Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              % Turnpike Extension Route May Be Drastically Changed
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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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48TH YEAR — NO. 11 — 60 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY JANUARY 10, 1954
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Sugar Notch Bride Killed As Plane Crash Claims 3
—Paul   Bi«i«y
SO-lTeor-O/d Conyngham Scfcoof fs Oldest in Siaie; Scene of Funerals, Wedding in Family of Janiior
Ooiqmgham Achool on Weatminster strMt wlU b« M jTMin otd t>Us week and tt is b«- U«v*d to t>* th* oldeat school in UM in th* StAt* iB « city ayatem. It la in excellent con- tfltlon.
Namod after tb. lat* Judg* John NesAutt Oonyitcham, tb* atruotur*, which waa en¬ larged In 1906 and ha* remained unchanged ¦Ino* that time, not only haa a long history of •v«nita related to th* atudenta trained with¬ in Ua walla, but waa the scene of funerals and a wedding in the fajnily of Mr. and Mrs. Joaeph Whipple, who lived in the achool aa permanent >anltora  for 18 years.
Mra. O. A. Cadden, principal and head of th* preaent nine-member teaching ataff, ia haadlng arrangement* for an open house ob- aervanc* to be held at the achool on Feb. 5 to mark the SOth anniveraary. First PupU Sought
Mra. Oadden aaid ah* haa received many ln.t«(r«atln(   picture*   and    informative   data
about the early daya of the achool, all of which win be diaplayed at the open houae program. BSfforta are being made to track down a report that a member of the first claa* to attend the a<diool ia atill living.
The plot on which the school waa built waa purchased from Mr. and Mra. Washington Lee and comprised 1(50 feet fronting on We.itmin- ater street and was 234 feet deep.
Original achool had nine rodms and a large apartment for the janitor and his family. In 1906 four roonu were added, but the general architecture of the original structure remained unchanged.
Mr. and Mra. Whipple took over the jani¬ torial dutiess when the school was opened and moved into the apartment wjth their family.
Two years after the school opened Mr. Whipple died at the age of 52. He was buried from the achool — achool being dismissed for die aervices.
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Blamed Snow
JUDGE WOULDNT BELIEVE BUT H'S A GOOD STORY
To/f ftood from Phila. Area May Turn East Near Here
Could Lead Toward New York City Instead of Following: Original Plan To Continue North toward Binghamton
HARRISBURG —  The  northeast  extension  of  the
Pennsylvania Turnpike, from which so much is expected
It snowed ae heavy in the Po-|in the hard coal regions, may not—after all—go north
aoaoa laat Nov.  10, a Scranton:from that anthracite area towards Binghamton to con-
man'a truck becam* 900 pounda nect with the New York Thruway.
•varkNwled  with  an  accumulation;    Instead,    it    may    swerve    east
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Donit b*ll*v* lt?»  Well, neither; the New Jersey Turnpike 4td   Jud(*   Otto   P.   Robinson   ofi tb*    Laokawanna    eounty    *ourt
Pilot-Husband and 5ister-in-Law Die On Way to Region
A Sugar Notch bride of one year, her husband and the latter's sister lost their lives yesterday morning at 10:50 in the flaming crash of their private plane at Massapequa, Long Island, near the intersection of the Southern State and Bethpage Parkways in Nassau county. They were en route to Lake Ariel to visit the widowed mother of the husband.
The victims:
Mrs. Theodore R. Batchelor, 26, the former Mary Ix>u Cavanaugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cavanaugh of ,')20 Main street. Sugar Notch.
Her husband, Theodore R. Batchelor, 36, son of Mrs. Anna Batchelor of Lake Ariel, who was piloting the plane.
Frances Batchelor, 3."), sister of the pilot, also of Lake Ariel. She recently resigned as a TWA Airline hosteas in California.
Mr. and Mrs. Batchelor, who were married a year ago, resided et 36 Coolidge avenue, Amity Harbor, L I Mr. Batchelor who ib superintendent of Haller Steel Co. of New York, waa well known in thia area where he called on many flrma. He made a trip into this aection at least once a week, it waa reported.
