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Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, April 14, 1985 IN MEMORIAM Obituaries Police fire JONES Carrie, on her 65th birthday. my grandmother on her 65th birthday didn't get to know you you left before I could, and yet know you from the precious memories Mommy has of you. I if I know you are sleeping peacefully because you are with God. I love you, Happy Birthday, Your Pretty Kesha JONES Carrie, on her 65th birthday To the most loving and caring grandmother on her 65th birthday. There are no words to express the love and sorrow we feel but today is your day and we wish you the best.

Happy Birthday All your loving grandchilren JONES Carrie, on her 65th birthday. our dear sister, Carrie on her 65th birthdav. You left us too soon, but God only takes the best and your were. We love you and miss you dearly. Happy birthday, Sister, Katherine and Pearl JONES Carrie, on her 65th birthday.

one of the most wonderful mother's in heaven her 65th birthday Mother, tears we watched you sinking fade gin away Our hearts are truly broken, we wanted you to stav. But when we saw sleeping so peacefully, free from pain How could we wish you back with us, to suffer that again Well, we did but not to suffer, but to give you love and be loved again. We loved you dearly in life and in death we love you still. In our hearts, there is a special place for you no one could fill. We love you so very much miss you deeply.

Happy Birthday From your children KOZMA In loving memory of our Mother, Anna Kozma, on her Birthday, April 14. Sadly missed by Daughters Rose and Anne PEACO In loving memory of our father and grandfather, Dr. James W. Peaco, Sr. who fell asleep on April 11, 1969.

he that believeth in me, though ho he were dead, vet shall he Dearly missed by your children Joyce, Doris and James Jr. and grandchildren James Ill and Jamal Wiggins PEEBLES In loving memory of my husband S.W. Pete Peebles who passed away one year ago today. Dearly Loved and Sadly Missed, Wife Ruth WHALEN In loving memory of my husband, our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Clyde C. Whalen, who passed away 12 years ago, April 14, 1973.

Dearly loved and sadly missed. Wife Nellie, Children, Grandchildren GreatGrandchildren, DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES CRUMMEL In St. Francis Hospital on April 11, 1985, Joseph A. Crummel, age 54. of 1208 Terra Hill Wilmington.

Husband of Jacqueline M. Crummel. Father of Joseph Wayne, Kent and Gail Crummel, all of Wilmington. Brother of Catherine Tiller and John Jennings, both of Wilmington. Also survived by three grandchildren, one Aunt, one Uncle, twobrothers- -in law Calvin Byrd of NJ and Jerry M.

Trent of Wilmington. One sister -inlaw Carole Trent of Wilmington, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Relatives, friends, and former members of the Freelancers Camera Club are invited to attend funeral services at Community Presbyterian Church, Rodgers Dunleith, on Monday evening, April 15, at 7 o'clock. Interment in Gracelawn Memorial Park on Tuesday morning. Friends may call at the church on Monday from 5 to 7pm.

There will be no viewing after 7. The family will receive friends after the burial on Tuesday, at 627 E. 5th Wilmington. Arrangements by CONGO FUNERAL HOME. GARTHE In Riverside Hospital on April 11, 1985, Olaf husband of Florence I.

Garthe of 218 E. Hazeldell Minquadale. Aged 76 vears. Relatives and friends are invited to attend graveside services at Hollywood Cemetery, Harrington, DE on Monday afternoon, April 15 at 2PM. Friends may call at the GEBHART FUNERAL HOME, 531 Delaware New Castie on Sunday evening from 7-9PM.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to the Riverside Hospital Building Fund, 700 Lea Wilmington, DE 19802. GRENDA In the Christiana Hospital on Friday, April 12, 1985 Ethel (Katie) T. Trzuskowski. Wife of the late Joseph Grenda of 206 5th Ave. Age 79 years.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial on Monday morning at in St. Hedwig's R.C, Church, with burial in All Saints Cemetery. Friends may call monday morning from 8:30 10:00 at the JOHN F. YASIK, INC. FUNERAL HOME, 607 S.

