Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - January 13, 1955, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania WEATHER FORECAST Colder tonight with mostly fair tonight of low 14-20, mostly fair and THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Truth Our Public Good Our Aim ESTABLISHED 1902 With Honor To Ourselves And Profit To Our Patrons Vol. 53, No. 11 Only Dally Newspaper THURSDAY JANUARY 13, 1955 Leased wirt Member of County Commissioners Keep Their Promise And Cut Tax Rate 2 Budgets Ready The Adams County kept their promise to the ayers of the county today by ping two mills off the taxes for 1955. The total tax levied by the county will be 10 The reduction reflects the in- crease in assessment of erties brought about by the new equalized assessment which went into effect this It is the ond straight year in which county taxes have been In 1953 the tax totalled 12 yz with yx mill going for In the amount was reduced to 12 mills when the county had ob- enough to pay off its This year the amount of tax was dropped to 10 Tentative Budgets Ready Decision on the tax rate came after county commissioners had completed their tentative gets for the county and institution The budgets will be ad- for study by residents ot the county and final ing the is expected in According to the present tive budgets the county will spend during 1955. Such mates are normally higher than the actual amount but the commissioners figure on a fairly large balance at the end of the year to carry on the government until it receives its new taxes the following Of that amount is the estimated expenditure for general county purposes while is the estimated cost in the tion district Money For Security Cell With a balance of on the county general fund ex- On 3) JACOBS SUMS UP THREE YEARS OF FIRE FIGHTING firemen were called to 301 fires and assisted with a number of others outside area during the last three retiring Fire Chief Donald G. Jacobs said at Wednesday evening's meeting of the fire Reporting on the activities of the tompany during the three years in which he was Jacobs said 123 fires occurred during that period within the loss was held to for those men said the record was with a very low loss in com- parison to other similar sized com- The firemen also answered 178 calls outside the damage at also regarded as a small amount lor a three-year period in com- parison to national Loss in 11 large fires in which the local department was called by other fire companies to assist was estimated at Those fires included the Pine Brook Park October 14, 1951; St. eph's October 15, 1951; a truckload of TNT on October 25, 1951; Myers November 8, 1951; E. W. Allison June 30, 1952; White's February 24, 1952; A. W. Baker November 15, 1952; Bon De- cember 30, 1952; Thomas Niblet July 25, 1952; Paul Settle July 24, 1953 and the Fairfield Shoe August 2, 1953. 51 Stove Fires Of the 301 calls during the three years 51 were overheated 32 oil 77 rubbish 14 caused by 12 by children ing with one 33 Short 11 false 19 22 burning trucks or five were four ended in eight are listed as 11 were caused by tric storms and one spontaneous Of the 96 fires to which the com- pany was called in 1954 eight were 13 brush 15 cars or three two private two service seven three three one an one house three were rescue calls one two loads of three plants and one a Most of the 40 them curred between noon and 6 25 between 6 p.m. and mid- 23 between 6 a.m. and noon and only eight were in the hours be- tween midnight and 6 a.m. Eighteen occurred on 14 16 on 11 On 2) THIEVES STEAL SAFE FROM CLEANERS A 300-pound safe containing in cash and company papers and records was removed from the of- fice of Prosperity W. Railroad Wednesday Borough and State Police who are estimated that or three probably were Chief of Police Jack Bartlett said the which was mounted on was rolled from the office and out a side door on the south side of the where it was loaded onto a truck or There was nothing in the office to indicate an effort had been made to open safe First Attempt Fails Chief Bartlett said the burglars first attempted to enter through an office They broke a pane of glass there and unlocked the window but a coat of paint held the window sash so tightly they could not budge it. Then the thugs went to the back door where they smashed a glass and opened the That gave them access to the office where the safe Police believe the burglary curred at midnight or An effort was made today to secure at the scene of the Chief Bartlett said the safe measured about 18x18x28 inches and must weighed about 300 There were re- and other papers in the safe in addition to the he The cleaning establishment was closed at 6 o'clock Wednesday ning and the ered this morning when it ened at The safe has not been PROBLEM IN MATERNITY WORK IS TOPIC The latest scientific findings in connection with the Kh problem in maternity were outlined