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The News-Chronicle from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania • Page 3

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2 JANUARY 2, 1953 THE NEWS-CHRONICLE, SHIPPENSBURG, PA. PAGE THREE ces Are Friday Austin W. Flood Native Dies In Fla ada; Ill 16 Years Funer Soutervices were conducted Friday from the John uneral home in Dry Run or Aus in W. Flood, 63, formerly of Silver Springs, who died Monday morning in St. Petersburg.

Fla. The Rev. Anson Slick of Shade Gap officiated and burial in the Salem cemetery near Nossville. Mr. Flood, who had been in il! health for 16 vears, had just arrived in Florida the Sundav be.

fore his death. Prior to his illness be had operated a tea room in State College. A son of the late Henry and Matilda Briggs Flood, he was born Feb. 3, 1889 in Nossville. He was a member of the Salem Evangelical United Brethren church near Noss rille.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Viola Sairde Flood; a son, Paul, of Baltimore, daughter, Mrs. Dowling of St. Petersburg; five brothers and sisters, Mrs. Nannie Cisney, Mrs.

Rosie Carson and A. Chalmer Flood, all of Mills: Chester A. Flood of Spruce Hill, and Lloyd G. Flood of Fannettsburg, and four grandchildren. WEDDINGS PORTRAITURE COMMERCIAL Glass Photo Studio TELEPHONE 1233 22 North Main Street Chambersburg, Pa.

Deaths L. B. Lineaweaver Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in a New Cumberland funeral home for Lehighton B. Lineaweaver, New Cumberland R. who died Saturday at the York hospital.

The Rev. Harvey Beinhower officiated with burial in Mt. Olivet cemetery. Lineaweaver was a retired laborer for the New Cumberalnd Box company. His survivors include his wife, Mrs.

Alice Lineaweaver; two daughters, Miriam Lineaweaver, Roxbury, and Ruth Lineaweaver, New Cumberland R. R. Jacob H. Fisher Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at the Barbour funeral home, Chambersburg, for Jacob Henry Fisher, Scotland, who died Saturday afternoon. The Rev.

Joseph Schmitt and Rev. Dr. Clyde W. Meadows officiated and burial was in Lincoln cemetery. Born in Greene township, Mr.

Fisher was a son of the late Jacob H. and Sarah Sponseller He was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren church and was employed as an orchard His survivors are one son, Russell H. Fisher, Fayetteville; one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Cook, Fayetteville R. R.

24 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. William E. Stevens Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Grove funeral home, Waynesboro, for William Edward Stevens who died Saturday morning at ine Waynesboro hospital. Rev. Kenneth Bonham and Rev.

Roy Bower were in charge of the services. Burial was the Green Hill cemetery. Mr. Sevens, the son of Elmer and Stella Maun Stevens, was born in Waynesboro and lived his entire START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT Have Your Sewing Machine Serviced NOW Estimates Furnished Free of Charge New Slant Needle Singer Machine Demonstrated at Your Convenience Call Your Singer Sewing Machine Representative for All Adjustments on Any Type of Machine. SINGER SEWING CENTER TELEPHONE 888 44 North Main Street Chambersburg, Pa.

life there except for a short time Mont He served with the United States the navy in World War II and was discharged with a rating of first class machinist mate. His last employment was with the Frick company machine shop. He held membership in the Methodist church of Mont Alto, and the Men's Bible class. In addition to his parents, his survivors are his wife, Mrs. Pauline Piper Stevens; four children, Nancy Lee, at home; Mrs.

Harold Eakle, Waynesboro; Baltimore, Mrs. Stanley Mowery, Sgt. len Stevens, Portland, five grandchildren; and these brothers and sisters, Crawford, Mont Alto; Harry, Waynesboro R. R. Merle, horo: Hagerstown, John, WaynesOwen, Fayetteville; Elmer Waynesboro; Mrs.

Hilda Hyssong, Baltimore; Mrs. Vivian Noll, Waynesboro R. R. 4, and Mrs. Margaret Rodgers, Waynesboro.