Harrison St. Family requests that memorial donations be sent to Salesianum School, 18th Broom Sts, Wilm, De 19802 HAYES On April 12, 1985 in the St. Francis Hospital, Mary formerly of 1636 Coleman Wilmington, DE, age 69. Wife of William Haves. Mother of Mrs.

Kathleen H. Levery of New Castle, DE, Mr. William J. Hayes of New Castle, DE. Sister of Mrs.

Helen Barnes of Wilmington, Mrs. Stella Ryan of Wilmington. Also survived by 3 grandchildren. Relatives and friends and members of the St. Hedwig's Holy Rosary Sodality, Pulaski Legion and Mother's Guild are invited to attend the funeral services from the ROSTOCKI FUNERAL HOME, 500 S.

Van Buren St. on Tuesday morning, April 16 at 8am. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 9am from St. Hedwig's R.C. Church.

Entombment will be in Cathedral Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday evening after 7. In lieu of flowers contributions may be sent to St. Hedwig's R.C. Church, 408 S.

Harrison St. in her memory. JABLONSKI in Christiana Hospital on Thursday, April 11, 1985, Catherine M. Wasielewski, wife of Wentzell T. Jablonski, of 1604 McGovern Terrace.

Age 85 vrs. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial, on Monday, April 15, at 9am, in St. Hedwig's R.C. Church, with burial in Cathedral Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday evening, at the John F.

YASIK FUNERAL HOME, 607 S. Harrison where Holy Rosary Recitation will be at 6:30 KIRLIN Ella T. (nee Haley) of Media, formerly of Wilmington, DE and Chester, PA. On April 11, 1985, beloved wife of the late John F. Daughter of the late Daniel J.

and Mary Kelly Haley, Survived by one sister Margaret M. Haley. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Mass of Christian Burial at the Nativity BVM Church, Franklin and Monroe Media, PA Monday 10am. Interment Cathedral Cemetery, DE. Funeral arrangements, RIGBY, HARTING, HAGAN, Media, PA.

LANGSHAW In the Riverside Hospital, on April 11, 1985, William E. (Pop), Sr. of 2229 Henlopen Ave. Husband of Katherine A. Langshaw.

Age 82 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the services from the MEMCRERY MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Kirkwood Hwy. Duncan Rd. on Monday, April 15 at 11am. Interment in Silverbrook Memorial Park.

Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday evening after 7. McBRIDE In this city on Friday, April 12, 1985 David B. Jr. Son of David B. and Kei McBride Sr.

of 407 Cushman Rd, Wilm, De. Age 16 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the services on Tuesday morning April 16th at 11:00 at the St. James Episcopal Church, Newport. Interment will be in Gracelawn Memorial Park.

Friends may call on Monday evening after 7 at the MCCRERY MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Kirkwood Hwy and Duncan Rd. MCKAY In this city on Thursday, April 11, 1985, Mildred Griffith McKay, wife of Lewis M. McKay of 905 Prospect Avenue, Bellefonte, aged 92 years. Relatives and friends are invited to the services on Monday morning, April 15, 1985, at 11 o'clock at the United Methodist Church, Hillcrest Avenue and Marsh Road. Interment will be in Gracelawn Memorial Park.

Friends may call at the church after 10 o'clock. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the Belletonte United Methodist Church, 400 Hillcrest Avenue, Wilmington, De 19809. Arrangements by MCCRERY FUNERAL HOMES, INC. POOLE In this city on April 12, 1985 Ethel M. Wife of the late Calvert M.

Of Emily P. Bissell Hospital. Age 73 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the services from the MCCRERY MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Kirkwood Hwy and Duncan Rd on Tuesday morning, April 16th at 11am. Interment Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home Monday evening after 7pm. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Delaware Heart Association. 4C Trolley Square, Wilm, De 19806 PORTER In this city on April 12, 1985 Mary F. (Millie). Wife of the late W.