Vesterday morning at 10:35 Mr
and Mrs. Batchelor and Miss Batchelor took off from Zahn's Airport at Amityville, near their home. In their $18,000 Navion low-wing monoplane.
They were to visit with the wid¬ owed Mrs. Batehelor at Lake Ariel and loaded the planp with groceries, other food-stuffs and luggage   for   the   week-end   atay.
They left their new Buick sedan at the airport. Plane Caught Flre
Following the cr.Hsh, residents of Karmingdale, a village a short dis tanoe from the airport, told police thry saw smoke and fire shooting from the plane and it was losing altitude rapidly.
The crash  occurred  only  about (CJontinued on Page 10, Sec. One)
STATE'S JUDGES
county WlM  found  th*  defendant,  J.  E. guilty    and    sentenced pay a fin* of I2S or a*rv* a «ar ta >ail.
CKemko, who aaema «atlUed to •on* •on*M*ration for original- Jt7> '""•• aarryinf a load ot ba- aanaa and had hia truck overioad- ad to th* axtent of about SOO pound* whea State Trooper Joa¬ aph Mekuta atoped bim in Cov- ingiion townahip. I
Ha told Judge Robinaon at a hearing on. his appeal that his truck waa carrying a legal load whan b* leift New York for Soran¬ ton with his cargo of bananas. But on the trip over the Poconos, h* argued an accummulation of •now and ice on the truck hi>ought th* weight beyond the majdmtnn legal limit.
Judg* M J. Eagen, folowing a' ^'^iL^^'^''^*^,^"""' ""'^ "^ "^^ hearing, adjudged Russell A. Buf- *« ^ew York Thruway. fallno, 720 Wyoming avenue, West Turns Near Scimnton Pittaton,   not  guilty   of' speeding, j    Under the new plan, the route H* was charged by State Trooper, seema to be about the same un- Winiam   Puchalsky   with   driving, til, aa a turnpike offldal said,  R 69 milea an hour in Archbald bor- reached the vicinity of Scranton. ough Dec   8. I    There,   he   said,   the   extenaion
Two   weieka   ago   the   Sunday Independent,    in    an    editorial,. IMMed   a   question   on   the   pro¬ posed   route   of   this   northeast turnpike extension.
It wondered If sueh an ex¬ tension — running from near Philadelpia to near Bingham¬ ton—would serve this area aa well as a modem road from Wyomirp Valley towards the metropolitan area of New York City and Northern New Jersey.
Pennsylvania Turnpike engin¬ eer also seem to feel the road to the eaat is the more Impor¬ tant
Under tiie old plan, the north- "¦i."!t extension waa to start In Montgomery count, not far from Philadelphia, come up through the Bethlehem-Allentown and Wilke*- Barre-Scranton areaa and eon¬ tinue north to the general vicinity of Bing'tuunton.
would   awinf;   east   toward   New north toward Binghamton.
"Our traffic surveys," he said. "Indicate there Is more need tor (>n ecstern lateral tying into the upper New Jersey Turnpike rath¬ er tlian continuing north for a link with the Thruway."
Tile Turnpike Commission  was authorized to tiee either route by the  laat  session  of the  Pennayi¬ vania Legislature. Decision This    Week
That a final decision is due soon waa indicated laet week in Wiike*-Barre by Governor John S. Fine when hc said he definitely will approve and announce the route of the 'northeast extension iiefore he goes on vacation next Friday, Jan. 15.
Another problem for the engin¬ eers between Allentown and Coal- dale. It must be decided whether to dig a tunnel or build the turn¬ pike on a relatively heavy grade.
Even to Sicily
fee. Snow and Biiier Weaiher Bringing Hardships to Europe
LONDON  (IPi-  Ice  floes  slowed] clothes   to   needy  borrowcra  who shipping  on   the   Rhine  Saturday couldn't repay their loana. as   pelting   .snow   brought   death!    The  weather death   toll   since and hardship to Europeans chilledj winter's belated assault began aix Ik- icy winter weather. days ago climbed to 68. Italy alone
Winds hurled snow et Italy for ' ' '"I'r^^-  VlV^, '^^^J^^^'* the  sixth  consecutive  dav  and  a'" Britain and 16 In France. White   blanket   covered   the   Oldj     tVi.-• >raturcs as low aa nine d^
World  from  .== otland  to Sicily.    IK''''"'   ^^''Tlfl '^r"*   ^^ «i„».,.i.i«    I    ... on the peak of the Zugspiti, taU-
Snowdrlfts In France |^^^  moiw^ln  in  Weat Gomiany.
