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Wcarner Cloudy, cold and mow flurries tonight and Sunday. Temperature Maximum 80 midnight Minimum 23 at 6:30 ajn. $1 DELIVERS The Gazette to Your' Home for I-Month Just Phone OL 4-3311 'MUX-, r. 1 IT" Mo 109th Year Che Dollar Per Month Twelve Dollars Year 5c Per Coot PITTSTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1 958 Weekly Established 1850 Established Dailr 1883 Six Prominent Officials Rocket Fired Early Army' Corporate Communion Honorary Pallbearers At Santo Volpe Rites To Fail This Mornings Expected Moon ,1 94! i mm -'j I I 8 RJ) official photo released through National Aeronautics and Space Administration showing the Army's moon rocket. The rocket employs a Jupiter IRBM for the main stage.

The Jupiter Booster was lengthened to increase fuel capacity. Within the shroud were three high-speed upper stages made up of solid propellant rockets. Pictured above was the ex I 'J BABSON'S Authentic Statement By Roger W. Babson Local Officials Will Continue Their Efforts Keep Passenger Trains At Trinity A Corporate Communion service will be held at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning at Trinity Episcopal Church for all the women of the parish. The United Thank Offering will be received at the service.

Rev. Wallace Goodtfellow, of Montrose will celebrate Holy Communion and deliver the sermon. All members who worked on the Every-Memlber Canvas are asked to the meeting following the service, to make their final reports to William Schoonover, Sunday School will be at 9:45 a.m. Penney Co. Will Give Christmas Bonus Employees J.

C. Penney Company announced today that its directors have authorized a special Christmas payment for more than 50,000 associates in the Company's 1,700 stores and offices throughout the United States. The payment will include all regular associates and part-time associates employed on or before October 1, 1958. All eligible Penney associates will share in the payment except management staff members whose earnings are determined largely by the Company's long-standing profit-sharing plan. The payment will be made in all stores, offices and warehouses on December 2.

The payment is in addition to regular Company provisions for associates' benefits including sick benefit, hospital and surgical insurance plafl, noncon-tributory group life insurance, Penco Profit-Sharing Retirement Plan, discounts on purchases and others. Forty Hour Services Planned Churches Forty Hour Devotion is being held in St. John the Evangelist Church in preparation for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a holy day of obligation for Catholics on Monday. The tridium opened after 8 o'clock mass yesteray, Services will be held aflter the masses today and tomorrow at that time. The Rev.

Dr. Bdimund J. Langan, pastor, announces that masses Monday will be at 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12:10. there will also be a. mass at 7 p.m.

St. Rooco's Church lists the masses for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception will be celebrated at 6:15, 7, 8, and 9 a.m. Since the second day of Forty Hour Devotion will also occur on Monday the 8 o'clock mass on that day will be the traditional high mass for peace. Rev. Louis Forest Morse, OSJ, assistant pastor will celebrate.

Masses at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception Monday, will be at 6 7:15, 9 and 11 a.m. Sisterhood Partv Tomorrow Evening sisterhood of Temple Agu-dath Achim will hoM its annual Chanukah celebration Sunday evening at 8:30 o'clock in Hy-man HaUr Broad street. Mrs. Gabriel Maza, will kindle traditional Chanukah lights. A musical nroCTam.

entitled. "My' Fair Ladies and a paradox of the Broadway show, will be presented under the direction of Mrs. Jerry Iscovitz. Mrs. Carl Epstein Is the accompanist assisted by Mrs.

Marvin Fieeei, man. Mrs. Harry Fiegelman is scenery director and designer. Members of the cast are: Mrs. Sidney Fischer, Mrs.

Herbert Schoket, Mrs. Carl- Epstein, Mrs. Jerry Iscovitz; Mrs. Eugene Branstadtei1, Allan Hyman, Ky Levin, Dave Parks, Jerry Iscovitz, and Marvin Smith. Mrs.

