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OIL CITY DEPARTMENT NEWS STAFF Mary Jane Leicht and Edie Sullivan. Melba Sandrock, left, auxiliary president, is shown with Ernest Gunnarson, general chairman of the anniversary celebration, and Mrs. William Hoover, auxiliary co-chairman of the evening. Don Graham, left, past VFW commander, converses with William Tepsic, main speaker, Edward Thompson, commander. Francis B.

Pritchard Post of VFW celebrates its 50th anniversary OIL CITY Two hundred members and guests attended the 50th anniversary dinnerdance Saturday evening of the Francis B. Prichard Post 464, Veterans of Foreign Wars. William Tepsic, past commander of the VFW Department of Pennsylvania, was the featured speaker at the dinner. Tepsic, the mayor of Brentwood, discussed legislation for veterans and the community service work and youth activities carried on the VFW since grandchildren and three great grandchildren. One infant son, Marvin, also preceded him in death.

Friends may call anytime at the Hutchinson Morton Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home with Capt.

Lester Baker of the Salvation Army officiating, assisted by the Rev. Wesley Tracy, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene. Interment will be in Sunset Hill Memorial Gardens. Rudolph Nelson OIL CITY Rudolph Nelson, 79, formerly of Oil City, died at 8:30 p. m.

Saturday in Western Reserve Convalescent Home in Erie. He was born in Denmark on June 15, 1891, the son of John and Ana Larsen Nelson. He was married to the former Eleanor Howes who preceded him in death on July 22, 1966. Mr. Nelson was formerly employed by the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Mich.

as a toolmaker. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Oil City. Surviving are four brothers, Joel Nelson of Vista, Carl Nelson of Cardiff-by-the Sea, Howard Nelson of Dekalb, Ill. and William Nelson of Chicago, Ill. and four sisters, Mrs.

Clarence (Louise) Clark of Bethesda, and Mrs. J. M. (Sigrid) Crozier, Mrs. V.

E. (Margaret) Gordon and Mrs. Harry (Martha) Grant, all of Oil City. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Charles A.

Morrison Funeral Home. Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Donald Mitchell, pastor of First United Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.

Friends are contributing to their favorite charities. Pennzoil earnings increase OIL CITY Second quarter earnings for Pennzoil United showed an increase over the same period of last year according to Dow Jones to Laidlaw and Co. Inc. Earnings for the second quarter of this year amounted to 49 cents compared to 47 cents for 1969. Net income for the period was $15,755,000 compared to $15,012,000 for the second quarter of 1969.

Revenue for the second period of this year totaled $184,811,000 compared to $168,865,000. J. Hugh Liedtke, chairman of the board said management anticipates a continuing acceleration of earnings during the balance of the year. He added that with completion of major capital programs of the past three years, the company does not foresee any unusual capital requirements during the next 18 months with one exception Pennzoil-United will bid in a pending Gulf of Mexico gas lease competition if the sale is approved by the secretary of the interior. Woman injures knee in fall OIL CITY A local woman was hospitalized yesterday after she fell on a sidewalk.

Miss Henrietta Leyda of 202 W. 4th a retired school teacher, received a fractured left knee. She was reported in satisfactory condition last evening at Oil City Hospital. She was taken to the hospital by ambulance at 9:05 a.m.* Sirius, the Dog Star in the constellation Canis Major (the Great Dog), is the brightest star we can see from earth. Oil City Hospital Admitted Russell Wilson, 209 College.

Steven Slater, 611 Central. Lee Irwin II, 192 Colbert. Jessica Anthony, Pleasantville RD 2. Perry Seth, 1129 Allegheny. Connie Bills, Oil City RD 2.

Mrs. Francis Greco, Shippenville. Mrs. William Mott, Titusville. Mrs.

Russell Carner, Oil City RD 2. Thomas Linehan 32 E. Bissell. Shawn Seely, Seneca. Mrs.

Inez Wilson, Pleasantville. Mrs. Gary Wright, Oil City RD 1. Mrs. Homer Stanley, Seneca RD 1.

Miss Dorothy Nageli, Washington, D. C. Mrs. James Bosley, Seneca RD 1. Harvey Walter, Emlenton RD 1.

