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G. William Donovan, 78, former principal of Dobbins Vocational High School, died Thursday at Germantown Hospital. He lived in Melrose Park. An educator in the Philadelphia school system for 37 years, he public, bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and worked in design and construction until the Depression years. Switching fields, he taught science at Roosevelt Junior School for nine years and then moved to Dobbins.

He was named principal in 1966. He was a past president of the Pennsylvania Science Teachers Assur ciation and was an active member of the Engineers Club and Phi Delta Kappaivors: wife, Ethel; son, Richard; daughter, Joan; four grandchildren, a sister and a brother. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at the Mann Funeral Home, Olney. Arnold Scacciotti, 83, a clothing manufacturer, died March 26 in Del Mar, Calif.

Formerly of Philadelphia and Brockton, he lived in Del Mar. Born in Italy, he came to Philadelphia as a youth and worked in the clothing trade. Described as a genius in tailoring, he made his mark and became president of the New England Clothing Co. He retired five years ago. Survivor: wife, Beatrice.

Services: graveside, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Prospectville. Mildred DeCusmo McNelis, 74, a former state employee, died Wednesday at Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital. Formerly of Hazleton, she lived in Lansdowne. Mrs.

McNelis was raised in the coalmining area of upstate Pennsylvania. Tennis was her hobby; she won the state title for women in 1928. Mrs. McNelis was the widow of Paul B. McNelis, international representafor the United Mine Workers who supervised the Anthracite Health Welfare Fund until his death in 1956.

She worked for the state Bureau of Employment. Survivors: daughter, Ann Snyder; son, the Rev. Paul a Jesuit priest; two grandsons, four sisters and a brother. Services: viewing, 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Boyle Funeral Home, Hazleton; Mass of Christian Burial, 11 a.m.

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Toll, 73, a hotel owner in Atlantic City for more than 50 years, died Thursday in West Palm Beach, Fla. He had residences in both Palm Beach, and Margate, N.J. Mr. Toll, who retired from the hotel business five years ago, was a graduate of Temple University and its law school. He was a member of the Lynnwood Country Club, Lynnwood, N.J., and the Breakers Golf Club, Palm Beach, Fla.

He also was a member of Beth Judah Synagogue in Ventnor, N.J. Survivors: wife, Evelyn; son, Richard; daughter, Barbara, a brother and a sister. Services: graveside, noon Monday, Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, Pa. Herman Kovnat, 65, a partner in Kovnat Men's Shoppe, a Philadelphia business for over 50 years, died Friday at Graduate Hospital. He lived in Bala Cynwyd.

Mr. Kovnat. was a member of the Cardoza Lodge of Brith Sholom, a mason in the Rising Star Lodge 126 and a member of the Main Line Reform Temple Beth Elohim. Survivors: wife, Rita; daughter, Karen Tucker, a grandson and a brother. Services: 12:30 p.m.

Monday, Main Line Reform Temple Beth Elohim, 410 Montgomery Wynnewood. Philadelphia Inquirer 9-B here Dr. Samuel Finkelman, 68, a prominent Philadelphia radiologist, died Wednesday at Lankenau Hospital. He lived in Penn Valley. Dr.

Finkelman was an honor graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1932, and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, He interned at Philadelphia General Hospital and after the war did his residency at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and at Philadelphia General Hospital. He served 25 years at Philadelphia General as assistant chief of radiology in charge of training residents and technicians. Dr. Finkelman was an officer of the Blockley Radiological Society and a fellow of the American College of Radiology. He also was a former instructor in radiological techniques at the University of Pennsylvania.

Survivors: wife, Marilyn; sons, Michael and Richard, and two brothers. Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Joseph Levine Son, 7112 N. Broad St. Howard Trouts, 76, retired manag.

er of the school division of Pen-Del Coach Lines, died of a heart attack Thursday in Nazareth Hospital. He lived in Northeast Philadelphia. For many years Mr. Trouts, a native Philadelphian, operated a wholesale produce business. He joined Pen-Del in 1964 as a supervisor and advanced to the position of manager a few years later.

Before retiring in 1976, Mr. Trouts was responsible for the daily transportation of thousands of public, parochial and private school students in Philadelphia and the suburbs. Mr. Trouts was a demolition expert in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in World War II.

As an amateur boxer he won acclaim for his bouts while in the Army and regionally after returning to civilian life. He also was a member of American Legion Post 810 in Bustleton. Survivors: wife, Helen; daughter, Deaths elsewhere Penelope Weller Scott, 41, who was active in civic and community activities and in efforts to preserve the nation's wildlife, died Tuesday 1 in Stone Ridge, N.Y. Formerly of Wayne, she lived in Stone Ridge. Educated at Friends Central School and Pine Manor Junior College, Mrs.

Scott was active in the Friends of the Animals. A leader in the group, she was credited with playing a key role in a winning enactment of an endangered-species list in Massachusetts. Surviving are her husband, Peter Ewing Scott; a son, Jonathan Fletcher Scott her parents, Virginia Edmondson and Edwin Estabrook Weller, and a brother, Daniel Tracy Weller 2d. A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Christ the King Church, Stone Ridge.

Ellis D. "Sam" Shannon, 74, test pilot for some of the nation's fastest and most dangerous aircraft during World War II and the years that followed, died Thursday in La Jolla, Calif. Mr. Shannon, who was described by Air Power magazine as "one of the all-time great American test pilots," supervised flight research for Consolidated Vultee Aircraft later General Dynamics Convair, and was an honorary fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. OPEN HOUSE TODAY 11 to 5 condominium the 23rd and Cherry Pa.

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