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Farmer Killed
«Fighting Fire
Home Complete Loss
At Center Moreland
A charred ladder and an over-
turned water bucket remain to tell
of a 79-year-old Center Moreland
farmer’s vain attempt to save his
burning home last Thursday.
Sidney J. Levitt, a resident of
Center Moreland for 43 years, died
of third degree burns after falling
15 feet from a ladder he was using
to fight the fire.
Wyoming County Coroner Brice
Sheldon stated the man may have
been knocked off the ladder by an
explosion which occurred during
the height of the blaze. It was
thought, by authorities, the ° ex-
plosion may have occurred when
fire set off gas from an appliance
in the home.
Coroner Sheldon said a wound on
the victim’s forehead indicated his
head struck a stone walk in the
fall.
A A neighbor Mark H. Brown called
W Kunkle Fire Company when the
explosion occurred and flames were
seen shooting from the Levitt home
one-quarter mile away. Cause of
the fire was not determined.
The seven-room home was al-
most completely destroyed when
firemen arrived at 4:45 a.m. and
found the victim's body. Tunkhan-
nock State Police were notified.
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Firemen stood by to keep flames |
from spreading to a large barn |
about 200 feet away.
no other buildings in the immedi- |
ate vicinity of the home.
Levitt, whose residence was lo-
cated on a 100 acre farm, had |
given up active farming some years |
ago. He continued to raise pro-
duce for his own use.
The - burned home is located on
a dirt road leading to Beaumont
about 1% miles from Center More-
land.
Two piecese of fire equipment at
the 's “ne were. manned by ‘nine
firemen" headed by Fire Chief Fred
ode Others responding to the
J%call were Assistant Chief Corey
Besteder, Austin Workman, Con-
ss rad Honeywell, Delmar Shupp,
Brussel! Transue, Albert Patton and
George Landon. Dallas Township
Police Chief Irwin Coolbaugh was
also on the scene.
Levitt was born Sept. 6, 1882 in
England. He operated a truck
farm in Kingston before moving to
Center Moreland. He was a mem-
ber of the Center Moreland Metho-
dist Church. His wife, the former
Mary Moore of Kingston, died 18
years ago.
Funeral services were held from
Disque Funeral, Dallas, last Satur-
day at 11 a.m. He was buried in
Marsh Cemetery, Center Moreland.
Surviving are brothers Fred and
Asher England; a sister Liza, Eng-
land. Children, Celeste Ruth, Phil-
adelphia; Sidney, Jr. Titusville,
Fla.; Mrs. George Deremer, Har-
veys Lake; also 17 grandchildren
| three greatgrandchildren.
“Tragic Acciden
ragic Accident
Fatal To Son
Tractor-Trailer Hits
Car On Curve At Utica
Mr. and Mrs. William Marson Sr.,
Main Road, Trucksville, lost a son
in a tragic accident Monday after-
noon. William Marson Jr., 31, on his
way through (Utica, returning with
his wife from a vacation in Canada
to his home in Newtown, N. J. was
instantly killed when his car was
struck by a tractor trailer swinging
wide on a curve. His wife was treat-
ed for bruises and shock at the
Utica Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Marson, residents of
*. rucksville for the past six years,
are leaving this morning for New
Jersey. Their son will be buried to-
morrow. The young couple had no
children.
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There were |
i “Tiger”
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION ‘
Dallas - Mocanaqua eet Sunday
Afternoon In Booster Attraction
Dairymen Can Sew-up
Manage To Squeeze
Championship With Win;
By Swoyersville 2-1
RALPH HENDERSHOT
Dallas Dairy can wrap up another
ry Lengy eo championship Sun. | |
Hf the ret by Mocanaqua in
a & Boos hasnt #ithaction at the Dal- |
las diamond.
Over the past season Mocanaqua |
has always been the roughest op-
ponent and keenest rival.
The down river boys managed by
Denoy are in second g 5
with a 7-2 record, while the Dairy-
| men are on top witl 12 wins and |
| 0 losses.
