Local woman found dead OIL CITY A West End burned to death yesterday after she apparently fell asleep with a lighted cigarette. Mrs. Lucile S. Freeman, 50. of 1209 W.
First St. was found dead at 3 p.m., when her hus. band. Lewis R. Freeman.
returned home from a business trip. ing for Quaker Oil Re He is vice president fining Corp. Venango County Coroner Dr. Maurice Dinberg ruled Mrs. Freeman's death as accidental.
He said the time of her death has not yet been established. Dinberg and city police investigated. Born June 3, 1918. at Hattiesburg. she was the daughter of Mrs.
Tama Edmundson Stranan and the late Carl Strahan. She was married Dec. 7, 1940, to Lewis R. Freeman, who survives. Mrs.
Freeman was graduated from Millsaps College in Jack- son, Miss. She was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church. In addition to her husband. Lewis, and her mother, Mrs. Tama Strahan of Jackson, she is survived by daughter, Miss 1 Linda L.
Freeman, at Centre College, two e. 'Danemiere sons, Lewis Jr. of Columbus, Ohio, and James E. Freeman, senior or at William Jewell College, Liberty, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Wooldridge of Jackson, Miss.
Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Charles A. Morrison Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home.
Dr. Robert Shane, pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Columbus, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, the famrequests that memorials be made to the Second Presbyterian Church. Figures reveal employment up OIL CITY David J.
Hanna, of the local office of manager the Bureau of Employment Se. reveals the following stacurity tistics on the labor situation for the Oil City-Franklin-Titusville area for the mid-February and mid-April quarter. The job total in the area edged up by 100 between mid-February and mid-April. The net change resulted when combined increases by nonmanufacturing and the self employed. etc.
group offset a drop of 100 by manufacturing lines. Stability Obituary Gara Yaple OIL CITY Gara Yaple, $1, of Rockland, a resident of the Oil City area for nearly 40 years, died at 1:12 p.m. Thursday in Grandview Convalescent Home. had been in ill health for He about a year. Sept.
14, 1887, in Born County, he was the son of Erie Alburn S. and Sarah Thompson Yaple. He came to Oil City in 1930 from Erie County. Mr. Yaple retired in 1958.
He had worked as a custodian at Grace United Methodist Church for several years prior to his retirement. He also had been employed at the Lincoln Junior High School. He was married to the former Grace Goodban, who preceded him in death in 1957. 1 In 1958 he married the former Minnie Russ Campbell, who survives. In addition to his widow, Minnic, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Howard (Dorthea) Strain of Fertigs; two sons, Gerald W. of Erie and Roger A. Yaple of Johnsonburg: a sister. Mrs. Clarence (Sarah) Mahan of Columbus, Ohio: and 13 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Osenider Funeral Home anytime after 3 p. m. today. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m.
Saturday in the funeral home. The Rev. Ronald Chitester, pastor of Rockland United Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Sterretinia Cemetery, Erie County. Funeral WEALTHA VANN AUSDALL OIL CITY Funeral services were held at 11 a.m.
Thursday in the Osenider Funeral Home for Miss Wealtha Barr Vann Ausdall, 68, of 516 Central Ave. Miss Vann Ausdall, a professional artist since 1930 and an art teacher here for many years, died Monday in the living quarters adjoining her studio. The Rev. Paul Hannaford, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, officiated. Interment was in Grove Hill Cemetery.
Attending the services from out-of-town were Mr. and Mrs. William Vann Ausdall of Media and Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Barr of Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Local pastor to continue at St. Stephen's OIL CITY Msgr. William Hastings, pastor of St. Stephen's Church and newly-named vicer general of the Erie Catholic Dib- cese, said yesterday he will continue to serve as pastor of the South Side Catholic Church. Since vicar general is second in command in the diocese.
some people believed he would be transferred to Erie. Msgr. Hastings has certain powers under canon law when Bishop Alfred M. Watson is away from dis office. OIL CITY NEWS STAFF Rev.
Thornton submits top slide of year OIL CITY A color slide submitted by the Rev. George Thornton of Rochester. N.Y.. was selected winner in the Venango Camera Club's "SlideOf-The-Year" Contest Wednes. day night in the YMCA.
It was entitled "Middle Falls" and was selected by a panel of three judges from the Erie Camera Club. Rev. Thornton, formerly of Titusville. also had two slides se.ected for honorable mention. The following slides were selected for honorable mention by the judges: "Steaming Ahead" and "Air Force by Lloyd Kern.
