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OIL CITY DEPARTMENT NEWS EDITOR Mary Jane Leicht Funerals ARTHUR E. WILLIAMS OIL CITY Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. today in the Charles A. Morrison Funeral Home for Arthur E.

Williams, 80, of 1030 Allegheny founder of the Williams Insurance Agency. Mr. Williams died Thursday evening in Oil City Hospital. The Rev. Harold D.

Kelley, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, officiated. Interment was in Sunset Hill Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were Eugene Gotham, John Kennedy, George Pearson, David Meade, Robert Manley and T. Huntley Welsh. Attending from a distance were Mr.

and Mrs. John Williams of Lititz; Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Williams, Mrs. Charles Williams, Mrs.

Ernest Williams, Mrs. Frank Sturgis, Minford Williams and Richard Williams and family, all of Corry; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Williams of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Robinson of Newtown; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kiehl of Vandergrift; Randy Williams of Victor, N. Y. BEN G.

HASTINGS OIL. CITY- -Funeral services for Ben Gaston Hastings, 63, of 114 Moran who died Saturday in Oil City Hospital, were held at 1:30 p. m. Sunday in the family residence. Mr.

Hastings was an engineer and licensed surveyor for excavating contractor Louis Kraft. The Rev. Harold Kelley, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, officiated. Interment was in Greendale Cemetery at Meadville, with Louis Kraft, Charles Williams, William Hennies, Elmer Pleger, Al Rosin and John Stanonis serving as pallbearers. Attending from a distance were Mrs.

Robert R. Endicott of Washington Depot, Mrs. Ardell Hull and Mr. and Mrs. Milan Crawford of Meadville, Dr.

Sam Hastings of Baytown, Mrs. Jeffrey Galbreath of Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Richards of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Mrs. Otho Thompson of Alliance, Ohio, Mrs R.

Nelson Liast of North Bloomfield, Ohio, George Liast of West Farming. ton, Ohio, Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Campbell of Ashtabula, Ohio. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Louis H.

Osenider Funeral Home. MRS. CLIFFORD HEALD OIL CITY Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Charles A. Morrison Funeral Home for Mrs.

Dorothy Heald, 64, of 827 Allegheny wife of Clifford H. Heald. Mrs. Heald died Thursday morning in Oil City Hospital. Rev.

Hugh Crocker, pastor of the Grace United Methodist Church, and Rev. Donald Mitchell, pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church, officiated. Interment was in Rynd Farm Cemetery. Pallbearers were LeRoy Heald, Robert and Richard Kugler, A. H.

Saar, Donald and James Heald. Attending from a distance were Mr. and William McCutcheon of Erie, Frances Rapp and Mr. a and Mrs. E.

E. Benson of Ashtabula, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nelson of Jamestown, N.Y., and Mr. and Mrs.

Stephen Conrad of Meadville. Members of Holly Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star held memorial services in the funeral home Saturday evening. Mrs. Mary Lee Hoffman was worthy matron; Mrs. Elva Lewis, associate matron; Edna Koch, secretary; Mrs.

Betty Jo Hepler, chaplain; Mrs. Dora Ziegler, marshal; Mrs. Kathryn Dahle, organist; Mrs. Marie Bernell, Adah; Mrs. Ruth Lindsay, Ruth; Mrs.

Orpha Minich, Esther; Mrs. Lula Steele, Martha; Mrs. Donna Becker, Electa; Mrs. Joanne Minich, warder. ALEXANDER PETTIGREW OIL CITY Funeral services were held at 3:30 p.m.

Sunday in the Charles A. Morrison Funeral Home for Alexander H. Pettigrew, 84, of Oil City RD: 2. Walnut Bend, who died Friday morning in Oil City Hospital. Mr.

Pettigrew, a retired machinist, formerly worked at Oil Well Division of U.S. Steel Corporation. Rev. Elroy Sayers, pastor of the Bethel and Plumer United Methodist Charge, officiated. Interment was in the Troy Center Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Leonard, Milton and Carl Stephens, Howard and Richard Pratt and James McClelland. Attending from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Robert THE NEWS-HERALD Section Page 11 Monday, May 3, 1971 Mrs. Brown retires as head nurse OIL CITY Mrs.

