Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - March 17, 1954, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania WEATHER FORECAST Fair low some cloudiness and THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Truth Our Public Good Our Aim ESTABLISHED 1902 With Honor TJ Ourselves And Profit To Our Patrons GOOD EVENING It certainly a when be out to stt the world on fire and his Meads throw cold 52, No. 6g Only Daily WEDNESDAY MARCH Win of PRICE FIVE CENTS AIR FORCE DRUM AND CORPS IS COMING The Air Porce Drum and Bugle an outstanding feature of the tact two battle anniversary win return to Gettysburg for the third consecutive year to pre- sent a concert and drill on July 4. William G. president of the Gettysburg Fire Department and an of the invitation said he had been notified by the Air that the musical out- fit will be present here Sunday July 4, for exercises in con- with the 91st anniversary of the Battle of Weaver said the drum corps was secured through the offices of Major General John M. General Weikert is a native of Adams County and his reside at Parade On July 1 The was begun by the fire five years ago and has grown in scope and importance each A major feature of the the annual will be held on the evening of July 1, Lt. Gen. Floyd commanding eral of the Second as ary chief Units from the Second Army are scheduled to take part hi the Prior to the 86th the one on which the fire company be- gan holding yearly the battle anniversary had been marked only on such occasions the 25th, 50th and 75th. Firemen are now planning for another out- standing event fa connection with the 100th nine years white continuing major ob- each Weaver last year Vice President Nixon the The speaker at this Fourth of July program has yet been The carnival held at Recreation in connection with the ob- will take place June 29 July 3. Fireworks will be presented each SETS APRIL 1 AS DEADLINE FOR PAYING FINES Burgess William Weaver this morning set April 1 as the day of reckoning for some 20 persons who have not paid parking violation fines last After making a survey of who had joined the and who had not paid up on parking violations during 1953, the burgess sent out 215 The response was Weaver All but about 20 either paid in cases where errors were were On April 1 the burgess plans to turn all violations from last year still in his possession over to a justice of the Can Be Costly Then the matter becomes more One dollar is the fine when a Is paid im- When the matter comes before a justice the price gets higher and in addition costs begin to Weaver said that turning the re- maining tickets over to a justice for collection is out of intent to impose a but in fairness to the great majority of the citizens of the community who pay willingly and mostly on The burgess also reported that delinquent notices will be sent out each month to those who fail to pay for tickets received during the prior The ary ticket holders are now being C. L. Eicholtz Rites Held This Morning services for Charles Luther 69, Videly known New Oxford typewriter and office supply salesman who died night at the Hanover conducted this morning at the Fred F. Feiser The Rev. George E. the Lutheran pastor at New Pallbearers for the burial in New Oxford Cemetery Alvin Charles Eugene M. Haas Charles Dr. erick Tilberg and Charles FILES FOR DIVORCE M. Helen has started a suit in York for a divorce from Clarence R. town R. 1. i WED 53 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Biglerville R. 2, observed 53rd wedding anniversary is a retired Mad At Her Kills SPRING Pa. said today a young charged with told them she beat her ter to death because she was at Police Chief John Hanebury said Mrs. Phyllis 21, who lives in a local trailer called a taxi to give herself up after the He said he accompanied her to her trailer home and found the still The child six hours later In a Police said the infant had been the head with a A necktie was knotted around her Hanebury also said Mrs. Sheely told him she knocked the child's head against a wall of the trailer because her crying made her Another about 2, was found unharmed in the Mrs. was at work at the OLD JAIL DOOR UP TO COMMISSIONERS Problems ranging from jail to ancient documents were before the county commissioners with no immediate decisions ex- on either The front door at the county jail was damaged ex- when wind blew it against a The commissioners today were hearing from various m e n concerning replacements ranging from wood to The problem of the ancient ments was shown the ers by Register and Recorder Harry D. who displayed the first deed book of the The back Is and the book has into two It is said to be the most valuable in the registrar's