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4 NIWPOUT OAIIY NIW8, SATURDAY, JANUARY FATHERS' NIGHT The Middletown Methodist Church held a Fathers' Night In the church hall last night. From left are. Lewis B. Plummer of committee, Bruce Laderer, Cmdr. Frank E.

Miller, and his children, Stephen and Linda Miller. (Daily News Photo) Middletown BISHOP TO CONFIRM the Rt. Rev. John Seville Biggins, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, will confirm a class at the Church of the Holy Cross in Middletown on Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m.

TWO NEW BROWNIES Mary and Catherine Burke were welcomed into Middletown Brownie Scout Troop 31 yesterday 'afternoon at the home of the leader, Mrs. Robert Stritzinger, 27 Nicholson Crescent. Stories were read and games were played; Lynn Douglas, chairman for the day, led the flag ceremony and served refreshments. Mrs. Francis Smith assisted the leader.

SQUARE DANCE LESSONS The first in a series of square dance lessons, sponsored by the Middletown Town Howlers Square Dance dub, will be held Monday at -8 p.m. atthe home of Mr. and Mrs. Selden Richardson on O'Donnell Road. The classes will be held weekly, but after the third week registrations will be closed.

CTO IN DIALOGUE MASS The Catholic Youth Organization of St. Lucy's Church in Middletown will take part in a dialogue mass tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. in the church. A Holy Hour at 6:30 p.m. will precede the regular CYO meeting.

St. Matthew's Church Schedules Services The title of the Rev. Charles M. Hall's sermon for a.m. service at St.

Matthew's Church in Jamestown is "Wist Ye Not?" Holy Communion service will be conducted at 8 o'clock with church school scheduled at 9:45 in the parish house. Mrs. Anthony Dell and Miss Jean Dell are In charge of the parish nursery at the 11 o'clock service. A meeting of the vestry was held last night in the parish house. On Tuesday the guild will hold its first meeting of the year in the parish house at 8 p.m.

The annual election of officers will take place. The annual narish meeting will be held Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. in-the parish house. Town Correspondents MmDF.ETOWN Sirs.

Joseph Huttler, VI 7-8767 PORTSMOUTH Mrs. Nornuo R. Lanti. Tel. Ports.

MS. JAMESTOWN-Mrs. G. Jackson Vi-nmans, Tfi. JamMtown SSI.

Cub Leaders At Round Table A large group of cubmasters, den mothers, and committeemen from Newport County attended the Cub-Scout leaders round table at The Anchorage Hall in Middletown on Thursday night. Pack 2 of Newport, sponsored by St. Mary's Church, wes' host, with John F. Dutra, cubmaster, in charge of arrangements. Francis J.

Marshall, assistant district commissioner, was moderator. The theme for the month was based oh the 50th anniversary of Boy Scouting. Articles of craft work painted in gold, including games dating back to 1910, were oh display, with the articles graduating up to the present era. At the conclusion of the exhibition, a training session pertaining to den meetings, was held, with James T. M.

Pierson Jr. the instructor. A film strip explaining the functions of the den meetings was shown, Certificates will be issued for this session, which will be used toward credit on the training award. Mention was made that Cub Scout Pack 2 Middletown collected- truckloads of toys and "delivered them to the Marine Barracks, for repair for the Christmas "Toys for Tots" project. Charles Porter, new cubmaster of Pack 2, Middletown, and John E.

Debergh, new assistant cubmaster, were Introduced. Committeemen who will meet shc'rtly as Pihewood Derby delegates for their respeclive packs are Lt. Cmdr. James Tate, Pack 71, Newport; Frank Silvia, Pack 36, Newport; Peter O'Toole, Pack 51, Middletown; Joseph Huttler, Pack 2, Middletown; Thomas Sandham, Pack 1. Portsmouth; Joseph Marshall, Pack 2, Newport and Anthony Bucci.