afternoon by Dr. C. old head of the department of pathology at the Warner at the regular meeting of the pital medical At each meeting a conference is held on developments in various types of medicine with a different physician in charge each Dr. as chief of also presided at the While the percentage of women whose blood contains an Rh tive varies from community to nationally the centage is 15 per and out of that number only a very small centage will have a child which will suffer from the jaundice which frequently causes death of the Dr. Johnson Add Doctor To Staff The only treatment for the disease is transfusions of blood and the type of blood used is he an with a Rh negative factor can be used in replacing the blood in the The erythroblastosis occurs only when the mother has a negative Rh factor in her blood and the father a Rh positive factor in his And even then it occurs only when On Page 3) Engaged The engagement of Miss Helen Arlette daughter of ford Biglerville R. 1, and the late Rae Thomas to Bert Gregg son of Bertram M. and the late Alice Gregg has been an- Miss a graduate of the Biglerville High is em- ployed by the C. H. Musselman Her who ed the Appalachian High School in N. is employed in his father's No data has been set for the Mr. and Mrs James Gardners R. 1, have announced the engagement of their Gloria to Earl son of Mrs. Mary Miss a graduate of lerville is employed On Page 2) LOCAL WEATHER 31 night's Today at 9 Today at Today's snow inches Countian Struck By Car In Capital J. Wilmer 35, Orrtanna R. 1, fruit was struck by Wednesday and suffered two fractures of his ne was in Harrisburg to attend the Pennsylvania Farm He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Orrtanna R. 1. The accident occurred at a street intersection Wednesday He was struck by a car operated by James W. and was taken by ambulance to the where his tion was listed as parents went to today to visit him in the CHIMNEY FIRE The Gettysburg Fire Co. was called at o'clock this afternoon to extinguish a chimney fire at the C. E. Wolf 118 SU BARTLETT SETS UP NEW ROLES FOR FIREMEN Chief of Police Jack Bartlett told Gettysburg firemen at their meeting in the engine house Wednesday night that hereafter all responding to fire alarms must stop at the intersection of Baltimore and Middle matter which di- rection you are He told the firemen that the deci- sion was reached at a conference be- tween the police department and fire chiefs and officers of fire The rule Is put into effect to vent accidents at the intersection and to save the life and limb of the officer handling traffic at that Chief Bartlett dec- Issues Parking At present most firemen slow down at the relying on the policeman on duty there to them There have been some it was Bartlett said that in line with the determination to enforce all parking no parking permitted on the south side of E. Middle St. In the event of fires the first firemen entering E. Middle St. is to park on the south side at the telephone west of the fire Other firemen will park be- hind He warned that only in event of fires or drills will parking plowed in that section by the Advance Bartlett also urged compliance by the firemen in parking elsewhere in the Raymond general man for the Battle Anniversary observance reported the dates of the carnival will be June 28 through July 2. The company authorized the transfer of from the general fund to the anniversary observance committee to permit it to begin The money is returned after the The possibility of formation of a auxiliary to the fire was with the m- On Page 2) Funeral Today For Mrs. Lottie Ridinger Funeral services for Mrs. Lottie 220 E. Middle who died in the Warner Hospital day evening 10 days after she was injured In a were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the der Funeral The Rev. Victor K. Meredith pastor of the Methodist Church of which Mrs. Ridinger was a Interment was made JR Evergreen The were Robert Ralph William Donald dore McKenrick and Bernard Mrs. Ridinger was hurt New Year's Eve when she fell through a hole in the floor in an unoccupied section of her property on E. St. The immediate cause of death was a pulmonary an autopsy GIRL SCOUTERS GET OKAY ON CAMP PLANS The Girl Scout Camp Committee has received permission to chase a site for a troop camp in the it was announced Wednesday The letter from Mrs. Madeline supervisor for was read at the committee's held that evening m the Scout The Camp Committee then recommended that a. Site and Committee be appointed by the county The Camp Committee announced that four be awarded this good for one week each at an established Three will be Inter- mediates and one for a The qualifications for the Inter- mediates are that they have been a member of the Girl Scouts for two or more and plan to remain for another two They should be enthusiastic and and practice the Scout laws and They should also have completed their and