Albert formerly of Summit Ave. Age 84 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the services on Tuesday afternoon, April 16th at 1pm from the MCCRERY MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Kirkwood Hwy and Duncan Rd. Interment Gracelawn Memorial Park. Friends may call one hour prior to service time.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to St. James Episcopal Church Stanton, 2106 St. James Church Dr, Delpark Manor, Wilm, De 19808. RAWLING In the Christiana Hospital, on April 11, Lena F. Rawling, wife of the late Frank L.

Rawling, of 32 Carriage Lane, Covered Bridge Farms, Newark, formerly of Lowell, MA. Age 77 yrs. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, on Saturday morning, April 13, at 11am, from the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 276 S. College Newark.

Interment Edson Cernetery, Lowell, MA. Friends may call on Friday evening, after 7, at the SPICER- -MULLIKIN AND WARWICK FUNERAL HOME, 121 W. Park Pl, Newark, DE. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be to the American Heart 4C Trolley Square, Wilmington, DE 19806. Helen G.

Hill DOVER Helen G. Hill, 84, of 607 S. Old Mill Road, died Friday in Kent General Hospital. Mrs. Hill, a Delaware native, retired in 1973 after 50 years as a registered nurse.

She worked at Atlantic City Memorial Hospital in Atlantic City as well as doing private duty nursing. Mrs. Hill moved back to Delaware when she retired. Her husband, Horace died in 1939. She is survived by a sister, Alice M.

Short of Dover. Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Torbert Funeral Chapel, Bradford and Reed streets, where friends may call at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Laurel Memorial Park in Atlantic City. Charlie B.

Williamson SEAFORD Charlie B. Williamson, 64, of Concord Road, died of cancer Friday in Kent General Hospital, Dover. Mr. Williamson retired in 1972 after 34 years as a self-employed auto dealer in the Seaford area. He is survived by a son, Richard L.

Williamson of Arlington, Texas; four stepsons, Charles G. O'Neal of Marysville, William F. O'Neal of San Antonio, Texas, Robert D. O'Neal of Salisbury, and James H. O'Neal of Laurel; a stepdaughter, Patricia Wootten of Clarksville; three brothers, Emerson, John and Harvey Williamson, all of Federalsburg, a sister, Edna Ramsey of Denton, six foster brothers, Melvin, David, George Jr.

and Ernest Williamson, all of Williamsburg, and Dale and Johnny Williamson, both of Federalsburg; four foster sisters, Virginia Tull of Hurlock, Norma Lee Williamson of Williamsburg, Betty Williamson of Memphis, and Doris Williamson of Salisbury, 18 stepgrandchildren and 11 step great-grandchildren. Services will be Tuesday 2 p.m. at Marvel-Short Funeral Home, 13 E. Grove Delmar, where friends may call at 1. Burial will be in Bloomery Cemetery near Federalsburg.

Walter J. Gutowski Walter J. Gutowski, 72, of 205 S. Connell died from complications of emphysema Saturday in Christiana Hospital. Mr.

Gutowski retired in 1978 after 20 years as a shipping clerk for Huber Baking Co. in Wilmington. He was a member of St. Hedwig's Catholic Church, a life member of the Pulaski Legion and Polish Falcons Nest 20, and a social member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3257. His wife, Helen Machulski Gutowski, died in 1977.

He is survived by two sons, Ronald W. of Newark and Gery J. of Wilmington; two daughters, Joanne D. Roslan of Hockessin and Annette Martin of New Castle; three brothers, Louis and Joseph Gutowski and John Gordon, all of Wilmington; a sister Helen Czerwinski of Wilmington, and 11 grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.

in St. Hedwig's Catholic Church, Linden and South Harrison streets. Friends may call Monday after 7 p.m. at John F. Yasik Funeral Home, 607 S.

