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March 8,1950 The Lock Haven Express Sylvia Solomon Plays Thursday Talented Girl Will be Seen in Concert Here Miss Sylvia Solomon, the 11- year-old Wllliamsport pianist, will be presented as guest artist Thursday evening by the Lock Haven Music Club, In a program to be given at 8.15 o'clock In the Great Island chapel. As the featured performer, Miss Solomon will play numbers by Bach Chopin, Mozart and Rlmsky- Korsakoff. Mrs. Paul Vogel, chairman of arrangements for the program reports that Miss Solomon was here yesterday to rehearse on the chapel piano and make flna plans for her appearance here Thursday evening. The young pianist, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Meyer Solomon of Wllllamsport, Is a student the sixth grade at the J. George Becht School there. She has studied piano for four years with Mrs. Hazel Dorey of Williamsport, herself a performer wel known to Lock Haven audiences Two years ago Sylvia won scholarship at Lycomlng College A member of the Wllllamspor Juvenile Music Club, she has re celved an "excellent" rating In the Pennsylvania Federation Music Clubs auditions and won the highest national audition scholarship last May.

'l Killed, 4 Hurt As Car Plunges 200 Ft. MAUCH CHUNK, (AP) Themells Kavasilas of Th Bronx, New York, was killed and four companions injured when their car skidded on an icy high way yesterday and plunged 20i feet down an enbankment. Injured In the crash weri Nicholas Karagianes, i Phranakides, 50, John Theodore 37, and Andrew Michelazls, 68 all of New York. Police said the car landed up right on the tracks of the Cen tral Railroad of Pennsylvania 200 feet below the highway. Th crash occured on Route 309 near Mauch Chunk.

Mrs. Ruth Miller Dies Suddenly Has Relapse From Lung Operations Mrs. Ruth Griffin Miller, wife of David Louis Miller of New Cumberland, died at fi.10 p. m. yesterday In Polycllnlc Hospital, Harrlsburg.

She had been In 111 health for the past three and one-half years, and was a patient most of that time In South Mountain Sanitarium. Three weeks ago she underwent the first stage of lung surgery at Polycllnlc, and last Tuesday underwent the second stage Deaths Piano Prodigy Sylvia Solomon, 11, of Williamsport, will play here Thursday evening in a concert to be given by the Lock Haven Music Club. 4 to Practice Consevation Soil conservation plans have been completed for four area farms by the staff of the local Soil Conservation District. Frank Peters, McElhattan; Salvatore Morasco, Woolrlch; Frank Aumlller, Rauchtown, and W. Max Bossert, Mill Hall, R.

will follow certain practices to establish a sound farm plan. The specific measures recommended for the above farms Included proper woodland management, contour strip cropping and the planting of cover crops. Jesse Russel, Mill Hall, George Stover, Salona, and Glenn P. Frank, Mill Hall, R. have requested plans be drawn up for their farms.

Walter Steputls, head of the conservation office, and his aide, Ray Harnish, will visit the farms and determine the practices which will benefit the land. of the a relapse yesterday. She was born In Lock Haven, the daughter of the late P. P. Griffin and Mrs.

Anna Worner Griffin, who survives. She was a graduate of the Baldwin School at Bryn Mawr, and attended Smith College. She married Mr. Miller In April, 1927, and lived the greater part of her life thereafter in this D. M.

Bradford D. M. Bradford, 61, of Centre Hall, father of Mrs. Wilbur H. McClellan of this city, died last night in the Centre County Hospital at Belief on te of injuries he uffered in an accident last Tuesday.

Mr. Bradford was an active centre County fireman, and past Ice president of the county is ociatlon. As station agent for the Penn- iylvanla Railroad at Howard, he had been honored last month or 40 years of service with the company, receiving his 40-year jutton at that time. Last Monday, one day before the fatal accident, he had received a gold city. In addition to her husband Miss Clark in Opera Miss Louise Clark, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. W. A. Clark, 446 South Falrvlew has been chosen a member of the second cast of the newly organized Civic Opera Company at Ithaca, N. Y.

