Centre Daily Times from State College, Pennsylvania • 13

CENTOE DAILY TIMES Thursday may 26 1988 Class of reunion brings old friends together sold but it took us until after Easter I razz John about that Earl Tate passed away some years ago but John Miller will be among those present tomorrow night So will two of the group's former teachers: Harry Bailey of nearby Nittany and Latin teacher Betty McCormick now of Delaware Lee knows have a good time When the Class of '33 gathered at the Hublersburg Town Hall to receive their diplomas they comprised the largest group of graduates Walker Township High had ever turned out Please see REUNION page B-2 gray-haired man who spent 40 years working for Belief on te's Cerro Corp remember it like it was last week this guy he asked pointing to a fair-haired teen-ager in the top row played the lead Slick from Punkin' was the play and Earl Tate was Aaron Slick Boy-oh-boy was he good really something and then there was the time we sold candy to raise money for our senior trip to Washington said Lee stifling a laugh Miller the guy here on the left in the front row ordered a barrel of jelly beans from Zimmerman Brothers in Lock Haven A whole barrel Think of it We managed to get 'em All the locals will be there So will Harold Armstrong from Atlanta Ga and Crider elevens tine and his classmate-wife the former Ruth Bierly from Washington DC So what do age-old companions who see each other in church every Sunday talk about when they gather for a 55th class reunion? The usual I expect do some said Lee picking up a framed photograph of his graduating class a snapshot of fresh-faced young women in organdy dresses and young men looking confident-but-pained in starched collars and cravats example our junior class said the tall By BARBARA BRUEGGEBORS Times County Editor When Melvin Lee president of the Walker Township High School Class of schedules a class reunion he starts by making an announcement in church but four of the 17 living members of our class are local the 75-year-old Snydertowns man explained earlier this week see practically all of them every Sunday at the Hublersburg United Church of Christ" Contacted by Lee earlier this spring 16 of the 22 who graduated with the Class of 33 plan to gather at Pleasant Sunset West Restaurant tomorrow night Road project on August By ALAN CRAVER Times Staff Writer Motorists using portions of East College Avenue and Benner Pike in College Township can expect traffic delays until August when a road improvement project is completed The state Department of Transportation is adding a turning lane and resurfacing a 13-mile stretch of road between Gerald Street and Shiloh Road Glenn 0 Hawbaker Inc of State College started the work May 2 Lugene Keys a spokeswoman for PennDOT said traffic will continue to be restricted to one lane with a flagman limiting motorists using the road during construction in the mornings and afternoons Motorists can expect delays of up to 15 minutes she said that depends on the traffic Keys said Keys said motorists be patient and proceed with in the work area Workers are now removing embankments to prepare for widening the roads routes 26 and 150 Some of the dirt and rocks will be used to construct a new embankment and the rest will be hauled away Herbert Stewart said the rocks and dirt are being taken to his property on the west side of East Please see ROAD page B-2 COT photo Stm Coon ROAD WORK: Workers from Glenn Hawbaker Inc of State can expect some delays along the road until the work is done in College loosen up rocks and dirt to make way for a turning lane August along the Benner Pike Route ISO in College Township Motorists MORE INSIDE Station tunes in program staff changes Harris shopping for police services B-t New business opens in Philipsburgi B-3 Patton Ferguson roundup B-4 School out early tomorrow B-B The station wilLtarget the 18-49 age group Larry Garrett manager Former governor to visit State College in June B-5 personnel too although Garrett refused to comment on the number of people who have been let go Of the disc jockeys on B-103 only one of the original line-up Marcia Gan remains Three new personalities have been added The other three disc jockeys include Paul DeMille Jeff Cunningham and a disc jodtey who will be known only as WBHV and WMAJ were pruchased by Burbach Broadcasting Co of Pittsburgh in January By KAREN KEENEY Times Staff Writer Radio station WBHV-FM formerly WXLR-FM started sounding a little different yesterday The station which will be known as B-103 win spend less time on commercials and eliminate talk shows according to station manager Larry Garrett In addition the classical music show has been cancelled The station will continue to target the 18-49 age group Garrett said For a fresher