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The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania • 10

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The Morning Calli
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Allentown, Pennsylvania
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10 SUNDAY CALL-CHROMCLE, AllMitown, Aug. Jg, 1949 Free Insect Spray Taken Into 3,263 Homes in Allentown as a barrier against issect-bors diseases. On Wednesday, tie minarer reported, the vsri banded out 1.920 pint cans. S43 Quart containers and 21 gallons, the depending on the applicant need. Thursday by coca its Recent Deaths See Death Notices for Funeral Times.

Two Seek to Settle $61,000 Estate Letters of administration are sought in estimated $61,000 estate of the late Charles F. Transue. 1621 Chelsea Bethlehem. Transue died intestate on Aug. 18.

Petitioning at the office of Register of Wills Polio Victim's Parenls Grateful for Words Of Sympathy, Flowers Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gamble of 751 Delaware parents of Phyllis L. Gamble, 14.

who died Wednesday in Allentown hospital a victim of poliomyelitis, have received many mes The "giveaway" campaija cr li-nmnin eir ITIV the TemaiTl insect war conducted last Wednesday and Thursday by the ing 500 pint containers. Requests are still being received, but ih kAH CvSTICtl4 tm James D. Nixon, 38r Dies in Milwaukee James D. Nixon. 38.

husband local Sherwm-wuuams naa far-reaching results, the man poranly evea for sales pur poses. ager of the paint store reported sages of sympathy from resi- Saturday. Muhlenberg Students Adopt Lonesome Pup, Give Him Fraf Name Alf is a lovable lop-eared puppy of uncertain lineage and without a master or permanent home. Two Muhlenberg students, driving to-the college early Saturday morning, found him whining near'the 4th and Susquehanna Sts. intersection and took him back to the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house at 407 N.

23rd St. for safe keeping until his owner calls for him. The other fraternity brothers- dubbeJ him Alf, short for Alpha, and adopted him as a mascot but they are wondering how he will be cared for after next week, when summer session ends and they return to their homes for a month. The pup is about four months old with tan and white markings and foxhound lines. The owner may claim him by calling Walter D.

Roberts at 4-5098. 40-Hour Railroad Week In Effect on Sept. 1 The Reading Railroad's announced policy of curtailing Saturday and Sunday work when the 40-hour week goes into effect Sept. 1 is expected to bring little or no change in the Allentown service, according to local railroaders. The company annbui-ced from Philadelphia on Friday that only work which is definitely essential will be carried on during Saturday and Sunday after Sept.

1. However, local officials point out that the Allentown freight office does so little business over weekends that it could be "considered closed" now. freight is seldom handled here anyway on a Saturday," one agent said. So far as passenger service is concerned, there have been no unusual changes announced for weekend travel after Sept. 1.

Judging from the handout of (oaldale Hospital Holes i CA Raymond 6. Remaley Of Allentown Dies Raymond G. Remaley. 64. of 2101 Hanover Acres, husband of Mayme E.

iResh) Remaley, died yesterday at 9:05 p.m. at his home. He had been in ill health for the last 10 years. He was born Mar. 26.

1885. in Egypt, a son of the late Thomas and Emma (Leh) Remaley. He was a member of Egypt Reformed church. He is survived, besies his wife, by two daughters. Flora, wife of Charles Remaley, Allentown, the liquid DDT, the campaign was carried into 3,263 homes i Mark is a Coaldale.

and Mrs. Amelia Ger-nert. 202 Market Tamaqaa. rrr dmittfd to the Coaldals and -21 restaurants, hotels and hospitals at a cost to the sponsoring company of approximately $3,000. of Dorothy, nee Martin, formerly of Allentown, died at; his home in Milwaukee, after suffering a heart attack Friday vening, local relatives were informed.

Nixon was a veteran of 11 years service in the marine; corps. He was employed for a time by the Vultee Aircraft Co In Allentown. He left this city with his wife five years aeo to accept a position with the Moseri Paper Co. in Chicago. Funeral services will be held! In Milwaukee Tuesday, after! aenis oi Aiieniown ana me surrounding area.

