Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - March 24, 1954, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania WEATHER FORECAST Mostly cloudy low 32-3S. THursday cloudy with moderate temperatures and rain by THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Truth Our Public Good Our Aim ESTABLISHED 1902 With Honor To Ourselves And Profit To Our Patrons GOOD EVENING Some men are wiM and Vol. 52, No. 71 Adams County's Only Daily Newspaper WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 1954 Leased Wire Member of The Associated Luther I. Jr. Elected Recreation Will Serve Until September 1 Directors of the Gettysburg Association Tuesday night appointed Luther I. Sachs 27-year-old local high school as Gettysburg recreation manager from April 1 to September 1. The appointment was made at a special meeting of the recreation board in the Engine House less than two weeks after Ira R. former recreation announced his resignation to accept a public tions position at the Dickinson School of The board agreed to engage Sachs on a part-time basis from April 1 to July 1. At that the burg High School graduate and Navy veteran will take over as a full-time recreation Coaches Sachs said that a full-time tion as recreation director will con- vith his fall and winter school He Is a junior high school football and basketball coach and teaches and physical education at the high The board voted to engage John school to clean the high school gymnasium after end and gave the Gettysburg Fire Company permission to proceed with its plans to im- prove the athletic house on Donald W. first ant fire said that a new roof and shingles siding will the first renovations to the called by both fire company and recreation officials as an LUTHER L SACHS JR. COMMISSIONERS ASKING BIDS ON Bids for construction of the new boiler house and central heating plant at the county home will be opened by the County ers about the middle of the commissioners decided at their meeting this The date will be decided laler today following study of the statutes pertaining to advertising for The first advertisements will be published this Construction of the 23x25-foot concrete block and brick central boiler at the county home and the installation of the re- quired changes in the heating tems of the buildings will be com- before Alfred architect for the told them this To Replace Stoves The central will provide heat for all Of the tures at the county will vide hot water for all buildings and be set up to also supply the new laundry and slaughter house that are on for development of the The laundry probably will be built in another with the commissioners planning to de- year by year according to a plan approved some months ago in order that the work may progress without putting the county into debt by making all of the changes at one In all but one buildings the heat from the central heating plant will simply replace the present with other used as In the men's building where a hot air furnace provides the the entire system will be changed radiation The new system will replace an of some of them 47 years now in use at the county The commissioners said the present old furnaces are about worn Also replaced will be on Pace 2) MISS ANN FABER NAMED HEAD OF LOCAL SORORITY Miss Ann Faber was elected president of the Epsilon Delta Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority evening at a meeting held at the Sorority E. High St. Other officers elected Nickey vice Nita recording Stella corresponding and Christina The new officers will be installed at a special of the Sorority early in The date will be the Easter Egg sponsored an- by the announced that it will be held Saturday April starting at 2 on the i Seminary April 19 was set as the rain Hunt In Groups Following the usual custom the youngsters participating in the egg be divided into three age one to four to six and seven to President Marie Kunn announced that the Middle Eastern Area convention will be June 4, 5, 6 at the Claridge Hotel in Atlantic Ways and Means Chairman en Spangler said a food sale will be held by her committee on coin Square Saturday morning April 3. It was announced that the proceeds from the Valentine Dance sponsored by the Epsilon Delta and Xi Alpha Chi chapters of the has been presented to the Adams County Free Library ing The next meeting of the group will be held April 13. SOROPTIMISTS DINE TUESDAY The Club of burg held a banquet at the town Fire Hall Tuesday evening with 65 members and guests at- tending Mrs. D. Fred Slegal acted as toastmistress for the Entertainment was furnished by a group of young Miss Donna Gilbert of Miss Suetta Martin of Fairfield and Hospital Report Mrs. Charles Westminster R. 2; Mrs. Eugene Mrs. Allan Mrs. Andrew R 3; Mrs. Grant R. 1; Murray Littlestown R. 2, and Mrs. J. Roy Frank Mabel 444 Baltimore Mrs. Cloyd Charles R. Mrs. Richard White and in- fant