needs binding as do a number of the other older books dating back to the founding o Ridinger Plan Decision The commissioners win decide later whether to or micf of Urn the county's official The county will a new ladder for the register and er's Trault to replace present Two petitions were one from Liberty asking for road work and one from East seeking according to its is planning work on feet of on W. King to South Ave. and to Second St. and on South Ave. from Fourth to Sixth to King WILL ELEVATE TWO IN HOLY ORDERS Rev. Albert A. C. PP. son of Mrs. Madaline and a native of will be ordained to the priesthood May 15 at St. Charles where he is a One of 14 Rev. Reed moved with Us family to York 12 years At the same time another the Rev. E. son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. R. 4, will be elevated to the Rev. Reed will return to York to celebrate his first high mass in his home St. May 23 His family will give a reception in his honor in the school cafeteria following the mass. 7 Brothers In Service After a vacation he will be assigned to teaching or missionary work by his who played end on the York Catholic High School football is the only one of his of draft age who has not served in the armed Seven of the Reed sons have already served and the eighth will enter service in Two younger Edward and are students at York Catholic High Rev. Mr. Miller will be to the priesthood next He began his studies in philosophy and theology at the seminary in 1946. He attended Boyd's tary school was graduated from Gettysburg High School in 1936, from Seminary in in 1942 and from St. Joseph's in 1913. Make Plans For Homemakers Day Plans for the annual Homemakers Day and National Home stration week will be completed March 24 at a meeting of leaders of the home economics groups at the Adams Electric Cooperative rear of N. Stratton at Miss Mary Jane county home economics extension said that in addition to plans for the two the group win also discuss what phases of the extension program shall be emphasized year's meetings of the county MANY HELPING WITH ANNUAL CAMPAIGN A small army of solicitors ing appeal of the Red Cross to homes throughout the county the current campaign for and names of the workers in a number of the districts have been announced by Campaign Chairman N. A. Mrs. Stanley chairman for the northern half of the burg rural is assisted by Mrs. James Martin as vice chairman and these Mr. W. R. Mrs. Herbert Mrs. John Mrs. Edward Mrs. A. W. Mrs. Robert Mrs. David Mrs. E. Mrs. Charles Mrs. Levi Mrs. Richard Mrs. Huston Mrs. Mrs. William Mrs. Wayne Mrs. H. W. Bucher is southern district man with these Mrs. Arthur Mrs. Paul Mrs. Mervin Mrs. Ruth Mrs. Melvin Mrs. Paul S. Mrs. Paul Mrs. Charles Mrs. Harry Mrs. Ellsworth Mrs. T. Mrs. William Mrs. Walton Mrs. Fred Mrs. Glen Mrs. John Mrs. Ralph Mrs. Myrtle Mrs. Harold Mrs. James Mumper and On Page 3) VIEW BODY THURSDAY Members of the Gettysburg Lodge of Elks will meet Thursday evening o'clock at the Elks to the Bender Funeral Home to view the body of Roy P. in- stead of Friday evening as pre- BUILDING PERMIT A building permit has been issued by Burgess William G. Weaver to Mrs. Alice 9 Baltimore St. for the construction of a steel fire two walks ways and two doorways at a cost of The Cashtown company was called to a chimney fire at the home of James Arendt this morning at 9 Ike Favors Impeachment Or Hanging For President Who Ignores Attack By Aggressor LOCAL WEATHER yesterday's high Last night's Today at 9 Today at p.m. 46 30 39 60 WASHINGTON said today any President ought to be impeached or even hanged who did Hot act ly if the country were attacked by an The President told his news con- ference the military program which has been under attack by some Democrats sents the best efforts to use ern weapons and to conserve power in any war that might break He said there was no radical departure from accepted military principles but rather an effort to I combine scientific geographical factors and other ad- vances in a modern The President spoke out on the military situation after defending the position taken by Secretary of State Dulles yesterday that it would not be necessary for the chief executive to consult Congress Critically III Norwegian Martha reported la in Bkw was March 13 after a riant by WOMAN KILLED THIS MORNING IN SILVER RUN Mrs. Emma L. 71, minster R. 2, near Silver was killed instantly this morning at 9 o'clock when the car in which she and her husband were riding in Silver Run collided with a Mrs. Selby was riding in a car driven by her Chester L. 71, when their car struck the rear of a farm truck being backed onto the highway from a private drive by James Clyde 49, Westminster R. 1. Charges