Miss Gamble, who was a 9th grade student at Central Junior High school and a member of Grace Lutheran church Sunday school, was the first polio victim to die in Allentown in two years. She was stricken Monday and passed away 1:15 Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Gamble said yesterday that they are extremely grateful for the kind response Russell F.

C. Benfer were Gertrude M. Transue, the widow, and Lulu A. Werst. 134 W.

Fair-view Bethlehem, niece of Transue. Listed -as next of kin were: Emma Laura Transue. 631 Prospect Bethlehem, sister; Harry Brown, Sth Bethlehem, nephew; Walter Brown, 1907 Arlington Bethlahem nephew; Raymond Brown. 252 10th Bethlehem, nephew; Helen Scheetz, 252 10th Bethlehem, niece: Stella Stuber, Delps, niece; Samuel Deppen, 418 Beech Bethlehem, and Mabel Laubach, 795 Washington Bethlehem. The idea of giving away the "Pestroy" originated in San Antonio, Tex.

and was applied here 'hospital yesterday as medical patients. i Surgical patients admitted ithe institution were Frank Mor-'ris. Tuscarora: Helen Berhart. iNew RmzgoSd: Frank Neifert, Tamaaui: they received from their friends the ticket office disclosed. The 40-hour week ws awarded railroad workers oy a factfinding board last October, effective Sept.

1. 1949. William Kirk. and Joseph Owl Creek. and Hilda, wife of Edwin York-ey.

Essington. four grandchildren; two brothers, Norman, Allentown, and Amos. Emmaus; three sisters, Ella, wife pf William Reifinger, Coplay; Florence, wife of Charles Helmbach. Allentown, and Lizzie, wife of Lloyd Heimbach. Bethlehem.

He which the body will be sent to "West Palm Beach. for interment. Surviving are his wife. Dorothy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

James Martin 1324 Turner a daughter, Darlene, 5 months old; and two brothers and neighbors in the form of flowers and messages. Among the senders were the Rainbow Girls, of which their daughter was a member, the Mother's Circle of DeMolay, the Eastern Star and various business hous es and firms with which HE) 8 Gamble has contact in his electrical business. He said he was also grateful to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which paid the bills incurred by his daughter's illness. "C-3G 11950 IY1EEG.5 was preceded in death by a daughter, Joyce. MRS.

ABNER A. OSBORN Mrs. Nell R. Osborn, bedfast for. three years, died Friday at her home.

329 N. 30th St. She had been ill for seven years. Born in Weatherly. a daughter of the late Peter G.

and Kate (Kuhns) Rouse, she lived in Allentown for 20 years and had formerly resided in Hokendau-qua. Her husband. Abner A. Osborn. and her son, Abner Jr.

at home, survive. and three sisters, all of Florida. MRS. ELLEN J. LE1BY Mrs.

Ellen 'J. Leiby. wife of Clinton E. Leiby. New Tripoli, died Saturday at 2 a.m.

She was 53 years old. She was born in New Tripoli, a daughter of the late Elias and Louisa (Snyder) Gildner. She is survived by her husband: one son, Francis, New Tripoli: two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Heckman. Allentown, and Mrs.

Isabel Rauch, Slatington; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Fred Sittler, and a brother, Francis Gildner, both of MRS. KALMAN SERUGA Mrs. Christiana Seruga, wife of Kalman Seruga, and a resident of Bethlehem for the past 42 vears. died Saturday morn Coplay Men Hamed To Cement Workers District Offices George Bennett and Nicholas Dobil, both of Coplay, yesterday were elected vice president and trustee respectively of District 1.

United Cement and Gypsum Workers at the district's biennial convention at Bellefonte. Pa. John Pokrifcsak. Martin's Creek. Northampton county, was named new president, succeeding Irvin O.

Foose. Allentown. The conclave came to a close after Reading was picked as the site for the 1951 conven- ing at her home. 1237 Mechanic Bethlehem. She was a member of St.