In France whore many viilagce y^n  Italy's northern cities report- were   cut   off   by   snowdrifts   thej^^ freezing temperatures, atate-owned   pawnshlps   of   Paris aetin':-   nnd-^r   qrovernment   orders
handed  tack blankets and warm
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Earthquake in Italy
An earthquake atoo shook the Sibillini valiey near Perugia, Italy, and hundreds of villagere fled from their homes into snowdrift* where aged persons suffered from exposure.
Ice blocked the main river and the important Midland Oanal In Germany. Railroads In Italy have been cut by snowfall for several days, and Saturday several vil¬ lages in France were reported eut ott from auppUea.
R R Brotherhood Aarees On Wages
CHTCAGO. (W-The nation's railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and En-ginemen announced agree¬ ment Saturday on a five-cent hourly wage increase for an es¬ timated 60,000 union members.
It was the second major agreement reached in current aefotlatione between the rail¬ roads and railroad labor unlona. On Dec. 17 a almilar asreement waa reached with the Brother¬ hood of Railroad Trainmen, repreaentinc 133,000 employees.
•n** "escalator" clause, cov- •rlnc fluctuations in the coat of Ihrinc,  la terminated.
Seek to Improve Judicial Actions, Charges, Sentences
PHILADELiPHIA (U^ - Ohief Justice Horace Stern of the Statc Supreme Court, announced yester¬ day the calling of a judicial con¬ ference of Pennsylvania jurists to attack the problem of "the law's delays."
The two-day conference — the first in 18 years—will open here Jan. 20 wilh about 150 of the state's 196 judges slated to attend.
Justice Stern said the confer¬ ence is designed to speed the hand¬ ing down of decisions through improving the judicial end of legal administration in  Penneylvania.
Another aim of the conference. Stern said, will be an attempt to .¦rtnndarrtize the judge's charges to the jury which, if improperly given, result in granting motions for new trials.
Leading the keynote discussion on judicial delays, will be Su¬ perior Court Juflge Robert E. Woodside, former state attorney general.
The group also will hear an ad¬ dress by Chief Ju.stice Arthur T. Vanderbilt of the New Jersey Su¬ preme   Court. J
The question of criminal sen¬ tencing also wili be examined by the jurists, in the light of laws passed by the last session of the state Legislature calling for the classification  of criminal*!.
Pre-trial conferences and judi¬ cial pensions are other subjects which will lie discussed at the mc'ing.
urday   night   and   again   about Tuesday.
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Weekend Weather
Eastern Pennsylvania: Tem¬ perature for the period Satur¬ day through Wednesday will average five degrees below nor¬ mal in the south and eight to 10 degrees ih the north portion with Uttle day to day change. Some snow is expected in the north and rain or snow in the south portion Saturday or Sat¬ urday night and again about Tueaday.
ROOSEVELT OAY
Stevenson, Douglas At Others of 19 Affairs to Be Heid
PHILADEI..PHIA (IP) — The .\merieana for Democratic Action announced yesterday that former President Harry S. Truman will speak at ita national Roo.sevelt Day dinner in New York on Feb. 5.
The ADA, which sponsors the annual dinners throughout the country commemcrating the mem¬ ory of the late President Franl{- lin D. Roosevelt, said thc dinners have been planned In 19 cities throughout the country. The Na¬ tional Dinner in New York will be held in the grand b.illroom ol the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
Adlai E. Stevenson and Sen. Paul Douglas will apeak at the Roosevelt Day Dinner in Chicago on Feb. 10 while Gov.-elect Rob¬ ert E. Meyner of New Jersey, National ADA co-chairmen James A. Doyle and Mayor Joseph S. Clark jr.. will speak at the Phila¬ delphia   dinner  on   Feh.   23.