Pack 33, Newport. Robert Smith, District Executive and "Joseph J. Mnhoney, District Commissioner, were guests. Explaining the exhibits and serving refreshments were Mrs. Patricia Mrs.

Joan Kosnik, Mrs. Mary Horan. Mrs. Claire Burke and Mrs. Edna Hallock, den mothers.

Grade 7 Pupils Hosts For School Dance Hosts for the dance held yesterday at the Jamestown School were grade 7 pupils of Miss Janice Miles. Chairman for the dance was Nicholas Ceppi and in charge of decorations were Mary Jane Evans, Jan.et Jenkins and Margaret Gallagher. Ticket chairmen were Judy Reynolds and Judy Gardiner. I In charge of refreshments were 1 Mary Ellen Dctcrra and Maria Pickup and Return CALL VI 7-5939 DRIVING LESSONS Automatic Transmission RAY MAIONE Certified Instructor Chjovka. Fred Cole and Kddie Holland were in charge of the music and Donna Campbell was in.

charge of awards for the king and queen, James Frye and Margaret Gallagher. 'Chaporones'for the dance were Miss Miles, Mrs. David Vieira, Mrs. Earle Reynolds and William Williams, another grade 7 teacher. FOREIGN CAR SNOW TIRES 5.20x13 up to 6.40x13 Also 5.60x15 and 5.90x15 SEIBERLING COMMUTERS TO FIT ANY CAR I TIRE WILL SERVICE Conntll Highway At Tht Rotary Dial VI 6-332i Portsmouth ANTHONY PTA LISTS SPEAKER The Henry F.

AntHcmy PTA wil meet at 8 p.m. Richard Donnelly, a teacher in Barrington will speak on "Travels and Teaching." Donnelly has taught in Newfoundland, England, and Saudi Arabia. Miss Kay Helgesen is in charge of the program. 4 CLUB MEETS TUESDAY The grade 5 4-H Science Club of Anthony School will meet Tuesday at 2:45 p.m. in the school auditorium.

Parents are urged to attend. William Barber, county 4-H agent, will teach songs and explain the purpose of the 4-H. TOWN COUNCIL TO MEET The Portsmouth Town Council will meet Monday at Town Hall. The Probate Court session is sched. uled for 7 p.m., and the regular meeting will open at 8.

RED CROSS SETS MEETING The annual meeting of the Portsmouth Red Cross will be held Monday at 8 p.m. in Ann Hutchinson School. ADULTS ONLY Girl Scout leaders and other adults in scouting are invited to attend the council meeting Monday at 8 p.m. at'the Mary St. YMCA.

SCOUTS AT SQUARE DANCE Fifty members of Girl Scout Troop 20 and Boy Scout Troop 1 of Portsmouth attended the square dance last night at Legion Hall. Ralph Smith of Wai-wick was the caller. Adults sunervising the dance were Scoutmaster Manuel F. Mello Neighborhood Commissioner Norman J. Parr, Mrs.

Paul Stewart, Mrs. Norman Pan-, Mrs. S. J. Syverson, and Mrs.

Walter Mistei. Girl Scout leaders; Angie Pierce and S. J. Syverson. PERSONAL Men, Women Bowl In Portsmouth The St.

Marias won two points from the Columbians in the Portsmouth Knights oi Columbus Bowling League last week. J. Fagan bowled the high single, 100 and the high three, 290 tor the losers and Sullivan and H. Violette tied for the high single, 107 for the winners, H. Violette's 293 was high three for the winners.

The Father Wards won three points from the Pintas. H. Ethier took the high single, 153 and the high three, 381 for the Wards. W. Maney took the high single 106 and P.

Dclaney, the high three, 289 the Pintai. In the Portsmouth Businessmen's League, Jack's Hide-A-Way won points. from the Sportsman's Pastor To Preach At Central Baptist "Casting Into the is the title of Sunday's worship sermon at 11 a.m.' by the Rev-. Merle L. Jones, pastor, at the Central Baptist Church.