The Dairymen should be at full
strength for this contest sincg John
Dorish returned to the line-up last |
week and Jack Sims will return |
this week-end after a five week lay-
off with a knee injury. |
Ralph Hendershot thas been one
of the mainstays of the Dairy nine
in recent weeks as; Jaotnaised hi |
woatting. adcyage. ov CE weed |
points since he was married. Ralph
has always been rough on Mocanagua !
hurling and a few years back hit |
three homers in one contest against
them.
Joe Yeninas also has been playing
fine defensive baseball and coming
through with base hits in timely
spots for the Dairymen this season.
[Tom Carter will probably get the
starting nod from manager: Bob |
Grose in this contest. The e lefty will
Sandsdale Bulls Will Get Royal
.
JOE YENINAS
have his work cut out for him with
such hitters as Handzelek, Gregory
‘and Uram in the A’s line-up.
Game time is scheduled for 2:30.
Busine§s manager Jay Llewellyn
Jr. has announced that a number
of door prizes will be awarded lucky
ticket holders at Sundays’ game.
Win Heart Fund Game
Dallas Dairy scored five times in
| the first inning last Saturday as
they defeated Pittston Junction 6-1
|in an exhibition game with proceeds
going’ to the Luzerne County Heart
Fund Association.
Billy Shalata tossed a six-hitter
in gaining the wictory.
Dorish' Wins Sunday
John Dorish back in uniform kept
his winning streak alive by down-
ing Swoyersville 2.1. Sunday in a
niv n-tuck affair.
eb ashko handcuffed. the Dallas
hitters for seven innings without a
"hit or Fun, but the Dairymen reached
him for two runs in the 8th to take
ja 2-0 lead.
Swoyersville rallied for one run
in: the bottom of the ninth in an
effort to tie the score.
Fach team collected six hits.
Washko finally stopped’ Bill Sha-
lata’s 48 game hitting streak as Bill
went hitless in four trips.
Reception In Canada This Sunday
"A week in isolation at the
Canadian border did not dampen
the spirits of Sandsdale Rocket
Masterpiece, prize bull recently
sold to the Oxford and District
Breeders Association of Wood-
stock, (mtario, by Ralph Sands, but
it did throw a hitch into the Open
House Ceremonies at Oxford where
3,000 persons waited to no avail to
see Rocket and his companion, Ro-
safe Supreme Reflection (vg)
The two animals were trans-
ported ‘from <Carverton to the
border by H. S. Knill of Paris, On-
tario, accompanied by Paul Jensen
of the Breeding Cooperative.
They were delayed at the border
from last Tuesday until this Mon-
day because permits for transpor-
tation across the line had not been
signed by a Federal Veterinarian.
The permits had been signed by
Dr. Thomas Shoemaker Jr., of
Tunkhannock who is authorized to
sign them for any destination in
the United States but not to
foreign countries.
The animals had to be held in
isolation at Customs until Dr. Boon,
Federal Veterinarian of Harrisburg
returned from vacation to sign the
papers.
In the meantime the breeders of
Oxford have postponed their Open
House until this Sunday when Mr.
and Mrs. Sands and daughter, I Har-
Primitive Methodists Excavate For
S. S. Addition, Start Construction
Primitive Methodist Church at
Fernbrook broke ground for its
church school addition last week,
with excavation now complete and
cinder block laying well under way
for the footings.
Rev. Andrew Derrick states that
the building will be attached to the
main edifice, a 15 x 36 foot two story
addition, to contain six class rooms
for accommodation of a steadily
growing Sunday School. ~
Men of the congregation are dona-
ting their services which will ‘hold
the cost to a minimum.
- For the past year, when the con-
gregation doubled, Rev. Derrick hag
seen a building program essential.
Eventually, he is convinced, it will
be necessary to give up the church
on its constricted corner lot, and
build another one on level ground.
The present arrangement provides
no parking space, and no room 'for
riet, will be on hand to take part
in the ceremonies.
Rosafe Supreme Reflection (v.g)
is the Pennsylvania Aged Bull of
1960 and was First Prize Winner
and reserve Grand Champion at the
Pennsylvania Black & White Show
held last year in Harrisburg. He
is 7% years old and will be on test
in Canada for the next 120 days,
after which he may, too, be pur-
chased by the Canadian Co- -opera-
tive.
