Erie Officer Named in Three $10,000 Suits
April 2 Erie deputies placed Police Lt. Michael Shea under civil arrest after three men from Erie and Olean filed suits seeking 10,000 each for damages to reputation. The plaintiffs allege wrongful arrest at Martin's tavern on March 3, with one case tied to a capias requiring a $600 bond.
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ERIE
Michael Shea
Pust
Shea
W. Schilling
Haxton Tompkins
Bradley W. Swan
Olean
Martin's Tavern
Ted
Numbers
Mortimer E. Graham
Thompkins
Ufo
Sheik
Eld
Schilling
Havern
Tompkins
Swanson
Poice Court
28 Forced to Flee in Blaze at Glassport
An AP report from Glassport says one fireman was injured and 28 people fled a blaze that swept a Glassport yard and adjoining rooming house early today. Four other houses were threatened and damage reached hundreds of feet of lumber at Glassport Lumber Supply Co. Mary Wernick’s home also damaged. Dellman, 29, suffered back injuries and is in Glassport Hospital. Retired volunteer Joseph Bachspello, 74, was carried to safety by firefighters.
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Glassport
Freman
Faeryard
Glassport Lumber Supply Co
Mary Wernick
Idkew Dellman
Macesport
Joseph Bachspello
Wernick Fen
Erie Diocese Plans Over $6 Million Building Program
The Erie Diocese outlines a major postwar construction drive totaling over six million dollars for churches schools and related facilities. Projects underway include two parochial schools and auditoriums at Holy Family and St Casimir, plus Villa Maria College expanding toward a 10 building campus. Gannon College proceeds with a new library and a forthcoming $400,000 gymnasium and auditorium, while a new West Lake road site hosts the college’s first units.
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Aplus
Erie
Holy Family
St. ‘Casimir
Villa Maria College
West Lake Road
Gannon College
Babson foresees sustained high building costs and shifting real estate values
The columnist argues costs for new construction will stay high as veterans return, while demand shifts to old well built houses in strong city sections. He notes prices for small, well located homes may rise, advises holding or buying adjacent properties, and suggests converting large houses into apartments as a steady money maker while war prospects remain uncertain.
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Jotice
Local Briefs From Cutting Vicinity April meeting and community notes
The French Creek Home Bureau met in Cutting town hall with nine members. Many residents reported Easter visits, farm sales, and relocations to Oklahoma. Several illnesses improved, and local families gathered for events including the Cutting Young People meeting. Notable items include a new son for Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons and multiple visits in Jamestown and Erie areas.
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French Creek
Oklahoma
David Bensink
Minor Green
Sandra
Ol Green
Cecil Humphrey
Robert Humphrey
Gary Evans
Leon Warner
Idume
Bertha
Nellie Lloyd
Ashville
Lehman Green
Joseph Garfield
Glen Davis
Frank Cooper
Carl Marsh
Blouise
Faith
Florence Marsh
Union City
F. D. Southworth
Florance Marsh
Clyde Courtwright
Milton
Erie
Lee Stafford
St. Vincent's Hospital
Howard Vanderhoft
Maxine
Elof Dah
Corry
Hope Bemis
Sylvia Chamberlin
Sherman
James Gibbons
Wesley Warren
Cutting Town Hall
Ruth Wright
Jamestown
Phyllis ,Alkens
Sibley Wright
Local families visit, moves, and gatherings noted
Mr and Mrs Glen Habink and girls move to Teor Emary's home in Snegertown. Howard Vanderhoft and daughters stay with Eat Roberts in Titusville. Helen Wright visits Sibley Wright family. Kenneth Meeray family and Mrs Duane Bemis conduct business in Earl Thompson’s area. Carl Marsh hosts Earl Thompson’s visit. Homer Redding listed as sick but improving. Cutting preschool mothers meet at Mrs Stor er home with nine members. Margaret Conway presides. next meeting May 6 with Mrs Minor Green.
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Glen Habink
Snegertown
Teor
Emary
Howard Vanderhoft
Eat Roberts
Titusville
Helen Wright
Sibley Wright
Kenneth Meeray
Jamily
Duane Bemis
Earl Thompson
Carl Marsh
Homer Redding
K. Storer
Margaret Conway
Chautauqua County
Phoebe Berman
Minor Green
Special Meet Planned for Natl Affairs Dinner at Hotel Gomy
The Chamber of Commerce sponsors a National Affairs Dinner at the Hotel Gomy on April 15 with tickets to go on sale after April 10. Aimed at ensuring strong turnout, the event will feature separate men’s and women’s committees and ongoing preparations today.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gomy
Commerce Group
Bitchore
National and state reps to address district meeting
Commerce members work to arrange a speaker from either Congress or state for the district meeting. Truman D. Weller of the U S Chamber of Commerce will attend, having previously spoken to the local group about National Affairs. The April 15 session aims to discuss national affairs and forward recommendations to Washington and Harrisburg. The chinchilla is a small gray rodent.
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Trout
Commerce
S Sill
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Truman D. Weller
Weller
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Henry Moore
Orrin Powers
M. E
Lowville
Herbert Johnson
Gerald Johnson
R. X. Williams
Ernest Dunnewald
Buffalo
Samuel Dunnewald
Dunnewald
Ellen Redding
William Gabriel
Ray Sparling
Findley Lake
Charles Rouse
Town Line Road
Walter Hale
Albion
Euster
Lewis Walker
Robert Garfield
Harold Bromby
Violet Tripp
Praink Bayle
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North Clymer
B. J. Storer
Joan
David Fassett
Wilbur
Matilda Pettit
William Bensint
Frank Sawyer
Hamot Hospital
Theodore Nakaski
John White
Doris Welch
Peggy
Walkers
Bill Wilcox
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Kaiser and Frazer
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Aikens’ Motor Sales, Inc
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Powell Motor CO
N. Center St
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