C. K. (Francis) Brown of 216 S. Seventh who has served as head nurse of Medical III at Oil City Hospital for the past five years, retired effective May 1. She became head nurse Feb.

1, 1966, after serving three years on the staff which she joined March 4, 1963. Mrs. Brown graduated 1932 Lankenau Hospital (Training School for Nurses in Philadelphia and pointed out that in joining the nursing staff of the local hospital, this was the first she had worked since 1935. "I had quite a comback to make," she commented. However, after her three years of general duty, she rose to the ranks of head nurse.

A native of Reading, she located in Franklin in December, 1932, and moved to Oil City in 1936 and has been here since. Her husband is manager of Corrin Electric Supply. They have two daughters, Mrs. Frederick P. (Helen) Arnold of Monroeton, who holds a masters degree in education, and Miss Frances Brown, a member of the faculty of the ed ical-surgical department and instructor in advance coronary care at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.

She was graduated from Hamot Hospital School of Nursing, Erie, received her B. S. degree in nursing from the University of Pittsburgh and her masters degree in nursing from Case Western Reserve, Cleveland. MILES R. LYNN JR.

Speaker named for Law Day OIL CITY Law Day U.S.A. will be observed Wednesday when Miles R. Lynn district attorney of Venango County, will address a joint luncheon meeting of three local service clubs. The Lions, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs will jointly hold a luncheon at noon in the YMCA. Walter R.

Peterson of the Lions Club is serving as chairman of the event and will introduce the speaker. The committee included John K. Burkhister and Jonathan H. Hutchinson, Lions; Howard A. Starzmann, Rotary; and James K.

Foster, Kiwanis. Law Day U.S.A. is celebrated annually as an educationalpatriotic observance established by Congress and by proclamation of the President. The theme for this year is "Channel Change Through Law and Reason." It emphasized the importance of resolving grievances through lawful means. A joint resolution adopted by the 87th Congress calls on Americans to reaffirm their loyalty to the nation and to rededicate themselves to the ideals of equality and justice under law in their relations with each other.

In his proclamation, President Nixon urges all people to reaffirm their dedication to our form of government and the supremacy of law in our lives. He asked that appropriate observances be held throughout the nation. Locally, Mayor R. H. Anderson issued a proclamation, and he too urged programs for observance of the event.

To mark the occasion, derson called for an increased understanding of and respect for the rule of law. World's only museum devoted to the study of the atom is the American Museum of Atomic Energy in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Police cite man injured in car crash OIL CITY--A young man was hurt early Sunday when his car smashed against a utility pole on a sharp curve along Colbert Avenue. Timothy A. Knight, 21, of 818 Colbert Ave.

was taken to Oil City Hospital, where he was and treated later in the released. emergency room; He taken to the hospital in a police cruiser. Officers said Knight was cited for traveling too fast for conditions. Police said Knight was driving north on Colbert at an extremely high rate of speed. When he hit his brakes for a curve at Venango Plumbing Heating Supply, the car began sliding on the wet pavement.

The auto struck an earth bank, spun around and then slammed against a utility pole owned by Pennsylvania Electric Co. The car, a 1964 sedan. left 610 feet of skid marks at the scene, and police said it was a loss. Oil City Hospital Admitted Ronald Van Wormer, Seneca Michael Perry, 203 W. Sixth.

Mrs. John Labow, Titusville. Penny and Charmaine Burch, 22 Stevens. Vaughn Kiser, Knox. Bert Lewis, 26 Martin.

William Renberg, 625 Halyday Run Road. George Kirnel, Shippenville. Marilyn Marsh, Oil City RD. Paul Somers, Seneca. Mrs.

Neil Romaniszyn, Franklin. Mrs. John Campbell, 24 Stewart Road. Mrs. Joseph Streczywilk Oil City RD 1.

Mrs. Robert Greenawalt, Shippenville. Mrs. Jack Thompson, 223 Bissell. Mrs.

