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The Oil City Derrick from Oil City, Pennsylvania • Page 3

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MARY ANN STRAUB ANDREW KARG To present piano program St. Stephen Piano Students To Play At Breakfast Two senior piano students of St Stephen school's music department will present a program for the convert communion fast Sunday in St. Stephen Auditorium. Mary Ann Straub and Andrew Karg will play selections from Ihe romantic and modern eras. Andrew, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Louis Karg of Seneca, has studied piano and theory at St. Stephen for the past ten years. Mary A daughter of Mr. and Mrs, C.

F. Straub of 16 Harriott Avenue, has been a student of pi- Stops Heart Gas 3 Times Faster Certified laborolory Iciti prove BEU-ANS tablets neutralize 3 timci QI much itomoch oddity in one minute as many leading dlgeilive tabieti. Get BEU.AN5 today for the foilert known relief. 25c. ano and theory of St.

Stephen for seven years having studied two years previously with i Zclda Straub of Rouseville. Both students have achieved superior ratings in the National Piano Guild auditions. The principle speaker for this annual aifair is Dr. James Sample, conductor of the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra and well known in musical circles. Those who plan on attending i breakfast will meet in i Church Social Center at 7:45 a.

m. to attend Uie 8 o'clock mass this I Breakfast will be screed immed- lately after mass in the school au- I clitorium. Reservations for the, breakfast i can still be made by calling Mrs. Charlotte Schettler. 9-2864 by day evening, March 29th.

SHOP PENNEY'S IN OIL CITY 9 'TIL 5 Erie Priest To Address PTO Here Rev. Wilfred Nash, president of Gannon College in Erie, will speak at 1 the April 2 meeting ol the St. Joseph PTO, it was announced Tuesday. The meeting is open to the get)- eral public and. the regular business session has been cancelled, PTO.officials pointed'out.

Father Nash jvill speak on "The Child and the Parent." His talk will be the second of a series. Father Nash is a graduate of the Catholic University of Washington. Following his ordination he took post graduate work in psychology at Fordham Universiy in New York. Recently appointed college president, he previously had served as professor of psychology and vice- president for 14 years. Seneca Water Company To Boost Rates i The Seneca Water Co.

will raise rates an estimated $5,000 annually April 1 for its 331 consumers in the Seneca area. The Public Utility Commission today concluded the boost should be suspended after making a study of the company's supporting (data according to an Associated Press story yesterday from Harris- iburg. The firm said it needs the added revenue to meet a "substantial increase" in the cost of water bought from Oil City. Glib Scouts Get Awards -I 3.98 Lovely Easter shades at ihe head of Spring's Millinery Paradel The freshest, flattering new colors to wear. the most beautiful to blend with your Easter wardrobe! See Penney's flower garden of elegantly trimmed straws today choose the new silhouette designed for you and choose it in colors for fashionl DR.

GEORGE LEWIS Installation speaker. Dr. Lewis Speaks At FFA Meet Chief Forecaster Talks At Kiwaiiis Club Meet "Flood Forecasting and Dis- danger period, he said. But extra CLARION--Dr. George R.

Lewis, head of the mathematics ment at Clarion State Teachers College, delivered the installation address for a new chapter of Future Teachers of America at Port Allegany High School recently. semination of Flood Warnings in the Pittsburgh River District" the of, a talk at the Tuesday rioon meeting of the Kiwanis Club. Vernon T. Houghlonj chief forecaster of the Weather Bureau at Pittsburgh, was the speaker. He said prior to the disastrous flood of 1936, the bureau had made little systematic effort to predict floods.

However, following that flood, a new division was set up in the Pittsburgh office for the purpose of issuing warnings of prospective flood conditions in the Allegheny, Monongahela and part of the Ohio river drainage areas. Gradually through the following years the warning "system has been improved by the installation of additional guaging stations and by the increased experience of the staff in interpreting reports i received at the Pittsburgh head- forecasts arc made when there is any significant change in conditions. The speaker emphasized that the primary object of the service is to give sufficient advance notice of probable floods so that property' owners may take whatever action is necessary to avoid damage to property or loss of life, The importance of cooperation! of local agencies in use of the; forecasts was emphasized by Houghton. He deplored the custom of some local authorities phoning his office for inform a i instead of contacting the local of-: ficial designated by the weather I bureau to receive and distribute: the bureau's warnings. the bureau, has found that the! lotaS civil defense organization isi usually the one best fitted to a die these warnings.

The speaker highly compli- jmented Harold R. Clark, head of velocity of water in the river, speaker said this varies considerably at different stages but the average speed of the crest of a flood in the Allegheny was four to five miles per hour. Gene Powell, president of the club, was in charge of the meeting and the speaker was introduced by Lloyd Fox of the program committee. William Zell of Pittsburgh, Ross Webb of Butler and Harold Clark and George Stewart of Oil City were guests. THE DERRICK --3 Oil City-Franklin-Clarion, Wednesday, March 27, Plvimer Church To Hold Dinner Congregational dinner will be held in the Plumer United Presbyterian Church at 6 p.

m. today. A wildlife film will be shown after the dinner. Cub Scouts of Pack 11 received achievement awards at a meeting held Monday evening in the St. Stephen School cafeteria.