Mrs. W. Parker Brown Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the North Middleton Church of God for Mrs. Lizzie L. Brown, Plainfield, who died at her home early Sunday morning.

The Rev. Earl R. Yoder and the Rev. C. H.

Heiges conducted services. Burial was made in the adjoining church cemetery. Mrs. Brown was a daughter of the late David and Elizabeth Comp Reiber. She was a member of the North Middleton Church of God for 59 years.

She and her husband celebrated their 62nd welding anniversary on Dec. 23. In addition to her husband, W. Parker Brown, she is survived by two sons, John R. Brown, Plainfield, and W.

Robert Brown, West Hill; four grandchildren and one it J. Randolph Hoover J. Randolph Hoover, old son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar five Hoover, Newville R.

R. died Saturday afternoon at the Carlisle hospital. He was a member of the Cradle Roll of Zion Lutheran church, New- WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK VIEW MASTER STEREO PICTURES STEREOSCOPES PROJECTORS ACCESSORIES Come in for FREE reel list BABY PICTURES taken by new Speed-flash. Roll films developed. Old pictures copied I Greeting Cards Gifts for all occasions Crystal open stock.

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Please visit, phone or write us convenient time to visit you. THE LITTLE AGENCY 308A East King Street Phone 618-X Shippensburg, Pa. DISTRIBUTOR FOR PRECUT GARAGES PARAGON SUMMER BUNGALOWS AND BUILDERS Inc. ALL YEAR ROUND HOMES Service Is Thursday For Elsie Bollinger Bronchial Pneumonia Takes Area Native Tuesday Private funeral services were held Thursday at 2:30 p. m.

from the M. Garfield Barbour funeral home for Miss Elsie Bollinger, 37. of Chambersburg R. R. 2, who died Tuesday, Dec.

30, at 6 a. at a Harrisburg hospital. Death was attributed to bronchial pneumonia. A daughter of the late Newton F. and Brechbiel Bollinger.

Miss Bollinger was born Aug. 20, 1915 Chambersburg. She was a member net of St. Paul's Lutheran church in Orrstown. Survivors include two sisters and three brothers, Mrs.

Frank Etter of North Harrisburg; Queen Robert Shippensburg, Knuff and Theodore, Robert and Frank Bollinger, all of Chambersburg R. R. 2. The Rev. W.

J. Schultz of Orrstown officiated Thursday and interment was in the Pleasant Hall cemetery. ville. In addition to his parents he is survived by two brothers, Dallas and Gerald, and a sister, Jill Elizabeth, all at home. Also surviving are his paternal grandfather, Daniel T.

Hoover, Newville R. R. 2 and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Della Wolfe, Newville R. R.

2. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Rearick Funeral home with the Rev. George Walborn officiating. Burial was in the Prespect Hill cemetery near Newville. George D.

Shearer George D. Shearer, 82, of Blairs Mills died at 12:25 a.m. Wednesday at his home following an illness of four years. Mr. Shearer born Feb.

20, 1870 in Blairs Mills, a son of the late John H. and Mary Orr Shearer. A lifelong resident of Blairs Mills, he was a member of the Upper Tuscarora church at Waterloo. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Blanche Rogers Shearer: two daughters, Mrs.

Ethel Burdge of Blairs Mills, and Mrs. Mary Campbell of Doylesburg; a son, George Chalmer Shearer, at home; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild, brothers and sisters, Mrs. Tirzah Love of East Waterford; David Shearer and Mrs. Mary Grau, both of Bueyrus, Mrs. May Fultz of Burnham, and John D.

Shearer of Blairs Mills. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Upper Tuscarora Presbyterian church with the Rev. Harry Ferguson officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.

Friends were to call Friday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Shearer residence. Charles William Thomas Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the A. K. Coffman funeral home, Hagerstown, for Charles William Thomas, who died at his Hagerstown home Tuesday of complications following a five month ill.

ness. The Rev. Dr. F. Berry Plummer officiated and burial was in Rest Haven cemetery.