Kevin Clark, West Monterey. Miss Arline Bierty, Franklin. Mrs. F. John Bauer, Marienville.

Cyril Thomas, Kennerdell RD 1. Discharged Mrs. Gerald Agnew, Clarion. Leroy Winters, Titusville RD 5. Robert Britt, 409 E.

Fourth. Mrs. Julia Smith, Oil City RD 2. Carol Lutz, Oil City RD 1. Ford Knight, Van.

Mrs. Ralph Steck, Seneca. Mrs. Earl Brown, Rouseville. Amy O'Neil, Van Star Route.

Mrs. Violet Judge, Parker. Josephine Reisinger, Titusville RD 2. Lee Heckathorn, 5 Harold St. Steven Mattern, St.

Petersburg. Guy Snyder, 215 State St. Judson Collins, 601 Central Ave. Lane Taylor, Parker. Louis Zacherl Lucinda RD 1.

Mrs. James Haslet, Tionesta. THE NEWS-HERALD Section Page 9 Monday, July 27, 1970 L. Hidinger, businessman, War II vet OIL CITY Lawrence E. Hidinger, 59, of 841 Grandview owner and operator of Larry's Alignment Service, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Oil City Hospital at 6:25 p.

m. Saturday after he was stricken by an apparent heart attack at his place of business on Seneca Street. Born in Dutch Hill, Jefferson County, near Brookville on Sept. 10, 1910, he was the son of Adam and Emma Kirkland Hidinger. Mr.

Hidinger was married April 4, 1930, to the former Lillian E. Rockwell, who survives. Mr. Hidinger first operated Larry's Alignment Service in Reno and later moved the business to Oil City. He had been in business since 1943.

He was a veteran of World War II and had served with the U.S. Army. Mr. Hidinger was a member of the Hasson Heights United Presbyterian Church and served as an elder in the church. He was also past master of Fraternal Lodge 483 AM of Rouseville and was presently serving as treasurer of the lodge.

He was a member and past high priest of the Royal Arch Chapter of Oil City. Mr. Hidinger was an assistant principal of the Masonic School of Instruction and a member of Venango Lodge of Perfection, New Castle Consistory, Talbot Commandery 43 Knights Templar and Acacia Grotto. In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, Thomas L. Hidinger of Oil City; four grandchildren, David, Crystal, Robert and Thomas Hidinger all of Oil City; and three sisters, Mrs.

Esther Westerman of Brookville Star Route, Mrs. George Ar.itage of Lower Burrel! and Mrs. Glenn Wingard of Hallton RD 1. He was preceded in death by one brother and three sisters. Friends may call any time at the Charles A.

Morrison Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Hasson Heights United Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Guy E.

Gray church pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Grove Hill Cemetery. MRS. EDITH KORB Mrs. E.

Korb, wife of minister OIL CITY Mrs. Edith P. Seigworth Korb, wife of the Rev. F. Victor Korb of Lickingville, passed away at the Oil City Hospital, at 3:45 m.

today after an illness of one year. A daughter of the late Raymond W. Mong and Gertrude Mong of Knox, she was born April 5, 1905 and received her education in the Elk Township Schools of Clarion County. On June 15, 1927, she was -d in marriage to Sol S. Seigworth of Lickingville, and with her husband established the Cle Elum Sheep and Poultry Ranch.

To this union was born a daughter, Mollie Mae, wife of the Rev. John Trautman, pastor of the First Baptist Church at East Syracuse, New York. Mr. Seigworth passed away Dec. 5, 1933.

Mrs. Korb continued to operate the established business over the years until very recently and in recent years was affiliated with the program of Pennsylvania State Certified Eggs. On Dec. 27, 1941, she was united in marriage to F. Victor Korb of Tionesta R.D.

Mrs. Korb was a member of the Lickingville United Evangelical Church for many years having been converted in 1932 and maintained a consistent Christian faith and witness to the end of her earthly life. In January, 1943, she joined her husband in the ministry of the Methodist Church, serving pastorates in Marienville, Fertigs, Summerville, Curllsville, Putneyville, and since July 1964, in the associate pastorate of Grace United Methodist Church, Oil City. Mrs. Korb is also survived by three grandsons, Mark, Philip, and Michael Trautman; her mother, Mrs.