Harrison St. Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery. Instead of flowers, the family suggests donations to St. Hedwig's Church, 408 S. Harrison Wilmington 19805.

DEATH NOTICES SPENCER In Chester Extended Care Center on March 28, 1985. Ida M. of 709 West 4th Street, Wilmington. Grandmother of Joseph M. Harris, Wilmington.

Faye Wicks, Claymont. Aunt of Helen Jackson, Chester, Pa. Myrtle Rogers, New Castle. Sylvester Burdon, Gertrude Johnson and James Wright all of Wilmington. Aged 85 years.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend memorial services from the J. LLEWELLYN BELL MEMORIAL CHAPEL. Lea Blvd. Washington on Monday, April 15, 1985 at 8 p.m. Arrangements by J.

LLEWELLYN BELL MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Lea Blvd. Washington, STANLEY In Union Hospital, Elkton, MD on April 12, 1985, John husband of Helen M. Stanley of 102 Locust Lane, Elkton, MD. Father of Deborah S. Storke of Elkton, MD, Philip J.

Stanley of Elkton, MD and brother of Thomas Stanley of Elkton, MD. Also survived by 2 grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services at the Trinity Episcopal Church, Elkton, MD on Monday morning, April 15 at 11am. Interment in Elkton Cemetery. Friends may call at the GEE FUNERAL HOME, 259 E.

Main Elkton, MD on Sunday evening after 7pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Trinity Episcopal Church or to your favorite charity Gee Funeral Home, Elkton, MD 21921. SWAIN At her late residence, on April 12, 1985, Marguerite P. Swain, wife of John C. Swain, of 903 W.

22nd St. Age 70 yrs. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services, on Monday morning, April 15, at from the Memorial Chapel of Gracelawn Memorial Park. Interment in the adioining cemetery. Friends may call at the Memorial Chapel, on Monday, from 11a.m.

until service time. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1708 Lovering Wilmington, DE 19806. Arrangements by SPICER -MULLIKIN FUNERAL HOME. TILLINGHAST In this city on April 11, 1985. Stanton husband of Patricia Ann Tillinghast, of 317 Hazlett Road, Leedom Estates.

Agd 51 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service at Gracelawn Chapel, on Monday morning, April 15 at 9:45. Interment al adjoining Memorial Park. There will be no viewing. Friend may call at the chapel 40 minutes orior to services.

Please omit flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to the Wilmington Manor Fire Rte 13 and Garfield Wilmington Manor, New Castle, DE 19720. Arrangements by GEBHART FUNERAL HOMES. WILLIAMS In Christiana Hospital, on April 8, 1985, Henry I. Williams, age 89, formerly of 203 N. Madison St.

Uncle of Helen Massey, Wilmington. Survived by other nieces, nephews, a devoted friend Sylvester Allen, other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to attend services at Bethel Church, 604 Walnut St. on Tuesday, April 16, at 12 noon. Interment in Rolling Green Cemetery.

Friends may call at the church on Monday, from 11 to 12pm. There will be no viewing after 12 noon. The family will receive friends at 1802 West St. Arrangements by CONGO FUNERAL HOME. Senator's son dies of injuries David B.

McBride the 16- year-old son of state Sen. David B. McBride, D- Melanie Woods, has died of injuries he received in an April 8 auto accident. The youth died about 8:50 p.m. Friday in Christiana Hospital from head injuries sustained when the car he was driving smashed into a utility pole on Maryland Avenue.

David McBride lived with his mother, Kei Ichiki McBride, at 407 Cushman Road, Middleboro Manor. He was a junior at Delcastle High School and active in sports. He was an acolyte at St. James Episcopal Church and a paper carrier for four years. Surviving, in addition to his father and mother, are a sister, Christine Ann McBride, at home; his paternal grandparents, John and Marjorie McBride of Wilmington; and his maternal grandmother, Mieko Ichiki, and maternal greatgrandmother, Chiyo Yamada, both Adele J.