.>Iorse In  Oklahoma
Sen. Wayne Morse will speak at the Oklahoma City dinner on Feb. 1; Sen. Hubert Humphrey will speak in Boston on Jan. 24; and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will speak in Washington. D. C. on Jan. 29. Other Roosevelt Day Dinners will be held in Austin. Tex., Dallas Tex.: Denver, Colo.; Patterson,   N.  J.  and  Detroit.
Other speakers at the dinners throughout the country wili in¬ clude former Secretary of thc Interior Oscar Chapman. Rep. Harrison Williams, Rep. Richard Boiling and former U. .«?. At¬ torney  General  Francis   Biddle.
New AFL Dock Union Threatens
Sees Ghost Harbor If ILA Aided by John L. Lewis Calls Jurisdiction Strike
NEW YORK (IP) The new AFL Longs'horemen's Union threatened Saturday to shut down the huge Port of New York if its indepen¬ dent rival, the old International Ijongshoremen's Aseociation. calls a strike to gain recognition na bargaining agent for 20,000 dock workers.
The old I).A took the offen¬ sive when Johon K I.«\viH, chief of the United Mine Wofkers, came to its aid with the re¬ ported loan of $ofl,noo. In addi¬ tion, he is reported to have of¬ fered to aid the union wilh strike benefitit should it have to walk out in iin drive to be retained as hargainiiig agent for dock  workers.
The AFL group said it wouldj turn the sprawllrg New York-; New .forscy waterfront into a| ghost harbor if no ¦essiry to drive the II.A off the docks. I
Police  Patrol  Piers I
A 24-hour extra police detail of! ."iSO men was ordered to patrol thej jittery Manhattan and Brooklyn: piers as the long struggle between j the rival unions appeared to bej heading for a showdown.
The ILA, ousted from the AFL] laspt .Si>ptemijer for harboring criminal elements, has threatened! to strike if it fails to gain recog-; nition by the National Labor Re- [ latlone Board as lyargaining agent for the longshoremen.
A. M. Keeney, exf?cutive direc-, tor of the AFI., union, announced Friday night his group would tc-' gard an ILA strike as a "lock¬ out" and would stop workin-s "un-, til the ppangster rul(> of this porti is comnletoly and utterly de¬ stroyed."
The AFL ultimatum immediate¬ ly drew promises of support from the AFL .Se.Tfarers International Union and the AFL Teamster Union, representing seamen and truck drivers who enter and leave the port. Await NLRB Ruling
Tlie strike threat b>- the old II^A hinges on a ruling by the NLRB on the outcome of a collective bargaining eieotion last month in which 21,028 lorngshoremen voted on their choice of a union. The old n>A won bv a margin of 1,492 on an incomplete ballot count, with 4,397 ballots held back on ohaHenges.
The AFL union asked the NLRB to invalidate the election on the grround the ILA used threats and intimidations to  influence voting.
Reds Demand Meeting
Attack Plan of UN to Release Anfl-RedPOWs
TOKYO, Sunday (tP>—Communist China demanded immediate reaumption of the Korea peace talks Sunday and charged the United Nations' plan to ^ree 22,000 anti-Red war prisoners was merely a disguised attempt to forcibly retain  custody of the prisoners.
Red China Premier Chou En-Lai called the UN's indignant walk- DUt from preliminary Panmunjom negotiations for a peace confer¬ ence last month a "fraudulent pretext" to end the talks and wreck chances for peace in Korea.
He issued a belligerent demand that the prisoners be retained in Indian custody for more "come home" explanations by the Com¬ munist command and until the peace conference decides their fate. UN ^'arns Reds
formal   conference   as   a   neutral nation.