Gertrude Mong of Knox RD. four sisters, Ruby Mong of Knox RD 3, Mrs. Maud Fisher of Emlenton, Mrs. Blanche Hepler of Warren, Mrs. Lois Ehler of Shippenville; three brothers, Wayne and Lester of Knox RD, and Ralph of Eau Claire, Pa.

Friends may call Tuesday afternoon and evening in the Charles A. Morrison Funeral Home. On Wednesday, the body will be removed to the family home at Lickingville where friends may call in the afternoon and evening. Memorial services will be conducted in the Lickingville United Methodist Church by her pastor, the Rev. Hugh Crocker, assisted by the Rev.

H. L. Loveless of Johnstown. Interment will be in the family plot in the Dehner Cemetery, Tionesta RD 1. In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute to the memorial fund of the Grace United Methodist Church in Oil City.

Mrs. Walter Kelly OIL CITY Mrs. Lewanda Kelly, 62, of Newell Tonawanda, formerly of Oil City, died Sunday morning. She was born February 23, 1908, in Marienville, a daughter of Clara Hefren and the late William F. Hefren.

Mrs. Kelly is survived by her husband, Walter Kelly; one brother, Arden V. Hefren of Van Star Route, and three sisters, Mrs. Leo (Mary) Leydecker of Elma, and Mrs. David L.

(Verla) Ellis and Mrs. Betty Snyder, both of Oil City. Friends may call at the George W. Denneville Funeral Home, 366 Ontario Buffalo. Requiem mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Wednesday in St. Andrew Church in Kenmore. Two drivers cited after accidents OIL CITY Similar charges were filed against two drivers in separate one-car accidents here early Saturday. Donald J. Rarer, 23, of 1109 Chestnut Franklin, and Philip Anderson, 27, of 310 Hiland Ave.

were arrested on drunk charges and for reckless driving. Both were placed in city jail' on the drunk charges. Rarer received minor injuries when his Volkswagen struck a utility pole on West First Street. The accident occurred at 3:45 a.m. He told police he was driving west on West First when the gas pedal on his auto stuck.

The car hit the pole, owned by Pennsylvania Electric when he reached to free the pedal, he told police. Rarer apparently did not require hospital treatment. Anderson was involved in an accident at 3:40 a.m. on Elm Street between Sycamore and Center streets. Police said he was driving his Dodge north on Elm and hit a utility pole after crossing the Sycamore intersection.

Eighty-four feet of rubber marks were left by the auto at the scene. Mrs. Ernest Carter, Reno. Fred Van Wormer, Seneca. Births A son at 10:22 a.

m. Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Miller, Oil City RD: 2. A son at 8:20 a.

m. Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wright, City RD 1. Mrs.

James Nixon OIL CITY Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Ethel Nixon, 37, of 4931 Eldorado Tampa, a former Oil City resident. She was the wife of James Nixon and daughter of Harry Brink of Corry and the late Lavesta Fuller Brink. She was born Jan. 25, 1933.

Mrs. Nixon died in St. Joseph Hospital, Tampa on Sunday morning. She had undergone surgery three weeks ago. Death was attributed to; a brain hemorrhage.

She is survived by her husband, James, three sons Michael, Andrew and Patrick John and one daughter, Sandra Lee, all at home; her father, Harry Brink of Corry; two brothers, James and Charles and one sister, Frances, all of Corry. Also surviving are several aunts and uncles. Removal was made to River Chapel, 309 N. Armenia Tampa, Fla. Ira F.

Over OIL CITY Ira Felming Over, 80, of Reno died at 12:10 a.m. Sunday at Venango Manor where he had resided since April, 1969. He was born December 13, 1889, at Sligo, the son of J. Luther and Mary Emma Fleming Over. He moved to Reno in 1926 and had made his home there until he became a resident at Venango Manor.

Prior to his retirement in 1965, he had been employed as a fireman at Wolf's Head Refinery. He first married Myrtle McQueen on June 7, 1916, who preceded him in death on October 24, 1955. He later married Rose Anne Bearce on November 8, 1958. She preceded him in death on March 8, 1966. Mr.