Rosafe’s daughters have been
terrific and he was extremely pop-
ular with Pennsylvania breeders
last season.
The two animals are among the
most valuable in the Sands herd,
and Mr. Sands expects to breed to
them artificially from Canada.
But the Ace still remaining in the
Sands ~ herd is Glo-Mor Master
King, All Pennsylvania. Junior
champion yearling of 1960. Shown
last year in the big leagues at the
National Dairy Show in Waterloo,
Iowa, Glo-Mor came in sixth.
Library Auction Gets
Unexpected 3 Dollars
Back Mountain Memorial Library
Auction received an anonymous $3
donation from a conscience ridden
citizen Friday.
The envelope bore a Pittston
postmark. Inside a pencil written
note said the money was owed to
the Auction sales and concluded
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| “God bless and please forgive me,
forever. Amen.”
Pope once said, “An honest
man’s the noblest work of God.
Tommy Andrew Will
future expansion.
Tt is a small church. When Rev.
Derrick moved, to ‘Fernbrook four
years ago, twelve loyal members of
the congregation greeted him, to
listen to his first sermon. Eighteen
children appeared for Sunday School.
Since that time, much progress
has been made. To date, the capa-
city of the main auditorium has
never been tested. But Rev. Der-
rick forsees a day when the 125
Have Skin-Grafting
Tommy Andrew, proprietor of the
T-Bar-A [Rabbitry at Shavertown,
and instructor in art in Plymouth
schools, has spent three weeks rec-
ently at the Veterans Hospital, bat-
tling with an extremely painful car-
buncle. August 13, he will return to
the hospital for extensive skin graft,
an operation which will release him
just in time to judge in a rabbit
seats will not be adequate. He is
looking to the future,
Rodiar’
(on
and cavey show at Courtland; N.Y.
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than half million members of the!
Highway Stakes
Cut Into Middle
Of Harter Homes
Bulford’s Hardware,
Tommy Noon's Garage
Directly In Line
No official notice has yet been
received by residents who have
homes or business places in the path
of the widened highway project
along route '309 from Luzerne to
the Y at Orchard Farms Restaurant
and the new A&P market.
But a number of people have been
notified that their property would
be taken, to ease curves in the road.
Tommy Joon, whose garage is
located dangerously on a curve,
blocking sight of the highway to
the left as cars emerge from lower
Main Street, Fernbrook, is certain
that his property will be taken to
give better visibility.
The LeRoy Roberts home next
door to Noon’s, will also block a
widened curve. Mr. Roberts has had
no official notice.
In the case of the (California Fruit
Market, Philip Ansilio was told last
summer by highway surveyors that
the probable line would snip off
about five feet of his parking lot,
leaving the building. He has re-
ceived no further notice.
_ IGuyette in Trucksville, his place
of business closely fronting the
highway, has had no official notifi-
cation, but a persistent rumor says
that the highway will be widened
at that location. ‘
Mrs. Pauline Besteder, next door,
says. she has heard nothing, and
thinks her home is safely back, far
enough from the widening.
Harters Dairy is the chief victim
in this area.
According to a survey made last
week, both Harter homes will be
destroyed, though the plant itself
will be left. The present survey line
runs straight through the middle of
Sherman Harter’s home and Marian
Harter’s home, slicing off what is the
best “Tooking lawn - on the entire
route from Luzerne to Dallas.
This is the third survey.
The first line eliminated houses
across the street from Harter’s, the
Myhall’s and the Stolaricks.
This most recent survey leaves
these homes, which were expected to
fall and which have therefor not
been too well maintained, in ex-
pectation of being evacuated.
Left also is the Hillside Inn.
Bulford’s Hardware Store is in the
line of march.
Mrs. Harter says, “We've been in
business here for fifty years. With
the most recent survey cutting away
our property, there will be no place
for anybody to live, to take care
of the plant. A milk plant isn’t
something you just lock up and
leave. You ‘have to be around to
see that the compressors are working
properly. And the children feel des-
olate about leaving their home.”
[People across the road are anx-
jous to sell, having made up their
minds to the move when the first
survey was made.
Harters with so much at stake,
are anxious to remain.