Miss Clark, who is librarian at Cornel University, Is a lyric soprano and before going to Ithaca studied voice with Mrs. Edward J. Golumblc. The new' opera group plans to present several operas a year, Miss Clark reports. The two casts will train for each opera.

Paul Pettit Case Again Pulled Before Public NEW YORK, Pe- tltt was back on the baseball griddle today with indications of a new probe into the $100,000 signing of the California schoolboy pitcher. Bob Cooke, of the New York Herald Tribune, revived the case with copyright articles challeng- Mew Floor Laid In Baptist Church Failure of fuel oil to arrive in ime for the Sunday School hour cancelled that Sunday session yesterday at First Baptist Ihurch. Morning worship was held and mother, she Is survived by three children, David Louis, Jr. a Junior at the Lock Haven State Teachers College; Peter Griffin Miller, a student at Van- derbllt 1 i ty, Nashville and Miss Susan Miller, a freshman at Marywood College Scranton; and the following brothers, Paul F. Griffin Frankfort, Germany; Donald Griffin, Princeton, N.

and Kenneth Griffin of this city. Personals Hospitals however, in the Sunday School rooms, providing the congregation an opportunity to admire the new hardwood 'floors which have been laid In the first floor during the past two weeks This Job has been accomplished with 360 man hours of volunteer labor, says the Rev. Henry Murdoch, pastor. It would represent In actual figures at least $1,500 worth of effort, he estimates. Because the men of the church helped, and the women served refreshments, making a party of the work nights, the new floor has been laid only for the cost of 3,300 feet of Cromar flooring.

This also includes material for the first story floors in the Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Smith left yesterday for a Florida vaca tlon. Ray Harnish, soil conservation aide attached to the local offices Is spending the week in St Petersburg, Clarion County visiting his family.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar F. Heffne left yesterday for a Florida vacation. They expect to vlsl members of their family In Richmond, on their way south.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Quigley, and daughters returned last week from Blooming Grove, N. after greeting Mrs.

Quigley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Clapp, on their return from five months travel In Europe.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Lee Deltrick and sons, De De and Ricky, visited in Allentown and New York City over the weekend, where they attended the wedding of Mr. Deitrlck's brother, Hall to Miss Barbara Matthews, of New York.

The wedding took place In the Brick Presbyterian Church, Park Ave. watch In honor of these years oi iervlce. He was driving to work on Tuesday when the accident occurred near Curtin Seriously Inured, he rallied only for a while yesterday morning before his death. He was a member of the Ode Fellows and the Reformed Church. Mr.

Bradford Is survived by uls wife, nine children, a brother and two sisters, Daniel, Wlllard Mrs. Annie Bible, Rover's Ford, and Mrs. John Martz Contre Hall. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at Centre Hall with interment here. Mrs.

James W. Glllock Funeral services were held this afternoon at her home in Lexington, for Mrs. Agnes Oliver Glllock, mother of Oliver P. Glllock, this city, who died suddenly Friday morning of a heart attack. Mrs.

Gillock was the widow of James W. Glllock. She is survived by six children and several grandchildren. Mrs. Lydia Ann Confer.

ROMOLA Mrs. Lydla Ann Kirchoff Confer, 80, a life-long resident of this place, died at 7.50 a. m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Miles Lucas, with whom she resided.

She had been ill six months of a heart condition. A native of Curtin Township, she was the daugther of the late 'rederlck and Katie Kirchoff. Her husband Is deceased. She as a member of the Edin Re- ormed Church, Romola. Surviving in addition to Mrs.

ucas Is a son, Ray, of Howard, ID; four grandchildren and two reat-grandchildren. Engaged Connie Lou Pickering, four weeks, daughter of Mr. fend Mrs. Norman Pickering, Sugar Run, is In very serious condition at the Private Hospital suffering from pneumonia; she was admitted late Friday. Mrs.

Clarence Hill, 524 Broad Jersey Shore, had her tonsils removed this morning, and Leota May Herman, Belief on te and Mrs. Margaret Kemmerer, Jersey Shore, RD 2, underwent tonslllectomles on Saturday. Bert, Gummo, 145 High Flemnlgton, and James Walsh E. Church were admitted for medical attention. At the Lock Haven Hospital (odd HUtory how HtniT VfH would Imulf with food and lulfer afterward ft exectt ilomtch acidity causes ym dfotrem after eating, or painful heartburn (our atomiteh, Indlgntlon, even atom aoh palni, than try UDGA for qulc', relief.

