Pan-American canal anniversary and local road updates
Local notes report twentieth anniversary of the Panama Canal opening, new traffic on Phichot road from Range Contors through Elgin, and Tangent road improvements. Rex theater showcases The Flashes of Art Revue and Sorrel and Son cinema as attendances rise. Arson case near Erie and railroad safety contest details cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phichot
Range Contors
Elgin
Contors
the Rex
Sorrel and Son
French Creek News Letter Highlights Local Events
Arthur Burle and Will Gilmore census taking on the state road at Cutting. Birth announced for Peter Niles to Walford J. More. Funeral for Joseph Niedzwiecki at St Matthias Church after death at 77 with large family survivors. Local dogs raid pig pens. two pigs killed. Community visits and church meetings noted including Rev. Harald Harper in Cutting town hall and gospel meetings in Jamestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Orb
Arthur Burle
Will Gilmore
Cutting
Ethel King
Clifford King
Miss King
Buffalo General Hospital
Walford J. More
Peter Niles
Licas Gleason
Ken Gleason
Harold Cady
Chautauqua
Lewvall ‘Thomas
Quinn Smith
Warren
Harald Harper
Cutting Town Hall
Harper
Jamestown
Arthur Johnson
Anna Vander Schaaff
Homer Loomis Ina
Albert Bensinit
Louis Proestler
Pittsburgh
Will Gabriel
Henry More
Hllen Redding
Ripley
O James Garcia
Albion
Gust Anderson
French Creek
Gerald Urban
James Bennink
Mr. Bennink
Redding
Fairview
Lannie Redding
Joseph Niedzwiecki
Niedwitcki
Poland
St. Matthias Church
Niedzwieck
Estella James
Mary Grzegonszewski
Wanda Wroblewski
Frances Patrick
Sophia Parsons
Peter
Frank
Walter
Arthur Wallace
Earl Storer
Frank Beckerink
Mike Hober
Willis Cady
Hannah Gabriel
Gleason
Arthur Habink
John Habink
Cleveland
Mildred Simmelink
Neva Meihis
Oconomowot
Wis
Annabelle Emory
Jesse Emory
North Clymer
Clarence Gruwink
Wisconsin
Ruby Gravink
Chris Gravink
Mayville
Roy Swab
Erie
Misa
Minnie Hensink
Mary Loomis
Waterford
Jennie Bensink
Sarah Shreves
Lake House
Findley Lake
Henry Bensink
Richard
Ila
Harry Bensink
Barbara
Evelyn
Shirley
Garrett Bensink
Harold
Homer Loomis
Junior
Betty
Herbert Pease
Carl Bengon
Minnie Bensinis
Cecil Pound
Albert Betsink
Brest Dunnewold
The
Dairy Improvement Co
Rev. Perkins
Union City
Carter Hill Picnic Draws Large Crowd and Events
A Carter Hill Sunday school sponsored community picnic drew well over a hundred attendees. A noon dinner led to games and races with winners named in multiple events such as peanut scramble won by Althea Mer vilis and Chester Redfell and crowd races. Several items feature dates and residents, including visits by relatives and local reunion hosts, closing with a road for thought delivered by Miss Mildrea Lindberg and a note urging Sunday school attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gari Sressey
Anole
Carter Hill
Althea Mervilis
Chester Redfell
Robert Humphrey
Evelyn Pettingill
Robert Spoon
Hattie Wallace
Arthur Morris
Milton Morris
Floyd Ottoway
E. Burrows
Marjory Merritts
Mildrea
Lindberg
Eva White
Gertrude Kinzu
Frank White
Pittsburgh
Snyder
Ittica
Martin Howard
Jennie Siekincky
Bill Sieklncky
George Petruska
Thomas Syers
West
Yonkers
New York City
Charles Hwet
Milwaulkee
Winty
Tablet Marks Spot of Rural Road Launching
Lewisberry Pa Aug 15 Governor Pinchot dedicates a bronze tablet marking the site where the board surfacing of Pennsylvania's 20000 mile rural highway system began three years ago The tablet was given to the state by L B Smith and unveiled by his daughters Zola and Phyllis The monument site was donated by Ross B Cobl The governor said the built in macadam surface cost about 6000 a mile on the 14312 miles improved to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisberry
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
L. B. Smith
White Hill
Zola
Phyllis
Ross
Cobl
Harrisburg
Advertised Lady Bugs Collected by Boise Woman
Mrs. Jack Hathaway collected more than two quarts of lady bugs from her Boise garden and advertised to California orchardists that they were for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Ida
Jack Hathaway
California
Corry Post to Send Group to Legion Confab