Tenderfoot and be toward first-class Announce Camp Dates The requirement for the Senior applicants is that they complete their aid which prepares the to go ious types of The dates for the county's three Girl Scout Day Camps have been announced for next area girls will be invited to the South Mountain Camp for week of June 13 17. The other two camps are Camp Little and Camp The first will be open June 20 24, and the second June 27 July 1. The committee announced that they will try to get the girls on the Appalachian Trail next summer to travel by of in mixed as in The next meeting of the Camp Committee has been scheduled for March 9. Mrs. Hilda Arter is the Adams County B. L. Holds Its Elections The Adams County Building and Loan Association meeting was held Tuesday at p.m. for the purpose of electing di- rectors and The following directors were George P. John W. Mary R. C. Leslie Charles T. B. P. E. Donald Charles J. Toot and J. Francis Yake Jr. Immediately after that the directors for the purpose of George P. Black was elected E. Donald vice C Leslie John W. and J. Francis Yake The regular business session lowed when reports for 1954 were Favorable comments were expressed of the progress made and the fact that earnings amounted to per cent this now in IS Baltimore STOCKS GO HIGHER NEW YORK stock ket turned higher today in a mild j flurry of buying in early j Betterment in the market lowed two days of declining a moderate slide resisted by many firm Price changes today spread over a range of between 1 and 2 points either way with most in the minor Higher stocks included U.S. Armco nith International Tele- Oliver Wilson and United Air JUVENILE AND BROTHER-IN-LAW ADMIT THEFTS IN LITTLESTOWN A Frederick County man and a juvenile have admitted burglarizing seven Littlestown garages and ice Carson's Silver Dollar near Fairfield and Kessler's Texaco Station and the Blue Duck Inn near Emmitsburg among other state police reported The two have also implicated two other men in various one with those in this area and the other in connection with burglaries in Maryland State today brought in connection with burglaries and in that state before the Frederick County court against Eugene Woodrow 20; a 16-year-old and his Margason George 22. All three Ere from Woodsboro R. 1, Md. They re- side about eight miles from Also in custody is Roy described as in his early 20s, who police say was with the other three on January 2 when they committed number of crimes in according to Three Served Time State Police said this morning that the three men in- volved in. the Adams County the two Smiths and all have been arrested previously for other crimes and have served Maryland police said three stole a. car in Frederick on the night of January 6, then burglarized the Arcade Alley at Later they burglarized the at the Thurmont Bowling Alley and the Silver Dollar near owned by Harold Carson Jr. At the Silver Dollar they broke open a juke a cigarette vending chine and a alley according to Pennsylvania It is estimated they took in cash and a bottle of brandy from that Steal Two Cars They have also been charged with two in their burglaries on uary 6, according to who said that the trio abandoned the they stole az and then stole another auto from used car lot there to finish the burglaries that night and The early morning of January 7. On January 2 the with are charged with entering the Kessler Texaco at Em- and with removing a safe from the Blue Duck near The safe was thrown into a quarry near St. Maryland police said the safe had not been Eugene Smith's car was used for those Saturday morning the after stealing a car at en- tered seven establishments in the Littlestown shot a dog police 7 Dog Killed The burglars broke into the body shop of John about two miles southwest of Littlestown on the Taneytown where they an estimated This police about a.m. The trio then burglarized Paul W. A. Service Service and Village let The men told the of- they fled from the ter place when they heard its Clarence Fleeing down Lumber St. they were set upon by a they On Page 2) Children's Group Appoints Committees The Adams County Retarded Children's Association met day evening at the Presbyterian Church arid made plans for its an- dinner and election of Rev. Herman E. Rev. Mr. Stuempfle appointed a nominating committee consisting of Miss Margaret Miss Irene Wolf and Edward J. and an annual meeting consisting of Mrs. Guyon E. Mrs. James H. er and Mrs. Charles It was announced that the group's Day Care Center Committee would serve as a for all who wished to make donations to the since this group is miliar with the needs of the This committee is composed of Dr. Joseph Atty. Charles Leslie V. Mrs. J. C. Donley and Miss Bettie First Snow Here Of 1955 Makes Driving Hazardous The first snowfall of 1955 and the so far this winter arrived early this morning and by about had covered the ground to a depth of one to one