Fairfield R. 1; Mrs. Elwood Strickhouser and infant Taneytown R. 1; Mrs. Harvey Fleming and infant Gardners R. 2; Mrs. Merton Grace and infant R. 4; Mrs. Richard Mrs. Paul Mrs. Jay Swisher and infant R. 1. several tap ballet j dances in Miss Angelyn 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Fred Slegal of did ballet and tap numbers and Roland also of presented trumpet Out-of-town visitors included nine members of the Soroptimist Club of ite Jessie vice Marion re- cording Blanche corresponding Janet Lulu Grace Nora McGehee and erine Prospective new members were also invited to attend as The committee in charge was Miss Alma Mrs. Fred Mrs. Wilmer Bream and Mrs. Blaine The dinner was prepared and served by the Loyal Class and the Youth Society Class of the Knightstown Reformed LOCAL WEATHER Yesterday's Last night's Today at 9 Today at 1.30 p.m. 5S BANQUET The annual spring banquet of the Adams County branch will be held April 28 at at the Rolling Acres Elementary School at It was decided Monday afternoon at a meeting of the executive council of the county Frank was named as general chairman for the President Robert New Born Twin Dies Early Today Richard Leslie one of the twin sons born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester at the ser home late Tuesday died at a.m. today at the Warner Surviving in addition to the ents are the twin a patient at the maternal grand- Mr. and Mrs. Virgil and paternal grand- Mr. and Mrs. James ser. Graveside cervices were ducted by the Rev. O. D. Coble at the Tabor Cemetery this afternoon at 3 79, NEW EXPIRES TODAY Robert Richard 79, of 111 New died of bronchial pneumonia morning at o'clock at the home of his son-in-law and Mr. and Mrs. J. William He had been in ill health for the past ten years and bedfast since Dellinger was born in and was the son of the late Richard P. and Artie His Mrs. Alice preceded him in 1933. The deceased was a retired He moved from New ter to New Oxford in 1929 and lived with the Millers for the past 18 Mr. Dellinger also worked for the state highway and for the Colonial Casting New for five He was a member of St. John's Reformed New and of the New Oxford Social and Athletic On Friday Surviving are five Mrs. Mertie New Oxford R. 1; Mrs. M. New Oxford R. 2; Mrs. George M. New Oxford R. 1; Mrs. Andrew A. New Oxford R. 2, and Mrs. with whom he Also surviving are one Arthur 18 and seven Funeral services will be ed Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Fred F. Feiser Funeral New The Rev. Archie pastor of St. Paul's Reformed New will Interment win be in the Pines Church New Friends may call at the Feiser Funeral Home Friday evening after 7 o PRICE FIVE CENTS Ike And Mamie Aid Red Cross Here THE 19 March 1954 Dear Mr. I have been directed by the President and Mrs Eisenhower the inclosed Riggs National Bank Check No. 100, dated March 1954, m the amount of One Hundred Dollars as their contribution to the 1954 Red Cross Drive of Adams The formal acknowledgment m i r -J J lit the and Mamie D. hower should be mailed to me for proper TC Military Aide to the President I- Mr. A. The National Red Cross County Chapter check for 5100 from President and Mrs. Eisenhower for the 1954 fund campaign of the Adams County Chapter of the Red Cross was received Tuesday afternoon from the White House by Campaign A. The above letter accompanied the The signed by Mamie D. was dated March 19 and was drawn on the Riggs National It donation made a year ago by the President and his wife to the 1953 fund Chairman Meligakes said this year's donation was In 1953 the from the launched the Club here that enrolled donors of to the Red Cross drive and helped pot the campaign over its 2 5 Churches And 7 Friends Share R. P. Funkhouser Estate In Excess Of SHIPPENSBURG ALUMNI ELECT LLOYD HARTMAN Lloyd R. Liberty principal at the Meade School ing was elected president of the Adams Bounty Chapter of the Shippensburg State Teachers Col- elge Alumni at a banquet meeting Tuesday evening in the Lutheran parish house at Miss was elected pr and it tn an alumni member in each jointure in the county to promote the in- of the Meetings of Shippensburg alumni trill be held in each jointure and will be planned in alphabetical j Sixty-five attended Tuesday's i fair with George B. super- i vising principal of the Fairfield Prexy Speaks Dr. Harry president of the college at spoke on the need for teachers in the years ahead and of Shippensburg's role in the preparation of teachers to full that Dr. Earl dean of and Prof. George head of the English de- at the were quet During the banquet Lou Ann Zentz of Fairfield High School en- with piano selections and group of students sang with Mrs. Dorothy music at the Margaret Jean Mary Louise Lou Ann Nina Nancy Robert Richard and Rodney Their The 16-page win of Roy P. who died suddenly at bis W. Lincoln home here March 15, was filed at the court house day afternoon