Sparta Seniors Present Class Play Tonight
Sparta seniors stage the comedy Aunt Title Goes to Town tonight under Miss Leora Stranahan with Thomas Richards handling publicity. The event follows a Thursday afternoon rehearsal attended by students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leora Stranahan
Thomas Richards
Masonic
Adge
Gront
Weinlly
Cony
Titusville
Juvia Richards
Glyde Hull
Corry
K. Arden Bennett
Faith Wallace
Helen Shreve
Grandin-Drake
Dorothy Ingram
Harland
Weidner
Cambridge
Reins
PTA
Erie Store Fire Injures One Fireman and Rescues Seven
A fire in a vacant downtown Erie store injured Pipeman Melvin Schnaekel and, after four overheated gas meters exploded, eight others including Captains Flanigan and Lacey and seven residents were rescued from the basement and upper floors. Hospitalized Schnaekel suffered from burns and inhalation. Firefighters saved Edna Whally, Mrs. Mae Bigley, A Holloway, and Mrs. Hazel Whalley, with extra lines hauled into the building to reach trapped occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Pipamin Melvin Schnaekel
Edward Flanigan
Joseph Lacey
John Meagher
John Scully
Edna Whall
Edna Whelly
Reverend Haines Conducts Meetings in Ashville
Rev. Perry P. Haines pastor of the Methodist church will conclude a series of Bible lessons in Ashville New York. Visiting delegations from nearby communities attended the services which have proved beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry P. Haines
Ashville
N.Y
NeAnby
WPA Recreation Leaders to Confer at Penn State College
More than 150 WPA recreation program supervisors and technical staff from Pennsylvania will attend a two week conference at Pennsylvania State College starting Monday. Lifsher D. Grossman of Harrisburg will lead the program with cooperation from Penn State extension services and college faculty members. Separate sectional meetings will cover arts and crafts music dramatics nature lore and folk dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stain Colunge
WPA
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
Lifsher D. Grossman
Harrisburg
Penn State
Wildcat Well near Wellsville Blows In Ancient Sand
An Oriskany wildcat gas well in Independence township Allegheny county was blowing at an estimated 60 million cubic feet per day. Officials say the well reached 4 915 feet and is the first Oriskany sand wildcat of the year to report production in the northern Oriskany area.
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Wellsville
Jeiskany
Tdependence Township
Allegheny” County
Empire Gas and Fuel Company
Wellsvilis
Orisktny Sand
Monthern
Oriskany
Man Captured in Big Store Burglary Attempt
James TG yys reports a man named Gordon Stearns, 33, of 905 Washington Street, detained by police after being found hiding in the Clark Hardwire Company store on East Third Street just before 10 pm. Officers say burglary third degree charges may follow. John Henderson and Walter Olson, company employees, spotted Stearns behind a counter while retrieving coats after a meeting in the adjacent Masonic Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James TG Yys
Gordon Stearns
Washington Street
Clark Hardwire Company
East Third Street
Policz
John Henderson
Walter Olson
Stearns
Masonic ‘Temple
Negro Held for Erie Slaying
A coroner jury finds Wade Jerrell Derrell Jr 24 held responsible for the death of George Nesbit 52 of Erie Pennsylvan ia Nesbit died in Hamot hospital from generalized peritonitis caused by stab wounds The jury says wounds were from a sharp sword in Derrells hands Derrell not present at inquest but represented by lawyers appointed by the consistory The jury deliberated under 10 minutes after hearing testimony from three city police officers and Dan House who transported Nesbit to the hospital
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Erie, Armi
Wade (Hrother
Jerrell, Jr
1St Street
George Nesbit
15Th Street
Nesbit
Hamot
Walter G. Strodle
Tne
Derrel
Derrell
Ctroner
Walker Sennet
Thobias Barber
Cons
Dan House
Fugitives Captured After Jail Break In Jefferson County
Two of three men who fled Jefferson county Jail after overpowering a janitor were captured. Ed Flagler, 42, of Somerset, was found at a hunting lodge near Sandy Valley. Robert J. McDonald, Brockway, was found under an apple tree near Sykesville Kramer road.
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Edowney Auining EU
Jefferson County
Iumus
Ed Flagler
Somerset
County
Sandy Valley
Molice
Robert J. McDonald
Brockway
Ither
Sykesville-Kramer Road
Hair Collector From Mount Pleasant Builds Hair Archive
Beatrice Harfington, a Michigan college freshman, has gathered hair from about 438 people over more than a year. The collection includes hair once belonging to friends and acquaintances, forming a growing personal archive.
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MT. Plicasant
Mich
Beatrice Harfington
Big airliner stops at Erie in ceremonial opening
A 21 passenger American Airlines Hagship landed at Port Erie Airport to inaugurate a new era in regional travel. The aircraft arrived from the west at 10:22 am and taxied to the eastern runway as officials inspected the scene. Mayor Charles R. Barber and local leaders attended the event.
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Erie
Apri
American Airlines
Port Erie
Los Angeles
New
Bief
Yorke City
Charles R. Barber
Buffalo
Cleve- Vehamier of Commerce
Fifty Dead Deer Found Near Emporium
Apr 5 report from HMBORIUM Pa states that fifty dead deer were planted by Howard Dodge and Gud Bodmer of the Pennsylvania forestry department near a staking area close to Straights, Cameron county line. Deer appeared weak from hunger, with prior reports of starving deer in Gam ton county woods. Local Emporium groups had been feeding deer during the harsh winter snow.
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Hmborium
Howard Dodge
Gud Bodmer
Pennsylvania Forestry Department
Straights
Cameron
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Sparta
Tillie
Firemen's Hall
Spartansburg
Clara Leonard
Rockdale Township
Miller's Station
A. C. Stitl
Rextend
Edna Stravid
Eleanor
Virginia
Silas Stitt
Lyle Bewley
Harry Rifenderick
Ivy Embroidery Club
D. W. Kinney
Princess Pat
Gerald Shreve
AGET
Glenn Steadman
En—Royer
Centerville
Ralph Boyd
Harry Platt
Mabjorié
Eiton Bates
Carl
Stanley
Richard Platt
Mr. Platt
Lois ‘Thacker
Thacker
Clifford Shreve
Bruce Shreve
Lincolnville
Rev. Haines
Greyhound Post House
James Sverkik
Glass
Mitre Aluminum
BIG
STORK
Tonasket
Mennen
Burma
Lyons T
Pablum
J & J Tale
Fletchers
Castoria
Hobson
Woodbury
HEINZ
Heinz Soup Kitchen
Vicks VapoRub
Fasteeth
ALS
Absorbine Jr
DeWitt
Saraka
Emporium
Hine
Jenny
Acsale
Dial
Morth Center Street
Ron
Californi
Jovernee
Thsco
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