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Smethport Mckean County Democrat (Newspaper) - May 28, 1964, Smethport, Pennsylvania Page two thursday May 28,1694 Mckean county Democrat Smethport Mckean co., pa., thursday May 28, 1964 Henry a. Satterwhite. Publisher Aud editor Kenton c. Abbey. Managing editor c. K. Ruoff. Business manager Ruth Long. Society editor rafted Al pod office at Smethport pa., a second last matter published every thur. Publication office main St Smethport a social a of Smethport and Vicinity a St. Luke a altar Guild has received a memorial in memory of mrs. Ida Carlson by or. And mrs. H. Larson. A or. And mrs. Andy Peterson. Mrs. Bertha Anderson of Smethport and Simon Anderson and son Ever All of it. Jewett wore in Jamestown thursday to attend funeral services for a Cousin Floyd Hoyt a Robert a. Digel chairman of the Board of Hamlin Bank and Trust company and Hamlin Redfield director Are attending the meeting of the Pennsylvania Bankers association being held at the Chalfonte Haddon Hall in Atlantic City J. Mrs. Digel and mrs. Redfield accompanied their husbands a or. And mrs. A. J. Builder and family were Erie victors saturday. A or. And mrs. 0. Albert Johnson Are spending a few Days with their son Tom and wife in Buffalo. A mrs. Al win Kelley returned Home saturday from Rochester where she had been visiting at the Homes of her daughter Carol. And son James Kelley and mrs. Kelley. She was accompanied Home by her daughter and James Rowe who spent the weekend Here. A or. And mrs. Emil Johnson were in Stow Ohio last week House Hunting for their son in Law and daughter or. And mrs. Jerry Young of Iowa who jul move to Stow about july i. Or. Young has purchased a dental practice in Stow. A Roy Pettit has accepted a position As auditor for Smethport hardwoods with offices in East Smethport. A the Mervil Nuss school of the dance Beld a Spring recital sunday. The Smethport Hudren who took part in the recital were Sudee Carol and Scott Potter and Brenda and Julie Mikhiel son. A mrs. Lee Wetmore and Chil a Walter Johnson of it. Jewett was a visitor at the Home of or. And mrs. Andy Peterson monday. A or. And mrs. Harry Hull or. Of Washington d. C., were weekend guests of his Mother mrs. Lena Hull. A final plans have been made by the entertainment committee of Buckau club Smethport to hold a Spring dance at the legion Home for members and their guests on Friday. Music til be by pm Mayer a quartet for dancing from 9 to i. Lunch will be served following the dancing. There will be a door prize and cakewalk. A mrs. M. F. Mckeirnan was hostess to the suburban club at luncheon followed by Bridge at her borne wednesday. A mrs. Pauline Dunn will entertain the thursday club at her Home tvs evening. A or. And in. Norman Matthews of Warren were sunday guests of in. Nora Dickinson. A miss Linda Cleveland student at Clarion state College is spending the summer vacation with her parents or. And mrs. Robert Cleveland. A mrs. Ronabelle mix c. W. Lillibridge and Everett eng Strom were in Bradford wednesday night to attend the annual dinner meeting of the american cancer society at Emery hotel. A mrs. Samuel Costa entertained her Bridge club at her Home thursday evening. A Circle 8 of the . Met at the Home of mrs. Leroy Johnson in hew monday evening. A or. And mrs. James Matson and children of Phi Ladelma will spend memorial Day weekend with her parents or. And mrs. John Boswick. A or. And mrs. Fred Larson and daughters of Newark Y., were weekend guests of or. A or. And mrs. P. J. Megivern or. Are spending a few Days this week in Washington d. C., As guests of their daughter miss Anne Megivern who will accompany them Back to Smethport later in the week. A miss Bema Jeanne Fay a student at Villa Marie College Erie will arrive Home today to spend a Short vacation before returning to Erie for summer school