and a half December was snowless and less than an inch fell here in The snow came after a day of freezing day's high was only 31 degrees and the low for last night and this morning was 23 By 9 a.m. it had climbed to 29 Colder weather is forecast for night and The State Highway Department did not send out snowplows but had 14 cinder crews at work by a.m. The snow was reported general over the county and all sections receiving about the same Pavements and roads were made slippers by tile snow which packed rapidly and in many rural sections driving was made more hazardous by low hanging clouds or fog at many points until after the sun By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The season's first general fall hit Pennsylvania today with the U.S. Weather Bureau from 2 to 5 inches before it's GOOD EVENING Small talk wouldn't be BO tating if It weren't handed out In such large PRICE FIVE CENTS SOCIETY WILL BUY ANOTHER WHEEL CHAIR The Adams County Crippled dren's Society directors at their January meeting Wednesday after- noon ordered another wheel chair o lie added to its growing stock of walkers and other ment for crippled and handicapped The which will cost proximately will be turned over TO a county girl who was stricken meningitis several years has another wheel chair in use and several walkers that are in constant de- The directors also approved payment of a for special shoes for a crippled Rev. Dr. Howard S. man of the 1955 Easter Seal sale said preparations are being made for the opening of. the annual campaign for starting on March 11, one before The sale of seals provides e principal source of funds for society each Will Help Foundation The directors voted to participate in the National Research tion program by donating one- fourth of one per cent of the gross amount received in seal research work in the field of pled children and The state matches the county's gift and the national organization matches that it was explained by Creston C. representative of the state crippled children's who attended the Larry legless burg schoolboy who received his first complete pair of artificial legs last is getting along with his new the He is able to walk about but the legs do not permit him to and Mrs. Joseph state on progress made by several children who are ing regular physical therapy ments the Warner Hospital with financial help from the President Russel S. presided at the The weatherman said the est fall would be in the ous regions of central and western In eastern Pennsylvania snow covered the ground for the first time this winter at Philadelphia and freezing temperatures ed to make the going slick and hazardous for Trucker Killed Temperatures were expected to drop to from 10 to 20 ex- cept in southeast Pennsylvania where the forecast called for in the middle 20s. A 54-year-old truck driver of Earl J. was killed early today when his truck skidded on a ed road and overturned near the Lancaster County In Pittsburgh least eight sons were hurt in skidding v 5 Inches At Erie The Erie area had the deepest snow total of nearly 5 The state Department reported all roads across the state were Work crews were ordered out trv cinder the highways where especially at gerous EXPIRES AT 36 Mary 36, New Oxford R. 2, New wife of Carl died this morning at o'clock at the Warner She had been admitted to the hospital Sunday and was operated on Wednesday for an ulcer Born in Latimore Twp. she was a daughter of John and Cora York Surviving are her her her maternal Louis her nal Annie York five John O. Gardner H. Robert L. jamin B. Gardner and Donald C. all of York Springs R. D. and a Mrs. Robert W. also of York Springs R. D. She was a member of St. John's Reformed New where funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Archie C. tor of St. Paul's Reformed New Interment in the St. John's Church The body will lie in state at the church from 1 p.m. Sunday until the time of Friends may call at the Fred F. Feiser Funeral New Saturday evening after 7 j r i LETTERS OF ESTATE Letters of administration have been granted by the register and 1 recorder to Glenn F. lerville R. 1, for the estate of his John A. Butler Twp. The value of the estate is estimated at The elder Mauss died December 18 at the age of 69. now in I IS St Cyrus 59, Killed This Morning When Auto Skids On Strikes Truck VAN ZANDT WILL BE VFW SPEAKER ON ANNIVERSARY U.S. Congressman James E. Van who was national com- mander of the VFW when the local post was established in 1935, will oe the speaker May 14 when the local VFW celebrates its 20th an- in its new home on E. Middle according to a report presented by Arthur J. chairman of the anniversary com- at Wednesday night's ing of the post held in its rary rooms on Chambersburg St. Post Commander Frank key announced that by national action the election of officers in the local posts has been changed from April to and that the election probably will the new