Allan Hvhan is nrosram chairman and Mrs. Jerome Newman is in charge of refresh ments. Mrs. Morris Freed is publicity chairman. Expert Radiator Repair iag and Recoring.

ddie's Auto Repair Ser. 801 Exeter Ave. Prominent political professional and business officials from throughout the state, along with throngs of acquaintances and friends, joined the family and relatives of Santo Volpe in paying their final respects at the funeral of the well-known coal "operator held this morning at nine o'clock from the family home. A solemn high mass of requiem Was celebrated at 9:30 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Rev.

Andrew Poro, provincial of the Oblates of St. Joseph's in the. United States, was the celebrant of the Enrico Giovetti, assistant pastor of St. Anthony's Church. Exeter, deacon; Rev.

Rudolph Borgogno, pastor of Mbunt Carmel Church, sub-deacon. Rev. Julio Serra, pastor of St Rocco's, Nicholas Pecci and Rev. Thomas Russo, assistant pastors at Mount Carmel, were seated in the sanctuary. Among the honorary pallbearers were: Honorable M.

J. iMusmano, Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Arthur James and Hon. John S. Fine, former governors; John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers of America; Congressman Daniel J.

Flood; Hon. Andrew J. Sor-doni, former State Senator; Judges John J. Aponick, J. Harold Flannery, Thomas M.

Lewis, Paul R. Selecky and Frarfc L. Pinola, of the Luzerne County Courts; i Mayor James Scranton; Sheriff Bart Petrini, County; County Commissioner Michael Laiwler; Burgess James McLane, 'Avoca; Con McCole, J. R. Figliomeni, Ralph Lambert, Burgess Jack Dempsey, Wyoming; Attorney James J.

Cimio, assistant district attorney, Lackawanna County; Atty. Michael Markowitz. The following doctors: An-gelo L. Lueki, John J. Valenti, Vincent Gallizzi and Sheldon Brown.

Directors of the West Side Bank, of which the deceased was also a director: William Brenton, Roy K. Stackhouse, Allan W. Smiles, J. William Snowdon, Carlton Stauffer and Joseph Jennings. Coal operators and union officials: August J.

Lippi, Robert E. Nolan, S. Leonard Cor-gan, H- J. Connolly, James A. Martin, Fred Lynn, Lawrence Biscontini, Palmer Correale, Fred Correale, John B.

Mc-Dade, Louis Pagnotti, James Tedesco, Frank Carridoni and Louis Fabrizio. Active -pallbearers were Charles Volpe, Thomas Saracmo, Angelo Licata, Charles Volpe, Russell Taibone, James Sciandra, Philip Medico and Samuel Falcone. Interment was in Denison Forty Fort, with Father Poro giving the final benediction. Chernouskas Ends Marine Atomic Course OAHU. T.

H. (FHTNC) Marine Sgt. Thomas C. Chernouskas, son of Mr. and Mrs.

George Chernouskas of 140 Church street, and husband of the former Miss Anne Mahina', all of Pittston, graduated Nov. 14 from the First Marine Brigade's three-week atomic, bio logical and chemical defense school at the Kaneche Bay Marine Corps Air Station, Oahu, T. H. The -chool instructs Marines in the methods of detection and identification of chemical agents and qualifies them for billets in decontamination work. West Wyoming PTA Meeting On Monday Wests- Wyoming -Parent Teacher Association will honor new members at a Christmas party Monday right in the high school building.

The party vhich will begin at 7:30 will include a covered-dish luncheon and is open to all members of the organization. Those attending are to" bring 25-cent gifts which will be exchanged. Committee An charge of arrangements include: Mrs. Ivo Giannini, chfliriman; Mr. and Mrs.

Michael Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Schroitt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams, Mrs.

Michael Gobla, Mrs. Peter Lula and Mrs. Kenneth Leystion. Mrs. M.

A. Carr Hughestown Boro Claimed By Death Mrs. Margaret A. Carr, 8 Rock street, Hughestown, died yesterday afternoon at her homt after a long illness. A lifelong resident of Hughestown, she was the former Margaret A.

Schultz, daughter of the late Christopher and Catherine Schultz, early residents of the borough. She was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Her husband, Samuel, died in 1937. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs, Lester Wetler, at home; a sister, Mrs.

