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The Ephrata Review from Ephrata, Pennsylvania • 9

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THE EPHRATA REVIEW, THURSDAY, JUKE 26, 1975 A-t Siwinski Witwer Nuptials Entertainers Needed For Indiantown Gap fJJ OBITUARY rrrrr jjjjj ENGAGEMENTS She was the wife of Samuel -N. Reiff. Born in East Earl Township, she was a daughter of Mrs. Lena Zimmerman Martin, New Holland R2, and the late Ivan Martin. Surviving in addition to her husband and her mother are the following children: Elvin M.

Reiff, Jerry M. Reiff, Elmer M. Reiff, Mary Jane Reiff, all at home; and the following brothers and sisters: Ads, wife of Eli Martin, Denver Rl; Paul Martin, New Holland R2; Ivan Martin, East Earl R3; Lena, wife of David Martin, New Holland R3; Aaron Martin, Ephrata R3; Katie, wife of Edwin Nolt, Leola Rl; Amos Martin, New Holland R3; Esther, wife of John Hoover, Ephrata, and Harvey Martin, New Holland RS. Funeral services will be held today at the Groffdale (Brick) Menaonite Church at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in Conestoga Methodist Cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray S. Click, 21 Brownstone Ridge New Holland R2, announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Patricia.

Ann Click to Kenneth James Burkhart, East EariRl. Miss Glick is a graduate of Garden Spot High School and is employed by Victor F. Weaver New Holland. Mr. Burkhart is a 1973 graduate of Garden Spot High School and Is employed by Farmers vllle Equipment Ephrata rz; Mrs- Thomas F.

Godfrey, 290 Eshelman Road, Lancaster, 392-0641. Mrs. Godfrey, printed out that persona should not report directly to Indiantown Gap as show times must be scheduled and arrangements made with military police for escort into the restricted reas. and Rieed Steinmetx, Reamstown, announced the engagement, of their daughter, Lisa Horton Steinmets to Dean Lee Martin, son of Mrs. Betty Zimmerman, Stevens and Eugene Martin, Ephrata.

Miss Steinmetx graduated from Cocalico High School and is employed at' Hortons Kennels. She will attend Harcum College, Bryn Mavr, in September, Mr. Martin-graduated from Cocalico High School and is employed by Pennfield. the present time- and performers are being asked to provide whatever is needed for this act, including extension cords, etc. Entertainers who have visited the refugees to date have been enthusiastically received and have found this to be a very rewarding and Mr.

and Mrs. John Sheets, 716 Primrose Lane, announced the engagement of their daughter, Desiree E. Sheets to John S. Givler, son of Mr. and Mrs, George Givler, 205 S.

Oak SL Miss Sheets is a 1975 graduate of Ephrata High School and is employed by the Akron Restaurant as a hostess. Her fiance is also a 1975 graduate of Ephrata High School and is employed by the Akron RestauranL He will be attending Stevens Trade School inthefalL satisfying experience: Translators are available to aid in communication and volunteers are on hand to offer other assistance. Anyone interested in volunteering their services as. entertainers should contact the local Red Cross Volunteer Entertainment Chairwoman, 1 Gal 65 ROOF Contains with coaL Seal too. Cover fL Volunteers who have the talent and time to donate to entertaining the 17,000 Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees currently housed at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation are needed on a continuing basis, according to a Red Cross spokesman.

One of the simplest ways of transcending the cultural differences these people are encountering is through the common lanuage. of music, dance and the various arts. Both professional and amateur performers who are over eighteen years of age are being sought. Folk singers, rock groups, puppeteers, magicians, show hands, big bands, acrobats, jaxs groups, country and western performers would be ideal to give the refugees a wide sampling of American culture. Entertainers willing to donate an hour of their would perform in one or more the the four main refugee areas.

Audience size at each show is expected to be anywhere from 500 to 3,000 people. A recent, survey revealed that 45 percent of the refugees are under the age of sixteen. 1 About half of the people have some degree of skill in using the English language. According to the Lancaster Red Cross Chapter, whose task it Is to recruit entertainment, there is no money for fees or. tr importation costs, as there is no budget for this extremely important endeavor.

