The Plain Speaker from Hazleton, Pennsylvania • Page 11

4 THE PLAIN SPEAKER, HAZLETON, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20, 1960 PAGE 11 Boy Kayoed Suicide Ruled In Death Of New Congressman From Pennsylvania By Collision I A 4V4-year-old boy wai knocked unconscious when the fatjiily auto CIIAMBERSBURG.1 Pa (fo -iThe Eisenhower (arm is in Gettys Rep. Douglas H. Elliott (R.Pa.) a bure. Adams County. The elder Elliott was present when his son was sworn in as a congressman.

iwinq TO MNM newly-elected congressman who! In the state primary last April was considered a possible euberna 26, Elliott won by a 2-to-l margin Elliott, a native of Philadelphia. mobile was hit at 10:35 o'clock last night by a second car at the intersection of Putnam and Washington streets, West Hazleton. Except for the youngster there were no other people injured. was public relations director of Franklin Institute in that city be oy snoppmg nerei fore he took over his Wilson Col lege post. During his brief tenure in Con PRICES (AH) gress, Elliott earned a reputation as a hard worker.

He spent long over Democrat Robert M. Meyers, of Lewistown, in a special election to fill the unexpired term of Rep. Richard M. Simpson, Huntingdon Republican who died in office. Both men were to oppose each other for a full term from the eight-county 18th District in the November election.

Gov. Lawrence has 10 days to set a date for a special election to fill the vacancy created by Elliott's death. Before the 1958 gubernatorial torial candidate in 1962, committed suicide yesterday. He was 39. His body was found near his automobile's exhaust pipe a few yards from his lake-front cabin at a nearby summer camp.

A deer skin was draped over his head and the end of the exhaust pipe. Dr. John P. Mages of Chambers-burg, Franklin County coroner, ruled death was due to "carbon monoxide poisoning self-administered." State police said they found a single-edge razor blade, two 30-30 GREEN STAMPS Bruce Drum, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harold R. Drum, 593 North Laurel street, was taken in the West Ilazleton ambulance to St. Joseph Hospital. He regained consciousness before arriving at the hospital where he was treated and then sent home. Hospital authorities reported no apparent injuries were sustained by the boy.

hours in his office catching up on a backlog" of correspondence which had been building since Simpson's death last Jan. 7. GENETTI'S our 00t" double duty when you Shop The family was traveling east on; In his office, Elliott had retained the services of Simpson's sister, Miss Helen Simpson, who had been chief aide to her brother for many i i iu i 11 trrv. Washington street, in their auto when the second car driven by 16-year-old William H. Graaf, 189 years.

With three children in school, Main street, Conyngham, traveling i Elliott had not yet moved his fam a i vjBiieui ividrKeis. i ou gei more ror your money "with top quality foods at low, low prices Plus the added savings on Green Stamps with your purchases. south on Putnam street, failed to stop at the stop sign and smashed into the left side of the Drum ve ily to Washington. He was living temporarily in a small apartment in Arlington, Va. hicle.

The impact swung the Drum; He spent four years in the Navy during World War II, volunteering J7 as an enlisted man while a student campaign, klhotts name olten popped up in speculation as the possible choice for his party's standardbearer role. But it went to Arthur T. McGonigle, of Reading, who lost to Lawrence. Rep. James E.

Van Zandt (R-Pa), said "everybody is stunned" by Elliott's death. "He was one of the bright young men of the Republican party in Pennsylvania and no doubt would have been thought of as gubernatorial material in 1962." Elliott, who has three children, took a leave of absence as vice president of Wilson's Women's College here when he went to Congress. Elliott's father was George Elliott, once Philadelphia's public safety director and before that aide at the University of Virginia. He car around and into a street sign. Passengers in the Graaf automobile were his sister, Eleanor, and James Brobst, 26 East Spruce street.

Lt. Edward Waitkus, West Hazleton Police, said young Graaf will be charged with a stop sign came out a chief petty officer. rifle bullets and a wallet witi identification papers but no money in his pockets. Colleagues in Congress and neighbors here were shocked by news of Elliott's death. They were unable to explain it.

One of them, C. R. Nicklas, editor of the Cham-bersburg Public Opinion, said the congressman appeared in good spirits when the two talked at a wedding reception Saturday night. Mrs. Elliott also attended.

Elliott was sworn in as a congressman May 7, and since then had never missed a House vote. He had said recently his first month in Congress gave him "a liberal education in parliamentary procedure." Elliott first got into politics four years ago when he was elected to the State Senate. He represented President Eisenhower's voting district of Adams-Franklin counties. As he put it, he did not return to Fresh Ground college after the war, having al ready begun a family. While working in Philadelphia in early postwar days, he lived in suburban Wayne.

HAMBURG He described his pretty blonde wife, Rachel, as a "Wayne girl" and it was at Wayne Presbyterian to Gen. Smedley Butler, Philadel phia's famous crusading public safety director during prohibition days. Strawberry Festival Planned At Playground The third annual Old Fashioned Strawberry Festival of the East End Playground Association is scheduled to get undeway at 6 p. m. tomorrow at the playground.

A program designed to satisfy all age groups has been planned, and includes music for dancing. Freshly Ground Church that he first heard of a job opportunity at Wilson College. "I'm a Presbyterian," was the way he described the incident. "And a friend at Wayne Presbyterian Church told me of an opening at the college a church-related institution. I applied and got the job." He said he had never been an educator but his duties worked in logically with his previous public Every Hour" The Hazleton Chapter of Barber relations chores.

As vke president, he said, he worked on fund-raising for the college, some public relations and helped the president ad- LOW ministratively. 1 Vl? Funeral arrangements are because 9 Nam irand Frames. shop Quartets under the direction of Herbert Shockley will be on hand to offer old fashioned harmony. President Henry Schetrumpf reported that the playground will be decorated for the occasion. The playground association also reported that the baseball field is almost completed and work on the tennis court is underway.

Work is expected to be completed by July 1. Tuesday night dances will resume for the summer shortly and will feature such musical groups as the Star Dusters, Mehalik's Penn Serenaders, the Chords, the VISITED HERE SFC and Mrs. Stanley Solczynskl, Nam Irond Ltnttft. ONI DAY SEIVICI en nwtt inqi viilon Iomm RAPID repairs Promet lentti Accurate measurement! by aur Opticiom ever 25 years service. Penna.

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