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FAQS TW WEDNESDAY- -THE PITTSTON GAZETTE- JUNE 2, 1837 OUT OUR WAY By Williams ju ROGER A. NINES IDS rHAND ME THE. TvN I 1 ADVERTISING HEAVY DAMAGE IN WILKES-BARRE BY STORiYI YESTERDAY ST. MART'S CHURCH Male Help Wanted Wanted Canvassers with car, to sell electric appliances. Salary and One of the most Interesting of the early June nuptials in this community took place at 5:30 o'clock this morning in the Church of St.

Mary commission. Write Box 49 Gazette. VI INSURANCE BILL 15 PASSED OVER THE VETO Washington, June 2. Congress overrode President Roosevelt's veto to give 33,000 World War veterans the privilege of extending their temporary government insurance policies for five more years. It was the first time a presidential veto has been overrtddtn gince the veterans' bonus payment was approved more than a year ago.

Acting swiftly because of the expiration of many of the policies, both nouses mustered far nxre than the required two-thirds majority. There wa3 little debate. The house passed the measure, 368 to 13, wbUe the senate votes was 69 to 12. J213 Help of Christians, North Main street, iijl'Jl oSSeS hawd fegi una when Miss Marjorie Ann Burke, teacher at Pittston High School and daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Dennis, 45j Nortn Main street, became the bride of Roger Anthony Hlnes, son cf the late Mr.

and Mrs. Roger Hines, of 27 James street. Rev. John J. Ttatherstone, pastor of the church, officiated at the ceremony and celebrated a nuptial mass at Its conclu DIES AFTER ILLNESS sion.

Hessel Melvtn presided at 80BT8 OP ADVERTISING SUCH Want To Lets, For Sal. Lost Pound. Miscellaneous, Announce-' menu, will be published under eroper classification or any desired ilassifteatlon. These advertisements juust be paid In advance and can-. not be charted lor billing and LdertSmg' ordered tor Irregular In- JSTttke.

the one time rat NoaeLU taien for leu than a baste it lour une. Count five average words to the une. An average word contains aU letter These columns daily bring our readers into close touch with a ierj de range cf opportunities both In buying and telling. Jubsciiber who have land or any. thing alt to exchange oi sell can mMdand big result by mrani of the3e classified column.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES: Daily rate per una lor insertion: Type Uk thl S4it Uk thl 3 timtt -V. Ski thl iv tr" TiZ time J60 Type like this. .1 tune ffype like this 1 time .20 These rate apply to classified advertisement only. Legal notice, is Mrs. Ella Arena, aged 35 years, wife of Anthony Arena, of 6 Ncrman A thunder storm that passed the Pittston district late yesterday afternoon with some lightning and rumbles of thunder, together with a few drops of rain, broke with fury on the Wilkes-Barre district.

Sharp lightning, heavy rain and high wind caused considerable damage. The East End section bore the brunt of the storm. Employes of the Pennsylvania Power Light Co. reported that it was one of the worst storms they had ever experienced. Fertile service in the East End was disrupted for 20 minutes.

Many wires were broken or short-circuited by limbs of trees being broken. Many fuses were blown out at the sub-stations. City employes reported considerable damage to dirt streets by the rush of water. The sewers were unable to carry off the water quickly and many streets were flooded. Street employes were busy today cleaning up the streets.

The steeple and part of the roof of Holy Cross Polish National Church, on Sheridan street, was damaged by lightning, but no fire resulted. The home of Mrs. Michael Oooney on Farley lane, was damaged by fire started by a bolt of lightning. The roof and sidins of the home of William McGroarty, on Scott street, was damaged by a falling tree. street, Cork Lane, passed away last nijY at 11:30 o'clock at Pittston hospital, where sh had been treatment since Mcnday.

Mrs. Arena was a native of Tunkhannock and had n.ade her home In Cork Lane since her marriage to Mr. Arena seventeen years ago. She enjoyed a nid; acquaintance throughout this community and her death Is generals- mourned. She was a member of the Broad Streft Mrthcdlst Church.

She survived by her husbind her mother, Mrs. Walker, 4-J. I 1 I DR. ERNEST BUN, 1LKES-BARRE, DIES Or. Ernest U.

Buclunan, aged 73 years, prominent Wilkes-Barre physician, died yesterday after three weeks' Illness, and the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with interment In HcHenback Cemetery. Dr. Bucknn was born at Washington's Crossing, on the Delaware, In Bulks Pa. His ancestors came to America with William Penn. In his early life he was a school teacher in Altoona, Litits and Wilkes-Barre.