Work on the new road is supposed
to start this fall. It has been long
delayed, as one plan after another
was drawn up and abandoned, end-
ing with the recent decision to wid-
en the existing road and eliminate
as many curves as practical, instead
of building a divided one-way high-
way-
Local Woman At
PTA Conference
6350 Delegates Present
At Gettysburg College
More than 650 local unit P.T.A.
delegates were at Gettysburg Col- |
lege this past week attending the
annual Summer Leadership Session
of the Pennsylvania Congress of Par-
ents and Teachers.
Representing the Back Mountain
Area was Mrs. Thelma IC. Culp, Lake-
Noxen Schools, Program Chairman
of District 7.
The delegates, representing more
state organization, attended classes
and lectures = concerning Parent-
Teacher Association {Community |
Leadership Responsibilities for |
children and youth in health, wel- |
fare and education as it . pertains
to the home, school, church and
community. The conference was
under the general supervision of Mrs.,
Harold G. Moore, [State President.
Special consultants and lectures
for the conference included Dr. Char-
les H. Glatfelter, Acting Dean, Get-
tysburg College; Mrs.
past vice president of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers;
A. W. Gottschall, National Confer-
ence of (Christians and Jews; and
Dr. Eugene P. Bertine, assistant ex-
20 persons on Pennsylvania high-
| that Japanese Port to the commerce
C. 'S. Garey, |
ecutive secretary, Pennsylvania State
Education Association. hy Udo
man’s New Sch
Receives Award Second
For the second consecutive year, |
Trucksville Free Methodist Sunday |
School took the award, ‘‘Sunday
School of the Year,” last week at |
the New York Conference held on
the Free Methodist camp grounds
at Demunds. |
Receiving the award from Mrs. |
Beulah Faulkner, New York Confer-
ence Sunday School Executive
Secretary, is. Mrs. Frank Mathers, |
Sr. At the right, stands Rev. Grove |
Armstrong, pastor; at the left, Rev. ls
0
Consecutive
Howard = Artz, Director of Field
Services for the denomination.
The trophy is given to the Sunday
School which most successfully
meets established requirements, and
maintains the best Sunday School
program. In winning the award for
| the second successive year, Trucks-
ville has established a record.
Rev. Armstrong was returned to
Trucksville for, the sixth year, longer
than any other pastor .of the church
in its fifty years of history.
Governor Urges Local Police
To Redouble Traffic Vigilence
#7
Urges Use of Every Traffic Tool At
Their Command To Stop Recklessness
Governor Lawrence this week |
made the following statement:
“In view of the preliminaty infor-
mation presented in the death of
ways over the past week end, IT am
once again making an urgent appeal
to every citizen of our ‘State to drive
with caution and prudence at all
times.
“A review of highway accidents
by the State [Police and by the
Bureau of Traffic Safety indicates
On Active Duty
CLIFTON WILLIAMS
Clifton ‘Williams, CD3, is serving
his two years active duty in the
US Naval Reserves on the USS Top-
eka. Cliff is a graduate of Westmore.
land, class of '59. The Topeka is a
cruiser on ‘a mission of readiness and
goodwill in the Western Pacific.
. In April the men on ship partic-
ipated in a Port Festival in Naga-
saki commemorating the opening of
of the outside world. Cliff works in
the carpenter shop where they made
two floats for the masquerade par-
ade.
Topekamen also wave two orphan
parties while in Nagasaki. Woody
Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny car-
toons delighted the children even
though they couldn’t understand a
word that was said.. The children
consumed 20 gallons of ice cream,
a large carton of cookies and an
unknown quantity of strawberry
drink.
[Clifton’s brother, = David, West~
‘moreland Class of '61, is in the
109th Field Artillery of the 28th
Division. He is taking basic training
at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Clifton and David are the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn ‘Williams,
R. D, 1, Dallas, Pa.
Clear Auction Grounds
One of the hardest jobs in con-
nection with the Library Auction
is preparation of the grounds and
cleaning = up after the Auction
closes. This year the work has been
capably handled under the directiop
of Ziba Smith and Tony Hudak,
that, in a preponderance of the
accidents, the cause is directly at-
tributable to speed--driving too fast
for conditions.