"Fireworks" and "-Miss by Dan Seely. "Building Perspective" by Clarence Kissinger. "Reflection and Reality" and "Sailing In" by Rev. Thornton "Lichens "Seasous and "Fiddler" by the Rev. Herman Bielenberg.
Top-scoring members in Class AA and A were presented awards. They are: AA-Rev. Thornton, 1st; Gene Allebach, 2nd; Merle Sheffer, 3rd. -Dan Seely, 1st; Lloyd Kern, 2nd; Rev. Bielenberg, 3rd.
The Venango Camera Club activities will resume in the fall. Garden club conducting bulb sale The Oil City Garden Club is sponsoring it's annual spring bulb sale. This sale is now in progress and will continue until the end of June. The superior imported Holland bulbs obtainable through the Garden Club are in bloom throughout the city at the present time and may be seen among other places including the monument island on Central Avenue and in front of Jerko's. The Texas Gold Tulios will soon be in bloom at the fountain on the south side of town.
The Garden Club hopes that through this annual sale of bulbs the city will become a show place of spring blooming flow. ers. This sale is for the Garden Club's fund raising projects to help defray the expense of its city beautification program, such as the Hasson Heights Park plantings and other projects. Catalogues are available and the following Garden Club members are now taking orders: Mrs. Morck.
644-3691; Mrs. Scott Chickering, 676-2189; Mrs. H. B. Suhr, 676-1060; Mrs.
Sam Breene, 644-3951; Mrs. C. D. Berry, 645-6691; Mrs. W.
H. Farley, 648-0785; Mrs. H. L. James, 677-6982.
Science fair winners announced OIL CITY Winners in the Science Fair held at the Rouseville Elementary School have been announced by Paul Wise, school principal. They are: Grade 1. David Helms, 1st, "Caveman Greg McCartney, 2nd, "Birds and Nests:" Barbara Copely, 3rd, "Volcano: Luke Hargenrader, 4th. "Rocks." Grade 2. Paul Long, 1st, "Volcano:" Kenny Lawhun, 2nd, "Alaska;" Renee Shepard, 3rd.
"My Back Yard:" Harold Caldwell, 4th. "Farm Land." Grade 3, Karen Smith and Shirley Hargenrader, 1st, "Leaves:" Kim Kurtich. 2nd, "Sea Shells;" Rachel George, 3rd, "Tree Kurt Barr, 4th. "Insect Nests." Grade 4. Scott Frost and Robert Bills.
1st, Tim Higbee, 2nd, "One-Called Animals; Brian Russell and Danny Toy, 3rd. "Our Solar Diane Blanchard, 4th, Grade 5, Dan Farren, 1st, "Stages of a Chicken Egg;" Chris Shepard, 2nd, "The Skeletal System;" Betty Hargen-1 rader. "Avalanches;" Arthur Barr, 4th, "The Planets Grade 6. Michelle Straub, 1st, "The Great Whales;" Ginger Chrispen, 2nd. "The Army Ant:" Tammi Higbee, 3rd, "Insects Are The Strangest Things;" Beverly Long, 4th, "The Eye." Now you know By United Press International The only poisonous snake in Britain, the adder, whose bite rarely fatal, is a member of the viper family.
DEPARTMENT Mary Jane Leacht and Edie Sullivas. DAVID KULLING TERRENCE KAY Two boys attain top honors at Senior High OIL CITY David Lee ing and Terrence Kay were named valedictorian and salutatorian respectively of the 1969 graduating class of Oil City Senfor High School. Kulling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A.
Kulling. 11 Maple is enrolled in the acaAcmeie course. He is a member of the National Honor Society, elected in his junior year; the American Field Service Club, Photography Club of which he was vice president, the Astrotomy Club and a letterman on the track team. He is a member of Christ Lutheran Church, where he is active in the synodical youth organization, having served as vice president and editor-in-chief of its newspaper. Kulling plans to major in science at Stanford University near San Francisco, enrolling in September.
Kay is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Kay, 926 Grandview Road. He is co-editor-in-chief the 1969 Oil Can, a member of the band, swing band, Student Council.
National Honor Society and was elected to Top Six. Dur. ing his junior year he served as class treasurer and attended district band. He is a member of Christ Lutheran Church and its Youth Fellowship. Kay plans to attend Allegheny College, Meadville, where he will major in social sciences.