Boredom is one of the many problems these refugees. are having to combat AU entertainment Is being presented out of doors at Warwick's Band Gets Top Award Warwick High Schools 150-member marching band won the first place trophy in parade competition in the recent Virginia Beach Music Festival, under the direction of Dale Writer. Competing against 15 other bands from around the country, It scored high in the field show, sight reading and concert presentation areas. This was its first appearance the1 A Virginia event Previously this year, the band won first place awards at Ephrata and Cumberland VaUey, second at West Chester and third at Lower Dauphin. The band took fourth place at test years Middle Atlantic States Champion Cavalcade Student members raised the 116,000 required to finance the Virginia Beach trip through spaghetti dinners, chicken barbecues, sub sales and by canvassing area businesses, Welter points ouL- Comedy On Stage At Gretna Timbers NeU Simons comedy, The Good Doctor, currently is on stage at the Timbers.

-Restaurant-Playhouse; Mt. Gretna, and will continue July 6. The nine sketches range from slapstick to drawing-room comedy. Curtain times are 8:30 p.m. weekdays and 9 p.m.

Saturday, with 2 p.m. matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Lunches are served from noon to 1:30 p.m. for groups, and buffets to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday, and 6 -to 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday andFriday. ALTON N. INfSNYOfl TTTtmrrrrr located at The Square in trichavMi fpariom Since 134" Open V-9 DpOy 526-5165 Featuring WUttlTZEl A Other Leadhtg Name Hanot Mrs. Katie Adams Ephrata Mrs. Katie Brubaker Adama, 90, of 19 S.

Oak St, died at' the Lancashire Han, Neffsville, at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, after lengthy illness. Her husband, Elmer L. Adams, died in 1931. Born in Hahnstown, she was the daughter of the-late Jeremiah and Fannie Brubaker Stef fey.

She lived in Ephrata most of her life, and was a -member of the Ephrata Church of the Brethren, and the-Ladies Bible class at the -a ctrarctL She is survived by three daughters: Stella, wife of Alvin Burkholder, of Ephrata; Miriam M. Stuckey, with whom she resided; Irene wife of John R. Evans, of Akron; five grandchildren, and five greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at the Paul Home for Funerals, 100 W.

Main' Street with the Rev. Lester Schreiber officiating. Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Sallle K.

Horaiag DeaverRl Mrs. Sallie K. Gehman 6 BW.T 8 Fairmonnt Kept Home, Kept Ephrata Rl' Bom in Spring Township, Berks County, she was a daughter of the late Beqjaipin and Katie Keifer Gehman. She was the widow of. the Rev.

George G. Horning, who died in 1943, She was a member of the Bowmansvllte Metmootte Church. She is survived by her daughter, Lucy, wife of Allan Gehman, Denver Rl, nine grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held today at 10 a.m. at the Bowmansvllle Mennonite Church with Bishop Luke L.

Horst and the Rev. Wilmer W. Leaman officiating. Interment win follow in the adjoining cemetery. NARESCO DRIVEWAY COATING 5 Gal.

Can Edward Mylia Laacaater Edward Everett "Hook" Mylin, Lancaster NiUaoal Football Hall of Fame member and renowned gridiron coach, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday in Lancaster General Hospital. He was 80. Mylin, of 101 E. Roseville Road, Lancaster, coached collegiate football for 30 years, from 1910 to 1950.

An All-American quarter-, back, be lad the 1914 Franklin and Marshall College football team that defeated national power University of. Pennsylvania 10-0. He was the only player in school history to captain two squads. Army Veteran He wns a lieutenant in the Army and was wounded in France during World War I. After the war, be coached at llassannttan Military Academy In 1919-10 Iowa State University from 1930-23.

At Lebanon Valley College, where he also taught mathematical Us 18 players In 1927 beat Brown, FAM twice, andTemple twice. In 1934, he went to Bucknell University. A year later. Us team heat University of Miami, 364 in the first Orange Bowl classic, setting three records which still stand. National recognition came at Lafayette College; where he coached from 1937-43 and in 1940.

That first year, Mylin took over a team which was 1-94 the year before and led them to an undefeated season, 8-0. For Us be was named coach of the year. Lafayette outscored its opponents 93 to 1 Again in 1940, Lafayette went undefeated, beating Army, 19-0 and scoring 192 points to only 33 by the opposition. During World War Mylin coached military teams to service championships. He ended his illustrious 'career at New York University, where he was head coach from 197 to 50.