Child care is offered for pre-school children during this service. Church School for all ages begins at 9:45 a.m. The Junior and Senior High Youth Fellowships are meeting'in the Church Sunday at 6:30 p.m. On Monday at 7:30 p.m. the Board of Christian Education is meeting in the parsonage on Grirmell Street.

The same night, this trustees are meeting at the home of Fred on Howland Avenue, at 8. Tuesday at 7 p.m. the Board of Deacons is meeting in the church, preceding workers conference for the Church School teachers at 8. On Wednesday, there will be a 7 p.m. choir i rehearsal in the church at 1:30 p.m.

PTA MEET The executive committee of the Jamestown" PTA will meet Monday, at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Thomas O'Connell, president, on Standish Road. PERSONALS Mrs. Edward W.

Higbee and Mrs. Anthony. J. Miller of Jamestown attended the board meeting of the Rhode Island Federation of Women's Clubs Thursday morning at the R. I.

Hospital Trust Building in Providence. and Mrs. Burney Floyd and their four children. Barbara Lee, Gloria and Carrie, of Ft. Walton Beach, have returned to their home'after a two-weeks' visit with her mother Mrs.

Rose Wocxlson of Dc'jglas Street. Mr. and Mrs. Joim Spraguc Street are returning by Jamestown Bowling Cafe League Stingers--2. Elbow Benders--1: Clam Diggers--3, Alley Cats--0; Beach Combers--2, Steiners--1.

Morinho. 100 97 109 306; Goh- salves, '98 -142 99 339; F. Piva," 123 98 109 R. Heni.ean Vieira of 113 98 94 307; Evans, 105 -11394 313; Tiieroux, 109 104 108 motor from California where they have been visiting the past, few weeks. They visited William D'Alessie, the former Miss Marie Morris of Portsmouth, in Los Angeles and they saw the Tournament of Roses parade.

They also visited in San Francisco and Gus- tinc. "21; Flynn, 126 101 330; Santos. Ill 118 lOt 333; Sherman. 105 111 312; Arnold, 92 100. -112 3J1.

Firemen's Engine N'o. 1. 2--Fop Truck, 1: Hook Ladder, 2--Engine Xo. 2. I.

90. 117, 114--321: Hull 101. 56, 110--SOT: Cl.irkn ST. 114, 10T--318; Smith US, 103, 80--306. Piano Debris Rattles Keys, Artist Cafe.

G. Pontes took high single 128. and the high three, 336 for the Hkle-A-Way. A. Jackson bowled the.

high, single, 123; and three, 314 for the Art's Tavern won (wo. potnti from Tremblay'i Cafe. J. Smith took the high single, 146 arid three, 360, for the Smith took tlie high single, 127, and J. Mello, the three, 322, for Art's.

Jackson's Service Station won three points from Pete'j Terminal. B. Sullivan bowled the nigh single, 143, and three, 406 for Jackson's. I. Olivia bowled the high single, 125 and three, 360, for the Terminal.

In the- Tiverton Yacht Club Women's League, the- Hershey Bars won three points from' the Jaw Breakers. J. Neville, took the high single, 112, and the high three, '315, for the Hersheys. E. Bresnahan the high single, -108, and three, 317 f6r the losers.

The Taffies won fair points from the Caramels. Muriel Potter bowled the high single. 109 and high three, 285 for the' Taffies! Hazel Smith toak the high single, 99, and the -high 'three, 279 lor the Caramels. In the Portsmouth League, the Diamonds won two points''from the Pearls. Elsie Ashton topk the high single, 131 and three, 345 for the winners.

Clara Fagan took the high single, 100, and three- 288, for the losers. The Emeralds won two points from the Rubys. D. Gleeson took the high 374. for the singlt be Ei and three, Emeralds.

A. Boler took the high single; 112, and- H. Correia took the high three, 293, for the losers. Jamestown Hoop League Opens The Red Devils edged the Blue Angels, 20-19, in the Recreation Center last night, in a thriller to open the 1960 Jamestown Junior Basketball "League; Vilangs' topped "the Royal Swishers in the other contest, 28-19. Angels led 10-8 at the half, but were tied at the end of the third l6-all.