sound the station will station WMAJ-AM will undergo some changes too Garrett said Although Roger Corey will continue on his morning program on WMAJ much of the remaining programming will be automated Garrett said There will be a stronger emphasis on news and sports he said and local features such as call-in shows and lifestyle programs are being developed WMAJ-AM will play adult-contemporary easy-listening music designed for long-term listeners Garrett said The format changes mean changes in avoid repetitive playing of songs Garrett said we be playing Michael Jackson Whitney Houston or urban dance he said Within the next 30 days sister At long last the lake level is near summer norms at Bald Eagle By BARBARA BRUEGGEBORS Times County Editor With soggy Central Pennsylvania drying out after a week of persistent rain and the lake at Bald Eagle State Park near Howard returning to near-normal summer level it looks like the boating season may at last be getting under way marina is open again and so are all our launch park Superintendent Tony Miele said yesterday looks like finally ready to IS go The marina and four of the 1730-acre six launch ramps were closed last Friday when the US Army Corps of Engineers checked the lake depth and found it more than 5 feet above summer pool level and still rising Prior to last deluge which dumped 3 to 8 inches of rainfall on Centre County boaters had stayed away from Bald Eagle State Park because an unusually dry spring had left the lake several feet below its optimum level now the grass may be a little long but otherwise in good Miele said with all the other state parks we'll also be opening our beach this Saturday for the three-day Memorial Day Swimming facilities at Bald Eagle and other state parks will be open again for the weekends of June 4-5 and 11-12 but will remain dosed on weekdays until June 13 when all state beaches and pools will open until Labor Day Visitors may contact the park office at 625-2775 weekdays until 4 pm to check on Bald Eagle State Park beach and park operations Merit Scholarship winners typically not stereotypical By WENDY A HESTER Times Staff Writer There is no such thing as a sterotypical Merit Scholarship winner judging from the variety of students who have received foe honor this year Three State College area students chosen as winners of the prestigious high-school scholarships run foe range of diversity Kristin Miller 17 is considering becoming a poet and is planning to attend a small Quaker college in Indiana Naomi Eck-hardt 18 decided where she wants to go although coming down to foe wire but she does know she wants to study languages So far working on six I forget she asks) English excluded Both are seniors at State College Area Senior High Brandon Keat 17 is in foe Alternative Program where students help design their own courses and curriculum eliminates the bulk of things that will go in one ear and out foe he says of the program He likes foe non -traditional aspect of foe program which is why he opted to go to a non-traditional college foe New College at the University of South Florida Keat has written and played his own music in a number of local bands including one called Festival" in which he played bass what I do: he said Economics and genetics are a few of his interests Kent's father Donald is a professor of education at Penn State His mother is assistant to foe director of the Scholars Program at the university Eckhardt is still undecided She has been offered the Merit Scholarship and another scholarship at Drew University in Madison NJ But she's attracted to foe language program at Indiana University in Bloomington Ind which unfortunately offered a smaller scholarship She said she became interested in languages by traveling a lot with her family Her father Robert is an anthropologist and her mother Caroline is a professor of English and comparative literature at Please see SCHOLARS page B-2 YOU NEED TO KNOV Bellwfontw: Refuse normally picked up on Mondays in Bellefonte will be picked up on Wednesday next week Boalsburg: Several roads will be closed for Boalsburg's Memorial Day festivities Monday From 8:30 to 9:15 pm West Main Street and Bailey Lane will be closed From 8:30 am to 5 pm Main Street betwen Route 322 and Tennis Alley Church Street between Chambers Alley and Boal Avenue and Old Boalsburg Road between North Church Street and the Boal Mansion will be closed Between 6 and 7 pm Church Street between Old Boalsburg Road and Route 322 will be closed cnpMDihtuw YES IT'S BIAY: Trying to keep warm in a sleeping bag while watching her son Chris play baseball for State College yesterday was Nancy McKee's major occupation during lulls in the game It will be chilly again tonight For more weather information please turn to page A-2.