1 On Dec. 10, 1974, Mylin was inducted into the National Football Foundation's Hall of Fame, the highest honor, any poach or football player can receive. His 31-year head coaching record was 147-77, including a 34-17-1 mark at Lafayette; Listed among hisTmany awards are Helms Hall of Fame, Franklin and Marshall Hall -of Fame, Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and the Sportswrlter's Headliner Award. On May 23, he was given the Golden Deed Award by the Lancaster Exchange Chib. Myling was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons; -the Zembo Temple, Harrisburg; Hermit.

Commandery 24; Knights Templar and Royal Arch Masons of Hr also listed membership in 1 American Legion Post 34, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1690, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 631 of Lebanon, American Football Coaches Association and Franklin and Marshall Alumni 'Association. During World War he served in the. 314th Inf antiy Regiment Mylin was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Mylin- is survived "by his widow Rosa E. Shoff stall Mylin and several nieces and nephews.

1 Funeral services were' held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Fred. Groff Funeral Home, Lancaster with the Rev. Donald C. Wilson officiating.

Interment followed in Paradise 1 Cemetery. 1 William R. Zudrell Ephrata Native William R. Zudrell, 53, of 6701 N.W. Eighth SL, Margate, died June 16 of a coronary in that town, according to word received by his sister, Mrs.

Horace Ochs, Reinholds R2. Born in Ephrata, he was the son of the late Elroy and Sue Zudrell of 38 Terrace Avenue. A graduate of Ephrata High School he served In die United States Navy and was self-employed at the time of his death. He is survived by one son, Michael; one daughter, Diane and one granddaughter, aU of Florida. Also surviving are two sisters, Esther Badorf of Moravian Manor, Li tits and Jane, wife of Horace Ochs, ReinholdsR2.

The Kraeer Funeral Home, Margate, Fla. was in charge of the arrangements and the funeral services were held Friday. Mrs. Aau Z. Reiff Mrs.

Anna Z. Martin Reiff, 40, of 87 N. Maple SL, Leola, died at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Hershey Medical Center following a three-week illness. dare Sliwinskl, 242 Canton SL, Troy, Saturday at 2 p.m.

with Robert Bowman officiating. Mrs. Carolyn Crouse served as organisL The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Witwer, 12 Scenic View Akron.

She is graduate of Ephrata High School and Kutitown State College, where she received a B.S. degree in secondary education and English. She attended graduate school as a muling specialist at Kutitown and will continue graduate study at Marywood College, Scranton this summer. She previously taught English at' Governor Mifflin Junior High School, Shillingtou, and now will be teaching at Canton JuniorSenlor High School The groom is the son of Mrs. Theodore Sliwinskl, Doyle stown and the late Mr.

Sliwinskl. He is a graduate of Central Bucks High School, Doylestown. He received a B.S. degree in art education from Kutitown State College. He will begin graduate school in July- aL- Marywood College, Scranton.

He is employed as an art teacher in- Troy School DistricL He aerved four years in the U.S, Navy with a tour of duty in Vietnam. The bride teas given in mar-'T'ftege'by her parenfs. She was attired in a gowri of white maracaine designed with keyhole neckline and long sleeves trimmed in Venice lace and chapel length train. She wore a fingertip veil of illusion held by a camp trimmed in matching lace. She carried ax single long stemmed white rose tipped with blue, white streamers and fern.

Mrs. Larry Kegerise, Oley, was matron of honor. She wore a medium turquoise blue gown of qulana fabric designed with a shaped neckline, empire waits and full cape sleeves. She wore an arrangement of white sweetheart roses and babys breath in her She carried a single long stemmed rose with blue streamers and fern. She wore a turquoise and silver pendant designed and made by the brides brother and sister-in-law, CapL and Mrs.

David A. Witwer, FL Huachucha, Arts. 'Bridesmaids were Mrs. Craig Gbessl, Lyons Station and Mrs. Michael Buchter, Pottsville.

They won identical attire to- that of the matron of honor. 'Jack Hartman; Atlanta, served as best man. Ushers wen Barry Sliwinskl, brother of the groom, Maxatawney and William Witwer, brother of the bride, Akron. A garden reception was held at the home; of the brides parents. The couple will tour the Western States during the month of AugusL They will reside at 135 Troy SL, Canton.