cers to be installed in connection with the anniversary Pans to give the post a new name were Known merely as 15" from the number on the group felt it should have a name either reflecting the history of the com- munity or honoring deceased Names Committee Commander Wisotzkey appointed Arthur J. Robert On Page 6) 5 MERCHANTS TO REMAIN OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS Five members of the Gettysburg Retail Merchants Association day bolted the action of the announced they will remain open Friday The association hac stores Friday The five merchants Tailor The Fisher LeVan's Rose Ann Shoppe and ris Bros. One of the merchants said the and in the evening before all the members had hence had no opportunity to voice tions to closing Friday In a display advertisement day the five merchants the undersigned chants of feel that our have been pleased with Friday night wilt continue to keep our stores open on Friday nights until 9 respectfully solicit your A 59-year-old employee of the Knouse Foods Cyrus M. E. King Littlestown wms fatally injured and his wife critically hurt when car skidded out of control on the snow this at o'clock M the couple en- to C. G. couty said Mr. Lehigh suffered a fractured a broken neck and a crushed chest when the couple's car slid across the center of the highway and struck a truck operated by John G. 20, over R. 2. The accident occurred 3% miles north of Littlestown on the burg Rd. Damage to the truck estimated as while the car wai Parents of 12 Children Brought to the Warner Hospital here Mrs. Lehigh was found to have a cerebral a laceration of the compound fracture of the right contusions of the chest and possible rib Parents of 12 Mr. Lehigh were planning to quit work and leave this weekend fcr to spend the winter Mr. who lived with his wife at the home of their rus M. Lehigh E. was a son of the late Abraham and Sarah His who is in the pital is the former Amanda Funeral Plans Incomplete Their 12 children Mrs. Mrs. Claude Hanover R. 2; Mrs. Emory York R. 5; Mrs. John Earl Cyrus at Gettysburg R. 1; Mrs. William Whiter Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Charles Mich. There are 55 grandchildren and a Six brothers and sisters also Mrs. Cora East Mrs. Sadie York 1, and Mrs. Lillie Wellsville R. I. Funeral arrangements are being made by the Little but are Two More Boys Are Involved In Looting The number of teen-age boys ar- rested for petty thefts has risen to borough police announced Four are charged with ing and two with receiving stolen All are Gettysburg area A seventh boy is also suspected of having broken into high school but police said that school authorities are handling his He is not believed to have been connected with the other Police are still recovering a ety of stolen the value of which is estimated at State and borough police ered the thefts after one of the boys stole a convertible HOSPITAL REPORT Mrs. Richard Richard R. 3; Mrs. Amanda Mrs. Glenn Norman Robert East Mrs. James Iron Mrs. Lloyd and Henry F. Mt. N. Y. Walter Charles Walter sell 43 Middle Michael 11 Baltimore Mrs. Alfred Neal and infant Mrs. Norman Zepp and infant New Mrs. Glenn Adlesberger and infant R. 3; Mrs. James Mrs. William Lincoln George 18 Paul LICENSED TO WED Howard L. Fitz and Joan E. have secured a marriage license in i Ann IIS Baltimore St. NEED BEDS FOR MENTALLY ILL IN STATE of the state's immediate needs is eight thousand beds which includes a complete program of training and care of each mentally retarded said Dr. Grace Harrisburg before a group of 45 members of the Woman's Club of Gettysburg Wednesday afternoon at the YWCA in a talk on Retarded Individuals in The who received a doctor's de- gree from Temple last Pennsylvania provides less than of a bed per lation for its retarded growing needs are caused by a growing said Dr. chief of Psychological De- of cians are giving more attention to the child so that when he is placed in an institution his chances of survival and development are Cites Differences is a difference between the mentally retarded and the The latter a form of mental is treated with the same we would give to a physical There is a tendency today to avoid such terms as and and Now we speak of state hospitals as for the mentally few children under the age of six years are received into these When a very young child is accepted for care numerous factors are checked such as the father's number of other children in the patient's etc. refer to helpless individuals as These people re- quire constant Others learn to care for their bodily needs and some respond to academic the first World War Americans are learning to adjust themselves to people with mental We have come to know that none of us can go through life out needing help at some time or On Page 3) GUEST SPEAKER The Rev. E. College will speak to the York Chapter of the Woman's League of the college at the at p.m. Monday la Zion Lutheran Yorn