of failure to yield the right of way and manslaughter were brought against Kessel before a Westminster magistrate Maryland State Policeman Paul Hahn of A hearing Husband Both Selby and Kessel escaped Mrs. Selby was a daughter of the late William and Agnes Witherow Phillips and is survived by her band and these six New Mrs. Carroll Hahn and Arthur both of Westminster R. 1; Mrs. Melvin Hanover R. 1, and Stanley of There are 13 One brother also Joseph Littlestown R. D. Services Friday Mrs. Selby was a member of Bart's EUB Church and was urer of the Sunday She also was a member of the Aid Society of the Funeral services Friday after- noon at 2 o'clock at the Little neral Home in Littlestown with her the Rev. A. W. Interment in Mt. Carmel Friends may call Thursday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock at the Little Funeral HOSPITAL REPORT Mrs. and Mrs. Joy minster R. 1. Mrs. Elwood Harner and infant Mrs. Clifford Rice and infant ners R. 2; Mrs. Ray 227 Carlisle Mrs. Floyd Kuhn and Orrtanna R. 1; Mrs. George Gorman and infant Mrs. Harry Fairfield R. 1, and Robert 337 Carlisle St WAYNESBORO SPEAKER Dr. Abdel Ross sor of church history in the theran Theological will be the guest preacher at the en service in the Lutheran this evening at His subject will Thou the the Son of in advance before acting to meet an Reaffirms Old Stand Eisenhower said nobody could foresee every possible condition that might He said he was not backing away from the ment he made last week that this country would not be carried into war without the approval of Con- But he as an example of an extreme he could conceive of word coming to him while he was in the news conference that a great fleet of airplanes was coming from the south to destroy the United 1 If any citizen would hold him guiltless he sat there and tried to get action before acting the President he doesn't know who that citizen would Self preservation requires quick reaction by nations as well as in- the President 2> Ask Aid For Homeless Family The Red Cross issued an appeal for least two of and for a stove and table for the family of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Orrtanna R. 1, whose home was destroyed by fire at noon on March 4. Mrs. Raymond P. Red Cross executive said the family lost all their sions in the fire which spread rapidly through their two-story frame Mr. who was in the Warner Hospital when the fire occurred remains there in a serious Mrs. Wilkinson and a son are attempting to their home on the old Mrs. BUI said donations of building rial will be appreciated by the hard-hit To Present The At College 2 Nights The Owl and Nightingale matic Club of Gettysburg College will present a act thriller by Patrick in Brua Thursday and Friday starting at Reservations car be made by con- 481-W or 829-W. There will be no admission Advance tickets for the final by the Owl and Nightingale Juan in can be obtained by writing to the matic Arts Gettysburg The reading will be given In Brua Final will be 16 TEACHERS TO HAVE ROLES IN BHS OPERETTA Appearance of 16 members of the faculty of Biglerville High School will be a feature of the production and to be presented the Biglerville High School Choir Thursday and Friday starting at 9 at the Grade School The story concerns the tion of an operetta at a small school for select young ladies and which produces an operetta written by the head of the Dramatic Arts In the play the head of the de- becomes ill with measles and the various complications that follow are the basis for the comedy The operetta is finally after much and the production will combine both humor and Dual Cast For Some Roles The cast of characters for the include Wayne Guise as dent of Dorothy dean of Betty her Gary dean of Richard his liam on Thursday night and Dean Starry on Friday night depict the Dual casts are lists for a number of the other characters with the first named to appear on Thursday night and the second on Dixon as Evadne Fool and Nancy Cline as Kay Sheats and Eunice Luckenbaugh as Janet and Mary Lou Kanagy as Frank Cline will portray on Page 11) DIES TODAY AT ILL THREE WEEKS Mrs. Cora Mae died at her home there at 4 this ing after an of three She would have been 72 years of age on March 29. Mrs. the wife of Spencer was born in Adams County and was a daughter of the late David and Sarah M. Her first marriage was to the late George Riegle and these dren survive from that Mrs. Frank Gettysburg B. 3; H. Edgar Spring ant county superintendent of York County and Mrs. Edward Biglerville R. 1. Services Satarday These brothers and sisters also John p burg 3; J. 111.; Lloyd Mrs. Bertha Mrs. Otho Biglerville R. 2. and Mrs. Clarence Fairfield R. 1. Mrs. Strausbaugh was