Oil City High School will graduate more than 300 seniors Monday, June 2. Banquet honors local teachers OIL CITY -The Oil City Area Education Association. at its anrual spring banquet last night in Voyager Inn, Franklin, honbred six local teachers who retired or will retire this school year. Teachers honored were: Mrs. Edith Rowles of Oakland with 10 years of service.
Mrs. Erla McCartney of Seventh Street School with 26 years. Mrs. Martha Guyton of Sev. enth Street with 18 years.
Mrs. Tone Staub of Oakland with 15 years. Mrs. Lillian Shinkle of Siverly with 21 years. Businessmen set Ladies' Night OIL CITY The South Side Businessmen Association's Ladies Night dinner dance will be held at the Wanango Country Club Monday, May 19.
Phil Runzo's Orchestra will provide the music for the daneing which is open to the public. Tickets may be purchased from Charles Lewis, Harry Siegall, Richard Mong, Dr. Robert McAtee, Carl Oliver, Robert Fletcher, Stanley Fedorek, Rob. ert Stephens or Nellie Foster. They may also be obtained at the South Side Office of Northwest Pennsylvania Bank and Trust Co.
A group of Pittsburgh enter. tainers will perform at the dinner Fire extinguished OIL CITY -Damage was reported as minor when a siren shorted out on one of the Oil City Fire Department's hook and ladder trucks and caught fire Thursday. The truck was coming down. Spring Street when the blaze broke cut. Jim McDevitt, a local tow truck operator, quickly extinguished the blaze with his fire extinguisher.
Chester McCartney, Grant Street principal, with 22 years. Miss Beryl Eddy, a retired teacher, spoke on behalf of the retired teachers. One of the highlights of the dinner was the awarding of a Valley Forge Freedom medal to Mrs. James A. DeFrance, a 1968 retired local teacher for "her devotion of historical principles in and out of the classroom." Dr.
H. V. Grumoling, superintendent of schools, thanked the teachers for their long and loyal service in the Oil City schools. Allan Montgomery was ter of ceremonies. Paul Goldberg, president of the school board, also spoke as did outgoing president Robert Principal speaker was Rudolph H.
Hall. Lawton, National Education Association field representative from Trenton, N.J. His topic was "NEA Services to Local S. Stating that the teaching profession must be upgraded, Law ton said 50 per cent of the present teachers in the U. S.
are leaving the profession after only five years of teaching. Invocation was given by Kenneth Snyder. Advisor Lorraine Amsdell, Marilyn Clark and Bonnie Me. Intyre introduced FTA members. New officers of the Oil City Are a Education Association were introduced.
They are Terry Baughman, president; David Martin, vice president and president-elect; Robert Hall, second vice president; Mrs. Joanne Taylor, secretary and Ronald Shoup, treasurer. Marilyn Karns and Phyllis Wright were general chairmen in 1 charge of the banquet. Others who assisted were: Leanna Lewis, Lucille Tabler, Ruth Bankson, Janet Clement, Kathy Montgomery, Ceya Mortimer, Rocco DeMaiolo, Charlotte Kingsley, Pete DeSanto, Sam Sliker, Earl Weaver, Mildred Rubright, Mary Lou Rod. gers, Madelyn Selden, Velma Passauer, Jane Garvey, Pat Swaney, Dale Roach, Jeff Albright, Terry Huber.
(GA Give FRANKLIN Plaid Stamps SKINLESS WIENERS lb. ROUND or FAMILY STEAK lb. ROLLED RUMP ROAST .99: Pins awarded at Girl Scout dinner Thursday The Girl Scout leaders from the Oil City area held their recognition dinner meeting in the Gold Room at the YMCA, Thursday evening. Mrs. John Camp, chairman, presided.
giving an account of the sixth annual council meeting of the Keystone Tall Tree Girl Scout Council which she had attended with eight delegates in Knox on April 19. Oil City hospital Admitted Martin Serafin, 416 Bissell. Henry Deeter, 310 Washington. Mrs. Sylvester Reisinger, Oil City RD 2.
Glenna Steele. 77 Glenview. Mrs. Walter Guyda, 240- Alcorn. Robbie Criswell, Emienton.
Mark Dolecki. 1135 Grandview. Carolyn Williams. 303 E. Third.
Wade Heath, Titusville. James Krawiec. 103 Allegheny. Mrs. Ralph Schwab, Seneca Leonard Abate.