a mrs. R. B. Apple returned last week from St. Louis mo., where she had been the Guert of her Mother mrs. Mary Michaels or. And mrs. Philip Hickey and miss Terry Hickey. A or. And mrs. P. J. Megivern and son Lincoln and daughter miss Anne Megivern will attend commencement at the University of Buffalo next sunday where their son Paul j. Megivern in is a member of the graduating class. A mrs. F. J. Newman returned sunday from Rochester where she had been the guest of or. And mrs. Richard Gretzinger. A or. And mrs. William Limner of Attica Y., Are guests of or. And mrs. William Spangle this week. A or. And mrs. John Potter and children of Erie were weekend guests of his parents or. And mrs. E. G. Potter. A or. And mrs. Sylvanus Pierce and grandson Michael were guests of mrs. Edith Jones in Bradford last sunday. A or. And mrs. W. Reynolds left tuesday to visit at the Home of their son Ronald and family in Midland Texas. A or. And mrs. Duane Bickford and children of Warren 0., were weekend guests of or. And mrs. Byron Bickford and or. And mrs. Alfred Peterson. A mrs. Anthony Alfieri of Cler Mont returned Home monday from Thomaston conn., where she had been the guest of her daughter mrs. Harold Hull and family. A or. And mrs. William Berg Mark of Buffalo and Rhea and Sally Smallback of Quaker b Quot a a or or no and or. Harry Lorton and or f. ? a cd or. John j. Hungerford will leave Friday for their Home at Lake Vahalla J. A mrs. Olive Mckeirnan and mrs. Sadie Zetwick took the exclusion to Rochester sunday and were among the hundreds who viewed the Lilac display. Or. And mrs. F. J. Quirk or. And mrs. Frank Rugh mrs. A. G. Bush mrs. Doris Ward and a. E. Quirk and Merle e. Dickinson were among the local a mrs. Cecile Oviatt is in Coudersport getting acquainted with a new granddaughter born May 21, to or. And mrs. Maurice Oviatt. A Stillman Wells is undergoing tests at Kaul memorial Hospital in St. Marys. A past District deputies association of the Mckean county Rebekah will be entertained by folks who payed their last the Hazelhurst Rebekah Lodge aspects to the late George Cal tonight at a 6 30 dinner. A me Houn in Bradford monday mortal service will be held Honing ring three deceased past presi a n1 dents mrs. Mazie Knapp mrs. Tatoia i Fol re Frant Hluck of Smethport and Hornof wednesday evening hot ice Quot of a imn and lot of tune cd front Rodford we s whew shh a be a View the lilacs. P ally by Ridge Y., were saturday guests of or. And mrs. Max Coon and or. And mrs. Andy Peterson. A Paul Conn was the guest at the Mcgee cottage on Lake Erie Over the weekend. A or. And mrs. H. W. Swanson of it. Jewett and the misses Lynne and Cathy Bamat of Kane were sunday guests of mrs. R. Long. A or. And mrs. William pot a or. And mrs. Bernard Huffman of Rochester were weekend Lee guts of pm rants or. And 14t, spent the weekend at their mrs. John Huffman. Summer House at thousand islands. Frontenac a miss Ann Abbey of Erie spent the weekend Here at the Home of her parents or. And mrs. F. M. Abbey. A mrs. E. G. Potter was a visitor in Jamestown tuesday. A mrs. Forrest Nourse is Home a or. And mrs. Lyle Tanner were weekend guests of or. And mrs. Carlton Tanner in Lancaster A mrs. Jack Okerlund is a patient in Bradford Hospital. A Tom Petruzzi son of or. And mrs. Ray Petruzzi is a a air Mem in by it Tord had spent the Winter months. A mrs. Allen Boswell of Alexandria va., is visiting at the Home of her parents or. And mrs. John Hull. A or. And mrs. James Sellars spent the weekend with relatives in eau Clair a. A capt. Fred Burlingame a member of the National guard left wednesday to report at Lancaster pa., and from there will go to Camp Pickett va., for summer training in the heavy armament division. A mrs. Ida Timmerman spent the weekend in Hazelhurst at the Home of her daughter mrs. Quintin Johnson and family. A Leon Griffin