“The majority of these accidents
involved single vehicles; they were
caused by loss of control on the
part of the operator on a two or
three-lane highway. Both are evid-
ence of excessive speeds under pre-
vailing conditions.
“In nearly every instance over the
past week end, tragedy occurred
when caution was abandoned.
" “We must reduce to the barest
minimum the number of people who
persist in ignoring the basic precepts
of safety. In consequence, I am in-
structing the State Police to mount
an all-out offensive, particularly on
week ends, against drivers who pro-
ceed in reckless disregard for their
own safety and for the safety of
others.
« “To make this campaign most
effective, I am also calling upon
every other law enforcement offic-
ial in Pennsylvania to mount a full-
scale crackdown against speeding
and recklessness on every highway--
major or minor-- in every part of
the State.
“We are coming into the time
of the year when our highways will
continue to.be crowded with famil-
ies on vacations and on week-end
trips.
safety and without fear from sudden
death, we must proceed against the
incautious drivers--the fringe elem-
ent--with every enforcement tool at
our command.”
- Governor Lawrence also sent the
following telegram:
To All Police Chiefs:
“I know that the members of
the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Pol-
ice Association have been mak-
ing a monumental effort in
holding traffic accidents to a
minimum. But it would seem
that we must re-double that
effort if our highways are to
be safe from a careless and
reckless minority such as those
responsible for the frightening
death toll of twenty over the
week end just past.
“We are coming into the time
of the year when our highways
are crowded with families on
vacation and week-end trips.
It these persons are to use our
highways in safety, without fear
of sudden death, we must pro-
ceed against the incautious dri-
ver. with every enforcement tool
at our command.
“I urge you to call upon the
members of the Pennsylvania
Chiefs of Police Association to
mount an all-out - offensive
against drivers in their comm-
unity who operate with reck-
less disregard for either their
own safety or the safety of
others.”
David L Lawrence
Governor”
If these persons are going |
to be able to use our highways in
VOL. 73, NO. 30, THURSDAY, JULY 27. 1961
Work Of Years Will
Saved?
Mortal Blow Struck At Educational
Program Of Lake-Lehman Jointure
Who Have Faith In The Future Speak Their Mind
Lake-Lehman’s proposed new high school is dying.
Residents are already preparing for the funeral. : a
Unless the thinking people of the community step in,
willing to stand up and be counted at an open meeting called
for 8 p.m. August 7 in Lehman, the corpse will be buried.
It will be a costly funeral.
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Be Lost Unless Residents
WHO SAID WATER
IN DALLAS IS NOT
FIT FOR DRINKING
A Dallas resident purportedly
heard on a local radio station
Tuesday that water in Dallas
was not fit to drink.
Lettie Culver, office man-
_ ager of the Dallas Water Com-
pany, said the Health Depart-
ment, Wilkes-Barre had not
notified her company that any-
thing was amiss. They would
be out checking the wells right,
now if there were some pol-
Iution in the water, she said.
Water is under the constant
supervision of the State Health
Department.
Water in Dallas is tested
regularly by William J. Breese,
registered chemist and head-
chemist for the Pennsylvania
Gas and Water Co. Breese’s
reports are sent to the Health
Department, Wilkes-Barre, Mrs.
Culver said.
Report on the last water
check made July 7 said “This
water at the time of the check
was free from pollution and
meets standards of the United
States Public Health Depart-
ment for drinking water”
Administration
Ottice To Move
‘To High School
School Equipment
Starts Moving By
End Of Next Week
school the latter part of next week,
and school equipment will be de-
livered at the new school, - begin-
ning next week.
A cafeteria workshop is sche-
duled for August 17 and 18, by
which date the contractor gives
assurance that the sewage disposal
‘plant will be in operation.
Administrative offices are on the
second floor, above the gymnasium.
They consist of a superintendent’s
office, a general administration of-
fice, a dental clinic, and a health
suite.
No date has yet been set for
dedication of the new building. It
is probable that the laying of the
cornerstone and the dedication will
take place at one and the same
time-
Occupancy will be effective al-
most immediately, for purposes of
installing furniture and equipment.