A lifelong resident of Washington county, he was a son of the late William and Mary McDade Thomas. Mr. Thomas was a member of the St. Paul's Evangelical United Brethren church and the Men's Bible class. Surviving are a daughter, Elizabeth Marie Thomas, at home; four sons, George William, Hagerstown; Clarence Leroy, Baltimore; Edgar Leon and Carl Wilson Thomas hoth of Hagerstown; a sister, Mrs.

Nettie Rudsill, Hagerstown; two brothers, Edward M. Thomas, Polo, and the Rev. Dr. N. B.

S. Thomas, Oakville, and six grandchildren. Mrs. Harry C. McCanns Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Sellers funeral home in Chambersburg for Mrs.

Anna Rebecca McCanns, Chambersburg, who died Tuesday evening at the Chambersburg hospital. The Rev. Alfred D. Boyd officiated with burial in Lincoln cemetery. Born in Mont Alto, Mrs.

MeCanns was a daughter of the late Henry and Mary Byers Daniel. She was a member of the Bethel Pen tecostal church. In addition to her husband. Harry C. McCanns, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs.

Edna Martin and Mrs. John E. Thomson, both of Chambersburg; one son, Stuart L. McCanns, Fayetteville R. R.

a sister, Miss Daniel, Los Angeles, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Odessa E. Wiest Mrs. Odessa E.

Wiest, 77, widow of J. Clark Wiest, died suddenly Wednesday evening at her home on Newville R. R. 1. A member of the Centerville Lutheran church, Mrs.

Wiest is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Herman Cockley of Newville R. R. 1: two brothers, Brady MeGonigal of Carlisle and Oren McGonigal of Newville R. R.

two step-brothers, Keller Whorley of Northamton, and Clinton Whorley of Harrisburg; three grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the J. R. Shulenberger funeral home in Carlisle.

The Rev. Verle C. Schumacher, pastor of the Centerville Lutheran church, will officiate. The Rev. 0.

J. Hassinger of the Huntsdale Church of the Brethren will assist. Burial will be in the Centerville cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. U.

S. battleships are named for states. CHURCHES WILL JOIN IN SERIES OF SERVICES Ministers and Congregations To Cooperate in Union Programs Jan. 5-11 Rev. Kline, Chairman Community churches, under the leadership of the Shippensburg Ministerium, will again usher in the New Year with a series of union marking the annual Prayer.

weervices, For seven evenings, Jan. 5 through 11, ministers and congregations will unite in worship. Services will be held each evening at 7:30 p. m. In those churches holding evening services Sunday, Jan.

4, the Week of Prayer stressed in sermons by the ministers, speaking from their own pulpits. The topics chosen for the union services center around the theme, "Seven S.eps Toward Spiritual Progress." The services held in seven different downtown churches with seven local ministers speaking. They will include the following: Monday, Jan. the Alliance church, the Rev. David L.

Long speaking; Tuesday, Jan. 6, Prince Street U. B. church, the Rev. Dr.

William H. Galbreath; Wednesday, Jan. 7, Messiah EUB church, the Rev. M. C.

Manning; Thursday, Jan. 8, Methodist church, the Rev. E. Kinsel; Friday, Jan. 9, Memorial Lutheran church, the Rev.

Paul Moore; Saturday, Jan. 10, First Church of God, the Rev. Porter W. Seiwell; Sunday, Jan. 11, Presbyterian church, the Rev.

John F. Sammel. addition to the speakers of the" evening, other town pastors will assist at the various services. The Rev. Dale E.

Kline, pastor of the Prince Street church, is chairman of the planning committee. Hold Private Service For Weibley Infant Private services were held Thursday morning for Kay Elaine Weibley, infant daughter of Richard and Kathryn Hancock Weibley of Shippensburg R. R. 3, who was born dead Wednesday morning, Dec. 31, at the Chambersburg hospital.