disposing of an tate estimated to be worth ex- cess of Five members of his and friends in me tate through direct bequests or by trust funds established in their be- A Ruth Virginia and her John L. are named executors of the will and letters testamentary were ed to them by Register of Wills ry D. The estimate of the at- to the application for letters on the values real estate at personal selections included to Me Only Thine Love a and The banquet served by the Eha M. Glenn Class of the Lutheran Church Wife Takes Appeal On Sharpe Divorce The divorce granted by the Adams County court to Philip B. Emmitsburg R. on January 4 nas been appealed to the state superior court by his Ethel Marie according to papers received by the Adams County prothonotary from the prothonotary of the superior court at The appeal was made by the local law firm of Bulleit and Bulleit for Mrs. The divorce decree granted by the county court was based on cruel and barbarous indignities to person and According to the notice from the Superior Court the Adams County prothonotary is to forward papers in the case by 1955, when the appeal will be TELLS CLUB OF CHILD WELFARE SERVICES HERE Duties of the Rural Child fare Association provide foster homes and institutional placement for dependent and neglected Adams County children were outlined by Miss Bettis at Eddie Forgets Cards On Birthday Birthday greetings and gifts helped Eddie Fox celebrate his 18th birthday at his home on the Mt. Carmel west of There were plans for a simple family birthday party this who returned last from a Philadelphia hospital where he ended a 44-month con- after being critically burned in 1950, is steadily improving in his use of He the skill of walking in the last few months in the Since his return home he has been kept busy on odd clock re- dish drying and other chores about the This afternoon he was busy erecting a brightly ed bird house he built in the craft shop at the hospital and brought along BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ar- announce the birth of a son today at the Warner A son was also born today at the hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Allan axe the parents of a daughter born today at the a today at the hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Westminster R. 2. A daughter was bom Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Grant R. 1, at the SPORTSMEN TO MEET Adoption of new to the Gettysburg Association on a stock basis is to take place at a meeting this ning of present and former bers of the association at the sociation building along wright Ave. The meeting will be held at p.m. STOCKS FALL BACK NEW YORK Stocks gave ground today in a rather moderate manner with spots of resistance to the decline appearing in scattered Gains and losses with few exceptions were below a point with the emphasis on the losing side of the One block and half from Lincoln you'll find the mott Both at 110 MISS LIVERMORE Tuesday evening's of the Exchange Club at Moss Livermore pointed out that Adams is one of 21 counties in the Pennsylvania De- of Welfare's Rural Child on Pace 2) MRS. BROOKHOUSE BURIED Last rites for Mrs. Anna K. wife of Albert L. formerly of Littlestown and who died on Monday at 6-35 in the Warner where she had been a tient for six were conducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Little Funeral The Frank E. Reynolds pastor of Redeemer's and Reformed Interment was in Mt. Carmel ing as pallbearers were Oliver C. Samuel A. Mervin S. Wilbur A. Nevaeh A. Crouse and Luther D. Ike Says Hydrogen Blast WASHINGTON Ufi President Eisenhower told his news ence today that something must have happened at the recent drogen explosion in the Pacific which surprised and astonished A reporter told Eisenhower at his news conference that anti- American newspapers in Japan and elsewhere were making much of the incident in which Japanese fishermen 75 miles away from the Pacific blast March 1 were re- ported to have been possible tims of Something must have the President that surprised and astonished the Eisenhower said Adm. Lewis chairman of the Atomic Energy has not yet returned to report on the But tot President said 1bat from what he has been able to learn thus far the reports of possible in- juries to persons who were ly close to the blast are more serious than the actual results of the explosion on them Twenty-three Japanese fishermen were burned seriously in a shower of nuclear ashes from the They said they were far from the official hazard The Navy reported last night in a 4.200-ton tanker had received slight and not a dangerous contamination of active Rep. Holifield who ob- served the said the sion was far beyond what was predicted that you might say it was out of The power of the blast has been estimated as between 600 and 700 times greater than that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion which MISS SCHARF