The Red.premier al.so requested that Communi.st China and North Korea lie allowed to sit in a UN General Assembly debate of the Korean question and that the Big Fou-   foreign   ministers'   meeting
But shortly- iiefore broadcast of in Bi rlin arrange with Communist the Rod premier's 1.500-word state- Chiiia for a Big Five meeting, ment  by  Radio  Peiping,  the  itNj    iMlicd     diplomats     consi.stently made   public   its   throe-point   plan have    rejected   similar   Red   pro- for reloasiag the anti-Red prison-1 posals in the past. ers   at   12:01    a.m.   Jan.   23   and pi^n   for   Release
warned    Communist    interference "might start the shooting war all over again." Meanwhile   n    highly    informed
Eighth Army commander Gon. Maxwell D. Taylor announced the Allied plan for freeing and rc- .settling   the   trti-Communi.st   pris-
source working with the Neutral,oners after the Jan. 23 deadline. Repatriation Commission said this Assuming Indian guards open the morning the Chinese and North gates at that tim:\ it calLs for: ~ Korean prisoners will break out! 1. -Allowing compound leaders of their compounds Jan. 23 and to direct marching prisoner.s to move south frnm the neutral zonoia   point  outside   tho  demilitarized
if their Indian guards do not ro lease  thom.
The    Chou    En-Ijal    statement
zone where trucks and trains .will be  waiting.
2.—Transporting    somo    1.5.000
broadcast   Saturday   night   called,Chinese by truck to Inchon, where for resumption of the peace talks t^oy   will    sail    for   Formo.sn   on on   tho   basis   of   the   "over   aH",^avy   landing   ships. Communist   proposal   of   Nov.   .30:    S.-Transporting 7,000 North Ko- —which would seat Russia in thei (Continued on Page 10, See. One)
600.000 'New' '53 Cars Industry's Big Problem
MIAMI BEACH (IP)—The coun-1 try's auto dealers blame tho esti-| mated 600.000 "now" 19!i3 cars still| in their showrooms-not depres-i sion fears- for the current slumpl In car sales.
Robert S. Armacost of Kansas City, president of the Nationai Automobile Dealers A.ssociution, and Charles C. Freed of Salt I>ake City, NADA first vice president, agreed .Saturday that the indus¬ try's biggest problem Is getting last  year's  models sold.
Both men said prospects for 19.'i4 flre excellent despite reports from Detroit where the 1953 over pro¬ duction led to some 21.000 auto workers being laid off and to union charges that a depression is on the way.
"We     overproduced     In     1953,"
Armacost said as the NADAs Ji^i annual convention got underway Saturday, "but dealers and manu¬ facturers will have to share the responsibility for the failure to move  last  year's models." , .j_
Were Too-Optimistic i^j
Armacost .said manufacturers Ipi wore over-optimistic last year and had not given dealers adequate timo to build up their silos force to handle tho large volume. And Freed, who declared the "rate of sale ia good." said the change¬ over from 19,S3 to 1954 mod Is was made too quickly and dealers were una'ole to unload.
i    Postmaster   General   Arthur   E.       ^^^^ ISummerfield and Secretary of In-       ^ torior  Douglas   McKay,  who  for¬ merly   were   auto   dealers   them¬ selves,   will   speak   to  the   NADA convention Wednesday.
DEMOCRATS ASK BOOST IN TAX EXEMPTION
WASHINGTON (IP^-Democrats will urge Congress to Increase the personal income tax exemption from $600 to $700 aa part of the big tax revision program now tak¬ ing shape, congressional aources disdoeed  Saturday.
Such an Increase would mean a loss of revenue to the government of some 2H billion dollars a year.
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NEAR HAZLETON
Thre* PhUadelphla residenU were injured yesUrday afternoon on RouU 309, near Hasleton, when their oar skidded aind hit a guard rail. The car wma heavily damaged. .   ,
Adnjtted to Hasleton hospital for treatment of poasible fi»c- turea were lira. DairriU Blfort and her mother, Un. Francea Oofcl- Btein, Philadeiphla. Treated and; diacharged waa RuaseU Elfort, buibBiMl of JiCn. Kifort. '
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Piggy-Back Truck Gets Mail Test on Railroad
WASHCNiGTaN, (IP)—The Post Office is carrying roaU be¬ tween New York and Boston in a '*piggy-back" operation which aome day may extend to all major cities.
The experimejit is a comparatively new idea in trucking and railroading—carrying a loaded truck trailer on a railroad flat car.
The poatal department is tying It out to see how mucjj money can be saved.
"Very considerable" savings are expected, a apokesman said. Ha added that plg«y-l>acking may be th* "coming thing" In transporting the mail between cities where adequate loading apace and cquiimtent are available.