is Home from Bradford Hospital where he was an overnight patient after falling from a ladder at his Home Friday. A mrs. Harry Larson and son Fred and miss Carol Jean Larson and or. And mrs. Ben Benson attended commencement exercises at Slippery Rock state College sunday where Jack Larson was a member of the graduating class. A mrs. Olive Schreiber entertained the Canasta club at dessert followed by Bridge at her Home saturday evening. A mrs. J. Albert Cleveland left tuesday for Greenwich conn., to visit at the Home of her son William Cleveland and family. A or. And mrs. F. J. Quirk and son Francis were guests of or. And mrs. Thomas Buchter in Butler Over the weekend and on sunday attended commencement at Indiana state College when their grandson Denny was a member of the graduation class. A knights of Columbus of St. Elizabeth a Church will meet at 8 of clock tonight at the Church Center. A or. And mrs. Richard Raymond and family will spend the weekend at West Seneca Y., As guests of mrs. Raymonds sister mrs. Arthur Raszmann and family. A seniors of the Smethport area High school who Are members of the Junior Newman club will be guests of Honor at a High school students communion breakfast to be held at St. Elizabeth a Church Center sunday morning following the 8 30 mass. A miss Judy Nobles recently entertained Twenty three Young people of the regular Baptist Church at a Wiener roast at her Home on the Valley Road. Adults attending were or. And mrs. Leland Nobles or. And mrs. Bari Scott or. And mrs. Edw. Lect a or. And mrs. Robert Hull who had spent two weeks visiting their daughter Dorothy in new York City son Harold in Thomaston. Conn and son. Howard in Boston returned Home monday of this week. A or. And mrs. Robert Herzog and children Cheryl and Douglas and Leo Herzog or. Attended commencement exercises at lock have state College last sunday. Their son Gary Herzog was a member of the graduating class. A Smethport homemakers met monday evening at the Keating Crane Hall with miss Julia Fay and miss Stella Larson As hostesses. A mrs. Bertha Anderson spent sunday in Emporium where she helped her grandson Roger celebrate his birthday anniversary at the Home of his parents or. And mrs. William Johnson. A or. And mrs. Walter Anderson and or. And mrs. Charles Lush of Kane were guests of or. Mrs. Carl Parker sunday. A or. And mrs. John comes and daughter Mary of Smethport and or. And mrs. John f. Huntley of Binghamton attended commencement exercises at the lock Haven state College sunday when their son John comes jr., was graduated. A the birthday club surprised mrs. Edna Corwin wednesday evening May 20 on her birthday anniversary. A profusion of Flowers cards gifts and a birthday cake made by mrs. Anna Megivern were the highlights of the evening. Attending were mesdames Esther Burdick Olive Schreiber Rae Giroux Lois Hewitt and Anna Megivern. Smethport High athletic awards Are presented annual athletic awards of Smethport area High school were presented As follows during a special Assembly last Friday cheerleaders presented by Anita Johnson coach varsity cheerleaders a Kathy Cosper Annie Placer Phyllis Austin Nan Nourse Mary Lee Raymond Stewart Sherry Mckeirnan Elsie new Touse Katy Mayo Georgia Green. Junior varsity cheerleaders Barbara Chase Joan Rifle no Ressa Rote sue quirk Judy Griffin Brenda Gorton. Varsity football Foley Dennis Scanlan Bill Willardson Joe Cory John Norman Dan Ferman Allen Baker Denny Maynard Rod Rishel Tim Chase Walter Rees Jim Thomas Orland Joe Rossi Bill Grega Tom Hanson George Keller Bud Osborne Butch is adore Jim Hauck Larry Minnier Steve Baker Dan Nichols Bill Ford Joe Sweeley Brent Vossler Chamberlain manager. Junior varsity football juniors William Aggas Tony Placer Thomas Tessena Clark Brown Richard Faes Paul Hergenrother Theodore Hyde. Sophomores Ben Defibaugh Robert Cochran Robert