George Etzel, 311 E. Third. Mrs. Edward Hollhopf, Emlenton RD 1. John R.

Bell Franklin. Martens, 145 W. Third. Discharged Mrs. David Conway and son, 304 Euclid.

Mrs. Harold Wessell, Franklin RD 2. John Ifft, Henrys Bend. Robert Jeffrey, 113 Tunis. Arthur Ledebur, Pleasantville.

Diane Crawford, 218 Congress Drive. Dennis Rex, Franklin. Kevin Karns, Oil City RD 2. Debra a Beach, 210 Clarion. Denise Carbaugh, Seneca.

George R. Mars 413 Hoffman. Kit Sanner, Van. Mrs. Stephen Heckman and son, Franklin.

Mrs. Charles Tawney, 110 College Drive. John Garr, Rouseville. Troy Null, Titusville. Ethelyn Hale, 308 Pine.

Mrs. Barry Mason and daughter, Emlenton. Mrs. Gale Flinspach, Cranberry. Mrs.

William Rose and daughter, Emlenton. Jeffrey Beach, 210 Clarion. Margaret Marsh, Oil City. Dr. Edward Resler, Seneca James Burchard, 109 W.

Sixth. Mrs. Donald Huffman and daughter, Oil City RD 2. Mrs. Charles Blair, Van.

Delbert Fordyce, Marienville. Mrs. Albert Reed, 314 W. Fifth. Mrs.

Ronald Dewey and daughter, St. Marys. Mrs. Charles Sampson and son, Titusville. Mrs.

John Scharmack, 217 Plumer. Leon Szabat, 203 Cornplanter. Births A son at 1:59 p.m. Sunday to Mr. and Mrs.

Neil Romaniszyn, Franklin RD 1. A daughter at 12:39 p.m. Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. John D.

Campbell, 24 Stewart Road. A son at a.m. Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Streczywilk Oil City RD 1.

A son at 12:05 p.m. Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. William C. Black, Knox.

tigrew of Rockville, Howard Pettigrew of Dallas, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knupp of Harrisburg, Leonard Stephens of Girard, Mr and Mrs. Carl Stephens and Mr. and Mrs.

Milton Stephens of Meadville, Mrs. Alvin Orr, John and Paul Orr and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Stelle of Erie. W.

K. Bayer 80, prominent in oil industry son's jubilee The Rev. Lawrence J. Antoun, headmaster of Venango Christian High School and pastor of St. Venantius parish, Rouseville, attends marked the silver anniversary of his ordination yesterday.

Among the hundreds attending the special mass and reception at VCHS were Father Antoun's mother, Mrs. Fred Antoun of Meadville, left and his sister, Sister Lawreace Antoun, S.S.J., president of Villa Maria College. Erie. The two highest ranking prelates in the Erie Catholic Diocese honored Father Antoun, by attending his anniversary mass Prelates honor and reception. Here, Father Antoun is shown being congratulated by Bishop Alfred J.

Watson, while at left, Monsignor WilFather Antoun liam Hastings, vica general for the diocese prepares to extend his best wishes. Monsignor Hastings is a former pastor of St. Stephen's parish here. Over 1,000 persons attending the silver jubilee were greeted by the well known priest-educator. Here Mr.

and Mrs. Earl Weaver Over 1,000 are shown as they were greeted by the VCHS headmaster. Mr. Weaver is the principal of Smedley Street School. The recepat reception tion line, took approximately two hours to pass the honored priest.

Silver jubilee celebration held for Rev. L. J. Antoun OIL CITY Bishop Alfred M. Watson, head of the Erie Catholic Diocese, was on hand Sunday to praise the Rev.

Lawrence J. Antoun on the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Father Antoun serves as headmaster of Venango Christian High School and pastor of St. Venantius parish, Rouseville, and the mission church at Mageetown. Bishop Watson, in his remarks said Father Antoun "is extraordinary in education and extraordinary in administration, but, first of all, a priest." An estimated 1,000 guests, including at least 50 fellow priests and Monsignori gathered at VCHS for his Silver Jubilee.