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HOME Churoh and Grove Streets Mr. and Mrs. Allen R. Barrett announce the engagement of their daughter, Dorothy, today. Dorothy Barrett To Wed Mr.

Grays Mr. and Mrs. Allen 122 Myrtle announce the en gagement of their daughter, Miss Dorothy to James Grays, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Grays, 912 Ontario Renovo.

The bride-to-be was graduated from the Lock Haven High- School and Is employed by Sylvanla Electric Products, Mill Hall. The prospective bridegroom Is a senior at the Renovo High School. Var Mothers Away Mrs. Grant Kemmerer, ing the legality of the deal that Peonage. The men will begin U'nrlr t.Hnro frmlrrlif sent the big southpaw to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Cooke says he has "Irrefutable proof" the Pirates dickered for Pcttlt before the sensational left-hander had completed his schooling. Bedenk Quits State 11 STATE COLLEGE Joe Bedenk resigned as Pcnn State's football coach yesterday because he felt coaching football and baseball was "too much for one man." Earl Bruce, freshman mentor, will be In charge of spring practice. The college will wait for applications to flow In before taking up the matter of a successor. work there tonight. Sewing Circle Honors Mrs.

Welry Members of the Sewing Circle of East Main St. Methodist Church entertained at a surprise party Friday evening for Mrs. Fred P. Welty at her home, 109 Pearl anticipating her birthday yesterday. Mrs.

N. L. Bartges, a neighbor, baked the birthday cake. A cut- flowers centerpiece was a birthday gift from her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs Renzie Kemmerer Has Birthday Party Mr.

and Mrs. G. L. Kemmerer entertained Saturday afternoon at their new home in Blanchard in honor of the fifth birthday of their son, Renzie. An Interesting table centerpiece was formed of Illuminated lights in a yellow and green combination Individual birthday cakes with candles were served to each guest, and all the youngsters also received favors.

Those present were Donnle Blttner, Ronnie Brungard, Bruce and Larry Kunes, Cher! Johnson, Larry and Darman Sherman, Anna Jean Bootot, Nancy Carol Graham, Ronnie Hartei and Ruby Bowman. Fire (Continued Page I) Radio 1230 Monday. 6 Radio prom urns are subject to chuneo without rtntlco due to studio and network revisions too Inte for correction THIS EVENING 630 Tom Mix. 6 News. C.I5 Musical Spotllsht.

8.50 "Add 'Km Up." 4ii Tivlllqht Time, G.i>5 Sports I'itrude. 7 l-'ulton Uowls. 7.16 rtolnx 1 30 Frominf Dry Cleaners. 7.45 Insldo of 8 ChrlBtlan Vouth Fellowship. 8 30 Affairs of Peter Salem.

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SO lilt Parade, 18 46 Sammy Kaye Shaw. 1 Stock Report. 1.06 Jersay Shore 1,10 Personality Time. 1.80 in 1.65 Local News. Ladles Fair.

1.30 Queen For a Day. 3 Varieties 4 Shellac Shack, Straight Arrow. Saturday at 3.05 p. m. a grass fire at East Main and Hanna Sts on property owned by Mlchae Soriero, brought out the Hand- In-Hand Hose Co.

The flame: Floyd Welly. Games and refresh-1 burned a stack of lumber. ments, Including home made Ice cream, were highlights of the evening. Accident (Continued from Page 1) Mr. Slmcox resided with his sister, Mrs.

Sidney R. Cann, 70 Nestlerode Castanea. A native of Queens Run. he was the son of Mrs. Ellen Slm- cox, of Castanea, and the late William Slmcox.