Cosper Mike Taylor Steven Pollock James Olson Philip Griffin William stifles John Johnson Stanley Confer Paul Maynard Gary Isadora Arthur Klein Frank Placer Timothy Baker Larry Johnson Theodore Johnson. Junior High football Martin Hagg Leon Kinney Leon Cole Carl Nelson Mickey Cooper Lindsey Carlson Randy Klein Pete Anderson John Olson David Eley John Kerekanich Keith Smith Gary Shott Richard Putnam John Lewis Walter Nelson Doyle Harris Phil Hipchen Dave Johnson Eugene Greenman Steve Newton Lennie Mckeirnan John Young Rodney Kelley Rodney Tanner Bruce Thomas Bradley Ferman Jon Hertlein John Vossler Bruce Wright George Caldwell Tim Hess Lester Jordan Mike Petruzzi Jim Cosper Lennie Anderson Gary Cunningham Tom Murphy Robert Bailey manager. Track and fold team Foley William Willardson Don Ford Larry Minnier Walter bees Brent Vossler Bob Dunn Rod Rishel Rad Michiel son. Mike Fay Dan Nichols Bill Grega Bill Wassam Richard Faes line Megivern. Varsity basketball Galen Stilson Foley Tim Chase Terry Hess Dennis Maynard Rodney Rishel Don Ford James Eddy Bill Wells manager. Charter member talks at rotary in county seat attorney e. Gurdon Potter who was one of the original charter members of the Smethport rotary club when it waa organized 26 years ago on May 25,1928, was the principal speaker monday when the club celebrated the occasion at the colonial hotel. Or. Potter one of five charter members present gave a Complete history of the organization. Other charter members on hand were c. W. Lillibridge 0 Albert Johnson Ralph Herzog and Albert Getman. A Large birthday cake formed the decoration. During the session presided Over by Milton Dodge president Robert Digel or. Read a congratulatory message to the club from his father Robert Digel sr., who is out of town. Albert Clark spoke of the upcoming barbeque scheduled for july la. Guest rotarians included c. B. Barrho Joseph Herder and George Bailey port All and Lee Fox and James of of Bradford. Ira Johnson Johnson wedding june 6 miss Marcia Johnson daughter of or. And mrs. Herbert w. Johnson and Charles Johnson son of or. And mrs. Charles a. Johnson til be married on saturday june 6, in the Smethport swedish free Christian evangelical Church. _ parties in Honor of the Bride elect have been Given by the Smethport elementary teachers at the Home of miss Ruth Mccarthy women of the Smethport swedish free Christian evangelical Church at the Home of mrs. Melvin Engstrom mrs. Jerry mix and miss Sandra Nick at the Home of or. And mrs. Lauren mix and by mrs. Clarence Erickson and Sylvia and Irene Johnson in Kane. Bucktail gub plans Spring dance Friday plans have been completed by the entertainment com Mittee of the Bucktail gub for its annual Spring dance set for Friday 9 p. In. To i a. In. Members have been invited to bring guests. Music will be by the Phil Mayer a quartet of Smethport. Entertainment includes a door prize and a cake walk with lunch served afterwards. Memorial Day Parade to Start saturday at to a Brief ceremony it the Mckean county court House saturday it to . Will open Smethport Observance of memorial Day. After the court House ceremony the Parade will Start far Rasa Hill cemetery stepping it the Mechanic St. Bridge for a tribute to a ceased naval Harovas. The memorial Day address in Rosa Hill Cama tary will a Dot varied by attorney Murrey Gerber of Bradford. The Rev. James h. Weber Paster of St. Elizabeth Church will give the invocation and Benediction. Music at the cemetery will be provided by the Smethport area High school Bend. The memorial Day observe Anet is sponsored jointly by Bucktail pest american legion and Mckean Post Arans of foreign wars. Officers for the Observance Ere president of Day a Robert quirk. Officer of Day Lloyd Vichill. Parade Marshall Albert r. Ceresce. Color guard a Virgil Herriman. Firing squad William Burdick. Committees Ere