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PAGE ELEVEN. OIL CITY OFFICE National Transit Building, 214 Seneca Street. Phones: 43C0 and 4361. OIL CITY DEPARTMENT OIL CITY STAFF News Robert C. Davis.

Society Mrs. Charles Humphrey. Circulation Don Venter. THE NEWS-HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1945. 9 Amotion picture so sublime, so majestic, so 0 1 enthralling, its memory will endure forever! fv 19 MILL SCHOOL LEVY CONTINUED Board Tentatively Adopts 1945-46 Budget; Employes Re-Elected, School Calendar Approved.

SOCIETY WOMEN'S NEWS, PERSONALS, CLUB EVENTS MRS. CHARLES HUMPHREY, Editor Phone 4360 HITLER ENJOYED LIFE OFUJXURY Lied to People About Sharing War's Hardships; Had Dream House on Mountain Top. THE BERMDETTE Ik Prayer Service and Business Session with 1 JENNIFER JONES Ml! EKIHE HUES BICKFd i VINCENT PRICE LEE J. COBB; GLADYS a 20 ciNiunr-KW pictml 7 1 1 ft Oil City, 1'a TODAY MICHBAL REDGRAVE BARBARA MULLEN IN "JEANNIE" Also MIRIAM HOPKINS EDWARD G. ROBINSON IN "BARBARY COAST" STARTS SATURDAY "THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNITE" YOU CAN GET VANITX FAIR UNDERWEAR AT EDWARDS' OF oil cm VEACH'S FINE UPHOLSTERING By Factory Trained Experts Oil City.

Pa. Oil City Service Notes BETTY SCHRVVER HOME. Pfc. Betty Schryver, of Fort Dix, X. is spending a short furlough ihere with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. C. M. Carlin, of 71 IVarl Avenue. She arrived on May 2 and will return to her post on May 14.

The local girl has been in the WAC for about a year and a half. ller husband, Cpl. Leslie Scnryver, of Titusville, was killed Nov. 14, 1944, in a truck collision on the Ledo Road. They had been married on Sept.

25, 1W2. Before her marriage, Pfc. Sehryver was Betty Floisehman. She is a graduate of the Oil City High school and was formerly employed by Isaly's here. ller two step-brothers, Pfc.

Robert Carlin, and Charles Carlin, Pharmacist's mate first class, are also in service and have been overseas for two years. Robert, also a graduate of the Oil City High School, is now in Germany; prior to eutering the Army lie was employed by the Oil iWell. Supply Company. Charles is in Africa. Before entering the Navy he was employed by Reiusel Brothers in Sharon.

HOME FROM THE PACIFIC. Wayne Da vies, SKD 1c, who has served 18 months in the Pacific, is spending a 30-day leave in the city. He made the trip to this icountry bv air in 31 hours. Follow-I ing his leave, he will report to Jack-: souville, where he will be signed to duty. The local Navy man is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Da vies, of 402 West i Fourth Street, and husband of Mrs. Charlotte Davies, of 101 East Bissell Avenue. Davies was stationed at various naval air liases in the Pacific. During his tour of.luty he visited 18 islands.

While overseas lie met Don Richards i and Bill Henderson, Oil City servicemen. C. K. HARTZELL WOUNDED. Pvt.

Carl K. Hartzell was wounded in action on Luzon, March 23, according to information received by his Mrs. Phyllis I. Hartzell, of 255 1 Linden Avenue, from the War Depart- nieut. He sailed for overseas the lat-! ter part of January and was serving in the First Cavalry at the time he was wounded.

Prior to entering the Army in August, 1944, Pvt. Hartzell was employed i as a fireman by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. DICK WHITTEN IN HAWAII. Pfc. Richard (Dick) E.

Whit ten, of the Marine Corps, who saw action on Iwo Jima and Okinawa, is now in a rest camp in Hawaii, according to in-i formation received by his Mr. and H. C. Whitten. of 210 Iin-! perial Street.

He and his buddy, Pfc. 'ixmald Hart, of Cranberry, came i through without a scratch. Dick will observe his birthday anniversary on May 27. rILL HAGAN IN CITY. Ifc William G.

Hasan, a German prisoner of war who was liberated pril 2 by the Third Army, arrived in Oil City Monday night. Following his tiO-day furlough he will report to Atlantic City, for reassignment He arrived in New York on Saturday. He is a son of George Hagan, of 207 Crawford Street. STATIONED NOW IN TEXAS. SSgt.