He spent most of his life In this vicinity, and was employed last by the Westport Coal Mining Company. During the war he was employed by Piper Aircraft Corp. A veteran of World War at which time he served two years with the Navy, he was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Mlllhelm American Legion, a social member of the Sons of Italy, and St. John's Lutheran Church, Tylersvllle. Surviving, In addition to his mother and sister, are his wife, Cora, Loganton, RD 2 and the following sons and daughters: John E.

and Paul both of Tyiersvllle; Richard of Hublersburg; Mrs. Kenneth Sla- terbeck, Tylersville; and Mrs. Melvln N. Nesblt, Brunswick, and the following sisters and brothers: Howwd, Westport; Roy and Frank Slmcox and Mrs. Percy Young, all of Farrandsville, and Mrs.

Theo- idort Carman, Renovo. At 3.30 p. m. a car owned by Pat Coluccl caught tire on Gran St. and Hand-in-Hand firemen used chemicals to put It out.

The Handles went out again at 11.30 p. m. Saturday to pu out the fire in the Slmcox ca wreckage at the Hanna St crossing. On Sunday at 1.30 p. Handles' firemen spent 30 min utes fighting a grass fire 01 Madison Ave.

At 4.35 p. m. the were out again to fight a gras lire on Pine St. Both grass fire were stubborn, firemen report cd. At 1.30 p.

m. Sunday Hop Hose Co. was called to Dunns town to put out a grass fire nea the One hour later the Citizen Hose Co. fought a grass fire W. Church St.

In a vacant lo across from the high school. Dale Furst to Direct Duff-Fine Campaign WILLIAMSPORT S. Dal Furst Jr. Is chairman of the Ly coming County committee seek ing to nominate Governor Duff and Judge John S. Fine for sen ator and governor.

Among those on the commit tee are Boxing Commissione George J. Jones Jr. of Williams port and Mrs. Kathryn Carpenter of Jersey Shore. Mr Furst said the committee would not be concerned with county candidates.

Villiam H. Harm RENOVO William H. Harm, 6, former school director and ssessor in Noyes Township, died hursday evening his home Drurys Run. Mr. Harm was he son of the late Mr.

and Mrs. acob Harm of Mill Hall. Funeral ervlces were held yesterday. Alfred Lind RENOVO Alfred Llnd, 64, ied Thursday night at the Home at Loganton. A native of Finland, he had lived at Bitumen.

Funeral services will be this afternoon. Funerals al services will be conducted Tuesday 2 p. m. at the Yost Funeral Home for Walter Henry Slmcox, 55, astanea, who was killed Saturday, March 4, 1950, at 11.01 J. m.

The Rev. James M. Scharf Loganton Lutheran Church, wll officiate. Interment, Soldier's Ircle, Highland Cemetery. Mill services will be conducted by the V.

F. W. Friends ma; all at the funeral home. John A. Yost, funera director.

high mass will be celebrated at 9 a. Wednesday in the Immaculate Conception Church for Mrs Fluth Griffin Miller, wife Oavld Louis Miller of New Cunv berland. who died Sunday March 5, 1950, at 9.10 p. m. In Polycllnlc Hospital, Harrisburg The Rev.

Charles W. M. White will officiate. Interment, St Mary's Cemetery. Friends call at the Yost Funeral Horn from 4 to 6 p.

m. Tuesday. John A. director. Yost, funera a 1 service are not completed for Mrs.

Lydl, Ann Kirchoff Confer, 80. of Ro mola, who died Monday March 6 1950. at 7.50 a. m. Wlllard M.

Nefl, Howard funeral director. Organization Activities Mrs. lleanor Scheld and Mrs. Lena Campagne of this city, and Mrs. Margaret Fague of McElhattan motored to Shamokin yesterday where they attended a mid- eastern district meeting of the American War Mothers In the American Legion Home.

Approximately 155 attended the meeting. conducted by the first vice president, Mrs. Mary eiffner of Shamokin. The national president, Mrs. Gerrude Warner and the state jresident, Mrs.

Mary Sosong, joth of Scranton, were guests. D. of A. to See Films The Rev. Luclan C.

Mattiello will show films on "The Seven Sacraments" to members of the latholic Daughters of America at their meeting tomorrow at p. m. in the K. of C. rooms.

The films are those which the Rev. Charles H. Hipp had prepared to show at the February meeting. if burned-put bulb changed -nis plans; however. The refreshment committee includes Mrs.