Anna Boos, and two brothers, Ferdinand and Wil-bert Schultz, the latter president of the Hughestown School Board; and a grandson, Joseph Welter, U. S. Navy, stationed-at Newport, R. I. The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.

m. from the Stru-beck Funeral Home at 211 Luzerne avenue, West Pittston, followed by services 1 at 2:30 p. m. in St. Peter's Lutheran Church with the Rev.

Robert F. Sauers, pastor, officiating. Interment, Hughestown Cemetery, Viewinr; today from 7 to 10 p. m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.

m. 1JADRC Br YUv HAL Most shoppers were 'all wef yesterday. Did you ever try carrying an armful of package and an umbrella? Real cold tonight. It's odd but true, that thi man who lives beyond hit means is always behind. When it comes to Christmas shopping a little push performs more miracles than any amount of pulL Uncle Zeb says: "A commit, tee is a group of the unfit appointed by the unwilling to do work no one else wants to do." Chewing gum manufacturer! really ought to give stenograph, era birthday presents.

A man was arrested in the south for having three wives. Imagine three mothers-in-law! The average husband thinks a bargain is anything his wife comes home with and sneaks In back door. Lov thv neighbor espe- remover. Aunt Minnie says: "Life's rolden age is when the children are too old for baby sitters and too young to borrow the family car." The nearsighted woman approached a clerk in the local super-market. Squinting, she pointed to a round object on a distant counter.

"Is that the head cheese?" She asked. "No, ma'am," replied the clerk, "that's his assistant." Men who talk like big wheels, usually are mere spokesmen. Finnegan. The charity that begin at home is usually too weak to travel. Thought for Sunday: The ef ficiency of prayer is increased by the amount of hustle their is Famous sayings: "Lean on" me." SHOPPING DAYS TO 'CHRISTMAS READ OUR ADS I VA -1 The U.

S. Army's attempt to "reach the moon" is believed to have failed, havinB launched Pioneer III at 12:45 this morn ing it is still rising into outer space at this time, Early indications are that the space, vehicle will not quite make the moon. Scientists still expect to gain a 1 wpalth of information 3 Pictured at the left is the Local Soldiers End USA Basic Combat Course Five local young mm four from this city and the other from Dupont recently completed eight weeks of basic combat" training with the Second Armored Division at Fort Hoos, Texas. They are: Army Pvt. Frar.k J.

Tiemey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick 1 08 Butler street. He is a 1956 graduate of Pitts-ton High School and was formerly employed by the Pittston Apparel Co. Army Pvt.

Sam J. Gallo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gallo, Landon street. The 19-year-old soldier is a 1957 graduate of Pittston High School.

Army Pvt. Leonard J. Dom-iniok 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J.

Dominick, 8 East Oak street. He is a 1956 graduate of Pittston High School. Army Pvt. Sam J. Chairge, son of Mr.

and Mrs. S. A. Chairge, 37 Rock street. The 22-year-old soldier is a 1953 graduate of Pittston Township High School.

Anrp Pvt. Felix F. Zondlo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zondlo, 437 Penn Avenue, Dupont.

The 19-year-old soldier is a graduate of Dupont High School. Marine Cpl. Rudolph F. Se-prish, son of Mrs. Mary Se-prish, 88 Main street, this city, and husband of the former Miss Marie Thomas, Wilkes-Barre, served as a member of a 148-man honor guard, Nov.

the. visit of the Duke of Sparta, Crown Prince Constative of Greece, at the Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia. Lutherans To Elect Officers Monday Night Following are the members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church who were nominated for the Church Council and various other committees and offices, with election slated to be held on Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock. The nominees are: Church Council Oscar Kitzman, Robert Gingell.

William Sielin. Jo seph Brody. Fred Rtckert. Adam Kowalczyk, Russell Endres, Fred Davis, William Carey and Robert Frisbie. Nomination committee Fred Fox, Fred Rickert, Arthur Al-brecht, Charles Bechtold, Max Hufoer and Edward Moser.

Finance committee Robert Friesbie and Charles Bechtold. Sunday School Superinten dent Arthur Albrecht and Wil liam Siglin. The above nominations were presented by the 1958 nomina ting committee members, Fred Fox. Arthur Albrecht and Rev. Cart Goette, pastor.