Tie operation euta mail handling in half, he aaid. Truck trailers oan be loaded at a poat office and driven right onto a flatear. At the other end of the run, they ara driven off the flatcar to the poat offic* for unloading.
Valley Scene
Student 'Iriving car with four going right through stop »ign laxt Wednesdav morning at 11 -.10
Women Kitting in lobbji through entire feature picture at Paramount last Sundaii eve¬ ning be.caune "Mil huxhnnd loves westerns—und I ean't stand them."
Cit}/ tavern proprietor watch¬ ing wo fellows put dollars in Ihe pinball machine without success, taking one nickel from cash register, playing the ma¬ chine himself and cracking off the flO prize
Wind m.aking North Main it changed position of one-waii sign pointing into Butler Lane.
Elderly gentlemen paying tuper market clerk 89 cents for a pound of coffee and then pulling 1940 newspaper from his pocket to show that the same eoffee cost 19 cents a pound in that year
PinSBURGH MAYOR GETS NEGOTIATIONS IN STORE STRIKE RENEWED
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 9 iIP — Mayor David L. Lawrence inter¬ vened in the city's six-week de¬ partment store strike Saturday and gained agreement by two of 11 AFL unions involved to resume negotiations.
FoUowing a three-hour confer¬ ence between management and union representatives in the may¬ or's chambers, it was announced the Building Service Workers will resume talks with store repre¬ sentatives Monday and the Team¬ sters union Tueeday.
Soft Coal Pit Owners May Use Own Police
CI.EARFIEILD, Pa (IP> — The Centra! Pennsylvania Open Pit Mining Association threatened yesterday to hire private guards to patrol members' properties if their tripples and mining opera¬ tions are attacked again.
The association invited applica¬ tions for guard duty to be install¬ ed if there is a "resumption or recurrance of dynamitings, firings, or illegal mass invasions" of pits and equipment 4 >Iines Attacked
Dynamite blasts have wrecked tripples and other equipment at four mines in the Clearfield and Ellwood  City  areaa since Dec.  14.
Emphasizing that the guards will not be used unless new at¬ tacks occur, G. A. Stewart, execu¬ tive  secretary  of  the  association
critized state authorities to whom requcss for protection have been made.
"We have repeatedly and re¬ cently requested that all the power of the Commonwealth of Pi nn- syivania be exerted to stop these criminal attacks which can have no other purpose but to drive this industry out of existice," he said. No Results
"No results have been realized from our many requests, so the Industry has no alternative but to shoulder the responsibility of pro¬ tecting its own interests from acta of vandals and criminals."
The association recently offered $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and convic¬ tion of persons responsible for the recent dynamitings in Clearfield, Blair and Beaver Counties.
Wedding Called Off to Determine If Bride Is a Male or Female \
LE BLANC. France <IPI—A big white wedding cake and food for 40 wedding guests were returned to caterers yesterdav while auth¬ orities decided whether Lucie Blanchet should marry a man or a woman.
A pre-marriage medical exam¬ ination Friday disclosed the 25- vear-old Lucie, who had always k>een considered a girl, actually might be drafteed Into the army rather than become the lilusing bride of Aime Trechet,  29.
The local doctor who conducted the routine examination passed the case on to the attorney gen¬ eral.
AutlKirities said the examina¬ tion showed a strong physiologi¬ cal doubt about Lucie's sex. She was believed to display primary male sex charasteristics. Can .llake Choice
One  medical  expert  was   under stood to have told Lucie she could have her choice of being male or
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female. A relatively simple opera¬ tion, it wai believed, might solva her dilemma.
The hefty, red-haired Lucie who has workerd on her father's farm for the last 10 years remained «t home as wedding arrangements were cancelled wt the humble St. Gene village church where tho marriage waa to have taken piace.
Trechet.  her fiance,  Is an agrU cultural worker in a nearby town who has courted Lucie for thrao years. Known As Tom-Boy
Villagers said Lucie had always been known as a tom-boy and at the age of 12 her voice liecamo low and masculine.
As she labored through her teens in her father's vegetable flelda and milked his cows, Lucie de¬ veloped powerful biceps and at .r« dy shoulders. She now measure* five feet six inches tall and weighs 149 pounds.