Bovd J. Gegogeine. son of Mrs. B. J.

Gegogeine, of 14 Selden Avenue, after spending 26 months overseas in the southern, the central and the Asiatic sections of the Pacific, is now stationed at the Army Air Field at Dalhart, where he Is an airplane niechauie. AWARDED SILYER STAR. S-n. Ernest R. Croyle has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action while serving with the 102iid Division on Germany.

His wife, Mrs. Viola F. Croyle, resides at 104 East Fifth Street. CPT. MrCREA IX STATES.

Capt. Earle D. MeOrea, son of Col and Mrs. Earle D. MeOrea, of Moran Street, is hospitalized at Moore General Hospital.

Swannonoa, N. C. He was wounded in the fighting in the Philipiues. A single bee will not collect more than a teaspoonful of honey in an entire season. Many Guests Attend Garden Club Meeting At J.

M. Bell Home More than 70 persons, including members from a number of neighbor ing Garden Olulbs, attended the region al meeting of the northwestern division of the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania, which was held in conjunction with the meeting of the Oil City Garden Club Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Joseph M. Bell, West First Street. Among the guests were Mrs.

Charles B. Stegner, president, and 24 mem-Ws nt the Titusville Garden Club: Mrs. S. M. Kinney, president," and 14 members of the Meadville Garden Club; Mrs.

E. C. Fidler, president of the Erie County Federation or uaraen Clubs; Mrs. R. H.

Martin, president rif the Westminster Garden Club, of Erie; Mrs. Deane Klahr, president of the Carrie T. Watson Garden uud, of Erie Mrs. John Miller, Sligo, representing the Clarion County Garden Club. Mrs.

Alexander B. Jobson, president f.f tho Oil Citv Garden Club, opened the meeting and Introduced Miss Eliza beth Selden, chairman of the north western division, who presided for the remainder of the meeting. Mrs. James E. Marshall, of Butler, conservation chairman of the western division, was the principal speaker, giving an informative talk on con servation.

Mrs. Edward J. McDonnell, of Pittsburgh, vice president of the western division, and Mrs. Alfred H. Johnston, of Sewickley, new vice president of the northwestern division, spoke on "Victory Gardens and Horticulture." Reports were given by representatives from the guest club and by Mrs.

Wesley Soaton of the local club. At the conclusion of the affair, delightful refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs. Jobson and Mrs. J.

K. Earp presided at the tea table, which was attractively decorated in spring flowers and tapers in pastel shades. Mother and Daughter Tureen Dinner To Be Held By Alpha Deltas A mother and daughter tureen dinner to be held at the next mting on Tuesday, June 12, was planned by the Alpha Delta Class of First Evangelical Church, last night at a short business meeting in the church annex. The meeting was held at 7 o'clock preceding the V-E Day prayer service at the church. Mrs.

Morrison, president was iii change. Mrs, Orrie Sampsell and her group will have charge of the program for the coming meeting and Mrs. George Stoltenberg and her group will be in Charge of the social arrangements. Twenty-three members attended the meeting last night which opened with singing of "Onward Christian Soldier," followed by prayer. Reports of the officers were given.

The treasurer's report showed that $75 had been paid on the new Sunday school pledge and that a similar amount remained in the class treasury. The flower fund treasurer reported the sum of $39 in the treasury. A new pledge of $500 to the Sunday school for the ensuing year was voted at the meeting. Group collections fur the evening amounted to $20. At the Hospital.

Admitted. Mrs. Forrest Patterson, 938 West B'irst Street. Diana Rennard, 32 Grove Avenue. Mrs.

Edwin Day, 119 East Bissell Avenue. Mrs. Howard Hilton, llasson Hetehts. William Rearish, Knox. Mrs.

Thomas Shaughness, lr22 West First Street. Mrs. C. F. Russeli.

Clark Summitt. Mizaieth Parker, 315 West Fourth Street. Mrs. John Bratleu. Route 1, city.

Discharged. Ralph Repman, Oil City, R. D. 2. Mrs.

James Summers. Van. Fred Malcolmson, 21 Smirbman Street. Mrs. William Rhoades, Van.

Mrs. Francis Garvey, 276 Linden Avenue. Mrs. Karl Nithfer. Venus.

