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—Dr. Albert Schweitzer was
in the
farewell of the ancient days were numbered.
In recent
Sr -.
berried Sunday in a Plain wood.
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'Depart in peace, Yc
he e Pointed
ext
weed-
en coffin in the cemetery of his
prayer,
to ills
wifs lomb In
(hspot
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ins • e
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medical compound on the edge
messenger
of peace."' covered
cemetery and
said,
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of civil- if H 4
s h ether's strength had been
.
wile
I era on. a rests nea Io
his wife on the rim of an Afri-
c w
ebbing for tin". Near the end,
hang
can rain forest
he would rest on his Iron bed,
Thor
to h
,
r F The Wyear-old humanitarian-
his grey eyes closed and his
in as
vhe
Philosopher died peacefully In
deeply lined face Peace
mu•
O
men'
�: his sleep late Saturday night in ti
z
he Ilstcned to the recorded
sic of 3ohann Sebastian Bach.
peel{
a plain iron bed at the jungle
c mission he and his wife, Hclena, '—
Acclaimed as Organist
°moo;
E founded in 1913. She died in 19V
Near file turn of the century,
of-dif
r, at the age of 79.
whllc studying for the first of
we
The brief funeral sen•ice
his many degrees at the Uni- f
nell
-E took place 16 hours after
versify of Strasbourg, Schweit-
leade
Schweitzer's death.
zer wrote a definitive thesis on
waciat -'
2 President Johnson led the
the composer. Schweitzer him-
216 Sr
F world's statesmen in mourning --
self later gained international
vote
W the death of Schweitzer, who
a
Schweitzer
acclaim as an Organist -
To ]Ifs
was awarded the 1952 Nobel
He lapsed into a coma Friday
Peace Prize. "Ile served us
and could no longer recognize
it h°op
Z Rely" the President said in a The pace of life slowed in the
the few persons admitted to his
Militia'!
D message from his LBJ Ranch jungle station, which is corn-
sick room. Among them were
Physic,
in Texas.
prised of rough-hewn log hous-
"In
Africans who helped him build
mom than a half century es covered with corrugated iron
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the leper station, his faithful
"d 0e
be her
marked by bloody conflict he sheets. About 600 Africans and
E'
nurse, Mathilde, his doctors and
May.
reminded us,by his life and his
work, of the things that fmall_v wn�r families were being cared
his daughter.
Tributes were pouring in from
ecsmir
for here.
matter: that Otte sick should be Few coud realize that the
governments throughout t h e
Bow
thoesgt
made well; that our heritage of
religion and culture should be great man with the shock of
world.
Maurice Cardinal Feltin, arch -
c
white hair falling from his fore
cherished and carried toward;
bishop of Paris, hailed Schweit-
ho
those
head would no longer be with
and that all men, of all races, them the
zer as "one of the men whose
tests,
from
in every part of the world, are to oversee medical
brothers center, sick rooms and the plan-
influence will not pass with his
were t
and children of God,"
the President added. tation.
death. His life and work shall
fit. Th ;_•
4 Fa
Was Serio Work To Continue
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long stand out as an eloquent
testimony to
The
His work will continue, at
Schweitzer had been seriously
the charily of
Christ.,,
tion a
Schweitzer'siswk
ill for the past ten daps at hisrequest, under the
P
Schweitzer did not foresee his
men
crude hospital the banks of direction of Dr. Walter Munz,
Passing, even as be marked his
vaster
the Ogoeve Ricer, He built the a 32-year-od Swiss physician
r.
90th birthday last Jan. 24.
summ
.��,� �h--R who has been virtually in charge
regist
when he forsook iI_ - or e past s1% months.
—
bassi
�
cry Iron,
m
fame and wealth as a musician
Manz and Dr. David Miller, a
the
w
frith
and philosopher to practice
King City, Calif-, heart special -
to 1.6
Christian charity in Dark
ist cared for their longtime
'
Africa.
friend and associate during his
A white cross Schweitzer had
last illness.
have ;'
built himself was placed atop
The news of Schweitzer's
the grave.