Matthews Adele J. Matthews, 86, of 180 Honeywell Drive, Claymont, died of congestive heart failure Friday in Wilmington Hospital. Mrs. Matthews was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Her husband, Edward died in 1976.

She is survived by two daughters, Dorothy M. Dutill of Philadelphia and Lois M. Stetz of Claymont; a brother, Howard Osmond of Upper Darby, two sisters, Florence Kratzer of Emmaus, and Jean Murphy of San Bernardino, five grandchildren and three Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at McCrery Memorial Funeral Home, 3924 Concord Pike, Talleyville, where friends may call at noon. Burial will be in Head of Christiana Cemetery, Newark.

Norman V. Wyatt FELTON Norman V. Wyatt, 79, of R.D. 1. Felton, died of pneumonia Friday in Milford Manor Nursing Home, Milford.

Mr. Wyatt retired in 1970 after 28 years with Swift Co. He was a member of Felton Community Fire Company. He is survived by a brother, Clarence and a sister, Cora M. Killen, both of Felton.

Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Berry Funeral Home, Main Street, Felton, where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery, Harrington. Manuel E.

Fine Manuel E. Fine, 68, of 510 W. 39th died following a stroke Saturday in Christiana Hospital. Mr. Fine, a Wilmington native.

was a retired salesman. He was an Army veteran of World War II and had served in the South Pacific. He is survived by his wife, Anne Harwitz Fine; a son, David S. of Portland, a daughter, Marsha E. Fine of San Francisco; a brother, Jerry of Wilmington; and a sister, Reba Yavener of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.

Services be 2 p.m. today at Chandler Funeral Home, 2506 Concord Pike. Burial will be in Wilmington Jewish Community Cemetery on Foulk Road. Shiva will be observed today and Monday evening at the Fine residence, 510 W. 39th St.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Salvation Army, 410 Shipley 19801, or to a charity. Polish paper closes its doors in Philadelphia Associated Press PHILADELPHIA More content to have her father's creation die than see it exploited, the publisher of the Philadelphia area's only Polish-language newspaper has shut it down. Gertrude Nowaczyk, 75, said she never considered selling the Polish Star, which her father, Stephen Nowaczyk, began publishing in 1902. She is single, with no heirs to carry on the family publishing tradition. "I didn't want the Star to become political, or be used by politicians to politically exploit Polish she said Thursday.

"So I folded my newspaper. It's better this way." Nowaczyk said she is folding the paper in Philadelphia's Port Richmond section because of her ill health. Every Thursday for the past 83 years, the Star known as "Gwiazda" in the Polish language has been written, edited, printed and distributed from the same three-story brick row building. "We never missed an edition, not even during World War II. when newsprint, like everything else, was rationed," Nowaczyk said.

She estimated that 112,000 people of Polish descent live in the Philadelphia area. David B. McBride Jr. of Japan. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday at St. James Episcopal Church, Newport. Burial will be at Grace Episcopal Cemetary, Concord Pike. Friends may call Monday night after 7 at McCrery Memorial Chapel, Kirkwood Highway and Duncan Road. Mary M.

Hayes Mary M. Hayes, 69, of 1636 Coleman died of heart failure Friday in St. Francis Hospital. Mrs. Hayes, a Wilmington native, was a homemaker.

She was a member of St. Hedwig's Holy Rosary Sodality and Mothers Guild. She was a life member of the Pulaski Legion. She is survived by her husband, William a son, William J. of New Castle; a daughter, Kathleen H.

Lavery of New Castle; two sisters, Helen Barnes and Stella Ryan, both of Wilmington, and three grandchil- Mass of Christian Burial will be offered 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church with entombment in Queen of the Apostles Crypt in Cathedral Cemetery. Friends may call Monday after 7 p.m. at Rostocki Funeral Home, 500 S.

Van Buren where the Rosary will be recited. Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to St. Hedwig's Church, care of 408 S. Harrison 19805. One killed, two hurt as car hits utility pole FRANKFORD A 19-year-old Middletown.

