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The Rev. M. Huyett Sangree . . . In the Sanctuary of His Church

Rev. Sangree Is Retiring; Organized Nativity Church A m i n i s t e r who c a m e t o announced his resignation in a

t h e T o w n of T o n a w a n d a large complex of church build-I T U y e a r s a g o to o rgan i ze in^s a t 153° ™vin B l v d -o A n w U i„ i. „,• 1.1 A u u ; The church was organized in a Church, l a s t n i g h t to ld h i s t h e congregational denomination c o n g r e g a t i o n — n o w n u m . and followed it into the United b e r i n g m o r e t h a n 1,200 — Church of Christ when it merged that he will retire in June and Re-

The Rev. M. Huyett Sangree had the first service of the Church of the Nativity in the Lit­tle Chapel of the Elms in Elm-lawn Cemetery Dec. 15, 1946. He

with the Evangelical formed Church.

"No words of mine can express my joy over the privilege of being minister of this church," Mr. Sangree told the annual meeting of the congregation last

OBITUARIES FIN'GERLOW - Clinton L.

Fingerlow of 7162 Ward Road, Town of Wheatfield, d i e d Wednesday (Jan. 15. 1964) in De-Graff Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Al­legheny, N.Y., and resided in this area for 23 years. He was employed as a heavy equipment operator at Bell Aerosystems. He is survived by his wife, Gladys Farnham Fingerlow; two sons, William F., Town of Wheatfield, Ralph E. Fingerlow, Alden: two daughters, Mrs. Ruth D u e r r. Town of Wheatfield, and Mrs. Melvin Boeheim. Tonawanda; a brother. Fred Fingerlow of Wal-den. N.Y., and 10 grandchildren. Friends may call at Wattengel Funeral Home, 307 Oliver St., North Tonawanda, where the family will be in attendance from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Fu­neral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Lynn S. Bugbee officiating. Bur­ial in Acacia Park Cemetery.

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is survived by his wife, Lena M. Greene, now in Casselberry, Fla.; three sons, Robert Jr. of Tona­wanda and Donald and Albert of Casselberry, Fla.; three daugh­ters, Mrs. Robert (Emeline) Mil­ler of Houston, Tex., Mrs. Robert *Lois> Brockway of Tonawanda and Mrs. George (Virginia) Mil­ler of Casselberry, Fla.; 12 grand­children and 5 great grandchil­dren. The funeral will be Sunday in Hammondsport, N. Y.

HARRINGTON - Grace H. Harrington, 87, of 411 Tremont St., North Tonawanda. d i e d Thursday (Jan. 16. 1964) in De-Graff Memorial Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of the Tonawandas and a member of First Methodist Church. She was the wife of the late Judge Ed­ward B. Harrington, who died in 1941, and is survived by two daughters, .Mrs. Lloyd B. Root of North Tonawanda and Mrs. Clifford D. Rice of Birmingham, Mich.; three sons, Edward S., Robert J. and Wilbert H. Har-

GARNSEY - Mrs. Shirlev L. rington, a H ,° f N o r . t h T o . n a w a F Garnsey, 52. of 9370 Pine Ave , Niagara Falls, N.Y., died Fri­day (Jan. 17, 1964> in Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, after several years' illness. A native of Buffalo, she had been a res­ident of Tonawanda for 11 years. She was a member of St. Christopher's Church; the Auxiliary of Post 264. American Legion; a past president of the Auxiliary to John J. Welch Post 381, American Legion, Niagara Falls, and past Chapeau, Niag­ara County American Legion Auxliary 40 & 8. Survivors in­clude her husband, Robert F.; her mother, Mrs. Lucille May­er; two sisters, Mrs. George

da; two sisters, Mrs. Allen G. Burrows of Olcott. N.Y., and Mrs. Paul R. Achilles of Tona­wanda; a brother, John A. W. Simson, Greenwich, Conn.; 10 grandchildren and 11 great­grandchildren. Friends may call at Wattengel Funeral Home, 307 Oliver St., North Tonawanda, where the family will be in at­tendance from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Lynn S. Bugbee at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Burial in Acacia Park Ceme­tery. (16-17)

night. "Two thousand people have signed the covenant of this church, and joined with me here in the worship and service of our Lord Jesus Christ. Concerned About Members

"I have not been much con­cerned about the size of this church, but I have been, and still am, concerned about every family and every member of this family of Christ."

He said he had passed his 65th birthday "and feel that it is time to set the date for my retirement from the full-time ministry."