Passing reverberated from the
'place
neer t1i
The renowned jungle pbysican
United Nations to darkest Afri-
witb,'
succumbed to old age and es-
ca•
tram
I
haustion in a small, white room
At the U.N., the United States
and -
',
of the missionary outpost a few
Ambassador Arthur J. Gold -
food �
miles below the Equator. He was
berg, said Schweitzer "has
in_1S ,
known throughout Africa as "Le
1
Grand Docteur."
ing
Jc
He did not suffer at the end.
NOW LOCATED
con.
"He died in peace and dig
AT VESTAL PLAZA
F. I
nity," said his only child, Mrs.
ACRES OF
Jr., ,
Rhena Eckert, 46, who had been
FREE PARKING
Wri
at her father's bedside since he
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was stricken late last month.
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Mr. and Mrs. John E. Shcc the
Se '
,the Mecklenburg Rd. announce
daughter, Laura
Ch
marriage of their
to Raymond C. Milks,
F•i
S. Sisson,
of Dr. H. J. Milks and Mrs.
LI
g;
son
Jlilks of 113 College Ave. reformed
P
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The ceremony %e'er .
9, 1946. in the First
C.
Sunday, June
Congregational Church by the Rev,
Le
arg\
Dr. Edward L. Christie.
to
t;
—Troop Shutio.
J GLISH
�1
EDITH ENGLISH
Miss English,
T . E. Schultz
MR. AND MRS. ROGER
A. ENGLISH of Whitney
Point announce the en-
gagement of their daughter,
Edith Ann, to Thomas E.
Schultz.
1 The prospective bridegroom
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Schultz of Whitney"
Point.
-Miss English was graduated
from Vestal Central School
and attended Broome Techni-
cal Community College. Her
fiance was graduated from
Whitney Point Central School
The couple plans a June
20 h wedding.
Africa
••1lcrc's where 1 want to Be."
'•I feel at home in Lambar-
ene," be said on his 90th birth-
day. '•I will never leave it
again.
Miss Jean McMullen
And Luke Malarkey
Married in Endicott
IE REV, FABIAN ONDER-
OVSKY officiated at 9 a- in.
Saturday at the marriage of
Misn Jean McMullen and Luke
Malarkey in Endicott's St Jo-
sepb's Church.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard McMullen
of Vestal Center. Mr. Malarkey.
Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Malarkey of 701 Taft Avenue,
Endicott -
The former Miss McMullen
was given in marriage by her
father at the double -ring rites.
She was dressed in white satin
fashioned with a formal trillq
and fingertip veiL She carried
�O-,r-
-/
a white prayerbook covered with
a white orchid.
Miss Anne Lavo attended the
-
bride as maid of honor. She was
dressed in dark green taffeta
and carried a crescent -shaped
bouquet of gladioli and pom-
VIA„
pons.
The bridesmaids were Miss
Sally Brown, Miss Dolores
'
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Ziemba and Miss Lorraine
Cavese. They wore gowns of
light green, gold and orchid taf-
cascades of
- -W,
feta- They carried
gladioli and Pompons.
Anthony Malarkey was best
man for his brother. The usb-
1
ers were Joseph Ziemba, Peter
De Nowltis. and Steve Valasak.
About 300 guests attended a
reception Saturday night in En-
—Pilot° °r F• a°ca ltacuuo
Joie Clubhouse. After a wed--
MRS. LUKE MALA
ding trip to Washington, D. C.-
the couple win reside at 320
Odell Avenue, Endicott
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Mrs. Richard McMullen, whose husband a a member of LUM Procesung and Ammbly, is
shown with he pal, "Char, " a fix -year -old registered Palomino mare. "CSut" two a
ribbon in camPetm°n with other I>oaes last s®mez at ttie Ve>bl Center Fait.
Mrs. McMullen has always enjoyed boeus and ridgy, and has owned "Char" far the pan
four years.
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