Over is survived by one son, Russell Over of Erie, and three daughters, Mrs. Charles (Martha) Reymore of Reno, Mrs. Wilbur (Alice) Gross of Erie and Mrs. Ralph (Glenna) Snyder of Oil City; three sisters Mrs. Lottie Weeter of Sligo, Mrs.

James (Anna) Crooks and Mrs. Walter (Alice) Nale, both of Clarion; six it was established as a national organization in 1899. The speaker praised the local post for all of its endeavors in the past year on membership and youth activities and urged that the "good work" continue. 26 young persons apprehended OIL CITY City police with assistance, apprehended 26 young boys and girls late last night for disorderly conduct following a party that got out of control at an apartment of a former city policeman. Several of the young persons were involved in another incident early Sunday morning at the same location.

Police answered a telephoned complaint about noise emitting from a third-floor apartment at 28 Pearl Ave. Arriving on the scene, two patrolmen immediately called for assistance in quelling the disturbance. Sugarcreek Borough police and tional city police responded to the request. In the interim, several young persons tried to leave the apartment through a secondstory exit, but were told to remain in the apartment. Earlier, police reported that objects were being thrown from the apartment.

By the time additional policemen had arrived, a large contingent of neighbors had grouped across the street. All the young persons were taken to the city police station and minors were released to their parents. Harry L. Forbes, 21, was cited by police for having a disorderly house and disorderly duct. Vaughn Forbes, 18, same address, was cited for disorderly conduct.

A total of eight policemen were at the scene. Preceding this incident, ten persons including four minors were apprehended at the same location at 3:30 a.m. Sunday for another party, in which several kegs of beer were found. Acting on another telephone complaint, five officers including again assistance from the Sugarcreek Borough police arrived at the apartment and arrested Harry L. Forbes for furnishing liquor to minors.

Forbes was fined $100 on the charge by Magistrate Charles Thureau and lodged in city jail until his bond was posted. In addition, Forbes was fined $25 for disorderly conduct along with: David L. Forbes, 19, and Greetings were extended to the post by state Assemblyman Alvin Kahle, Venango County Judge William E. Breene, Anthony Vicini, commander of VFW District 19; and Mrs. William Tepsic, past president of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Department of Pennsylvania.

Paul Winger, past commander of Post 464, served as toastmaster. Captain Lester Baker of the Salvation Army gave invocation of Rev. David a Findley of St. Stephen Church pronounced the benediction. Among the guests at the dinner were Timothy Hynes of Oil a Spanish American War veteran; Herman Magdovitz, commander of the Jewish War Veterans; and Harry Brewster, commander of the local American Legion.

Special guests were Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Mays. Mrs. Mays is a sister of Francis B.

Pritchard, whose name appears on the post's charter. His name had been chosen since he was the first person from the district killed in acaddition in World War I. Praised for the untiring work in the VFW were Lynford Smith, a charter member of the local post; and Archie Fritz, a 50 year member and commander of the post from 1921 until 1923. Music for dancing was provided by the Carl Brozeski Orchestra. The committee for the anniversary celebration included.

The Francis B. Pritchard Post was first organized July 8, 1920. In the early years, the post did not have a permanent meeting place, moving from place to place. The former Keefe Building on Relief Street was leased from September of 1934 until May 1935. Post 464 moved into the building November 9, 1934.

On May 9, 1935, papers were signed for the purchase of the building and Post 464 had a permanent home. After World War II, plans were developed to erect a new home on Relief Street. The building was started and completed in 1948. Vaughn Forbes, 18, both of 2 28 Pearl Mike Banta, 19, Oil City RD Gary E. Emich, 18, 234 Cherry Run and Joe Olmes, 18, 205 Lincoln St.

In the earlier incident, four of the minors were 17 years old from Oil City and the surrounding area. Police listed ages of the young persons in last night's raid from 15 to 21 years old. OPEN ALL DAY WEDNESDAYS BRODY'S of oil city GREATEST EVER! DRESS SALE BUY A DRESS AT THE REGULAR PRICE GET ANOTHER DRESS IN THE SAME PRICE GROUP FOR JUST A PENNY MORE! DAYTIMER SHOP INCLUDED! Reg. $8 DRESSES Now 2 for $8.01 Reg. $16 DRESSES Now 2 for $16.01 Reg.

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