Raymond Becker, 20 Chestnut Street. Births. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Barnes, Rich Street, at 4:23 a.

in. Tuesday. A daughter to Sgt. and Mrs. Alfred Rosen, 304 Central Avenue, at 1:39 p.

m. Tuesday. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shaughness, 1022 West First Street, at 7 p.

in. Tuesday. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Frelk-k, 307 i Set-ley Avenue, at 11:08 p.

ni. Tuesday. A son to Mr. and John Braden, Route 1, city, at 7 :45 o'clock this morning. GERMANS WHO BOMBED PRAGUE ARE 'OUTLAWS' WASHINGTON, May 9.

UP The Germans who bombed Prague after the appointed hour for cessation of hostilities under international rules of war are liaWe to treatment as outlaws. Their status will be determined by the Allied armed forces which takes them in custody. Should they establish that they continued fighting unaware of their country's unconditional surrender it would be a mitigating circumstance to be judged on the spot. However, if It is established that they deliberately continued hostilities, knowing of the peace, Ihey presumably would be prosecuted on capital criminal charges. By JACK FLEISCHER.

HITLER'S EAGLES NEST, Atop Kehlstein Mountain, May 7. (Delayed) UP Adolf Hitler lied to his German people when he told them he too was sharing the hardships of war. For here atop towering Kehlstein mountain, Hitler lived in luxury at his Bavarian retreat; far too- lavish for a man who pretended to be suffering the same burdens as his people. The one-time Nazi fuehrer called this sumptuous hideout his Eagles Nest. It was an appropriate name.

It is really a dream house in the clouds, nestled among the snow drifts on an Alpine peak 7,500 feet above sea level. B-rea-th-Taking Yiews. From the over-size windows iii the huge salon are breath-taking views. On one side are snow-covered mountain peaks, sometimes glistening in the sun, then wrapped in clouds of mists. Below in the valley is the town of Berchtesgaden an3 the bomb smashed ruins of Hitler's more permanent residence.

On the opposite side of the valley tiny farms and grazing lands dot the slopes of majestic mountains. Beyond is the tip of beautiful Lake Koenig. It took a two and a half hour exhausting climb over snow drifts up to 12 feet deep to reach Hitler's Eagles We must have covered about five miles, partly along the winding 10-foot wide road, which was snowbound, and then toward the end right up the face of the mountain. Walls Three Feet Thick. At the top we found a good-sized building of extremely solid construction, with walls about three-feet thick of quarried limestone blocks.

In the front of the building was a medium-sized hall which led straight to a magnificent dining room, about 24 feet wide and 50 feet long. The walls and ceiling were beautiful walnut with white oak panels. In Ihe center was a black walnut table, capable of seating 26 persons. Sideboards and buffets along the walls were filled with exquisite Meissner china, of a fine red dragon motif on a white background. Beyond at a slightly lower level was an almost circular salon, about 50 feet in diameter.

The walls were mauve blocks of limestone and the ceiling white oak Ofjen beams with white plaster between. In the center was a two-foot high table, about 10 feet in diameter, while around the walls were a couple of big davenports and about 50 comfortable chairs. Two Years to Complete Building. Opposite the salon's five huge win dows was a fireplace, fronted with chocolate-colored marble with, white streaks. The interior had a cast-iron lining divided in three panels.

The center panel bore the date 1938, when the building was finished after two years' work. Those two rooms, together with an ultra-modern kitchen of stainless steel and completely electrified, a 00-foot arched terrace overlooking the valley and a well and finely stocked wine- cellar, were typical of the "simple-living" Hitler. FORMER LOCAL DOCTOR DIES IN PACIFIC AREA Word has been received here of the death in the southwest Pacific war area of Dr. Talcott Wainwright, former pathologist at the Oil Citv Hospital. Dr.

Wainwright was in charge of the pathological lahoratory here when it was established in 1940, and left Oil City in 1941. After entering the Army he went to ii-tralia in 1942. FUNERALS. Donald P. Myers.

High mass of requiem for Donald Paul Myers was celebrat(Hl at 9 a. m. today at St. Joseph's Church, with Rev. P.

A. Lynch, pastor, as celebrant. Music during the processional was furnished by Charles Clifford, who sang "Mother Dear Pray for at the offertory. "Ave Maria." by Stella; and at the blessing. "Hymn to Thee, Sacred Heart." Mrs.

