude Myers. This 'is the oldest house in town and while considerably damaged it withstood the flood ravages real well.

Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Auchenbaugh, of Altbona, spent Saturday and Sunday with the letter's sisters, Miss Rose Kepler and Mrs. Annie Stiles, flood sufferers. Mr. and Mrs.

James May, Jr. and family, of Vandergrift, spent, Sunday at the home of James May, i Sr. and family, exchanging flooc experiences and counting losses. Dr. Dan Bowers and Dr.

Armstrong drove from Pittsburgh as soon as the possible after the lood to assure the letter's parents Mr. and Mrs. George W. Armstrong that the various members of the family had escaped the hazard of high water in Pittsburgh excepting in the doctors' offices. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Smith and family drove from Jamestown, last Sunday to give aid to the former's father, Elmer Smith, in righting damage caused by the flood to his house and grounds. Herbert and Guy Dent, of Pittsburgh, are spending some time with their aunts, the Misses Fannie and Claude Myers, helping to restore the home in a measure to its former'condition. The Misses Lorene, Clara and Bertha Clendenen: arrived Saturday night from Youngstown anc East Cleveland, to spend their Spring vacation here. They fount serious damage to their house anc furniture.

The Noyes home, at a point where Kettle Creek flows into the Susquehanna River, was feel under water, which almost completely wrecked the first floor Furniture was broken and parts were swept away, hundreds books, many old, valuable copies, were destroyed; pictures and ornaments were crushed or carried out. The barn, fiUed with hay, corn crib and contents, garage, ice house and six other farm buildings wenl down the river. The house, built by Col. A. C.

Noyes in the early 60's, has withstood several floods, none so serious or far reaching' in damage as this one. Mrs. Virginia Noyes Hand and daughter, Virginia, spent a day last week in Westport. Mrs. Ellen Schnan, who spent a week in Jamestown, N.

recovering from vicissitudes of the flood, returned Sunday accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Smith and son, John, and a friend, Miss Edna Anderson. Great appreciation is felt for the CCC boys of the camps nearby for their valiant service given during the flood in moving furniture to second floors, supplying food 'to several Vundred marooned persons and in general clean-up work when the water subsided. Heartfelt thanks are also due to Clyde Huff, George Lowery and Chester Kepler for food and shelter afforded for two days and nights to all comers when other btouses vrers under water. Mrs.

Sertrude and Miss Jennie May served meals to any who came for a week following the Mrs. Armstrong furnished sleeping accommodations to as many as her house would The Westport House did the same. The most important flood Item that no-lives were lost in this vicinity. daughter, Lois, and sons, Glenn, Dean and Gail, and Mr. and Mrs.

J. F. Decker of Charlton; Mr. and Mrs. Hobert Miller and son, Woods of Avis, and Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Barer and sons, Robert and Ronald, of White Plains, N. Y. Mrs. Torrence Kessinger, returned home last week from an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs.

George Lang and family at Sairs, N. Y. Glenn Hendershot returned home last week from an extended visit C. i Mrs." Harold Wagner of Harrisburg was a guest last week of her sister, Mrs. J.

Ward Tate. Mrs. Sarah Spangler of Carlisle is of her sister, Mrs. M. B.

Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Wilson of Jersey Shore and Rev. James B.

Musser of Hublersfaurg were Monday guests of Hev. and Mrs. C. E. Mr.

and Mrs. R. F. Shearer and Mr. and Mrs.

C. T. Thompson were Sunday visitors at Mifflinburg. Miss Genevieve Ricker of Bellefonte was a week end guest of her sister, Miss Stella Ricker. Mrs.

Lizzie Gottschall returned home Sunday after visiting her son Warren at Woqlrich the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCuUey of Avis were recent visitors at Alva Fritz's. -Mrs.

