Spring sessions and fires mark busy Erie area notices
A board of education special meeting in the city notes ill Mrs. Sarah Francis of 316 North Center Street, who will celebrate her 100th birthday in May. The Erie Conference of the Pittsburgh Synod meets in Sharon with Rev. Edward L. Wagner leading devotion. Governor Pinchot sets Arbor Day dates for Pennsylvania schools April 19 in the south and April 27 in the north. A Corry plant grass fire on Washington Street is controlled with no damage. Stocks rise slightly on the NYSE. Rotary Club plans a Panama trip, and Dan Depe is near Columbus reports a fire at his home. The Canonsburg Daily Notes changes hands, state police search for a runaway boy, and vehicles recovered by the state patrol total over $215k. Debates between Cochranton and Corry High Schools are planned, trout season prep notes issued, and fishing licenses available statewide.
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Sarah Francis
North Center Street
Francis
Edward L. Wagner
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Erie
Pittsburgh
Chicago Hosts Musicians During Week
Chicago welcomes educators musicians and delegates from Canada and abroad for the fourth biennial convention of the Music Supervisors National Conference. Sessions cover music education needs and nationwide programs with high school ensembles, a 500-voice national chorus conducted by Dr. Holsig Damn, and radio broadcasts with school and college music organizations across the country. Notable speakers include Sir Hugh Robertson Dr. Walter Damrosch Dr. Howard Hanson Rabbi James Feller and city superintendent William J. Boyle.
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United Press
Chicago
Univer
Canada
Music Supervisors National
Nals
Soo
National Supervisors
Holsig Damn
Hugh Robertson
Glasgow
Scotland
Walter Damrosch
New York City
Howard Hanson
Rochester
N. Y
James G. Feller
Cincinnati
Alexander J Stoddard
Providente
R. K
William JJ. Boyan
Blue Eye News Notes Local Social and Church Gatherings
Reynolds area residents and guests attend events at various homes and churches. Easter visits include Mr and Mrs James Bennett in Corry and others in Wrightsville and Spring Creek. 4-H club gathering at Warren courthouse on April 12 with H Stewart State College 4-H specialist.
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Blue Byr
Nelson Christensen
Reynolds~ile
John Christensen
Father T
Pine Valley
Andrew Christensen
Milly Burch
Jackson and Johnson
Spring Creek
Robert Schultz
Oil City
Allebane-John-Siggins
Warren
Mildred Lewis
Bert Baccus
P. D. Harvick
Charles Sanaburg
Wrightsville
Edgar Spoon
James Bennett
Corry
Court House
Harmony
H. Stewart
State College
Charles Sandburg
Jelmer Danielson
Ira Mitchell
Spring Greek
Drawings Continue For Ballot Positions In Harrisburg
In Harrisburg PA April 10 drawings for ballot positions proceed in the State House chamber. Today called are all House candidates from Allegheny and Philadelphia counties with statewide, U S Congress and State Senate positions reshuffled yesterday. Tomorrow final ballot-day will cover remaining House candidates statewide per Secretary Richard J Beamish.
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Harrisburg
State Hallne of Representatives
House
Allegheny
Philadelphia
United States Congress
State Senate
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Richard J. Beamish
Warren High Students Debate Strike After Superintendent Ousted
Warren High senior class heard school board arguments against a student strike over the removal of Superintendent P W M Pressel. Board members urged considering ministers or other reliable persons before striking and warned the state could compel students back to class. Final action uncertain until after an upcoming election.
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Navin
Apriv
Warren High School
P. W. M. Pressel
Pressel
Haseen
Jit
Sai
Hydetown students strike over principal retention
Hydetown High pupils protested the district's decision not to reappoint Principal J. H. Watson for next year. About 22 of 39 students did not attend classes Monday in Titusville, as Everett Thayer of Kane is reported to be hired to head the school next year. Watson hails from Meadville.
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Titusville
Watson
Hydetown High School
Pound
Boa
Everett Thayer
Kane
Meadville
Two Arrested After Crash Near Wesleyville
RIE April 10 two men were arrested after their Buffalo bound sedan hit a Buffalo bound truck on Route 20 a mile east of Wesleyville. Wesleyas thirty two of 907 East 28rd street badly cut in the crash and Chas J Benson twenty four of 2058 Buffalo road were charged with driving while intoxicated. Benson released on $500 bail and Wesleyas on $100 bail for hearings at 2 p.m. Friday before Alderman Schubacker.
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Rie
G. M. Alexander
Wesleyville
Benson
Priday
W. M. Schubacker
Wellegas
Board to Name New School Superintendent Tonight
Corry school board meets to name a new superintendent and approve a range of matters. Florence Wilson resigns from Junior High as a teacher. Roelofs to oversee benefit events in Senior High auditorium for the County Relief Fund. Officials discuss extra-work wages, trespass notices, and a Royal Typewriter offer. Coal bids deadline extended to April 18 pending NRA code issues.