Mary Breene was at the organ. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Alfred Henderson, James Henderson, Joseph Wlersbinski, John Fuller. George Schnrr and Raymond Murphy. Among the out-of-town guests were: Mr.

and Michael Murphy, Raymond Murphy, and Mrs. Theresa Klee-an, all of Youngstown, and Elizabeth Fisher, of Detroit, Mich. Owen P. Carpenter. Funeral services' for Owen P.

Carpenter, of 10 Deer Street, who died suddenly Tuesday morning in the Oil City Hospital, will be held Friday afternoon at the Crawford Funeral Home. Interment will be in Cherrytree Cemetery. Services will be held at 2 :45 o'clock Friday afternoon. Anthony SxymanskL Requiem mass for Anthony Szy-manski, of 111 Spruce Street, was celebrated at 8 a. m.

today in the Church of the Assumption, with Rev. John Miecikowstl, pastor, as celebraut Interment was in Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers were: A. Czajka, Joseph Jez, John Ostrowski, and Anthony Beduary. Mrs.

Hanna-Oakes. Funeral services for iMrs. Hanna Oakes, who died Monday, will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.

John A. Barttett, of 316 (Well Avenue, with Dr. Thomas H. Morris, pastor of Trinity Methodist Chweh, officiating. F.

Yincent Ha on. Requiem mass for F. Vincent Ragon, of 102 Manning Street, will be celebrated at 9 a. ni. Friday in St.

Joseph's Church, and interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. A 19 mills levy will be continued by the Oil City school district under action of the school 'board Tuesday night in tentatively adopting its budget for the year ending in July, 1040. The board also last night: Approved the 101CV40 school term calender, reelected four employes, named one new instructor, arranged for commencement exercises and received a report on tax collections. Besides setting the real estate levy, the directors also voted to continue the annual per capita school tax ot $1. The number of persons assessed the per capita tax is while the assessed valuation of property against which the mills will be levied is $115,188,135.

The same levy lias been in force here for two years. The tentative budget is to he finally adopted ait a special meeting at 4:30 p. in. on May 31. Proposed expenditures are $430,428, a reduction of $19,700 from the current year.

Following is a comparison of the current and the proposed budget: 1915-46 1944-15 Gen. Control 18,705 Instruction 278,2) Aux. Agencies 0,078 Plant Oper 50.951 17,635 274,625 6,055 49.750 23,945 8,803 11,513 Fixed Charges Total Current Expense $375811 $381,940 Debt service 53.017 K4.SJW Capitol Outlay 1,000 3,350 Totoal Proposed Expenditures $450,188 Estimated Receipts. Estimated receipts listed in the budget are: Balance on hand July 2, 1045, general fund Property Tax (97of face) 279,981 Per Capita Tax (77 of face) 8,094 Delinquent Tax (previous to 1045 8.000 State Appropriation 88,510 Tuition, non-resident pupils 23,500 All other sources SuO Total Estimated Receipts Employes re-elected by the board are: M. W.

Hempfield, secretary and business manager; Dr. J. A. Welty, school physician; Attorney S. Mc-Alevy, school solicitor, and C.

Guy Whiteliill, school treasurer. The new teacher is Miss Marjorie L. Wagner, of Rouseville, who will be used in the elementary grades. She is a gradliute of Slippery Rock State Teachers' (College and for the past year has been employed at Beaver. The secretary was authorized to rent the Drake Theatre for the annual commencement exercises of the high school on Monday, May 2S, aiid also to issue an advertisement for bids for supplying the school district with coal during the coming year.

Calendar Is Adopted. Upon recommendation of Superin tendent J. A. l)e France, the board authorized the holding of summer classes in high school for freshmen students who fail to pass in English, algebra or arithmetic. The 1045-40 school calendar as adopted, follows: Sept.

4 School begins. Friday, Jan. 18, 1940 end of first semester. Wednesday, May 29, 1940 end of term. Holidays: Thursday and Friday, Nov.

29, 30 (Thanksgiving.) Friday, Dec. 21, through Tuesday, Jan. 1 Thursday and Friday, April 18, 19, (Easter). Secretary Hempfieki submitted a report on tax collections for the past year, showing a record collection in point of per centage received. The duplicate amounted to $280,957.70 or 97.42 per' cent, of the amount levied, and was more than $2,000 above the collection of the previous years.