McCulley (we all used to know her by Ellen Eckert) is having her first off duty time to relatives. For some twenty years she wore a white cap nursing, a large part of the time as superintendent of the Bellefonte Hospital. Her friends she made in that time are many as the flies in Summer. Ruth Springer and Talitha Biser have had quite a vacation out of L. H.

H. S. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene and Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Gottschall ol Hatboro, near Philadelphia, were here last week to attend the funeral of their uncle, Amos Gottschall. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Fritz and family of Laurel Run, visited Saturday with Ivan's mother, who has been staying for some time at Elmer Fritz's.

We sure congratulate you people of Lock Haven for the way you have pulled yourself 'out oj thej mud. For awhile everybody looked; sort of lost or bewildered, like the men have a habit of doing at house-! cleaning time, only more so. Elmer Fritz has the sympathy of people too. He has lost another very valuable cow since- the flood although the water didn't bother him. That much we are' sure of.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kaler visited at Ted Cunningham's at Williamsport Sunday. George Springer's family spent the day Saturday at Williamsport with their folks, the Pack Francis family. The water had Clara and her little flock penned up stairs.

She was thoughtful enough to take her Alladdin lamp up along for heating purposes and also light. Mr. and Mrs. William Mock and girls visited Sunday with the Biser family. Mr.

and Mrs. Russell Gottschall visited friends at Woolrich Sunday afternoon. We were glad to see Rev. Harry P. Maneval at church on Sunday.

Seems almost too good to be true. The deer are so glad for Spring, they come in the morning and usually and eat all day. STOP GETTING UP NIGHTS MAKE THIS 25c TEST Use juniper oil. buchu leaves, to flush out excess acids and waste matter. Get rid of bladder Irritation that causes waklnc frequent desire, scanty flow, burning backache.

Get Juniper oil. buchu leaves, In little (rreen tablets called the bladder laxative. In torn days If not pleased CO back and Ret your 25c. Get your regular sleep ana feel "full of pep." Wldmann DR. M.

R. HOA6 OPENS OFFICE After having my office redecorated and equipped with new equipment and operative instruments, WILL BE OPEN FRIDAY, APRIL 10. KLEWANS These Newest Spring Clothes Are Correctly Bright and Gay for Easter! Our Complete New Stocks Have Arrived Klewans have restocked their store with all new Spring merchandise. You are assured of crispy delightfully smart things in time for your Easter ensemble. Choose from our extensive stock step out on Sunday with an outfit that has good looks fine and long wear.

Pick Yours Tomorrow NEW HOSIERY Suits Dresses Tailleurs vie with swaggers for Rsdingnotes, with silk or Easter time. coats and printed dresses 10.S5» 16.95 5.95-7.95 Finely tailored coats, 1A AC 1C AC fluffy and 1U.I7D 59c 1.00 NEW HATS 1.97,2.47 NEW SWEATERS. .,1.00,1.97 Hen's Easter Footwear I New Footwear Handsome Browns, Blacks and Whites Shoes add the essential touch to Easter apparel. They are just as essential to appearance as a new shirt or tie. Wear your favorite shoe with your Easter outfit.

Variety in leathers, in colors, in shapes much bigger than ever before. No matter what you're wearing, you are certain to find Klewans new Q'JT 4.97 2.97 Spring footwear just the thing you want. See them tomorrow. KLEWANS 21 E. MAIN ST.

LOCK HAVEN, PA. Luckies are less acid OF RICH, RIPE-BODIED TOBACCO TOASTED" MOISTURE CONTROL The most important single attribute of cigarettes, other the tobacco itself, is moisture content.To its.inftuence we owe the ability to make uniform cigarettes, to control combustion, and to govern quality of smoke. Excessive moisture interferes with proper combustion, and mokes cigarette smoke unpalatable. Insufficient moisture permits dry; dusty cigarette smoke toimpingeupon the delicate mucous membrane of thesmoker. "IT'S throat protection-against irritation -against cough im Tin AnnrlanTohiMi Canal.

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