Shawmut Quit Last Midnight Ends 185-Mile Line
Shawmut and Northern Railroad in receivership for years officially abandoned at midnight. Pennsylvania Railroad will operate segments from Hyde to Brandy Camp and in St. Marys for local industries. About 150 workers lose jobs. payroll previously around $800000 yearly. Remainder of line to be sold for scrap while salvage crews start dismantling equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts, Shawmut & Northern Railjn
United States
Hyde
Els County
Olean
N. C
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shawmut
St. Marys
Pennsylvania
Brandy Camp
Brandy Camp Mins
Erie Railroad
Proctor No. 2
Ming
Tyler
Holywood
Force
Weedville
Byrne‘inte
Funeral Service Held Monday for Mrs Mae E Sessions
The funeral for Mrs Mae E Sessions was held Monday afternoon at 2 30 at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with Rev Jordan Cole of Columbus officiating. Temporary interment followed in Pine Grove Cemetery mausoleum. Attending from away were Blaine Dennee Frank Truesdail and Floyd Truesdall of Phillipsville and many Columbus neighbors. Members of the Women’s Relief Corps No 49 attended as honorary escort. Additional survivors include three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae E. Sessions
Bracken-Keating
Jordan Cole
Columbus
Frank ‘Truesdail
Floyd ‘Truesdail
Blaine Denne
Albert Sandburg
Leon Tiffany
David Lines
Pine Grove Cemetery
Blaine Dennee
Frank 'Truesdail
Floyd Truesdall
Philipsville
Women's Relief Corps
No. 49
Illness and visits marked Spartansburg notes
Spartansburg reports illness keeps Wil Mar Brooks home. Miss Marganette Fish visits Harrisburg. Rev. Oliver Thompson and children share Sunday dinner with the McCrays. Lodge 453 members gather for practice. Various neighbors and church events fill the week including tax reminder and the Week of Prayer schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartansburg
Wil- Mar Brooks
Marganette Fish
Slater
Patricia Fish
Harrisburg
Rey
Knapp
Dorothy
Clymer
Paul McCray
Oliver Thompson
Pawl McCray
Lady Morton Re
Reba Robinson
Lee Trial Jury Now Completed In Mayville Case
The last of 14 jurors was chosen this morning in the Leonard Lee trial in Mayville on a first degree manslaughter charge. The trial began with Peter Gon, a surveyor, testifying as the first witness. Delays from a storm and jurors' reluctance to serve slowed proceedings as the court prepared for deliberations. Dorothy Ware, Lee's housekeeper, was fatally beaten on February 1. If convicted, Lee faces up to 20 years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayville
Leonard Lee
Supreme Court
Petergon
Lee
Dorothy Ware
Easter program at Hatchtown Church featuring Rev Speiths
Easter Sunday service to be held at 8 o'clock in Hatchtown Church with Rev Albert Speiths from McDowell Kentucky as speaker. Speiths and family will arrive Thursday evening to stay with J C Crosby. Bible study and prayer meeting set for Thursday evening at the Hutchinson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatchtown Church
Albert Speiths
McDowel
J.C. Crosby
Speith
The
Baptist Church
Darrell Hutchinson
Meadville Driver Injured In Snow Ravine Crash
Meadville 21 year old George Swaney is in critical condition at Spencer Hospital after his car slid across a snow bank and plunged 76 feet into a ravine on Route 19 two miles south of Mendyslie airport. State Police investigate the Monday morning crash. Swaney has a broken left arm facial scarring and possible internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
George
Swaney
Spencer Hospital
Mendyslie
Sears
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nabe
Kenneth Kinney
Sherman Cook
Grace Sturdevant
Pauth Wallace
Titusville
BP. Ingram
Concord Corners
Wirt Ingram
Kenneth Wald
GF. Twin
Neil Stranahan
John Weldner
Blakeslee Hill
Bert, Cook
Minnie Cook
Jerry Herington
John Smith
Sparta Township
Edward Straub
Pittsburgh
Moliie Snapp
Clarence
P. J. Dooher
Santa Monica
Cal
Dooher
Ada Blott
Spartansburg Cemetery of
Powell
Powell Consumer
North Center Street
North Corry
Vy. L. Armitage
the Journal
Thomas Motor Co
Corry
Clinton Sr
Corry, Pa
REX Theatre
Miss Pilgrim
Betty Grable
Dick Haymes
Allyn Joslyn
Crawford M. Woods
N. First Ave
John Spitman
Val Cencaril
Franz
Spiesman's
Insurance Companies
Mrs. Russell Beckwith
Guy Rogers
John Kimmey
Julia Hines
Mrs
Paul Phelps
Ad Insurance Agency
Walter DeJean
Don Reed
First Avenue
John Goda, Sr
Johnson
McCormick-Deering Sales & Service
Dial
Armitage, Jr
Doe Sanders
Boston House
Walter Gordon
Plymouth
Dodge
DeSoto
Chrysler Cars
C. S. Wallace
W. S. Houghton
John Milanovich
Sorenson
West Main St
Kenneth Winslow
Gale Beciwren
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!