Figures on the amounts collected, the per cent, of the total duplicate, and the amount of uncollected tax returned to the county for the past few years were announced by Mr. Hemp- field as follows: Year Collected Pet. County 19; 82. $24,305 1940 282,304 92.S8 1H1 24,887 93.67 19,240 1912 290,750 95.31 14.311 1943X 278,800 90.40 10,221 97.42 7.4w Tax rate of 19 mills, balance of years 20 mills. A letter from Treasurer hitehitl showed that the unpaid taxes returned to the county were divided a.s follows among the ten wards of Oil City First Ward Second Ward 90.73 493.20 1.991.97 207.11 TO1.14 653.03 1.204.88 431.7S Third Ward Fourth Ward Firth Ward Sixth Ward Seventh Ward Eighth Ward Ninth Ward Tenth Ward 038.35 Total $7,455.15 OIL CITY LOCALS.

A special meeting of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will lie held at o'clock this evening in the lodge rooms at which time arrangements will be made for a Mother's Day class initiation. Pvt. Rawlin B. Voorhies, of Rouse-ville, was the speaker for the meeting of the Adelphoi Club Tuesday evening at the Y. M.

C. A. Pvt. Voorhies is here from Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, where he is being treated for wounds received in action on the Western Front. A meeting of the Oil City district of CoL Drake Council.

Boy Scouts of America, was held Tuesday night in council headquarters. The camporal scheduled for June 15, 10 and 17 and other matters were discussed. What three types of rocket charges does the Navy use? A Incendiary, smoke, high el- plosive. Precede Card Party A short prayer service in observance of Victory Day was conducted by Mrs Beryl K. Sanborn, supreme coinman der, at the business session of the American Home Watchman, last night in the Latonia Hall.

The meeting was well attended. Mrs. C. W. Dunmire, commander, was in charge of the meeting.

The second in the series of card parties 'being sponsored by the lodge was held following the business ses sion, and ten tables of cards were in Play. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Hala- vern Dale. Mrs. Helen Findley, Walter Kresinske and William Remus in "500" and to Mrs.

Mary Kelner, Mrs. Olga Diebold, George Eagan and W. O. Heckathorn in bunco. The door prize was awarded to Mrs.

Elma Cochran. Refreshments were served at the conclusion of the games, and the committee in charge included Mrs. Laura Muinford, Mrs. Barbara Kresinske, Mrs. Mary Murray.

The third in the series of card parties will be held by the lodge on Tuesday, May 22. Venango Country Club Dining Room To Open Sunday The dining room of the Wanango Country Club at Reno will open for the season on Sunday, May 13, it is announced by club officials today, and, subject to food restricions and limitations, it is planned to serve Sunday dinners and the regular chicken and waffle dinners on Thursday evenings at the club as in previous years. Mrs. Katherine Snyder will again be in charge of the dining room. Members may take resident uon-memher guests "to the cluib only for May 13 through May 27 inclusive, it Is stated.

The golfing season at the club Is already underway with Eddie Melvin. popular professional, again in charge. The formal golf opeuing for the men was held at the club last week while the women's games got underway the preceding week. Although it is expected this will be a quiet season at the club, due to the conditions, members will be en abled to enjoy the facilities of the club during the coming summer months. School Picnic Planned By Rouseville P.

T. A. 4 iil nicnic to be held May 31 at Hassou Heights with the Parent Teacher Association in charge was iMnnH hi- tihe Rouseville Parent Teacher Association at its final meet ing of the season, last sight at the school. Mrs. L.

R. Toy, retiring presi dent, conducted the meeting. The picnic committee named in-eluded: Mrs. Don Cropp. Mrs.

William Gannon, Mrs. William McFaddeu, Mrs. Maxine Downing and Mrs. Margaret Dingley. There was a good attendance at the meeting.

Installation of the new or- ficers was made by Mrs. Bert Hites, i.resideiit. These officers includ ed President, Harry Long; vice president, Mrs. Paul Fox; secretary, Mrs. Cora heeling; treajmrer, Mrs.

Dalton McKenzie. The program presented at the meet-in? included a violin solo by Mrs. Clarence Timme; three short talks. "Mother's Viewpoint for the Pre-Scb-Child," Mrs. Charles Prenatt; Nurse's Viewpoint," Mrs.