legion a pwn Don Burford Maurice Swenson Virgil Herriman w. Alexis Albert Ceresce Lewis Hess William cames. . End legion auxiliary. Conveyances a prank Rugh end Joseph Bruner. Gold Star mothers a John Dugel. Rose Hill cometary Harold Lee and Alae Barbour. Kasson cemetery Maurice Swenson. Clermont cemetery a tree Dibler. Farmers Volley cemetery fronds pox. Norwich cemetery a Lloyd Mulvihill Robert Mckeirnan and Joe Ressl. R. Sesse of Smethport will be honoured As the last surviving Vateran of the Span ish american War in the Araa. Smethport area High announces its Honor list Albert Sweeley Junior gained the Roll of distinction Honor at the end of the fifth six week period of Smethport area Junior senior High school. Making the Honor Roll were the following seniors Nancy Cimbal Katherine Cosper Susan Engstrom Ellen Hetrick and Rodney Rishel. Juniors Betsey Abbey Judith Abplanalp Edward Anderson Lauren Backus Timothy Chase Thomas Hanson Susan Holm Berg Sharon Johnson James Thomas Benay Starsky Linda Wright. Sophomores a Usa Chapman Deborah Dunkle Dorthea elder Bernard Fay Rowena Fay Lynne Hagg Janet Harrington Jon Lester Nadine Lindgren Julie Mckeirnan Richard Patrick Gary Sprester Janet Zink. Freshmen Kay Abbey Susan Brown Julie Chubon. Josephine Feit Tim Hess Phyllis Patrick Daniel Thomas. Eighth Grade Guy Anderson Nancy Bruner dons Burdick Bonnie Carlson Connie Carlson Victoria comas Deborah Dodge Sabina Fay Marilyn Greenlaw Jack Mead John Olson Clara Parker Albert Rossi Donna Rossi Judy Slocum. Seventh Grade a Beverly a Gas Shirley Bickford Terry Burlingame Thomas Daniels Stephen Hartman Emogene Herzog Lynn Magee Douglas Osborne Susan m. Peterson Susan v. Peterson David Sweeley Kathleen Peterson. Daughter born a daughter who has been named Paula was Bora May 21, to or. And mrs. Maurice Oviatt of Coudersport at Potter county memorial Hospital. Hie grandparents Are mrs. Cecile Oviatt and or. And mrs. Kennels Daugherty of Smethport. Meeting Date changed the regular meeting of the Smethport Volunteer fire dept., scheduled for next thursday has been changed to the thursday following june la according to Harold Lee. The a few Date was made necessary because of the carnival showing Here next week. The Mckean county Ittu heart comm Mckean county heart committee Chris Feit Smethport Junior varsity basketball James Olson Mike Taylor Art Klein Tim Hess Phil Griffin. Paul Maynard. Steve Pollock David comes manager. Athletic coaches varsity football James Donovan Junior varsity football Neil Bailey Junior High football Henry reap track James Donovan varsity basketball a Richard Danielson Junior varsity basketball Henry reap infant baptized Dana Gallup Wetmore infant daughter of or. And mrs. Lee Wetmore of Lake Valhalla n.j., was baptized sunday in St. Luke a episcopal Church Smethport by the Rev. R. N. Parkhill of Chautauqua Lake. Godparents of the child were or. And mrs. John Potter. Attorney and mrs. E. G. Potter Are grandparents of the infant. A family dinner was held in the colonial hotel after the baptism. Hamlin Library memorials recent contributions to the memorial fund of the Hamlin Library in memory of h. D. Lang judge and mrs. Joseph p. Willson mrs. Ernestine Mcgavisk. In memory of mrs. Mabel Ashby judge and mrs. Joseph p. Willson. In memory of Guy h. Mccoy a judge and mrs. Joseph p. Willson. In memory of c. E. Enberg a judge and mrs. Joseph p. Willson. Service in addition to dispensing essential drugs to your Community your druggist Alto provides another service by stocking Many important items of a non pharmaceutical nature. Main Street Smethport pm. 887-5858 we have been entrusted with filing approximately prescriptions�?140,000 new ones plus thousands of 250,000 refills your Rex All drug store St. Elizabeth s Church summer school the Junior Newman club and catechism classes for Grade school students of