John's Lutheran church, the Windish Sick and Beneficial Assn. and the First Hungarian Sick and Fraternal Society, Bethlehem. Surviving are her husband and MRS. FOSTER GEARHARD s. Eurana (Leininger) Gearhard.

teacher in Weatherly public schools for many years, died Friday morning at Hazle-ton State hospital. 'She was the wife of Foster Gearhard and re-Bided at Weatherly R. l. Mrs. Gearhard was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran church.

Surviving are her husband, one sister, Mrs. Cora Kunkle. of Lehighton, four brothers, Oliver Leininger. of Mahoning. Edgar, of Philadelphia, and Calvin and Stanley, of Weatherly.

t.i nn parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Csaszar. Europe, two daughters, Mrs. Ernest Han.

Bethlehem and Mary, at home: one son S-Sgt. Frank Seruga, Army air Other officers elected were Robert Murray, Bellefonte. vice president of lime; Frank Dixon, Plymouth Meeting, vice president of allied products; Edgar Roth, Nazareth, guard: Roland Roth, Nazareth, secretary-treasurer: and Victor H. Thomas, corps. Manchester, N.H.; four grandchildren and one sister, Mrs.

Valent Pallek, Bethlehem. LEWIS II. ALLEN Lewis H. Allen, 75. retired attorney, a native of Portland died Nazareth, district representa- tive.

Friday in his home in Shilling- ion. Born in Portland, son of the late Albert O. and Nellie Bellis Allen, he practiced law in New Two Wills Filed The will of the late Ellsworth T. N. Moyer, Weisenberg.

who died Aug. 14 has been filed for probate with Register Russell F. C. Benfer. Petitioning for letters testamentary to the estate, estimated ANDREW DUSKY Andrew Ditsky, 72, of 47 E.

Abbott Lansford. died early Saturday morning at his home. A native of Czechoslovakia, Mr. Ditsky resided in Long Island year's before coming to Lansford 57 years ago. Mr.

Ditsky opened a butcher shop on W. Ridge Lansford. shortly after moving to town and had conducted a grocery business on E. Abbott until his recent illness. He was a parishioner of St.

Michael's church and a member of the St. Michael's Lodge since its organization. His wife. Anna, preceded him in death on Sept. 27.

1949. Surviving are one brother, Martin, Tresckow. and several nieces and nephews. for probate purposes at $2,500, are Edgar P. and Florence M.

Fritz of Breinigsville, R.l. They and their son. Earl E. A DAY P. Fritz, are named as nrincipil beneficiaries in the will dated York City for a number of years.

Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. H. Ross Smith, Lansdowne; Mrs. Joseph Milson, Littlestown, end Mrs. J.

Fred Johnson, South Orange. N. J. MRS. RACHAEL HARWICH Mrs.

Rachael Harwick. 34, died at 2 a.m. Saturday at her home. 3007 Hanover Acres. The coroner attributed er death to an attack of epilepsy.

She was born in Allentown, the daughter of the late Charles P. Gernerd and Mary Ann(Reber) Gernerd. Surviving her is one daughter Phyllis, at home; three sons. Alvin. of New York, Franklin and Charles, at home; and a sister.

Mrs. Horace Hunsicker, of Allentown. Dec. 1, 1936. Also filed was the will of the late Aaron Karll of Allentown who died Jan.

2. His estate is es Deaths timated for probate purposes at $507.25. Petitioning lor letters testamentary is his daughter, Ida K. Telles, 421 N. 6th Metered REWAI.EY Raymond Hurt.

5 months and 1 day; 2101 Hsnover Acre; Aug. 27. 1949:. husband of Mayme E. Resh) Remaley.

Xue sotica ol funeral. B. BRYDEN Mm. Mar Bryden. 10 Jarkson An.

27. 194P, widow of Huith Bryden. Due notice of funeral. B. who is made principal benefici ary and executrix by the will dated April 24.

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