Speaking in the school auditorium following the conce'ebrated Mass of Thanksgiving, Bishop Watson said he hoped part of Father Antoun's character and personality would rub off on his students and that some of them will enter the OIL CITY William K. Bayer 85, of 1576 W. Sixth Erie, a director of Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. and prominent oil figure in Western Pennsylvania for many years, died Sunday in St. Vincent's Hospital, Erie.

He was stricken ill Saturday. Mr. Bayer was a past president of the Bayerson Oil Co. in Erie and Enterprise Oil Co. of Buffalo, N.Y., and had been on the board of directors of Quaker State for 49 years.

He was active in the National Petroleum Refiners Association, the American Petroleum Institute and other petroleum industry organizations. Born in Warren December 29, 1885, he was a son of the late Philip J. and Eliza Morck Bayer, and moved to Emlenton with his family in 1895 when his father went there to found the Emlenton Refining Company. He was a past president of St. Barnabas Home-on-the-Lake, a member of the Erie Club, Kahkwa Club, Aviation Club and Erie Mennerchor.

He is survived by his wife, the former Violette (Dixie) Darling: three daughters, Mrs. John (Helen) Twomey of Mrs. La Grange Park, (Betty) Travers and Robert, three (Georgette) William Illig K. of sons. Bayer Jr.

of Oil City, local Quaker State official, Philip J. Bayer of St. Marys, W. and William B. Darling of Oregon City, 18 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren: two nephews, John and Reed M.

Grunden of Erie, and a niece, Dorothy Grunden of Warren. Friends may call at the Brugger Home for Funerals, W. 38th and Greengarden Erie, from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with Rev. E. Dale Click, pastor of the Lutheran Memorial Church, officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Erie.

Errol H. Stewart OIL CITY Errol H. Stewart, 55. of Oil City RD 2, an employe of Pennsylvania United, died at 3:45 p.m. Sunday in Oil City Hospital.

He was born in Rocky June 7, 1915, a son of Thomas and Harriet Harding Stewart. Mr. Stewart was a member of IO0F Lodge 589. He and the former Georgia Henderson were married September 1941. She survives.

Surviving along with his wife, Mrs. Georgia Stewart, are two sons, Errol Harding Stewart Jr. of Oil City and Richard Thomas Stewart of Rouseville; a daughter, Mrs. James (Sandra Ann) Mullen of Salamanca, N.Y.; a brother, Alton H. Stewart of Oil City RD three sisters, Mrs.

Dale Drumm of North Tonawanda, N.Y., Mrs. Rhea Wende of Tucson, and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Reuman of New Hartford, N.Y., and two grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Charles A. Morrison Funeral Home any time after 7 p.m.

today and the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the, funeral home with Rev. Elroy Sayers, pastor of the Bethel and Plumer United Methodist Charge, officiating.

Interment will be in Sandy Cemetery near Polk. Mrs. Ella E. Morgan OIL CITY Mrs. Ella E.

Morgan, 89, of Springfield, a former local resident, died Saturday in Springfield. She would have observed her 90th birthday May 22. She was the widow of Richard Morgan. They were both natives of Clarion, but had resided many years in Oil City. The couple moved to Massachusetts in the mid-1920s.

Surviving are a son, James Morgan, and two daughters, Mrs. Frances Dorenbaum and Mrs. Donald Conway, all of Massachusetts. A sister-in-law, Mrs. Andrew Karg, and several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Springfield. Mrs. Donald Mohnkern OIL CITY Mrs. Melva Mohnkern, 46, of North Chili, N. wife of Donald F.

Mohnkern and former public school teacher in Tionesta and President Township, died at 1 p.m. LINDA K. BEACH Linda Beach fiancee of Paul Smith Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E.

Beach of 27 Plum St. announce the engagement of their daughter, Linda Kay, to Paul R. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. James R.