In 1892 he was graduated from tlx Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania, end had since practiced his profession In Wilkes-Barre. He was associated for several years with his uncle, Dr. L. H. cents per line Lanyvllle; and the sifters and brothers: Mrs.

Frank Mary and 1 cJ.R.W.LU'AMc, fV For Kent I 111 I Ill Mil II Frank Dwlan, of N. the organ and gave an eppropriate musical program while the marriage was being performed and during the mass. The bride was attired in a cinnamon and rose beige ensemble with hat and accessories of natural col r. She wore a corsage of sunburst roses and baby breath and carried a white prayer book. Her sister.

Miss Blanche Burke, was maid of honor and she was becomingly attired in a navy blue ensemble with matching accessories and wore a corsage of sweetheart roses. Rcger Hines, of 13 James street, nephew of the bridegroom, was best man. Following the church ceremony members ei the bridal party had breakfast at Hotel Casey, Scranton, after which Mr and Mrs. Hlr.es left on a honeymoon trip to New York City and Washington. D.

C. Upon their return they will reside in a newly furnished apartment at 107 Market street. The bride is one of Pittston's most respected young women, an alumna of Pittston High School and for the past several years had been a teacher at Pittston High School. Mr. Hines is a brother of State Mine Inspector Joseph C.

Hines, Is an alumnus of Ft. John's High School, and is a mine foreman employed by the Kehoe-Berge Coal Co. He and his bride are members of two of the city's oldest and most respected families. WHV MO-TWEES 6ET GEAV win- BIO Exeter; 27 Farmy, of Maryland; Mrs. Cirrle Bro-n, of WIlk-s-Borre: Mrs.

Ltr Peet, of Brmtrlce, of Apt 17 Montgy.Thomp-' Mndern 3 room apt MOVIE STRIKE NEAR END Li-ej-vllie. TOE PRESBYTERIAN ment which will return It members to work Immediately and grant a preferential union shop and 10 per cent wage increase. Heat hot water furnished. Inq. 21 1 JltS crews on railroad trains.

The measure passed the house with comparative ease but was stalled once In the senate after a committee rejected it Backed by the administration, the bill was revived and finally passed last week. ST, JOHN'S i rooms and bath, all convem; 1WSI.S- XiUCC TT.i- ences. furnished or empty. Harris, 3 SIGNS FILL CREW BILL Hollywood. June 2.

The month-old strike of movte technicians from the nine major studios was believed near an end today. The painters' union, strongest of the eight federated crafts on strike, was reported to have signed an agree. JH6 "Will Butler. Phone 27 Phila. Ave COMPETE TODAY IN specialist.

He was a director of Wilkes- Harrisburg, June 2. Governor Earle has signed the bill requiring full paper for good tenant. Thompson Advertise It Pays VVCl VT PERSONAL ORATORICAL FINALS Practically the entire student body of St. John's High School Journeyed to Wilkes-Barre this afternoon to at I If excess acid causes you Etomacn Ulcers, tint, Hw.rtium. Get free sample doc Barre General hospital and had served as a president.

In 1893 Dr. Buckman married Elteaheth Thompson, of Wilkes-Barre and they became the parents of six children. His wife died May 21, 1920, and he married Carrie L. Best, of Nova Scotia, December 29, 1921. Besides bis wife he leaves four children, Dr.

SamuH T. Bucknan and Dr. Lewis T. Buckman, two of Wyoming Valley's prominent physicians; Mrs. Albert C.

Armstrong, DUtuth, and Reginald H. Mac- tor'' prescription, Udga, at Widmann Teeh. Tues.Wed.Thurs. tend the finals of the Diocesan Ora torical Contest at St. Mary's School For Sale Philadelphia, June 2.

Liberals were in temporary control of the one-year-old P.esbyterian Church of America today following an election at the opening of their third general assembly here. Dr. John J. De Waard, of Cedar Grove. who Is against mandatory total abstinence, was elected moderator of the assembly by a wide, margin over Dr.

Milo F. Jamison, of Los Angeles, a prohibitionist, The retiring moderator, Dr. J. Oliver Buswell, hinted that prohibitionist might leave the assembly in proteit. Dr.