a member of the Lutheran Funeral services Saturday ing at 10 o'clock at Church with her the Rev. Robert Interment in the church Friends may call Friday evening from 7 to at the Peters Funeral Home on Carlisle St. 13 INDUCTED BY HONOR SOCIETY Thirteen Gettysburg High School students were inducted into the National Honor this at an assembly program in the high school Suzanne Gettysburg Col- lege freshman and former High Schol honor society presided over the tion Guile W. high school awarded the society Guest speaker Dr. Esther head of the Department of ology at the addressed the assembly group on the The program opened with two and the Blue by the Girls En- Lorraine Lord's Nancy member of the junior presided over the Honor Society inductees Esther James Roger Jo Ann tarcia Suzanne Joyce Stanton lis Jo Ann Albert Elizabeth Wells and Roger Parents of the tees were also Guest Speaker For County Youth Rally The Rev. James pastor of the South Mountain Church of will be the speaker for the bi-weekly of the Adams County Youth for Christ to be held day evening at 8 o'clock at the First Baptist s. stratum St. Special music will provided by Raymond and Anna Edwards of the Familiar radio broadcast from CONFERENCE MARCH 23 County Agent Frank E. Zettle day that the second an- conference on The Church and Migratory sponsored by the KILLER THAN CAR i of the early 1900's were similar to horses in that the driver could be kicked toy but differed in the respect that even at its worst the horseless 4-H DAIRY CALF IN COUNTY IS REORGANIZED Re-organization of the Adams County Dairy Calf club was effected at a meeting Tuesday evening at the Court The club started a new three-year officers are ed each Jay R. 1, was elected Henry R. 1, vice Rose R. 2, and Donald game Two new members were Elizabeth and Paul of R. 1. The club hopes to have a membership of 100 be- fore the three-year cycle By that Assistant County Agent Fred Attinger told the the county should be com- free of all joes and the 4-H club bers will be able to exhibit their animals at county and regional shows and at the State Farm Show in Flan Judging Team Plans to select a judging team to take part in the annual 4-H week activities at State University were Members will study methods of using cards and slides showing the points emphasized in as a basis for their The judging day night was confined to steins and but the club as its membership to divide into groups according to breeds of Attinger county is and asked parents to urge their youngsters to tage of the many opportunities of- by the dairy calf The next meeting will be held April 19 at 'the home of Fred R. 2. Six Additional The number of deputies to Sheriff Dorsey J. Schultz was brought to 16 this when six tional Adams were sworn in at brief ceremonies in the county New deputies Blaine G. Glenn William C. Edward F. Francis D. Schultz and Harry R. both of Fathers His 27th Child At 89 N. J. Ephraim former farm hand who celebrated his 89th birthday in is pleased as punch over the birth of his 27th His 44-year-old wife gave birth to a Roseanna in Point Pleasant Hospital Mother and daughter are doing A got too but I haven't got one to I wouldn't take 10 million dollars for He had 14 children by a first Now he and his present wife live with seven of their dren in a apartment DECLARES carriage was killer as old never as great a declared Ernest H. president of the Gettysburg Region of the An- tique Automobile Club of at the weekly of the Exchange Tuesday ing at He said that on a mileage compared with the automobile's average run of ten thousand miles a the horse was as deadly as the Outlining the progress the automotive industry Simpson told of the ancient Hebrew prophet who peered into the future and shall jostle one against another In the ways and they shall run like the GEORGE KENNAN QUITS CONTEST FOR CONGRESS In a surprise move that caught most Democratic leaders of burg and Adams County George F. one-time to announced his withdrawal as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Con- gress from the berland A prepared statement was released at 10 o'clock this by a prominent Democratic to The Gettysburg It have found it necessary to withdraw my candidacy for the position of Representative in Congress from the 19th District of It has become clear that it would not be sible to reconcile my existing personal commitments with the requirements of a primary con- Twenty-five centuries later baker was the first to advertise with woman smoking a rette in the front seat with a dress pulled over her Simpson Cars In 1900 1900 this country had eight thousand hissing like teakettles they were pantos like Cif they were exploding like Chinese firecrackers they were internal