Corry Post to send District Commander Loyd Stowe and Victor Om de Guerre of the Forty and eighth to Erie for the annual American Legion state convention. Elmer C. Garnier Best plans to send capacity membership to sessions, with many waiting for the parade and bugle corps spectacle in Erie stadium. Corry High School band members will march with the delegation in Saturday morning parade as bands from New York Ohio and Pennsylvania join the event expected to draw several thousand visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Stowe
Victor Om
Erie
American Legion
Elmer C. Garnier Best
Throyen
Corry High School
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rie
Corry
Ashland College Expands Faculty After NCACS Rejection
Ashland College, after failing to gain annual approval from the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, announces seven new faculty members including Dr B B Jacobs and Kresiflén as key additions to bolster its academic staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland, C
Ashland College
North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
B, B
Jacobs
Kresiflén
Elk Officials Regained Office After Superior Court Writ
United Press reports Elk County officials B. J. Brown and T. H. Ledden reassigned to office after a writ of supersedeas halted their removal. Brown and Ledden were convicted August 7 for misdemeanor in office over a land sale, each fined 500 and jailed six months. bonds set at 2900. Joseph Weisner was freed on court orders. The appeal to Superior Court was filed August 8 with a hearing slated for Philadelphia the week of September 2001.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Harrisburg
B. J. Brown
T. H. Ledden
Tie County Commissioners
M Weil
Hy Viele
Elk County
Superior Court
Lsted
Philadelphia
Brown
Letden
Ridgway
Joseph Weisner
Leiden
Seven arrested in Brookville theft ring
Seven alleged thieves from Brookville area were detained in a county roundup and face a Clean court appearance. Police say they admitted stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise over several months. Suspects named include William Masters Deane Shapnefelt John Coble William Coble Mere Haven and Elmer Hetrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ey. Waney Ress
Punksytawney
Ruge
Brookville
William Masters
Deane Shapnefelt
John
William Coble
Mere, Haven
Elmer Hetrick
Four Suspects Identified in Manor Bank Robbery
Four men Maynard Baker 28 Francis Winters 29 George Klaus 19 and Harold Dorsot 20 were identified as the Manor National Bank robbers who held up the bank for 3900 dollars. They face charges with potential state or federal trials and possible death penalty upon conviction. Identifications came from bank officials and inmates with state police in plain clothes present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Pres Greensburg
Manor National Bank
John Une
Frank R. Rankdn
Charles Whitehead
Jane ‘Bolinger
Catherine Ay
Maynard Baker
Francis Winters
George Klaus
Harold Dorsot
John C. Mauk
Richard D. Laird
Westmoreland County
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion State Convention
Panama Canal
Thomas J. Prather
Meadville
Columbus
American ‘Telephone and Telegraph Company
Renovo Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. W. Allerbury
B. B. John
Shannon
William Berger
Berger
East High Street
Walter G. Scott
State Department of Property and Supplies
Department
John L. Hanna
Franklin
New York Stock Exchange
William Smith
Ice County
Smith
G. Hi. Gordon
L. R. Tiffany
First Ward
I We
Mildred Lindberg
Frances Lindberg
Fred Hartsman
Pantoma
N.Y
Canada
Niagara Falls
Cora Rouse
Charles, King
Ellen Proctor
Youngstown
Carl Proctor
Leon Proctor
Charles Proctor
Nellie Marts
Bradford
Elsie Lindberg
Rupert Hayes
Eddie Linski
Tony Elchinski
Joe Jaskolsk
Wilbert Morris
Anna
Conneaut
Harry Morris
Dorothy Southwick
Centerville
Ola
Willard Olds
Harland ‘Thomson
Carl Cooper
Curing
Arlene Dunnewold
Lucy Storer
Sam Dunnewold
Gon Brngst
Edna Beckerink
Charles Legters
Will Howley
Bemis Point
Frank Hulet
Bemers
Panma Rocks
Hollies Neckers
Neckers
Will Neckers
T. J. Neckers
Leslie Fardink
Brocton
Corry Hospital
Tvs
Corry Post
Legion
Vanguard
Elk
Manor Bank
Shelby
American Légion
Uny
Boston
Mary E. Biliot
Somerville
Woman's Relief Corps
Oldsmobile
Lansing
General Motors
Desiree Auton
Thomas Motor Company
Clinton Street
Elks
Corry Penny
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