Mr. Sangree was a minister in Wellsville for 18 years before the State Conference of the Con­gregational Christian C h u r c h asked him to organize a Town of Tonawanda church. He has since served as chairman of the con­ference and has been active in the Buffalo and Erie County Council of Churches and the Kenmore Ministerial Association.

The Church of the Nativity has appointed a committee to recom­mend his successor to the congre­gation. Election Conducted

The congregation last night elected these members of the Church Committee: Mrs. Charles Goodrich, Mrs. James Jennings, Samuel Naylor and Ralph Braa-ten.

Trustees elected are Clyde Ego, Harold Mighton, James Benson, Mrs. Norma Billings, Fabian Hokanson and Mrs. Ray­mond Regooe.

Mrs. Norman Gilbert was elect­ed clerk, succeeding Mrs. Ralph Dahmer. Joseph Koral w a s named historian, succeeding Mrs. Maurice Brown, and Robert Dykstra was re-elected delegate.

James Shimwell. the retiring senior deacon, was elected to the nominating committee, suc­ceeding Myron Melick.

The congregation adopted a $55,442 budget and approved a revision of its bylaws. It also voted to sell its parsonage at 118 Paramount Pky. to Mr. and Mrs. Sangree.

Dr. Kermit Allen was moder­ator of the meeting.

In organization sessions after the annual meeting, the Church Committee elected G. William Meyers as senior deacon. T h e Board of Trustees elected David Bieri chairman.

Retarded Children's Fund The following donations have been received: Previously Reported $1,558 Francis Gruen $ 10 Paul J. Hilferding -, $ 5

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Total $1,573

The fund is directed by a committee made up of Matthew L. Lester, Donald Clark, Mrs. Carl E. Leverenz, Thomas deGuehery and Mrs. Charles E. Hewitt Jr. The committee will allocate the pro­ceeds to the Parents Council for Retarded Chil­dren in Kenmore, the North Tonawanda Unit, Niagara County Chapter of the Association for Retarded Children, and the Parents' Guild for Exceptional Children of Tonawanda.

Call Prompts Alert ForWoman Bandit

Tonawanda town police yesterday kept an alert for Buffalo's woman bandit in the Tonawanda and Vulcan Streets area of town, but the woman robber failed to show up.

The alert stemmed from a tele­phone call Mrs. Gertrude Damon received shortly after 9 a.m. Mrs. Damon operates Gert's Su­perette, 1184 Tonawanda St., Town of Tonawanda.

"Get your money together. I'll be down to get it later," Mrs. Damon quoted her female mys­tery caller to police.

Mrs. Damon said the caller kept changing her voice during

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MAROHN — Alvina Marohn, 68, of 224 Highland Ave., Tona-

Hicks and Mrs. Joseph Harring- wanda, died Thursday (Jan. 16, too, all of Oswego, N.Y.: a 1964) at DeGraff Memorial Hos-brother, James Ritter of Ster- pital after a brief illness. A ling, N.Y., and several nieces native of Chicago, she had been and nephews. Friends may call at John O. Roth Funeral Home, Morgan and Williams Streets, T o n a w a n d a , where prayers will be said Monday at 9 a.m. followed by a Requiem M a s s in St. Christopher's wife of Arthur O. Marohn who Church (Niagara Falls Boule- died in 1958. Survivors include vard) at 9:30 a.m., the Very one daughter, Mrs. James (Lu-Rev. William P. Solleder offl- cille) E a s o n of Tonawanda.

College Corner

Martha Zelle of 327 Parkwood Ave., Kenmore, has been elect­ed president of the University of Rochester's Bellmen's Socie­ty. Miss Zelle is a senior.

David S. Watt, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Watt, 46 St. Ame­lia Drive, Town of Tonawanda, has been cited by an instructor in chemistry for outstanding academic achievement at Dart­mouth College. Young Watt, a graduate of Kenmore East High School, is a freshman.

Donald J. Bergen, 2527 Sheri­dan Drive, Town of Tonawanda, will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air FofCe in ceremonies Jan. 24 at the Uni­versity of fllinois, Urbana, 111.

Martin C. Dusel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Dusel, 44 Palmer Ave., Kenmore, and An­drea Kanel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kanel, 275 Glenal-by Road, Town of Tonawanda, have been accepted for the Sep­tember class at the State Uni­versity Agricultural and Techni­cal Institute at Canton, N.Y. They will major in mechani­cal design and secretarial sci­ence, respectively.