The bride was honored at showers given by Mrs. Walter Nachkoney, Philadelphia; by her HMirtanfn at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Robert Luts Ephrata; by her former students at Governor Mifflin. Jr. High School and by her fellow teachers at Canton High School. A rehearsal party and buffet was held by the bride's parents at their home.

(Photo by Martins Studio) i PLASTIC ROOF CEMENT Top quality. Ready to usn for roofs, seams or to stop teaks. ASPHALT FIBRE COATING asbestos fibrri. Waterproofs one cracks, 75 aq. Ephrata Church of the Brethren was the setting for the marriage of Mist Susan Joanne Witwer and Stem Theo- Engagfd Mr.

and Mrs. Earl S. Wise, 38 S. Charles SL, announced the engagement of their daughter Miss Cindy S. Wise, to Dean M.

Lapp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Lapp, 213 S. Uth SL Akron.

sstjhe bride-elect twas graduated froim-Ephrata JUgh it School and Bryland School of Beauty, Reading. Miss Wise is employed by Bev Greenlys Beauty Shoft Ephrata. Her fiance graduated from Ephrata High School and Is employed by Farmers First Bank. Art Exhibit At Ephrata Playhouse Ruth Thome of Mount Joy 1 and Barbara Metsler of Manheim will have an exhibit of oils featuring landscapes and florals at the Ephrata Playhouse in the park, June 30 to JulyS. Persons interested in displaying their art at the Playhouse may contact Jay McVey, artist in charge.

early plow tavem, and the ever popular one-room school and the country church where folks can help Lillian Kauffman sing old-fa diioned hymns, On the large stage activities start daily at 11:30 with a concert by the Heidelberg Polka Band. The first stage show wiU go on at 12:30 with songs by Kenn Brooks and music and humor by Leroy Heffeutrager and Merritt K. Freeman. Then at 2 p.m. the Amish pageant will be given and repeated again in the evening at 7: 15 p.m.

On the hoe-down stage, hoe-downing, square dancing and jigging is demonstrated from 11:30 to 3:30 and everyone is invited to The country auction is the Mg attraction from 3:45 until 5:30 p.m. Other events throughout the day, -the barn-raising, the hanging, the Amish Wedding, butchering, horseshoeing, quilting and sheep shearing. ftl. Genett 111 No. Maple St.

Kutztown Pa. Dutch Festival Opens Saturday For 8 Days CONTRACTOR WHEELBARROW Heavy steel. 16" wheel braced channel under carriage. M4 VS KD. Kutitown, Pa.

-You can swing your partner on the hoe-down stage, share a funnel cake by the big windmill, or arm-in-arm walk around the Common, watching the expert craftsmen! There is so much to do at the Kutztown Folk. Festival here for the young-ln-heart rf an ages, and when the 28th annual event opens on Saturday continuing through July. 5, the friendly Pennsylvania Dutch wiU put their hot foot forward (dooriw bescht fooa fdnna), to make everyone have a great time! In the large craft hall, such drills as rug making, -block printing, toleware painting, fraktur, ginning, pottery and wood carving will be demonstrated byi cheerful experts from morning through early evening. There will be a wen-stocked country store, an antique book shop, the antique building, an US PLYWOOD W00DUFE Prevents rot protects against 4 89 Gal PUSH BUTTON DOOR LATCH For Out-Swinging" wood or slum, doors. No lockout feature.

RICHARD W. MELLINGER M.D. announces the opening of HIS PRACTICE IN r--'- INTERNAL MEDICINE AT i 225 N. MAPLE STV EPHRATA PHONE 733-4777 i 1 1 OFFICE HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY STARTING JULY 7. 1975 Just moved In? I can help you out Don't worry ind wonder sboutleemin your wey around town.

Or whit to wo Md do. Or whom to a. Aa your WELCOME WAGON Hostess, I can simplify the kusiaeu of ssttina settled. Helpyou btfinto enoy your newtewn food ahappiog, local attractions, conmunity And sty bsskst la full of useful lifts to pioaM your Hy. Tries break frost unpacklni and call me.

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