Buswell said that "I cannot belong to a church wiiich 1 not clear on 'hl question (total abstinence)." Yesterday's election put a dlffe'ent auditorium In which two members of the Class of the local cchool EXETER Steel cot, egg stove, Simmons bed, fas heater, radio, victrola, odd chairs, a nnrnpts. Phone 1196-J. J2t6 Miss Jeanne Kilgallen and Stephen Clisham, the latter president of the class, are entered, Miss Kllgallenand iteal Estate for Sale COUNCtt RETAINS Donald, Pittsburgh, and a sister, Mrs. Vnr bast, barcalns East. West Side, WMlam MacKfcizIe, Westwood, N.

J. 15 MILL TAX LEVY Exeter council. In session last night, Mr. Clisham were choren as the prire winners in the regional oratorical con-test held at St. Nicholas' High School a few weeks ago and today arc com Trail, farms, large list, all kinds.

See Waiw 508 Luzerne Ave. nw adopted the budget for 1937-38, plac ALFRED I. FOWLER ing the levy at IS mills, same at last peting against winners from other Legal year, on a property valuation of twist into Presbyterian Church af sections of the diocese In the Scran ton Diocesan finals. In Be: Estate of Anna Akelis, De- 689,516. Payroll of boorugh employes ceased.

fairs, notch first were tangled by secession a year ago of so-called funda for the first half of May was IN mentalists because of what they New York Stock Market June 2. noon. All. Chem 23 0 230 230 termed "modernistic tendencies" of Letters testamentary in the above estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to aid estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims or demands to present the same without heads of the Preibyterlan Church of Must I bother the the United States of America, This rift was based on diflercnces between the factious con neighbors AGAIN Am. Car Pdy.

55VS 5i Am. For. Pwr 7 7 Am, Metal 52 81 Am. Smelt 90 89 Am. Stl.

Fdy 54'i 54'i Am. Stores ID IS aelay to OEOROE AKELIS and MARGARET LOCKE, Executors. cernlng total abstinence of ministers and the doctrine of "premlllennUl 1.1m." 110 Carroll Ptttston, Pa. Wadsworth Austin, prominent busi The recent resignation of eight Am. T.

16814 165 ness man cf Wyoming Valley, Led Alfred I. Fowler, prominent In the political life of Lackawanna county, died yesterday afternoon at his hems, 21 1 New York street, Scranton. He had been 111 for several weeks. Funeral Friday at 2 p. m.

Mr. Fowler served to the State Houie of Representatives during the 1923-4 term as a Republican. In later years he was a Democrat and served a clerk in the of the Lackawanna county treasurer. At the tta.e of his death he was a deputy sheriff of Lackawanna county. For 17 years ho was secretary of the Scranton Exchange.

Mr. Fowtar Is survived by his daugh or PRANK L. PINOLA, members of the board of foreign mis Attorney. slo-s brought the question of inde Notlc Is hereby given that Letters Testamentary In the Estate of Harold Am. Tcb 77 Am.

78 Am Wrt. Wks 19 Am. Wool 8 Anaconda 5414 pendency cf churches into the con flicl. J. Mahon, Deceased, late oi tne uny of Pittston, Luzerne County, have A telephone of your own eliminates this embarrassment.

And you know it's ALWAYS available. The Business Office or any tele-phone employee will tell you how little it costs. The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. Liberals now appear In at least temporary control of a church which been eranted to Margaret C. Mahon 55'i 7 51 89 'i 54'i 19 166 77 78 18 6 84H 11 93H 83 4814 29 6V4 31 85 42 14 28 66 58 4 last night at his home, 45 James street, Kingston He conducted a wholesale shoe business in Wilkes-Barre for many years.

Mr. Austin was born In Union township, Luzerne county, in 1862, and was educated In Wyoming Ssminary. He was a member of toe Masonic bodies. Mr. Austin married Edith Tonkin June 1894, and she preceded him in death October, last, Executrix.

All persons indebted to said Armr. Ill Armr. HI. Atchison -t- iTTTtirij fa pfd. was established as a protest against estate are requested to make payment lloerallstic tendencies In the paren church, and those having claims or demands ter, Mrs.

Jin H. Powell, with whom 7614 78 18 53 10 9314 82 48 29 V4 614 31 84U 4114 14 27H 65 57 to present same without delay to Mar 11 93 83 Vi 48 29 '4 6Vi 31 85 '4 he raided. garet C. Mahon, Executrix, 7 Prospect Atl. Cst.

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Beth. Steel Place. Pittston, pa. ESTATE OF EMILY A. PERRIN, OF hi nun 1 iitwii iiinrrL a.fcii.