Miss JoAnn M. Smith, daugh­ter of Ralph B. Smith, 120 Ash-ford Ave., and Miss Barbara Witzel, daughter of George J. Witzel, 100 Moulton Ave., both Town of Tonawanda, have been inducted into the Buffalo Chap­ter of Alpha Lambda Delta hon­or society at the State Univer­sity at Buffalo.

Linda Pagels, 1489 Kenmore Ave., Kenmore, is one of two students who attained "A" aver­ages on the fall quarter dean's list for full-time students at Erie County Technical Insti­tute.

Other local students with "B" averages or better include Peter B. Bernd, 79 Eiseman Ave.; Rosemary Brinkworth, 102 Sun­set Ter; Arlene Cohen, 256 Cornwall Ave.; Bonnie M. Fink, 1089 Parker Blvd.; Elizabeth A. Goss, 1141 Colvin Blvd.: Carol F. Martin, 301 Parkhurst Blvd., all Town.

Also, Richard Millonzi, 410 Wendel Ave.; Nancy J. Spa-torico, 463 Harrison Ave.; Jac-qualine Spenn, 195 Springfield Ave.; Linda M. Walters, 114 N. Wrexham Court, all Town.

Also, Betty L. Brand, 349 Ha-zeltine Ave.; Thaddeus Dzialak, 36 Enola Ave.; Susan Galbreath, 198 Parkwood Ave.; Carol M. McCullough, 224 Shepard Ave.; Bruce J. Treubel, 202 Tremont Ave.; Georgette S. Tweed, 349 W. Hazeltine Ave., and Robert J. Zirnheld, 135 North End Ave., all Kenmore.

the brief call. The store opera­tor thought the call came from a friend or from Mrs. Damon's daughter.

"I telephoned this friend and my daughter," Mrs. Damon said afterward. "But neither one had called me. And when I read of the woman bandit who shot a dog and held up stores in Buf­falo, I was terrified and called the police."

Driver Injured

In Town Crash Marvin C. Curthoys, 63, of 27

Legion Drive, Town of Tonawan­da, had seven ribs broken ear­ly today in a two-car collision at Delaware Avenue and Sheridan Drive, Town of Tonawanda.

Mr. Curthous was admitted to Kenmore Mercy Hospital where his condition was, reported "sat­isfactory."

Police said Mr. Curthoys was a passenger in a car operated by Clayton M. Howard, 64, of 105 Legion Drive, Town of Tonawan­da. The car was involved in a collision shortly after 7 a.m. with another car operated by Angelo Rossi, 59, of 58 Thorncliff Road, Town of Tonawanda.

Overdue Book

Fines to Rise A hike in fines for over­

due books has been authorized by the directors of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library sys­tem.

The raise will affect five li­braries in the Town of Tonawan­da: Parkside, Kenilworth, Brigh­ton, Greenhaven and Kenmore.

Fines for adults will be in­creased from two to five cents a day per book.

Maximum fines for overdue materials, returned undamaged, are as follows: All books, pho­nograph discs, $3 for adults and $1 for children; magazines, $1 for adults and 25 cents for chil­dren; paper-bound books, $1 for adults and 50 cents for children.

Miss Bertha D. Rahl On 100th Birthday

'Never Expected to Be 100/ Miss Rahl Says on Birthday

For the Record «

(Key to abbreviations Ton­awanda • T; North Tona­wanda • NT; Town of Ton­awanda • TT; Kenmore - K; Amherst • Amh; Wheatfield* W; Pendleton-P: Buffalo-B).

Fire Calls TOWN OF TONAWANDA

Pillow afire — EUwood caU 3:59 p.m. Thursday to residence of Richard Wagner, 269 Woodland. Odor of smoke in house traced to basement where a piUow was afire. Careless smoking.

Washer motor — Brighton re­sponded to call for overheated mo­tor of washing machine at Robert Brikworth residence, 102 Sunset, 7:05 p.m. Thursday.

Court Cases TOWN OF TONAWANDA

Penalized Wednesday — Paul J. O'Mara, 345 Old Falls <NT) $100, unlicensed driving; Roger K. Markward, 78 Legion (TT) $20. Frank N. Carlo, 367 Oliver (NT). John F. Albert, 356 Athens (TT) and Robert M. Moses, 149 Devon­shire (TT) $10, speeders; Raymond Colby, 23 Channing (TT) $10, pub­lic intoxication; Joseph M. Lawler, 240 Pilgrim (TT) $10, traffic sig­nal: Daniel C. Higgins, 827 Starin (TT) $5, stop sign; Richard L. Bailoni, 114 Sawyer (TT) $5, no inspection sticker; Edward R. Sier-zenga, 93 Two Mile (TT) $5, dog ordinance and Angelo P. Marini, 169 N. French (Amh.), car parked aU night. $2.