Burial was in Spring Hill cemetery. Her only survivors are her parents. SALE Ladies' Shoes $2.98 Now $1.98 $3.98 Now $2.50 $6.98 Now $3.98 Mike Billys "Expert Shoe Repairing" Shoes For The Entire Family 16 East King Street Shippensburg, Pa. No Inquest Yet In Hit-Run Fatality 16-Year Old Confessed To Early Morning Mishap By Friday morning no date had been set for an inquest death of Richard Shank, 'Carlisle R. R.

4 sailor who died Christmas Day in the Carlisle hospital after being hit by a hit and run driver early that morning. Clinton Weidner, district attorney, said Friday morning that he hoped to confer with Dr. Edward A. Haegele, coroner, next week, and that the date would probably be set then. Meanwhile a 16-year old Newville area youth is in custody of his parents pending the inquest.

The boy, who turned himself in to police day after the accident, said he" dozed at the wheel as he returned from taking his girl home at 4:45 in the morning and didn't know he had hit the sailor until he heard of the accident over a Harrisburg radio station. As a juvenile his name is not public by authorities. State police said this week that no charges of any kind would be placed against the boy until after the "Meanwhile inquest dates have been set for Jan. 15 to look into the deaths of Edward Unger, 2, and Sharon George, 7, foster children of Mr. and Mrs.

John W. Brown, Newville R. R. 3, who were fatally injured when the car operated by Brown swerved off the Bloserville road, struck two guard rails and crashed into a tree. The accident occurred Nov.

5. Inquests have also been set for Jan. 15 in the deaths of Ray S. Shughart, Carlisle R. R.

1, who was killed instantly when his auto struck another driven by Dr. Forney P. George, Carlisle, and Mrs. Sara Brubaker, Harrisburg, who was struck by a car driven by Samuel Walker Leard, Mechanicsburg. Mr.

and Mrs. J. J. Healey spent Christmas at the home of Mr. Healey's parents in Philadelphia.

Gifts For Every Occasion at THE CHINA CELLAR 84 West King Street Shippensburg, Pa. Open Evenings For Your Convenience Special Sale Going On At The Hat Box LESHER MILLINERY 18 West King St. Shippensburg, Pa. Needle in a Haystack? It's worse trying to run down your tax deductions, especially if you have no permanent record. This year, pay by check and check on the First National Bank.

With an accurate list of expenses it's easy to make out your return and you can back it up with evidence readily acceptable by the Department of Internal Revenue. YOU'RE WISE TO PAY BY CHECK! FIRST NATIONAL BANK SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA- Chimber FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP. Re-Elect Barbour Motor Club Veep Twenty Honored at Meeting For New Memberships M. Garfield Barbour, Shippensburg funeral director, was re-elected to his position of vice president in the Chambershurg motor club it was announced at the nual Loyalty Member dinner meeting Monday evening in Chambersburg. Twenty members of the club were honored with cash awards for their work during the past year in securing new members for the organization.

Included among those honored was Kenneth Negley, Newville, who secured seven new members. Roy B. Leininger, Greencastle, was champion with 113 new members. In making the awards Charles E. Pugh, assistant manager of the state motor federation, pointed out that only Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Lancaster and Reading clubs exceeded the gain in membership registered by the Chambersburg club in 1952.

Active membership rose from 5,009 to 5,993, associate membership from 1,500 to 1,665, for a total gain of 1,149. The club was complimented for its community spirit by Walter P. Schenck of the state commerce who spoke entertainingly to the group after the meeting. Also re-elected were J. G.

Eppinger, president and manager; Lester H. Blair, secretary; George C. Eppinger, treasurer; Miss Eli. nor B. Porterfield, assistant secretary, and Benjamin L.

Heefner and J. Stewart Glen, attorneys. Attending from the Shippensburg area were Mr. Barbour, and Mrs. Crist Fogelsanger, Shippensburg R.

R. 3 and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Negley, Newville. Guppy fish are born alive.

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