Deceased. NOTICE is hereby given Briggs Mfg 42 Cal. Hecla S.T.C. that letters testamentary In the above estate have been granted to the undersigned. All parsons Indebted to the said estate are requested to make payment and those having claims or I 1 1.1 ii.

MiiisMBMniM sississaassi 1 THE SOLDIER DEAD 14 28 66 58'J 2Vi Canada Dry Cerro D. P. Ches. O. Ch.

Mil. St. P. demands to present the same, without 2 2 '4 A Memorial Etrvtce for the soldier dead was held last evening at the Chrysler 112'4 111 111 12 Col Gas 12H Students of St. Thomas College, delay to ELLA P.

ACKERMAN, 621 Hampton Avenue, Wilkinsburg, Pa. Executrix. JOHN R. REAP, Attorney. J29.16 Scranton, will attend the annual bac regular meeting of the Pittston Kl.

wani Club. Charles F. Donnelly, Jr was in charge of the program, the calaureate mass, which will be celebrated in St. Peter's Cathedral at 9:30 tomorrow morning. The mass will be preceded by a formal aca principal feature of which were memorial sddrebses by Paul Mundy, of demic procession of the entire student Com.

South. 2 Cont. Motor 2j Cont. Oil Del 43 Com Prod 58 Vi Dupont 156H El. P.

17 Erie 17'4 First Nat. Stor. 42 Gen. Elec 53 Gen. Mot 55 Goodrich 4314 Goodyear 3S 12 2 2 43 5814 1564 16 1714 42 52 43 38 9'4 is STORIES IN (IS body from the college to the cathedral.

Members of the graduating class Exeter borough, nd James Duffy, a teacher in the Pittston High School. Mr. Mundy delivered the prize orations originally given in St. Thomaj' 6chool. Scranton, on the topic, "So This is War." Mr.

Duffy' theme was "Our Soldier Dead." Smy rlmJImft 2 2 43 5814 156 161.4 17U 42 52 5514 43 37 9V4 524 15 75H 314 TAMP and the faculty will apptar in cap and gown. Rev. Edward Lodge Curran, Ph.D., BY I. S. KLEIN LL.B., will deliver the baccalaureate Granby 9'i address.

The officers of the bac A A calaureate mass will bs Rev. Joseph TfngR art And Gt. Nor. pfd 52 Houston Oil 154 Howe Sound 75'4 DURYEA 52 15 754 314 O'Brien, celebrant; Rev. Arthur May, deacon; Rev.

Joseph Barry, of I -X ri 71-4, A til Drama AWr 10714 108 59 60 Hupp 314 Intl. Harv 108 Intl. Nick 6014 Intl. T. 10 Konnecott 5814 Mack Truck 45 Miami Cop 18 St.

John the Evangelist Church, Pittston, subdeacon, and Rsv. Joseph Manley, master of ceremonies. All are alumni of St. Thomas College. Rev.

Father O'Brien and Rev. Father May have brothers in the graduating class. The Cathedral Choir will sing the responses. After the mass the seniors and faculty members will attend the baccalaureate luncheon in the Hotel Casey at which Brother Denis Edward, F.S.C., Ph.D., will be the principal speaker. Mont.

Ward 51 '4 Mother Lode Hi Murrav Corp 1214 Nash-Kelvinator 18 MISS MARGARET WILLIAMS WEDS JOSEPH R. HOSNER Miss Margaret O. Williams, of 507 Marcy street, and Joseph R. Hosner, son of Andrew Hosner, of Donnelly street, were married last night at 8 o'clock in the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, with Rev. Arthur C.

Williams, of Newcastle, a cousin of the bride, officiating. The bride wore a white silk suit with matching accessories and wore a corsage of gardenias. Miss Helen Pietro, her attendant, wore a white silk suit with blue accessories and wore a corsage of roses. Morgan Williams, a cousin of the bride, was best man. Following a reception at Excelsior Hose House, Mr.

and Mrs. Hosner left on a wedding trip to New York. They will reside In Duryea. Nat. P.

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Pao 32 offices, no stores or other I fVI 10 57 45 17 51 I'i 12 18 9 43 3 26 V4 32 1814 9 4114 91 114 55 17 8 7 J.1 forms of business mar the Steel 16 Packard 9 Vi Penn. RR 41 beauty of the $2,000,000 Notional Theater that is the pride of Costa Riciu Built nearly 40 years ago, I this magnificent building in San Jose, capital of the Central American republic, is considered one lof the finest in the world. A hard, white, marble-like Penney 9114 Ph. R. C.