Waived examination — Alan R. Elaine N. Roper, daughter Of Barber, 156 Springvllle (E) and

Alfio Leone, 36 CaUodine (E) held Funeral Rites Slated F A - 1^;., *t r\^n\»~A Mr and Mrs. Akrazo Roper, 1699 £ ™ ^ f • *°S*

For Kin of Cleveland Parker Blvd., Town £'Ton_ £ *« * *2JJ«*2KT52 Funeral services will be held a resident of Tonawanda for the in Buffalo tomorrow for M i s s past 45 years. She was a mem- Edna Cleveland Hyde, 89, a cou-ber of Salem United Church of sin of the late President Grover Christ, the Women's Guild, Cleveland. Home Department and Bible Miss Hyde died Wednesday in Class of the church. She was the Welland, Ont.

A native of Stonington, Conn., she was brought to Buffalo in 1877. She taught at St. Marga­ret's Episcopal School for girls,

dating. Burial in ML Olivet Friends may call at the John O. where she had earlier attended Cemetery. (17-18) Roth Funeral Home, Morgan school. One of her pupils was

and William Streets, Tonawan- Miss Katherine Cornell, the ac-da, where services will be con­ducted by the Rev. Karl H. A.

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GREENE — Robert J. Greene Sr., 73, of Bath, N. Y., a former Tonawanda resident, died Thurs- Rest at 2 p.m. Sunday day (Jan. 16, 1964). Mr. Greene White Chapel Cemetery

tress. Her father, Melancthon Hyde,

organized All Saints Church in Buffalo.

awanda, is scheduled to be graduated Jan. 25 from the State University College at Brockport. She is a general ed­ucation major.

CADET OPENS BRANCH Cadet Cleaners has opened an­

other branch store at Del - Ton Plaza, 4220 Delaware Ave., Town of Tonawanda. It is one of 55 stores in the chain in Buffalo and surrounding areas. Marjorie Thompson is the manager of the new branch.

degree robbery charges. Pair waived examination on charges preferred Dec. 24 by Patrolman Alex Korodi in connection with $68 holdup of Joseph Pollina, proprie­tor of Midway Manor Motel, 2436 Niagara Falls (TT).

Charge reduced — BUly P. Ly-

By CHRIS ROACH

NEWS Staff Writer

" I don't know why people live so long. I know I never expected to, and one year just sort of came after another until 100 was here."

Miss Bertha D. Rahl, Town of Tonawanda, who is celebrating her 100th birthday today, made this cornment about living 100 years, adding that she saw no reason to make a fuss about it.

"I don't feel any different than I did a year ago and I didn't actually realize I would be that old until my niece brought it to my attention," she said.

But her family, the Arthur Wiesers of 59 Guenther Ave., with whom she lives, has con­vinced her that having a 100th birthday is an important event. Children Love Her

Miss Rahl is Mrs. Wieser's aunt. "Aunt Bert has lived with me most of my

life," she says. "She lived with me when I was a child and helped my parents raise their family. Now she lives with me again and my children love her too. The Wiesers' children are Wendy, 7, and Christopher, 9 years old.

Miss Rahl is a tiny little woman, under five feet tall, with blue eyes and beautiful, white coiffed hair which Mrs. Wieser styles for her.

Neat as a pin, she takes care of her own room and sometimes does small ironing jobs. She washes a few dishes and gets around well. Lame from birth, she gave in to the use of a cane only five years ago.

The Prussian born lady came to the Uni­ted States when she was about 15 years old. Her mother died when she was a baby and she went to Hamburg, Germany to live with her grandmother.

In the meantime, her father had immi­grated to the United States and married again and sent for his oldest daughter.

Not too many jobs existed for womenwhen

School Submits

Safety Proposal A resolution calling- for pro­

tection of funds the Tonawan­da city school district now re­ceives from Erie County sales tax revenue was filed today with the Board of Supervisors.

The Tonawanda Board of Ed­ucation Tuesday adopted the resolution calling for at least the same percentage yield to its district that it now receives, in event the county sales tax is in­creased from 1 to 2 per cent. Schools Supt. Roswell F. Clukey submitted the resolution.