St. Elizabeth a Parish Smethport held their final sessions last week. The summer school of religion with the Rev. James h. Weber director and or. Marguerite supervisor will begin on monday. June 8, and continue through june 19th. Sessions will be from 9 . Until noon. Attends Beauty show mrs. Ruth Hovis owner of Ruth a Beauty Salon has returned from Rochester n.y., where she attended the f. H. Loeffler show for beauticians. She attended classes conducted by Peter Webb of England who has served As beautician for English women members of the olympic teams. Classes also were conducted by styles Adamson of Georgia. To graduate in Buffalo Paul Joseph Megivern i son of or. And mrs. P. J. Megivern or. Of Smethport will receive the degree of Bachelor of science in business administration next sunday at the state University of new York at Buffalo. The graduates parents and brother Lincoln of Smethport and his sister Anne of Washington d.c., will attend the commencement exercises. Wedding anniversary or. And mrs. Herbert w. Johnson observed the 25th anniversary of their marriage at a family party sunday at their Home on e. Main St. Their children Marcia Marilyn and Marjorie were hostesses. Or. And mrs. Johnson were married by the Rev. W. W. Nyline at the Emmanuel Mission Church parsonage in Kane. Attendants were miss Sylvia Johnson and the late Clayton Johnson. Attended testimonial in reporting a tribute to John Orlando formerly of Smethport in the form of a Quot this is your life a program at Jeffersontown ky., last week it should have been stated Johns brother Mark was accompanied to Jeffersontown by Lawrence of Laughlin proprietor of the Mccoy drug store in Smethport. Visitor from Alaska mrs. Helen Karlen Garlington r n., a native of Smethport who is a Federal Public health service nurse in Point Barrow Alaska farthest North town on this continent spent the weekend with miss Ruth Walker. Parents of a daughter a daughter was Bora to or. And mrs. Maurice Oviatt of Coudersport on thursday a Ders Poi grandparents of the infant Are mrs. George Oviatt and or. And mrs. Kenneth Daugherty of 21, at the Houdei Lay May Hospital. I a by it 4 in w i legion Fopay Sale the annual Sale of american legion poppies will be conducted saturday in Smethport by members of the auxiliary of Bucktail Post 138, american legion. Serves on Enterprise uss Enterprise Fth inc a James l. Ludwig aviation machinists mate third class us son of or. And mrs. Marion Ludwig of it. 2, Smethport pa., is serving abroad the nuclear powered attack aircraft Carrier uss Enterprise operating with the sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Lock Haven graduate John comes jr., son of or. And mrs. John comes of Smethport received a Bachelor of science degree last sunday at lock Haven state College. Card of thanks we wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their Many thoughtful expressions of sympathy and acts of kindness during our recent bereavement. Family of William h. Ladles a operator i need to make 359 emergency Callsion saturday 340 people had had a Fine time at the Church dance. On tuesday one of them came Down with spinal meningitis. The dance co chairman explained to the Telephone operator How important it was to warn the others to see their doctors right away. Other operators in the Levittown area were quickly enlisted and working As a team with the co chairman soon reached ail those who had attended the dance. Without the help of the operators Quot we never would have succeeded Quot reported the co chairman. Going out of their Way to help is a tradition among Telephone people. This True Story is one Small example. Whenever you pick up your phone Quot the spirit of services is there. The Bell Telephone company of Pennsylvania tour win inf year world throw feb Swine my amt o

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