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Rage Uuey
Dewey
Florence Wilson
Biemnes
Tany
Thomas Roelofs
Corry Relief Fund
Kiwanis Club
Love
Geiger
Washington
Royal
In- Fion
Corry
NRA
Opportunity Club Meeting At Olt Home
Twenty eight members and one guest attended the Opportunity Club gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs R A Olt in East Frederick street. Plans were made for the Corry Red and Can Club dinner at the church on Friday April 20 and half the choir director’s salary plus half the yearly church pledge were paid. Committees were named for the term including soliciting, ways and means, flower, music and visiting. Mrs Harold Patterson led the evening with a book review A Hundred Million Games Figs by Mrs C M Howard. Two contests were won by Mrs Rickers and Mrs Auer. Lunch followed and the next meeting will be May 14 at the home of Mr and Mrs E H Royer on Mist Main Street.
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Opportunity Club
R. A. Olt
East Frederick Street
Corry
Nellie Merker
H. B. Smith
Douglas Rozelle
M. ¥. Coyl
Richard Rossbacher
Ha Old Patterson
Adelle McCray
Ways and Means
Harry Smith
Fred Hoenes
Eirneat Schuyler
Marion Smith
John Ritkers
C. M. Howard
Harding School Play Tonight at Eight Oclock
Entertainment at Harding school features a three act comedy Here Comes Charlie. A large cast has rehearsed two months for a clever production with props from Harding Home and School Assoc and Root Furniture loaned stage items. Admission is low and capacity crowds are expected tonight and tomorrow.
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Harding School
Harding Home
Root Purtiture
William Rowe
Charlie
Larry Elliot
Allen Dahlstrand
Nora Malone
Oak
Dorothy Boland
Offier
Tim McGill
Arthur Fairchild
Larry
Missionary Mabel Danuser to Return from Wisconsin Visit
Mabel Danuser, a missionary to China for 16 years living in Wisconsin, will return in June after a short visit with relatives. She plans a brief boat voyage of about five days across the ocean, then travel by rail through Siberia to reach her post. Previously she has taken the Pacific route on formal trips, which takes longer.
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China
Galesville
Mabel Danuser
Siberia
Meadville Man Hurls Himself Beneath Train
Meadville, April 10. Frank Wilson, 29, of Morgan street, committed death by self destruction when he threw himself beneath an eastbound Erie freight locomotive two miles north of the depot. His body lay at Byham's funeral home two hours before identification by friends Phillip Dugman and Harold Thomas. Unemployed and ill health were cited as factors. He resided with his mother and is survived by sister Amelia and brothers John and Stanley. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Edwin Turner and Clarence Turner returned home last evening.
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Frank Wilson
Meadville
Erie Railroad
Morgan Street
Focal
Byham
Phillip Dugman
Harold Thomas
Arthur B. Byham
Amelia
John
Stanley Wilson
Fabulous Land of Ophir Discovered Near Abyssinia
Paris reports Northwest Abyssinia yields Ophir legends with traces of ancient temples and mines used for gold silver and emeralds. Explorer Byron de Provok, greeted by Emperor Haile Selassie, claims a 4000 mile Blue Nile expedition found sites dating before Christ, with photographs obtained.
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United Press
Paris
Ophir
Solomon
Albyssinia
Addis Ababa
Byron de Provok
Haile Walassie
Lion
de Provoke
Christ
Blue Nile
Oil Tank Explodes injuring man in Marcus Hook blaze
A 50,000 gallon Pure Oil tank at Marcus Hook Pennsylvania exploded, injuring Paul Biron, 39, of Chester. Firefighters from six towns fought the flames for over five hours, but the tank and fire could not be saved. Biron was hospitalized with severe burns but reported in favorable condition.
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Marcus Hook
Pure Ol Company
Paul Biron
Chester
Worms Hear Via Nerve Signals Despite Lacking Ears
Worms have no ears yet respond to sounds through their nervous systems. The study notes vibrational cues influence surrounding activity, showing organisms other than mammals perceive sound-like stimuli through neural pathways.
VEW Auxiliaries to Meet at Erie
The Northwestern Counties Council of Ladies Auxiliaries of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Pennsylvania will meet for a regular session in Erie on Thursday April 19. Mrs Florence Amy and Mrs Kya B Rich are in charge of local reservations and ask members to RSVP by Sunday April 15. Dinner will be served at the Boston Store at 12:80 PM followed by the council meeting in the V I W rooms 119 State Street. The Erie auxiliary of Billy Simpson Post No 470 will sponsor a dance in the evening for their fourteenth anniversary and the local auxiliary is invited to stay for the affair.
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Northwestern Counties
Department of Pennsylvania
Brien
Florence Amy
Kya B. Rich
Boston
T19
State Street
Erie
Billy Simpson
Focal
Three Pittsburgh Lads Crime Wave Opens Up
Three Pittsburgh boys aged eleven, eleven, and nine sparked a local crime wave. In under 24 hours they stole an AB revolver, attempted a hold up, had the victim take it away, took $1.16 from a house with a skeleton key, attempted to rob a chain grocery, and were found sleeping in a field at 4 a.m. They were placed in the juvenile court detention home.
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Anncurrean
Pittsburgh
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