Driver and Truck Reported Missing Tonawanda police today are

searching for a driver and a cleaning company's truck, both reported missing since yester­day.

Maurice Berger, operator of

Miss Rahl arrived in the United States but she found some tailoring work. Eventually she be­gan to care for children and to do housework. I have had many families, she said, and each one took good care of me. Buffet Party Sunday

She worked for a Buffalo family, the Rob­ert Fergusons, who then lived on Garrison Road, Williamsville, until she was 93.

"Actually, I was like one of the Ferguson family for many years and I didn't work very hard," she said.

Mr. Ferguson died several years ago but Mrs. Ferguson is still her friend and will be among the guests at a family buffet party Sun­day in the Wieser home. Mr. Wieser's sister, who will motor here from Cleveland to attend the party, is bringing a beautifully decorated cake. Mrs. Robert Koeppen, Miss RahPs sis­ter, who recently returned to the Buffalo area after residing many years in Florida and Cal­ifornia, and many nieces and nephews, also will attend. Health Is Good

Miss Rahl's health is excellent. She has had to give up reading and she can't see too much television because her eyesight is fad­ing. But she answers the telephone for the family and flabbergasted a Tonawanda NEWS reporter by answering it when the reporter called to ask about taking a picture.

"Today?" the little lady said. "That will rush me a bit."

Not expecting to speak to the centenarian herself, and knowing only that she was called Aunt Bertha, the reporter said, "Well, I don't know exactly. I'll have to call you back."

So the reporter hung up, pulled herself together and made some concrete plans to go see the bright, coherent and active little lady.

Miss Rahl said she doesn't know why she was blessed with such a long life. It's just possible that knowing she was always loved by her family, which in turn was based on her own kindness and service, is the secret.

How Others Are Faring

ALBANY (UPI) — Tempera­tures in principal cities Thurs­day and this morning: high low Albany Boston Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Des Moines Detroit Galveston Kansas City Los Angeles Miami Montreal New Orleans Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis Syracuse Washington

27 37 29 32 28 28 30 44 40 64 71 28 36 38 35 31 32 41

11 29 26 22 23 23 22 35 35 46 67 15 31 20 26 17 24 17

ons, 35 south Drive (E) paid $50 Berger's Cleaners, 57 Young St.,

Psychiatric Clinic Officers Selected Minot Ortolani, 48 Colvinhurst

Leaves Granted

To Professors Dr. Joseph P. Lovering of 254

Dexter Ter., Town of Tonawan­da, chairman of the English De­partment at Canisius College, has been granted a sabbatical leave from Feb. 1, 1965, to June 30, 1965, to prepare for publica­tion of a book on the American novelist, S. Weir Mitchell.

Dr. Charles A. Brady of 371 Deerhurst Park Blvd., Town of Tonawanda, professor of English at the college, will be on leave from May 25 to Sept. 15 of this year to prepare several articles for the new Catholic Encyclo­pedia.

Meeting to Consider Regatta Scheduling Erie County Parks and Rec­

reation Commissioner James J. Harrigan today announced that a meeting has been arranged for persons interested in using fa­cilities at the Isle View Park

fine Wednesday on petty larceny told police today that the driver Drive, Town of Tonawanda, was small boat harbor in Tonawan-charge. Defendant allowed to plead guilty to charge reduced from third-degree burglary with consent of District Attorney's Office in con­nection with alleged Dec. 29 entry at Pel's Service Station, Colvin and Sheridan.

STOCKS FIRM NEW YORK (UPI) - Stocks

n . , » . , M t opened firm today on fairly ac-Buy U.S. Savings Bonds tin trading.

has not been heard from since decUid a vice president of the da for special events or regat-yesterday morning when he left Psychiatric Clinic, Inc. of Buf- tas^ to make deliveries He was iden- falo« a t i t s annual meeting re- Procedures will be discussed titled as Robert Waldeck, 130 « * & • for obtaining permission for de-

Dr. C. Henry Severson, 1321 sired dates and to what extent Colvin Blvd., Town of Tonawan- the department can cooperate da, and Dr. Ernest J. Notar of with boating associations, be Buffalo, president of Niagara said.' County Community C o l l e g e , The meeting will be at 8 p.m. were appointed new members of Jan. 29 at the Isle View Res-the clinic's board of directors, taurant. .

Heritage Road, Town of Tona­wanda.

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