Smith of 111 Wabash Ave. Miss Beach, a 1969 graduate of Oil City High School, is employed as an operator for the General Telephone Co. here. Mr. Smith, also a 1969 graduate of Oil City High School, is employed by the Army Store.

The wedding will be an event of the early summer of 1972. Man arrested after incident at laundromat OIL CITY--An Erie man was arrested here early Sunday on charges stemming from an incident at the Econ-0-Wash, 501 E. Second St. Robert S. Spangler, 46, was jailed for malicious mischief to real property and city drunk.

He was picked up at the intersection of East Second and Imperial streets. Police said plate glass measuring 16-by-24 inches was smashed on a dispenser in the laundromat, and some display detergent samples were stolen. Officers said several items taken from the machine were found in Spangler's possession. The suspect also had cut his hand, police reported. Spangler paid $36 fine and cost and was released.

Players, tapes stolen from cars over weekend OIL CITY A series of weekend incidents involving vandalism and thefts from parked cars is being investigated by city police. Stereo tape players were taken from cars owned by Mrs. Jane Winger of 230 Alcorn Ave. and Rick Copely of 510 E. Fourth St.

Police said thieves also took four tapes from the Copley auto, 18 tapes and a carrying case from a car owned by Felix Cozad of 328 Emerald 12 tapes and case from a vehicle owned by Sonny Cotton ot 124 Charlton St. and six tapes from a car owned by Thomas Flinchbaugh of 30 Smithman St. All of the cars were parked near the owners' homes Police ask that anyone having information about the thefts contact police headquarters. Wedding buff BOURNEMOUTH, England (UPI)-Harry Bryan-Brown advertised i in his local paper that he would loan his Rolls Royce free as a bridal car to anyone who would invite him to their wedding. "There must be lots of young couples who can't afford a Rolls for their big day," 73-year-old Harry said.

"I just want some of the happiness of the wedding to rub off on me." religious life, inspired by Father Antoun's example. Present to share in the honors was Father Antoun's mother, Mrs. Freda Antoun. His sister, Sister Lawreace Antoun, S.S.J.. president of Villa Maria College in Erie, and his three brothers, Frederick, Edmond and Paul, also shared in the Antoun family's moment of pride.

Included among the priests here for the Silver Jubilee were three familiar faces in Oil City, Monsignor William Hastings of Erie, former pastor of St. Stephen Church here; Rev. James Weber of Sharon, former pastor of St. Joseph Church here, and Rev. Salvatore Luzzi, assigned to St.

Mark Seminary after leaving VCHS as guidance director. Present also were Monsignor Homer DeWalt, school superintendent of the Erie Diocese; Monsignor James Powers of Franklin, former pastor of St. Patrick; Monsignor Francis' Theobald of Fryburg; Monsignor James Caldwell, editor of the Lake Shore Visitor. Three other 1971 Jubilarians were concelebrants of the Mass of Thanksgiving, Rev. Thomas Geddes of Smethport, Rev.

Thomas Plunkett of Erie and Rev. George Groucutt of Titusville. Following the mass, the large crowd was entertained at a public reception. Father Antoun greeted each and every guest in the long receiving line. Parishioners at St.

Venantius in Rouseville were in charge of the buffet. Mrs. E. G. Hlawati baked the anniversary cake, which was the center of attraction of the buffet, in a pastry floral motif setting.

Genuine floral pieces enhanced the altar arranged in front of the stage during the Mass. Father Antoun was ordained May 30, 1946, in St. Peter Cathedral in Erie by Archbishop John Mark Gannon. Saturday in her home following a lengthy illness. Her husband, Donald F.

Mohnkern, an Oil City native, is now registrar at Roberts Wesleyan College at North Chili and he has been teaching in Rochester, N.Y., since moving to that area. He is a former teacher at South Side Junior High School in Oil City and also taught at Tionesta. Mrs. Mohnkern, the former Melva Simmons, was a native of Oklahoma. Surviving along with her husband are two children, Scott and Susanne at home.

Friends are being received at Walker Brothers Funeral Home in Spencerport, N.Y. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Pearce Memorial Free Methodist Church in North Chili..