Fred Ben. "The Teacher's iewpoint," Miss Helen McCrea; and a tribute to mothers, Miss Ora Reynolds. Announcement was made that a knitted afgliau completed by the association, will be sent to Deshon Hos pital at Butler. Evelyn Lindquist To Wed F. W.

Bolton Miss Evelyn Liudcpiist, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lindquist, of Colbert Avenue, and F. Willard Bolton, 1c, United States N.aval Reserve, son of Mrs. Ella Reynolds, of Oak Ridge, will be married on Thursday, May 10.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lindquist, broth er and sister-in-law of the bride, will attend the couple. Open house for all friends will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.

at the Lindquist some on Colbert Avenue, tomorrow evening following the ceremony. Christ Lutheran Altar Guild Plans Banquet The Altar Guild of Christ Lutheran Church is sponsoring a banquet in the form of a tureen dinner at the church tomorrow at 6 o'clock. All mothers and daughters of the church are invited. Arrangements for the dinner are in charge of Mrs. Ernest Potts, and Mrs.

Chester Olson, and Mrs. Lee Pierce. The program will be presented by Mrs. Ronald Meade and Mts. Harry Welms.

DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED FOR OH. CITY MOTOR CLU3 The following directors were elected for the ensuing year at the annual meeting of the Oil City Motor Club in the Chamber of Commerce assem-Wv room Tuesday night: H. E. Barnhart, P. C.

Beers. F. H. Bowrs, Leland Berry, L. B.

Culbert-son. C. J. Greenfield, J. F.

Hartman, E. W. Kinney. William Koch. J.

F. Normile, Dr. Boss -Porter, John W. Shiuer. Harry Fye.

John H. Glass and Charles F. Woolley. FIRST SHOWING AT POPULAR PRICES Cash advanced promptly for all worthy purposes. Repay monthly.

Cheerful, courteous service. If you eannot tome in. write or nhone and we will call and make all arrangements. LOANS $25 TO $300 The Old Reliable Company. 29 Vears in Oil City.

I 0 LOAN CO. Second Floor 218 O. 0. F. Bldf Phone 9-1-5 OIL CITY, PA.

MISS DORIS CRAIG TO BECOME ARMY NURSE Miss Doris limogene Craig, daugfatej of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Craig, ol Horse Creek Road, Seneca, is await ing the final report from the Army before becoming an Army Nurse. Misi Craig enlisted with the Navy Nuree'i Corps some time ago and bad passed all tests, hut the Navy quota had been filled and she was told to report to Des-hon for further tests for the Army, Miss Craig is a graduate of th Cranberry High School, class of "30, and the Oil City Hospital School ol Nursing, class of '44.

Sihe has been a surgical nurse. Her brother, Capt. Charles D. Craig, a pilot with the Air Transport Command, is now stationed in New Guinea. He is a graduate of the Cranberry High School, class of '37.

He entered service in August. 1942, and has seen service in iSouth America, Africa and the Mediterranean area. Prior to entering the Army be was an instructor in flying at Grove City. Miss Craig's two sisters, Ruth and Elizabeth, are Cadet Nurses. Ruth, who graduated last October, is now al the West Penn Hospital at Pittsburgh, and Elizabeth is in training at the local hospital.

OIL CITY DEATHS. William G. Dechant. William G. Dechant, 70, of 17 Bast Fifth Street, died at p.

m. Tuesday at his home following a year's illness. He was born at StroWeton and had resided here for 50 years. For years lie had been employed as caretaker of St. Stephen's Church until failing health forced his retirement.

He was a member of St. Stephen's Church. On April 29. 1903 he married Catherine Connelly. He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs.

George Curtis, Jr Mrs. Francis McNerney and Mrs. Irwin Wilnor, of Oil City; two sons, Capt E. G. Dechant, of Alva, and Joseph R.

Dechant, at home; a sister. Mrs. J. M. Hauwlller, of Crown; a brother, Edward Dechant, of East Brady; and five grandchildren.

The body was taken to the Reinsei Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements wtll be announced. Harvey J. Bradytaugh. Harvev J.

Bradybaugh, 27, of Mar ienville, "died at 6:30 a. tn. Tuesday ia the Anamosa, Iowa, general hospital following a 14-month Uiness. He was born April 22, 1917, in Forest County, the eon of John and Marjory Bradybaugb. Surviving are the following brothers and sisters, Normaa, of Rochester, Clyde, of Sooth Amboy, X.

