Area Mayor Commends City's Negroes 4H Clubs Fair at Wattsburg
More than 700 4H Club members will join the Erie County 4H Fair on August 19 at the Wattsburg Fairgrounds. The event opens at 10 a.m. and features horse and pony shows, dairy and beef cattle shows, foods and clothing exhibits, a dog show, awards, a girls fashion show, vegetable and flower exhibits, and more. Admission is free. organized by Erie County adult volunteers led by Bert Torrance.
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Wattsburg
Erie County
Wattsburg Fairgrounds
Bert. Torrance
Erie
Merrill Wade
Corry
Milan Parkey
Edinboro
Vivian Osborne
Paul West
David Squires
James Hammond
John Lukas
North East
James Osborne
Eugene Krieder
Waterford
Stanley Zodel
Harborcreek
Shafer Plans Race Riot Prevention Meet With Mayors And Leaders
Gov. Shafer to confer with urban mayors at 1 30 p m and with state Negro leaders at 3 30 p m at Indiantown Gap to discuss anti riot plans. Also pressing immediate job programs, a task force will push 500 local hires and church based job interviews across several cities.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Pennsylvania
Indiantown Gap
Georges
Commonwealth
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Séa Data
Aia
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
York
Chester
Hold Rites For Mrs. K. Sawyer
Funeral services for Mrs Kirk Finnie Sawyer were held at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev Elmer Ortner officiating. Interment was at Pine Grove Cemetery. Bearers included Richard Kinney Donald Ripple John Rossbacher William Bednar Leland Learn and William Learn. Attendees traveled from Eric Titusville Grand Valley and Ashtabula among others. A second obituary note reports Raymond E Youngquist 68 longtime McKean County commissioner died Tuesday at Roswell Park Hospital. he was former president of the Pennsylvania Association of County Commissioners.
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Kirk (Finnie) Sawyer
Bracken Funeral Home
Ma. m
Elmer Ortner
Pine Grove Cemetery
Richard Kinney
Donald Ripple
John Rossbacher
William Bednar
Leland Learn
William Learn
Herman Wise
Eric
Wiliam Bednar
Suffield
Ohio
Irma Ongley
Kenneth Ongley
Lynn
Walter Ongley
Alfred Ongley
Susan
Judy
Sandy
Kathy Ongley
Milty Angley
Grand Valley
Buffalo
N.Y
Raymond
E. Youngquist
McKean County
Roswell Park Memorial Hospital
Youngquist
Pennsylvania Association of County Commissioners
Tee
Erie Democrat Tullio Fired by Two Dem Commissioners
Erie County Tax Assessment and Revision Board member Robert J. Tullio was fired by Democratic Commissioners William O. Hill Jr. and Louis J. Reymiek over strong objections from Republican Fred Lamberton. Gallagher of Erie was named to replace him, ending Tullio’s bid for chairman of Erie’s Fifth Ward in earlier contests.
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Erie
Robert J. Tullio
Erie County Tax Assessment and Revision Board
Fred Lamberton
Tullio
State Supreme Court
Rob
Ert Schlauraff
Robert L. Gallagher
Gallagher
Democratic Party
William O. Hill Jr
Louis J. Reymiek
Hill
Lamberton
Rzymek
Louis J. Tullio
AWOL Soldier’s Vietnam Stints Revealed In Court Testimony
Melendez forged Ft Hamilton orders to board a Vietnam bound flight and served three months with the Fifth Special Forces. He then went AWOL again and returned to Vietnam for a second tour in the Mekong Delta where he was wounded May 15. The ruse was uncovered during a hospital stay in Japan.
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Melendez
San Francisco
Vietnam
Ft. Hamilton
Fifth Special Forces
Ft. Benning
Mekong Delta
U.S
Japan
Richard Louis Traub
Coeds Body Identified After Lake Erie Plane Crash
The Ashtabula County coroner identified 21 year old Marie Nevels of the University of Akron as the plane crash victim found in Lake Erie on July 27. Four people were aboard the December crash. wreckage remains unfound. Other missing are Christine Buell Anthony Farinacci and Harry Bissel. The plane reportedly left Casement Airport in Painesville for Erie Pennsylvania and vanished after encountering ice and snow.
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Ashtabuba
Unio
Ashtabula County
Lake Erie
Marie Nevels
University of Akron
California
Miss Nevels
Christine Buell
Painesville
Anthony Farinacci
Madison
Harry Bissel
Painesville Township
Casement
Erie
Port Erie
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Jamestown
Fred H. Dunn
NAACP
Julius “Ned” Young
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
Young
James’ Town
James
Pop
Washington
Homewood
Lennox
Duracurve
C. J. Peterson
First Avenue
Gortfied
Leynry
Desler
Harold Ott
Doorbuster
K. Sawyer
Iso
Martin Kuttich
Lewis Hathway
Beverly
Connie Hathway
Harry Wheathall
Titusville
Lee Benham
Barbara Benham
Ashtabula
Lee Smith
Torpedo, Pa
Robert Sarver
Son
Andea Markut
Donald
Dem
Sears
Carry
Silvertone
Sears Super
H.P
Craftsman
H.P. Rotor-Tiller
Kenmore
Sears, Roebuck & Company
North Center Street
Roberts Furniture
Columbus
Coed
Medical Holding Company
Walter Reed
Bangkok
Thailand
Thanom Kittikachorn
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