Martha Lovett, chairman, Mrs. Annie Mack, Mrs. iatherine Mrs. Rose vlarkel, Mrs. Frances Marr, Mrs.

Mona Mangan, Mrs. Sarah Mes- sersmlth, Mrs. Elsie Miller, Mrs. medical patients admitted yesterday Included Jeanne 1, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

LeRoy Weaver, Salona; Charles 1 Beech Creek, RD Clarence Cofley, Lock RD Charles Gemberlmg, 11 S. Hanna and Mrs. L. M. Stover, 412 W.

Walnut St. A. C. Folding, Mill Hall, RD, was admitted yesterday for surgical attention. Saturday's admissions Included Frank McHenry, Salona; Mrs.

Anna Purdy, Water Mill Hall; and William I. Kirkman, 147 E. Clinton for medical treatment; and Rosemary Bardo, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bardo, Mill Hall, for surgical treatment, Patients discharged from the Lock Haven Hospital over the weekend were Charles Turner, Beech Creek; Ambrose Smead, Mill Hall, RD; Arthur Weber, 369V'z E.

Bald Eagle Mrs William Copenhaver, Mill Hall; Mrs. Roy Strouse and son, Mill Hall, RD; Mrs. Harold Clausen and son, 237 S. Hanna Wanda Lucas, 22 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Lewis Lucas Howard, RD Mrs. Thomas Gummo and daughter, Mill Hall RD; Mrs. Raymond Berry, Salona, RD; Mrs. Charles Lange First Mill Hall; Linda DeAngells, 423 W. Main St.

Mrs. Howard Rupert and son Blanchard; Mrs. Marlin Carls 105 Jessamine Mrs. Alfrec Shawley, Orvlston; Sarah McCloskey, 32 Railroad Mrs Francis Murphy, 235 E. Bale Eagle Wayne Murray, 339 S.

Henderson John William Weaver, 513 E. Park Pau Bair, Mill Hall; Thomas I. Allabach, Irvln Hotel; John Hunter, 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hunter, Mill Hall; and Barbara Page, 7, daughter of Mr and Mrs.

Earl Page, Islam Route. Mrs. Esther Bridgens, 205 High was admitted to Rothfuss Clinic for medical attention. Her address is Room 15, Rothfuss Clinic, Market Wil- llamsport. Mary Moran Morlarly.

and Mrs. Julia Lincoln PTA Meets Teachers' Night will be observed tomorrow at 7.45 p. m. at the meeting of the Lincoln School PTA. The teachers will lead a discussion on reading.

Births Girl for Gallaghers Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gallagher, 22 W. Park are parents of a girl born Saturday at the Lock Haven Hospital. Killed in Plunge PHILADELPHIA, (AP) A 50-year-old advertising executive was killed in a 13-story plunge from his office suite in a midclty building, police reported.

Lawrence I. Everling, head of a firm bearing his name, landed on a second-floor skylight yesterday. Knarrs Have Daughter A daughter was born Saturday at the Lock Haven Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Knarr, 109 Jessamine St.

Watches Border BANGKOK, forestall possible Chinese Communist infiltration from Indo- Chlna, Thailand has banned border crossings by Chinese except by vlsaf. Thailand formerly had reciprocal agreements with Burma and Indo-China to permit border crossings for trading purposes. BLIND DATE "It may be a blind date, Mary, but that corsage certainly sets you off In a manner that will open his eyes. It must have come from Rlcker's. They do have the most beautiful flowers, don't they! Rlcker's Flower Shop, 24 E.

Main St. Edgar Lee Masters, Noted Poet, Dies PHILADELPHIA, Lee Masters, who forsook a flourishing law practice to write "Spoon River Anthology" and other widely read poems, died last night at the age of 81. Masters had been retired from an active literary career during the latter part of his life and at the time of his death was a patient in a convalescent home at Suburban Melrose Park. Acts AT ONCE toRelltve (CAUSED stt Thewawls Oecters! rmuaaiv mutt be good when thousands of Doctors prescribed It for years. acts at once to relieve such coughing.

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