Following awards were presented: Michael Anderton, lion badge Dr. Lewis, who has had a long interest in Future Teachers work and helped initiate plans for the Port Allegany Club, represented the professional activities committee of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. The Port Allegany Chaster of F.T.A. was christened the Fred N. Hardy Chapter in honor of Fred N.

Hardy, for twenty-three years supervising principal of Pprt Allegany schools. was present at the ceremonies. Moose Club Fetes Winners Of Tourney Winners in the Moose Lodge's California Jack Tournament were announced Tuesday night at a dinner in the lodge rooms. First place went to Stanley Car- Mr. Houghton described diJ'!" dvil efe se TM 3 grams which have been develop- SS property owners water, discussion period, stages at different points.

These include amount of In a discussion period, Mr. amount of snow on the ground, Houghton said it is practically impermeability of the ground, and possible to make any reliable the steepness of slope. forecasts as to what may happen Ordinarily flood forecasts a i thc case of ice gorges i made every 24 hours during the Answering a question as to the NATIONAL MARKET CO. TELEPHONE 8-7305 OIL CITY ENGLISH CUT PORK CHOPS 49 Lb. FRESH FISH TODAY LAKE ERIE BLUE PIKE WHITE FISH (Whole or Fillets) FRESH OYSTERS Sam Anderton, wolf badge and one gold and one silver arrow.

Tony Schill, silver arrow; Bobby Gulp, silver arrow; Gary Leicht, wolf badge; John Me- Guinty, wolf badge; Terry Me- Guinty, wolf badge; Joseph Stoudt. one gold and seven silver arrows; and Bobby Megnin, gold arrow. In another presentation, two Cub Scouts were awarded neckerchief slides for each selling 10 tickets to the Scout-A-Rama to be held April 27 in Cranberry High School. Recipients of slides were Pierre Bouquin and 'Sam Lukasiak. The cub pack decided to enter a plaster mold project in the Scout-a-rama event.

In thc entertainment portion of thc meeting, a skit was given by Mrs. Wade Gulp's den. Gregg Nas- key, ricn chief, ler'. the group. Special Lenten Services Today I A district Free Methodist youth Special services in obscvancc of ra ju be held at the Van Free the Lenten season will continue in Methodist Church Friday at 7:30 Christ Episcopal Church this eve- p.

i. The program will include ning. an old fashioned hymn sing with and one gold and two silver second place, Robert Finney; rows. land for third place Albert Irwin i and Steve Hueffner tied. The tournament was begun i i early fall last year aad terminated I March 19.

In the Moose Lodge's regular meeting on Monday. Governor William B. Heidy appointed two chairmen. Charles Hanshaw was appointed conservation chairman. He is to work with the membership chair- i man.

Carl Williams. Albert Morrison was named judge of election. He is to name his two assistants. Next meeting of the lodge is slated for April 8 when an election ot officers Jor the ensuing year will be held. Balloting will be by Australian ballot and will be conducted from noon to 7 p.

m. Free Methodist Youth Rall Set Beginning at 7:30 o'clock, a serv- jail locals participating. The rally 'opens two weeks of activity at ice which will include evening church 0 which lhe public is prayer and the litany, will be i with the rector. Rev. Thomas L.

i Small, S.T.D., in charge. Dr. Small i Mrs. Ruby Miller will present will use the topic of his ser-Un evangelistic flannel-graph for man. "What Vision Does for the Sunday school beginning Mon- The choir will furnish music at i day, April 1, at 7:30 p.

m. The this service and at the offertory, i Herman Ridley. Brookville. -Mrs. Robert Carpenter, contralto, i i 1 cmlduc a cs "TTM' win sing "I Walked Today Where i meetings through Sunday, April Walked," by O'Hara.

A celebration of the Holy Communion will be held at 10 a. m. Thursday, and at 4 p. m. the children of the Church School will meet in the (Mmrch for a devotional service.

Following the. mcet-j ing they will continue their study! of Haiti, one of the mission fields of the church. Sit-Down Strike HIROSHIMA. Japan. March 26 tf) Fodr Japanese in this first' city to feol the atomic bomb's! wrath are on a sit-down strike against Britain's H-bomb tests i the Pacific.

They squat at the Peace Monument erected at the' center ot the World War 11 Trout Stocking Plaimed Friday The Venango County Buck Tails will stock area streams with fingerling trout on Friday, March 29. The truck will arrive at the Oil City Postoffice at 10:15 a. m. A report on the headwaters streams will be announced. Members who will take part in the distribution include: Rick Herron, Harold Cox, Ralph Porterfield, Jim Vogan, Don Motter, Chuck Weber Charles Marvin and Fred Holt.

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