Police said King and Ocean City, man was killed Coverdale had been arguing. and two people were injured early King told police that Coverdale Saturday in a single-car accident on had headed east on Delaware 299 in Sussex 401, police said. a rust-colored 1981 Ford Mustang Benjamin W. Parsons was pro- with Delaware registration No. nounced dead on arrival at Penin- 792322.

She was wearing blue sula General Hospital, Salisbury, jeans, a black T-shirt and work about two hours after the 2 boots. a.m. accident. Police said he suf- Investigators said the State fered a broken neck and multiple Police scuba team, the Wilmington injuries in the crash. diving team and local firefighters The car, driven by John W.

searched the Appoquinimink River Moore, 24, of Selbyville, ran off the in Odessa for clues on April 1 and 6. right side of the road and hit a util- No leads were found, they said. ity pole, police said. The car spun with information, and struck several other objects Anyone con: from cerning Coverdale or her car should before stopping about 160 feet the pole, police said. Parsons was call State Police Troop 2 at: 323- from the spinning car.

4411, or the 911 emergency numejected A second passenger, Patricia ber. Shipman, 19, of Ocean City, suf- Compiled by Andy West fered a broken arm and knee injuries, police said. She was flown by state police helicopter to Penin- Raids continue sula General Hospital, where she was night, a listed hospital fair condition spokesman said. Saturday in three states Moore was taken to Beebe Hospi- Associated Press tal and treated for minor injuries, JERSEY CITY, N.J. Federal, police said.

state and local law enforcement Police said the three had been authorities continued Saturday to drinking and that no seat belts were raid gambling and narcotics operain use. The accident is still under tions in New York, New Jersey and investigation. Florida, but declined to disclose the number of arrests or the charges Missing woman sought involved. MIDDLETOWN State police Hudson County Prosecutor continue to search for a 22-year-old Harold Ruvoldt said details of the Middletown woman who was last case would not be discussed until a seen March 16. Monday morning news conference Tina M.

Coverdale, of R.D. 2, Box in the Hudson County Administra6 2 2. is tion Building here. described as about 4-feet-9, with brown hair and eyes, a fair complexion and weighing about 90 pounds. According to police, she was last seen about 9 p.m.

March Tina Coverdale 16, when she dropped off her boyfriend, Brian King, 22, of Middletown, at the entrance of the Village Brook Trailer Park on Delaware 299, near We're continuing to execute arrest and search warrants," said Ruvoldt. He said that 55 search warrants were to be executed in New Jersey alone in the sweep that started at 1 p.m. Friday. Suspects were being held in federal and state custody, said Ruvoldt. The prosecutor would not comment on why Union City police were excluded from the raids conducted by 220 law enforcement officials including Jersey City and Bayonne police, and New Jersey Accu-Weather er forecast heard by millions in U.S.

every day By MAUD S. BEELMAN Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Joel Myers was fascinated by the weather at age 5. At 11, he realized others were too and that's why today millions of Americans turn on their radios or television sets to hear: "Good Morning, this is Joe Sobel and here's the Accu-Weather forecast" or "This is Elliot Abrams with the Accu-Weather The private forecasting service Myers founded broadcasts over 1,000 forecasts a day across the United States and Canada. "One-hundred and forty million Americans know of Myers, 45, likes to say.

But bankers in Moscow and traders in London also know of Accu-Weather. Through the more than 90 screens of text a day Accu-Weather forecasters feed to Reuters, the private British news agency, customers in 88 countries can access weather information that might affect the coffee regions of Colombia, wheat areas of the Ukraine or North Sea conditions that could delay the arrival of an oil tanker to the Rotterdam port. "The weather is probably the biggest factor in affecting agricultural commodities," Myers explains. The approximately 250 customers of AccuWeather's special "snow warning service," including cities, school districts, utility companies, and at least one state transportation department, use their information to ready the plows for anticipated blizzards or as a guide when to close schools, or keep them open, because of the weather. Accu-Weather, which began with a "bread and butter" clientele of ski resorts in the mid 1960s, now claims a total of 700 different customers, from newspapers to nuclear power plants.