I. 1 Phill. Pet 55 14 Pure Oil 18 Radio 8 R. K. 0 8 Real Silk ketone, native to Costa Rica, cov-fers the outside of the theater, but the walls and pillars inside are Italian marbles, while the im- Rem.

Rand 24'3 Reo 6 10 5714 45 17 51 Hi 1214 18 914 44 4 26 32 16 9 4114 9114 H4 5514 18 8 8 8 24 6 51 3 86 45 5114 3714 7 43 66 18 8V4 4 12 9'4 57'4 99 13 8 53'4 43 24 47 244 16 3 AkMi MyLikff "rpf Now you can get it pretty near any place in the State! 4 Today all over Pennsylvania you can get mighty glad you can go out today and get Ii j)ftf our Family's Whiskey. Tom and William it once again! Isl and me want to thank all you folks living jT 4L Ii here in our home state for all your patience if Jr AfSfJj If in waiting for this personal recipe of ours '6L UL7 CvX FW 7 and I'll bet a whole lot of you will be yy $. Commander Anthony Zukceky, Duryea Post, 1227, Veterans of Foreign Wars, wishes to thank the Duryea school district, Prof. John J. Joyce, school teachers and children for as-slstlng in the Buddy Poppy drive for Memorial Day, which went over the top.

IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Jr.cob Mcroski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Zigmund Wydra, of 1416 Main street, Port Griffith, died last evening at 5:20 o'clock at Pittston hospital, where he was r.dmitted for surgical treatment on May 27. The youth, who was a member of the Sophomore class of Jenkins Township High School, would have buen sixteen years old on July 5 He had resided In Port Griffith his entire life and enjoyed a wide acquaintance. He was a member of St.

John's Slovak Church. Surviving are his parents and one sister, Mary Moroskl; two stepsisters, Anna and Florence Wydra; and a stepbrother, Joseph Wydra. The funeral will be held Friday morning at nine o'clock from the home, with a mass of requiem a half hour later in St. Joseph's Polish frescoes and canvasses on 3 walls and ceilings were Sited by Italian and French lists. Besides being the center of drastic operatic performances, he theater is used the inaugural balls and nthr rrand snrlal Bey.

51 St. L. S. 43 Sears Roe 85 '4 Simmons 4514 So. Pac 81 So.

Ry 37-V Stan. G. El 7 Stan. Oil Cal 43 Stan. Oil N.

J. 66'4 Stew. War 18 Trl. Cont 8 United Op 4 U. O.

I J34 U. 8. Leather B'4 i Junctions of the government. All PRESIDENT BACK AT WHITE HOUSE Washington, June 2. President Roosevelt returned to the Capital at 8:25 a.

m. today from a brief holiday visit to his home in Hyde Park, N. Y. Mr. Roosevelt motored to the White House immediately after his activities are under government auspices, since the theater, like those in other Latin American countries, is owned and operated 24 6 51 3 83 4514 51 37 7 43 66 17 814 4 I214 9' 574 99 13 8 50 4214 24 47 24 16 3 train arrived ait Union Church, Port Griffith.

Interment will be In the parish cemetery. by the government. A picture of the theater appears on a Costa Rican ptamp nf ioni V. S. Rubr 584 S.

Stoel 99 Warner Br 13 Wert. MJ 8 West. nUlon 57 West. 43 White Mot 24 Wcolwcrth 47 TRIPLET SISTERS MARRY Carthage, N. Y.

2. Dora, Doris and Dorothy Zehr, 24-year-old triplet sisters of Croghan, went on a June honeymoon last night with their three husky young farmer-husbands after a triple wedding ceremony attended by hundreds of curious north country folk. 1Cbpyrisht, 19J7, NEA Service', Inc.) I CopyrigM Exteotive offictn Y. Th Wilken Family Biended I Copyright 1937, The Wilkon Family, Ine, Aladdin, Pa. Executive offict N.Y.

C. The Wilken Family Blended STATE TO BUY CLOISTERS Harrisburg, June 2. The legislature has authorized the state to acquire the historic Ephrata Cloisters for $15,000. The property Is held by the Seventh Day Baptist of Ephrata, NEXT: Wiio was Norway's Whiskey 90 proof the straight whiskies In this product ore 1 5 months or more old. 25 straight whiskies; 75 grain neutral spirit.

20 straight whiskey 15 month old, 1 itraight whiskey 4 years old. Yellow Truck E'ec. Bd. Sh. Pennroad 24 17 3 I fKst dramatist; 1.

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