Pvt. Frank, who is serving in the Pacific area; Pvt. Nathan, who is in Germany; Mrs. Irvin Tarr and Mrs. Herman Renninger, of Oil City, R.

D. 1, and Mrs. Fitzgerald, of VowindteL He is also survived by his grandmotaV er. Mrs. Emma Bradybaugh, of Pleaa-antville.

The body will be taken to the Tracy Hone of Funerals, Titnsville. Foneral arrangements will be announced. The "pedestrian curricle," or waik-ing-iiicycle, was a popular mode el transportation about 1320. NOW SHOWING DRAKE MRS. MARTHA SNYDER DIES AT WARREN, 0, Well Known Local Woman Succumbs While Visiting Son.

Mrs. Martha Elva Snyder, 73, of 11 Ea.st Sixth Street, widow of George VV. Snyder, died Tuesday at' 10:40 p. m. at the home of her son, Preston Snyder, at Warren, where she had been visiting for the past several weeks.

She had been in ill health since the death of her husband on Jan. 19. of this year. Born at Petroleum Center, Dec. 24.

1871, a daughter of Dr. Elliot Preston Crooks and Margaret Jane Alexander Crooks, she had resided' in this city for many years. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Oil City. Surviving are three children: Mrs. Clemson Ward, Baltimore, Mrs.

Paul Stormer, Oil City, and Preston Snyder, Warren, O. six grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Frank Morse of Mayville, N. Y. The body will be taken to the Craw-frod Funeral Home wrhere friends may call Thursday from 2 to 5 p.

m. or Thursday evening. Funeral services will be conducted there. Friday at 1 p. in.

by Rev. William C. Latta, pastor of the Oakmont United Presbyterian Church, former pastor of the local church. Interment will be in Grove Hill Cemetery. 66 MUWffiS WILL VOTE ON BEER, LIQUOR AT PRIMARY HARRISBURG, May 9.

UP Sixty-six municipalities in 32 of Pennsylvania's 07 counties filed ipetitions to hold local option elections at the June 19 primary, the State Liquor Control Board announced today. After checking with county commissioners, the board said 45 municipalities will vote on both liquor and beer, nine on liquor and 12 on beer. The election may affect 74 liquor licenses and 27 beer permits. While the number is considerably le-w than in other recent years, board officials indicated it is greater than the total anticipated especially since the primary was advanced from September to June, and petitions had to be filed 00 days liefore election. Seventy-eight municipalities voted ou local option in 90 in 1941 and 405 in 1939.

The board said tiiat of the 54 municipalities voting to decide the legality of liquor, 37 now are wet and 48, or 88 per cent had voted previously on this question. Of the 57 voting on beer, 47 now are wet aud the same number voted on tiie issue before. Local option elections since repeal have placed 5.0 per cent, of the Commonwealth's estimated 10,000,000 population on the dry side of the ledger for all types of retail licenses, the board said. An additional 1.4 per cent, forbids the sale of liquor and 0.8 per cent, malt beverages. Since 1934 an estimated 40 per or 1,133 of the state's 2,571 municipalities, voted on the wet rdry.

question. RURAL WlMERS WILL MEET TONIGHT A dinner meeting of rural workers in the Seventh War Loan campaign will be held tonight at the Y. M. C. A.

The War Finance Committee is sponsoring the meeting for the county workers. Tuesday night a rally was held for Oil City workers in the high school auditorium. Two liberated prisoners. Sgt. Luther Cox, of Rouseville, and rvt.

Frank Battaglia, of Pittsburgh, were the speakers. Both stressed the need of supporting the men still fight ing. A. D. Barnes, chairman of the Oil City area, presided at the meeting and A.

M. Turney, executive director, introduced the speakers. A. R. Heisman of New Castle, regional field manager of the Treasury Department, made a brief address, and Dr.

Thomas H. Morris, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, gave the Music was provided by the American Legion Band. 43 QUALIFY TO VOTE AT SPECIAL REGISTRATION The second special registration day was being held" in Oil City today, after 43 voters from the area qualified to vote in the June primary here on Tuesday. Eleven new Republicans were enrolled yesterday, five registered Democrats and one Prohibition and one changed from Democrat to Republics among city voters. From the townships, eight signed as Republicans aud five as Democrats.

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