scaring the daylights out of horses and and raising the pressure of many citizens who swore would have nothing to do with such Simpson 'the old-timer got more mile out of a gallon of gasoline then do the moderns in their lined luxury owner of an- antique car and one ot the founders of the former Brass Age Car Club of Page 3) wish to thank all those low citizens of the district who have supported my candidacy and to express the hope that there will be other opportunities for me to be of service to the people of the When questioned for further de- tails the local Democrat said he had no further now he further must come from Mr. He said that a statement was expected this morning from Princeton where Mr. Kennan is instructor in Princeton's Institute for Advanced Conference On A conference was held in burg Among those in addition to several county Democratic was David L. mayor of and a leader in the higher echelons of the Lawrence flew to risburg m an effort to the which were not ex- Fred G. New man of the county was not available for comment on Page 5) 150 SCOUTS SIGN FOR SWIMMING IN COLLEGE POOL One hundred fifty Boy Scouts and Explorers of the Black Walnut and districts have signed for swimming in- struction at the Gettysburg College pool under sponsorship of the Alpha Phi Omega Charles local scout field reported Tuesday ing at the sessions of the of leadership FHA HONOR TWO Edmund W. of the First National Bank of and William Fairfield R. Eastern States cooperative were the burg High School Future Farmers of American at the annual FHA banquet held at the high school Tuesday 300 were The Battlefield Chapter of the Future Farmers of America pre- sented Thomas and Orner with plagues designating them as orary chapter president of the FFA chapter and said the made their outstanding interest in and ance to the Battlefield Chapter over many Both the FFA and the local chapter of the Future Homemakers of America were praised by various speakers at the dinner Miss Margaret area adviser for the Future praised the young women their teachers and their parents for the work that is being done by this Cites Achievements Richard C. area super- visor of Agricultural told the Battlefield chapter of the FFA can be proud of its and it can be proud of its ing school being held at New ford High Because of the plans were changed to permit swimming and life saving instruction for the scouts four evenings week at o'clock each Harris The schedule will start Monday and the scouts will be notified of the night they will at- tend the courses of On Page 5) Elmer Schriver and George Since eligible to receive the various FFA state awards in 1939, the chapter has produced 41 youths who have won the Keystone Farmer highest can be offered by the FFA in the state of 5 two have won the American Farmer highest in the One member has been named a national On Page 5) 23 Burned Japs Will Get Finest U.S. Medical Aid TOKYO United States i stirred speculation that the March today offered top-flight American medical aid to 23 Japanese men burned and blistered by ashes from a U.S. test blast in the U.S. Ambassador John Allison also proposed a joint American March 1 investigation of incident in the the 1 test may have been a thermo- nuclear ex- The reports indicate they were about 80 miles from the blast The U.S. Embassy said a team of three American and three Benefit Card Party On Friday Evening The Gettysburg Association of Clubs will hold another of its an- i Bounced card proceeds of which are turned over to the Community at Post No. 15. at 8 o'clock Friday evening Many prizes been received from Gettysburg merchants and residents be awarded at the Commander Bernard P. Post No. 15. is chairman of the com- nese doctors associated with Other members are Beuhla Eniwetok test atomic bomb casualty commission Mrs Francis the city of Mrs. Mildred S Pennsylvania Council of Only one of the 23 shim a uill treat the John Berger and Clarence WlH be held March 23 in the caucus was considered in dangerous con- Allison's offer was the first boat of the capitol at dition when their eon will held at the Hotel Zettle said a number of county growers and processors who hire migrant labor to a large extent annually attend the sessions at which plans are discussed for religious services to the arrived Sunday but all had entered a pital Three were added to the serious list but doctors said they expect all 33 will The intensity of their skin blackening and hair falling cial comment from the United States on the Kyodo news agency said the Japanese Foreign Office intends to take up the matter with the United States Japanese officials say they will Red Cross Report Goal their story of the blast 1 ask compensation for tae