Dr. Robert A. Mellman, who re-
cently submitted to surgery, is
| cautiously resuming his work in his
own home, and beginning with next
week, he expects to be able. to
time
office, increasing the
strength returns.
as
Tax Notices
Now In Mail
School Tax Is
15 Mills Higher
in the Dallas Union School District
will be in the mails this weekend
bearing a fifteen-mill increase or
80c per $100. valuation for school
tax purposes.
School millage last year was 65c¢
per $100 valuation.
For taxpayers in Dallas Borough
this will be the third set of tax
| notices received this year from
Collector Arthur Dungey. [They
previously received notices for
Borough and County taxes and
sometime later received notifica-
‘| tion of personal property taxes.
For Dallas, Franklin and Kings-
ton. Townships, however, this
week’s mailing will be the, first
notices received by taxpayers. The
blow will probably be a little hard-
er for them but it all sums up to
the same thing. It all depends on
whether its easier on a dog to cut
is tail off a little at a time or all
1 a once.
Dallas Schools Administrative of-
fices will move to the new high-
spend a short time each day in his :
Tax notices for all municipalities :
It is still possible to apply arti-
ficial respiration, if residents who
have faith in the future of their
community, rise up and become as
vocal as the group which is spear=
heading a movement to sabotage
the educational Program, and which
has brought pressure to bear upon
the Building Authority.
An eminent educator will moder-
ate the meeting. i
Dr. Eugene A. Farley, president
of Wilkes College, who had a vision
of the future when he took the
presidency of a small and struggling
junior college in 1935, and who has
wrought a miracle by never recog-
nizing the possibility of defeat, will
preside. 8
What will it cost NOT to build
the school ?
These are the things that will be
lost if the school is lost: :
Architect's fees of $110,674. ti
Land contracted for: $42,155.
Topographical survey: 1,297; sur-
vey of property, $1,825. La
Test boring to determine weight
bearing: $728; test holes, $96.
Drilling of well: $1,700.
Viewing: $300.
Department of health, $25.
Painting of sign for’ school we
$35. 3
Add to this total: ten years lost A
in development. ;
Wholesale resignation of key peo- :
ple on the school board, who for no
compensation, have given their
time, their: effort, their whole
selves, to furtherance of an educa-
tional program which the residents
said they wanted. ri
Down the drain, ‘the endless
trips to Harrisburg. : oN
Lost, with nothing to show for
it except a hole in the ground.
The five-way jointure was formed
in 1958, with the express purpose
of building a new high school
which would be large enough to
house both senior and junior high
school students, and still leave
Proom for children of newcomers
who would be attracted to a com-
munity with outstanding school
facilities.
Win, lose or draw, all components
of the five-way jointure are re-
sponsible for expenses incurred or
contracted for, a sizeable bill which
will be rendered with nothing to
show for it unless the program is
carried to completion.
It is still possible to pick up
the marbles if people who believe i in
education as a foundation for suc-
cess and a true, expression of
democracy, will attend the August
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Linear Plant
On Vacation |
For Two Weeks
Maintenance Force
To Make Necessary
Equipment Repairs
The plant of Linear Incorporated
at Fernbrook will be closed for two
weeks starting Monday, July 31, so
that office personnel ‘and foremsen
can take their vacations and also
to permit necessary repairs to
equipment
The . Maintenance Department,
Machine Shop, Boiler operators and
a skeleton office force will remain
| on duty during the two-week per-
iod ending Monday, August 14.
P. H. Moore, vice president of
manufacturing, said yesterday the
last scheduled shift will be Friday
and operations will resume at the i
beginning of the first scheduled =
shift on Monday, August 14.
There will be no changes in
machinery and equipment for the
manufacture of other products.
Although there has been a
slackening of orders during the
early part of the year, it is anti-
cipated that the nation’s quickening
defense program may improve
business during the last half.
Officers of the big firm, one
of the largest employers in the
area are: A. W. Swartz, Sr., Chair-
man of the Board; C. H. Carlough,
President; T. S. Sadler, Vice-Presi-
dent and General Manager; P. H.
Moore, Vice President Manufactur-
ing; F. A. Lewis, Vice President
Sales; J. B. Johnson, Vice President:
Technical Director; A. W. Swartz,
Jr., Treasurer and B. Grouppo,
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Secretary and Lonieeler i