IS NEW EDITOR OF Miss Elise Scharf today was an- as the new editor of the Maroon and Gettysburg High School thus be- coming the third member of the Scharf family to fill that Her Henry M. manager of the Hotel MISS ELISE SCHARF was the second editor of the high school having been elected in 1921. Her George A. was the fourth serving in 1923. Miss Scharf is the 36th student to be elected editor of the school Miss Scharf is the first She is the first child of a former editor to also become editor of the There have been of brothers becoming editors of the Editors of Paper The list of editors of the which began in magazine format and m 1926, assumed its present newspaper in- 1920, Ellen 1921, Henry M. 1922, Sigurd 1923. George A. on Page 5) COLLIDE Automobiles operated by Gary E 50 Maple and Fred A. East collided at Walnut and timore at Hanover police said man's vehicle was hearing south on Baltimore St. and Spangler's was traveling west on East Walnut St. Damage to Spangler's car was by police at and to Park Storage Shed Is Offered For Sale The Gettysburg National Park office has announced it is receiving bids for the sale of a storage shed measuring 21 by 46 at the former CCC camp site in Pitzer's Woods along W. Confederate Ave. Bids will be opened April 8 at the park Dr. J. Walter park said the building no longer is needed for storage purposes by the Park 89 KITS SENT TO KOREANS BY GIRL SCOUTS Eighty-nine made by the Girl Scouts of Adams County for the children of were shipped today to New York on the first leg of their overseas The kits include a small pocket toilet and laundry tooth tooth safety needle and three yards of a hand wash cloth and hair The articles are placed in col- ored draw string bags made by the Girl Decision to send the kit bags to the Korean as a Girl property including rights and in excess of Had Two Homes Real estate included in the tate are the town house property at 235 W. Lincoln Ave. where Mr. Funkhouser and a summer home property in Franklin Twp. along the old Lincoln Highway west of The first bequest of money in the document is to the United Brethren where Mr. Funkhouser was a An equal amount was left to the United Brethren Church of Big ington brance of my love mother and Mr. Funkhouser wrote in his There is a bequest of to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church of Gettysburg and each to the Gettysburg Zion Church and the John the Baptist Church of Inherits Stock All of Mr. stock of the Victor Products Corporation of Pennsylvania is willed to his Mrs TTip Of shares or its value are not Indicated in the From stock holdings in the Victor Corporation of he made these specific bequests of John A. Gettysburg R. 2, 300 Evelyn 7. 200 shares r George On Pace 5) FOR 1954 NOW BEING SHOWN Presenting more advanced styling and mechanical changes in recent Oldsmobile's 1954 models went on display today at Oldsmobile dealerships throughout the Glenn Buford is the local new styling trend for low smart lines with interior luxury and engineering according to J. F. general manager of mobile Division and vice president of General 1954 cars set precedents in several metry and fine road performance combined with The new Super and are three inches lower than their predecessors without sacrificing ground They feature such sweeping changes as an all new body by a new panoramic new fender and door design and many other styling brought about by the arrival in the United States of tives of the Korean Girl They were asked what the girls there and the articles placed in the kit bags are the ones listed by the Koreans as the greatest needs other than One Troop Makes 17 The 89 kit bags made locally sent to the at N. Y. The American Relief to Korea has agreed to ship them For most the troops of the each patrol had one kit bag as its Troop 21 of led by Mrs. Donald made 17 of the kit The troop has 28 Mrs. Hardy Girl Scout said the gifts show not only the American Girl Scouts wish to help the Koreans but it will also show the friendly feeling of the Adams County Girl Scouts to the children of The new engine is in from 165 to the Super models in the and up in compression ratio from 8 to 1 to 8.25 to 1. Engine displacement is increased from 303 to 324 cu. and the entire car is engineered so on 6) CODE VIOLATORS Among motorists recently ing fines in Westminster for motor code violations were the William Benedict charged with reckless Charles M. Hahn failing to stop for a Ray H. exceeding the 30-mile Missionary Rally Thursday Evening A Missionary Rally will be held Thursday evening at o'clock in the Centenary EUB The service be sponsored by the Old Familiar a radio broadcast under the direction of Raymond and Anna The missionary speaker will be Miss Freda Protheroe of the Leper and Medical A Drums Are taken by the speaker in the Belgian will be shown at the The public is invited to Red Cross Report Goal Needed in 3S. Sv