611 W. First. Miss Mary Woznicki, 33 Chestnut. Mrs. Homer Miller, Tidioute.
Charles Paden 27 Plummer. Mae Davis, Knox. Discharged Jeffrey Sharrar, 1005 E. Second. Wanda Stoke, Titusville.
William Say, 304 Innis. John Seyler, 230 Mylan. Mrs. James McLaine and daughter. Clarion.
Mrs. Robert Williams, Oil City RD: 2. Mrs. Richard Patterson and daughter, 63 Wabash. William Russell, 1125 E.
Second. Mrs. Gary Lucas, 72 Willow. Birth A daughter at 3:57 p. m.
Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. John Boylan, Clarion. IRS makes settlements WASHINGTON (UPI) -Seven cases involving western Pennsylvanians were among the 100 largest income tax compromise settlements made by the Internal Revenue Service last year, according to court records. They were: C.
Murray Jones and Grace K. Jones of Pittsburgh, owing $25.102 taxes for the years 1960-64. settled for payment of $9,000. F. Leron August and Roberta A.
August, North Warren. owed $48,016, paid $4,350, for the years 1960-65. Willard A. Rhodes and Evelyn Rhodes, Freedom, owed $62,525. made settlemtns of years involved not listed.
Lincoln S. Love and Marion S. Love, Erie, owed $26,515 for 1959-62, paid $14,000. W. Harry Hooper (deceased) and Aimeda Hooper, Mill Creek owed $40.781 for 1957-62, paid $5,000.
Victor Nativio and Aileen Nativo, New Castle, owed $25.916 for 1957-61, settlement $15,000. William E. Mathies Jr. and Marion C. Mathies, Butler, owed $26.713 for 1959-61, settlement, $7,500.
Would be arrested NEW YORK (UPI)-Bronx Criminal Court Judge Nicholas F. Delagi said that civil rights leader James Meredith would be arrested if he failed to answer a summons for allegedly harassing tenants in the apartment house Meredith owns. Meredith denied the charge and said that white tenants were just showing their resentment of his ownership of the building. MOVING isn't half so When it is followed by a Welcome Wagon call! Phone 432-8974 Welame Wa THE NEWS-HERALD Section Page 11 Friday, May 16, 1959 Delegates Mrs. Dewey Hamner, Mrs.
Carl Pierce, Mrs. Boyd Melat, Miss Bonnie Spence, and Mrs. Camp gave short resumes of the discussion groups they had attended. Mrs. Wade, assistant neighborhood chairman, presented 5- year pins to: Mrs.
Charles kowski, Mrs. Clement Garbacz, Miss Mary Smith, Miss Irene Fisher and Mrs. Walter Fedorek. Ten year pins to: Miss Kathy Yashinski. Mrs.
Donald Spencer, Mrs. Ivan Heath, Mrs. Fred Blocher: 15-year pins to Mrs. Charles F. Ensle and Mrs.
John Camp: a 20-year pin to Mrs. John Cubbon; and a 35-year pin to Miss Helen McCrea. Recognition certificates were given to Mrs. Donald Spencer, Mrs. Charles Tomlinson, who has moved to the Franklin neighborhood; Mrs.
Ronald Shiley, Mrs. Dewey Hamner, Mrs. Harold Richards, Mrs. Bernard Maier, Mrs. George Bickel and Mrs.
Robert Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson from Clarion, council members of the board of directors, were dinner guests. Mrs.
Amsler spoke briefly of the satisfaction experienced through working with girls in the Girl Scout program from age seven through 17 as a very fine rewarding experience. Day Camp will be held at Camp Singing Hills for two weeks beginning July 28 with Mrs. Wade Perry, director. Registration must be sent to Mrs. Robert Carrow, registrar, by June 21.
Brownie Day at Camp Singing Hills will be held Saturday, May 24. Mrs. Boyd Melat, chairman. announces that reservations are due now. Mrs.
Carl Pierce served as co-chairman for the dinner meeting. Mrs. Calvin Knoch made the programs and decorations. PTA officers are installed Ernest Frankenberger was installed as president of the Rouseville PTA Tuesday night in the Rouseville Elementary School. Other officers installed by Mrs.
Edward Moore were Mrs. Robert Brown, vice president; Mrs. Clair McKenzie, 2nd vice president: Mrs. John Staub, secretary; Mrs. Edward Shreffler, treasurer.