Installation of the new officers will be held on Sunday, December 28th, pected approximate trajectory of the moon rocket. The Pioneer Ill's fate was uncertain, believing that its angle-flight is too flat to reach the heights sought. The 'space vehicle is traveling at 4,162 miles-per-hour. They expect the rocket to reach 68,797 miles, its peak, around eight p. EST, this evening.

snowstorm last year it cost over a million dollars to clear the snow for service to continue normally. Following the report Mayor 0Brien on behalf of the members of council expressed his appreciation to Mr. Brogna and Mr. Rosentel for representing the City at the meeting, and bringing such a detailed report for the benefit of' all interested persons in Pittston. The Mayor designated Mr.

Brogna and Mr. Rosentel, chair man and co-chairman, respectively of the committee to give further study to the curtailments of passenger service by the Lehigh Valley Railroad and to contact other communities to see what they plan to do until such time as it will be brought to the public, The Mayor also stated that the officials of the City of Pittston will keep in touch with the situation and try to do everything possible to maintain passenger service, if possible. The meeting was adjourned until the call of the chair. Notices were posted yesterday in Lehigh Valley Railroad stations notifying the public passenger train service will be discontinued January 12, 1959. A Lehigh Valley attache said last night "this is a formality which must be done before the railroad files with the Interstate Commerce Commission jts request for permission to abandon passenger service.

The request will be filed next week, it was reported last night. He said C. A. Major, president of the railroad, still feels about four months-of legal gymnastics will take place before the road stops carrying After the plea is filed with the ICC, it is expected that body and the Public Utilities Commissions in the states involved will hold hearings on the request. Gene Smith Was Paid Last Respects Gene M.

Smih, 63 Wihnore Road, Little Falls, N. a former Pittston resident, was buried yesterday morning from a funeral home in Little Falls. A requiem mass celebrated in Our Lady of Holy Angela Church Little Falls, by Rev. Jerome Gallagher, OFM, pastor. Seated In the sanctuary were Rev.

Daniel A. Murphy, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N. J. Delegation attended from Our Lady of the Highway Council, Knights of Columbus, of which Mr. Smith was a member, and employes of the Kearfott Company, where he was.

employed. Bearers were associate workers of the Kearfott Company, Interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Totawa, N. where Rev. Melroy Collier, OFM, oonduoted committal titea, "the opportunity is there if you want to make something of it" has driven our standard of living to startlingly high levels in recent years.

This example of Americans consuming' their way to prosperity, has perhaps done as much as' anything to combat Soviet ideology. But there has been serious danger inherent in consumer spending. Adequate personal, as well as corporate, standards of financial conduct have been locking. Like the prodigal son, many have awakened during this past year to find they spent all their, resources and are right back where they started a dozen or fifteen years ago. therefore, urge a carefully considered program of finances for all.

I conclude that oldsters will have profited from experience. Here, then, is a program for young people. First, build up your cash reserves to a point where they equal a year's earnings (Savings Banks, Federal Savings Association, Postal a i gs, Government Bonds); second, start an inexpensive straight life insurance program; third, purchase a good non-cancellable health Insurance policy as a protection while you are getting established in the early years of. your work and while your earnings are but modest; fourth, buy a home of the type and in an area that will appreciate in value; fifth, with the help of a good financial counselor commence an investment program, preferably ol gdod common stocks, to help offset the inflationary spiral. Keep your holdings well diversified.

Remember the clue to financial well-being is saving and investing part of every pay check 'before spending any of it for the necessities of living. Avoca GI Took Part Exercise Over In Germany Augsburg, Germany (AHTNC) Army Specialist Four Anthony A. Karuzie, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A.

Karuzie, 1513 Dawson street, Avoca, recently participated in a field training exercise with the 24th Division's 34th Infantry in An armorer in the infantry's Company in Augsburg, Specialist Karuzie entered the Army in January 195T. He completed basic training at Fort Bragg, N. and arrived in Europe in' September 1957. A 1954 graduate of Avoca High School, Karuzie was by the Atlas Chain and Manufacturing Company in Pittston before entering the Army. PITTSTON STORES OPEN TONIGHT I-ABSON DISCUSSES' i FLATION AND YOU Babson Park, Dec.