The Red Devils went -five points ahead at the start of the final period and fought off. a desperate attempt by the lossrs to rally in the last three minutes. The Angels' Steve high scorer with points also picked off 12 rebounds tops for both- games. Tom O'Connell's seven points- and Joe Perry's si.x paced the winners. Vikings coasted against the Royal Swishers on the strength of Pete Anderson's 10 points, including four out of five shots, from the floor.

-Bert Dickinson Clarke led the losers with seven tallies Pete a of the Vikings, grabbed '11 The next games are on Friday at -7 p.m. the Royal Swishers meet the Blue Angels and the Vik- mgs- battle -the Red Devils. The Royal Swishers and the Vikings 'will practice, this. Monday, at the Recreation Center at 4:00 with B'uc Ansels Red Devils 4-11 DOG CLUB The'care and handling of dogs is a subject taken up by county club members at a meeting yesterday in the Henry F. An thony School in Portsmouth.

From left are Mary Ann Martin and Rosemary Bowers feeding Nomad, a golden retriever, and Sndic Escobar and Louise Lauterbach with Quccnic, a spitz. (Daily News Photo) Ice Floe Evacuation Goes On As Planned Alaska (AP) -It was nine rescued and 18 to go today as the Air Force 'continued an orderly, long-planned evacuation of Station Charley, a floating scientific station in the Arctic Ocean. Two men were taken off the huge ice flee on which the station is located Thursday. Seven more men were airlifted from the floe Friday night by ski-equipped C130 transport planes from Se- warf Air Force Base, Tcnn. The evacuation, planned many months ago in case of just such I an eventuality, was touched off when a larse piece of the floe broke off.

The floe, drifting HX) miles northwest of Barrow. Alas-ka. originally was four miles and seven miles long. the seven men flown out Friday night ccme many of equipment used by the station's scientists in their arctic observa-; dons, involving several fields. At no time since the evacuation started has bcpn any emergency or an" danger, the Air Force emphasized.

Jet Airliners Ffv Too Fast, Says FAA WASHINGTON API-Jet airliners are being flown too fast fen- safety "with a frequency which is alarming." The Federal Aviation Agency The high speeds tend to weaken the plane's structure. Tiie FAA, in a notice to regional administrators Friday, said a jst plane nosing over into a descent con easily exceed the load limits of the plane's design, unless the pilot reduces power and watches his speed indicator closely. The FAA said improved pilot training and education may pro- ride an answer to the problem. 8 9 5 1195 '56 CHEVROLET 4-Door '56 FORD Victoria 2-Dr H. T.

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(API If concert pianist Rudolf Firkusny has an artistic headache tnday, he can certainly blame it on what happened Friday night in the high school auditorium here. About 700 persons gathered to hear Firkusny in a program sponsored by the Community Concert Assn. Diver Loses Helmet, Drowns In River F.PHRATA, Wash. (AP) A "giant of a man and one. of the known and most respected" TM TM ra ji, rniiim.

I au license tab. The pianist started playing Beethoven's "Variation on a and everybody was enjoying it. Firkusny fingered an E-flat. If rattled. The pianist stopped playing, ges- hiring helplessly.

A memher of the concert committee rushed onstage and -inspected the piano's innards. She triumphantly came up with a match book cover. Firkusny contijjed, this lime with a Schubert number. All went well until the piano began buzzing when certain keys were struck. Another piano inspection followed.

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It wasn't dc.maeed. it. It shouldn't have come Shaw h.vi hoen 1 H'f flinty Piihlir; TTHlllv riicfrict dfrn. was swift, hirbulont he 1 1 tfikiirj f'-om 'v nntH for one of the dam's generators. How the "foreign objects" got in the piano was a mystery to 8ie concert committee.

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