A square dance demonstration by sixth graders was the program feature, in charge of Robert Craig, physical education teacher. Margaret Heher weds in Erie bride, officiating. Concert tickets still available OIL CITY There are still a few available tickets left for the Duke Ellington concert tonight at the Oil City High School auditorium. tions may be made by calling 644-5312. Announcement is made of the marriage of Margaret C.
Heher to Clarence C. Behler of Kenmore, N. by her sister, Miss Mary Heher, 339 Washington Ave. The bride is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William E. Heher. The ceremony took place Saturday in St. Peter's Cathedral, Erie, with the Rev. Thomas C.
Kelley of Erie, nephew of the TROUBLED BY TERMITES? 677-8761 COMMONWEALTH EXTERMINATING JOAN BISCHOFF Bischoff, Donaldson date set The engagement of Miss Joan Bischoff to John C. Donaldson of Oil City has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Bischoff of 109 E. Fifth St.
Miss Bischoff is employed as a secretary in the Tax Department of Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. Mr. Donaldson. a student of the Lewis Hotel- Motel School of Washington, D.C., is presently employed by the Holiday Inn in oil City. The wedding will take place June 21 in Good Hope Lutheran Church.
featured this 60 day period. The percentage of unemployment (3.5) is identical with the national (adjusted) rate. In February there were 1,100 people out of work for a 3.9 ratio. A 12-month comparison reveals a gain of 300 jobs primarily due to expansion by the nonfactory division. The biggest increments were recorded by wholesale and retail trade; and service and miscellaneous.
each group is now 200 above 1968 levels. One year ago 1.200 people were idle. Following are data on insured unemployment claims filed in Oil City, Titusville and Franklin: All Claims for Unemployment Benefits Week Ending 4-17-69 2-20-69 4-18-68 Total 550 679 637 Continued 511 588 587 New 39 91 50 A steady decline in the volume of UC claims will be the pattern now as good weather enables out-of-door enterprises to become fully operational again. There continues to be a wide variety of job opportunities in this tri-city region; employer needs include: management trainees; maintenance me mechanical draftsmen; a chemical engineer; production machine operators; auto mechanics: welders: sawmill workers; and tractor trailer drivers. On the distaff side, there is a demand for cooks: waitresses; domestics; and stenographers.
At the end of March there were cpproximately 1,000 men and women registered for work-or almost unchanged from two months and twelve months earlier. Employment levels this summer should equal or better those attained in 1968. Hiring forecasts, as furnished by area employers are impressive. The building industry anticipates a good year, and construction: always generates other forms of economic activity. Awarded degree Oil City Richard J.
ley (above) of 16 E. Bissell Ave. was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in bioiogy at commencement exercises at Saint Francis College at Loretto. Principal speaker was Fred C. Foy, chairman of Koppers Co.
The ceremonies opened Sunday morning with baccalaureate mass offered by the Very Rev. Jude Gleeson, T.O.R., minister provincial of the Sacred Heart Province. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. Peter J. Jones, tor of St.
Ann's Church, Elmer, N. J. The Most Rev. James J. Hogan, D.D., J.C.D., LL.D., Bishop of the is Johnstown Diocese, presided.
500 attend VC event Approximately 500 persons attended the annual style show and card party, "Somewhere-Someday," last night at Venango Christian High School. Narrators for the evening were Mary Conrad, Beverly endel, Sandi Symons and Brigid Caffrey. Approximately 85 girls, including a few "little sisters," modeled fashions of their own creation under the categories of sleepwear, casuals, sportswear, afternoon fashions and after-five fashions. The highlight of the evening featured the wedding party with Jane Cartwright as the bride: Kim Bromley, flower girl; Pat Ward, maid of honor; and Anna Petulla, bridesmaid. Other bridesmaids were Denise Kendzior, Patty Alsbaugh, Mary Alice McMahon.
$150 grand prize winner was Mrs. Dorothy Long of Rouseville. All outfits modeled were made by girls at VCHS from 9th through 12th grade. Grace WSCS plans banquet Grace United Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service will sponsor its annual mother and daughter banquet at 6 p. m.
Saturday in Asbury Hall. Mrs. Virgil Maybray will be in charge of the program. Men of the Asbury Class and members of the Grace MYF will prepare and serve the dinner. He's Qualified He's Capable He CARES! Walter R.
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