6 you one who finds yourself jonstantly worrying about your financial future? Do you never -eem to have quite enough to make both ends meet? Perhaps, while success-' ul in many ways, you are a very poor manager of your own finances? You are, if you are a young married couple with children and if you have not -ash reserves, available for emergencies, equal to your annual earnings, or if you are not building solidly in that 'ion! Inflation Wave Ahead I ended last week's column by forecasting that we find the Democratic cure for inflation worse than the Republican disease of taxation. This week let me expand this: thought. Both the war and peacetime demands of our economy have increased the federal debt nearly S260 billions since 1932 to a figure now pegged by law at' $288 billions. This is an average debt of some $6,000 per y. suspect that by the early t960's our federal debt limit may well be lifted to $300 billions.

A first important reason for the climbing federal debt is that our government is fighting an extremely active cold war. America's concern over what goes on in Ihe rest of the world increases the national debt. Stepped-up nuclear weapons research and production, and the very expensive probing of outer space, also adds to the national debt. And if Russia dumps onto world markets still more raw materials produced by slave labor, the U. S.

Government will undoubtedly have to undertake financial operations to help protect American agriculture and industry. As the debt limit goes up and government activity expands, you can be sure costs will go up and nobody's dollars will go even ae far as they go today. A second important reason for inflation is the "asy-buck" attitude of both labor' and manageWnt toward Isovernnient work, we all know 'iat if productivity increases 'aster than wagev prices decline. On the other hand, if wages go up faster than productivity, prices rise, the interest of national welleing we must fight a vigorous cold war. In so doing, however, it is ob- 11 1 1 1 max unless we give government a full measure of Productivity, we only cheapen ur own dollars in the long run.

Plan Now Your Own Hedges Against Inflation To be prosperous, a nation mist be productive. Productivity comes from two sources: government spending and con-'umef spending. It is both gov--rriment spending and the tremendous rise in consumer spending that have increased jur standard of living so mark-ily. Xh American spirit of An attempt will be made by local civic officials to keep the passenger service intact on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, although hope appears dim that they will meet success. A meeting was held atVthe City Hall last evening, with Mayor Patrick J.

O'Brien presiding, at which time the two representatives ha sent to New York City' to attend the meeting called by the Lehigh Valley officials, submitted their reports. The Mayor and other officials plan to continue their efforts, despite the move already made by the LVRR in suspending service. A committee will be appointed in the hear future to carry Jt these efforts. Councilman Frank Brogna, represented the City of Pittston and Joseph Rosentel, the Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce, at the New York meeting. C.

A. Major, president, was host to approximately 50 men wmch time he presented reasons why passenger service on the line will be suspended. The following report was given' at last night's meeting by Mr. Rosentel: Mr. Major stated that a recent survey in the Wilkes Barre Pittston area found that the area has very frequent bus travel, as well as convenient air service.

He pre' sented informative report on the numerous schedules of both these means of transportation and compared it to the train schedules. This report, which has been compiled over a ne' riod of 10 years, gave many reasons why trains are not-need ed as rnuch today, as people are well serviced for travel. His figures on air and bus travel gave apparent proof that the public has abandoned the train in favor of other means of travel. He further stated that the United States should have first class railroads. Naturally, they would like to continue passenger service, but the question arises as to, "Who would pay for it?" The decline in passengers in 1947 was 214 million people, and in 1958, around 600,000.

Among the trains to be abandoned would be the Black Diamond, which has been in op eration since 1896, without miss ing a day. The petition to ban service would approximately take four months, and would put about 350 people out of work, although a substantial number of these would be retired. He also related that if the Lehigh Valley Railroad is successful in securing curtailment it would not be fair to tax 'he passenger servio. For curtail ment of ona train a day would only save $1,000, and that is not enough. Matter of doing a partial curtailment does not solve the financial losses of the company.

Citing an instance, ha said that a result of tb.