Anyone with a home computer who subscribes to database information services, such as the Dow Jones Retrieval Service or The Source, can also receive Accu-Weather information. Forecasters, technicians, computer scientists and graphic artists 120 employees in all keep AccuWeather churning out the predictions round-the-clock from the small, red-brick building near the Pennsylvania State University that looks more like a house from the outside than a weather empire. -Weather's staff meteorologists, almost all of whom hold degrees in the science, analyze weather information from the National Weather Service, the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as the Canadian weather service and from 140 countries around the world. They engage in "consensus forecasting," gathering four times each day in the map room to discuss weather conditions, debate approaching patterns and decide on how the forecasts should read, or sound, for various regions.

Though the hours are often crazy, for most of the 53 meteorologists the work is a passion, says Sobel. They are "totally in awe of the atmosphere and what it does." Myers received his Ph.D. in meteorology from Penn State, taught it for 19 years and was a practicing forecaster until two years ago. "I got interested in the weather when I was 5 years old," Myers said in a recent interview. "I was fascinated by the snow in Philadelphia." In his early teens, Myers recalls how he used to 'get up at 5:30 a.m.

to listen to his weather-band radio and take in about 30 different broadcasts before school. He listened carefully to what was going on and reached the point where he could sometimes "out-forecast the government," he says. Not much has changed. "There are many situations we differ with the National Weather Service and in the majority of those we're right," Myers says. Predictably, the government begs to differ.

The science of meterology is such that there will "always be variances in the judgments made," said Richard Wagoner, chief of the operations division of the National Weather Service in Washington, D.C. Those variances are "simple questions of judgment, meteorological Although a private company, Accu- Weather attempts to offer an alternative source of information to that put out by the National Weather Service through its general forecasts, while still tailoring forecasts to the needs of its customers. For the most part that's fine with the National Weather Service. "The only place we ever get into a problem is in the area of warnings," says Wagoner. "You cannot afford to have multiple sources of warnings in general because the public doesn't know how to react to that." Wagoner said.

Accu-Weather says it does not make weather warnings, only weather statements, that it passes on the government's official warning while reserving the right to comment on it, and that it will issue its own statement when deemed necessary in the absence of one from the national service. New Jersey Trivia finds a following By ELISSA McCRARY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. For New Jersey residents who don't know the Garden State's largest crop or its most famous inventor, the state Historical Society has the answers in its version of the new national pastime, Trivial Pursuit. Since the historical society developed New Jersey Trivia last year, schools have picked up the list of 200 questions as a teaching tool, and plans are in the works to publish the questions in a paperback book. Barbara Irwin, the society's library director, said the response to the game was unexpected.

"We were all playing Trivial Pursuit at the time and we were just having fun coming up with New Jersey questions," she said. "We knew some people would have a good time with it, but we really can't believe how popular it's been." Irwin and four members of her staff started out with a list of 100 questions. But the demand was so great for more little-known facts about New Jersey that the library prepared another 100. Currently, the society offers the typewritten package of 200 questions for $3 and is in the process of developing additional material. The list includes such questions as: "What singer from Hoboken got his start on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour in 1936?" Answer: Frank Sinatra.

And, "In 1882, she founded the American Red Cross. Who is she?" Answer: Bordentown native Clara Barton. The game also tells players that tomatoes are New Jersey's largest crop and that Thomas Edison is its most esteemed inventor. Several school districts are using the game to make learning about the state fun for students, said Kathy Gallaher of the New Jersey Education Association. "I don't know how widespread the use of the game is in schools, but I do know they're using it.

It's a natural to get students interested in learning," she said. Local historical groups statewide have incorporated the game -into their community projects, said Irwin..