Beaverdam U B Outing 15 Held at Canadohta Lake
Aug 21 The United Brethren church held its annual picnic at Canadohta Lake. Sixty members and guests enjoyed a one o'clock dinner, swimming, wading, and visiting in the afternoon. The Merry Mixers 4 H Club held its final meeting of the year at Jeanniene Swan’s home with plans for August 27 at Waterford. Several local residents attended reunions and church meetings, with numerous visits among families from Union City, Corry, North East, and nearby towns.
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Beaverdam
United Brethren Church
Canadohta Lake
Merry Mixers 4-H Club
Jeanniene Swan
Waterford
Jeanniene jBwan
Ivan Miller
Mary Richards
Erie
Leon Proctor
Sturgis
Howard Bramagin
Wellsburgh
Carl Proctor
Charles Hodge
Walter Proctor
Methodist Missionary Society
Cash Smith
Proctorville
Rey
George Mulvin
Robert Mulvin
Baldwin
Walter Drissel
Lowville
William Eighmey
Jefferson
N. Y
Edna Williams
Sterling Reiger
South Bene
Ind
Rediger
Klopf
Inday
Frank Engles
North
Marion Jones
I Wusville
Harold Brown
Ie Brown
Corry
Sunyi
Leomes
Merle Watrous
Soleta
A. Lyons
Erle
Ruth Titus
Findley Lake
Blanche
Sugar Grove
Charles Swan
Maude
Largh McQuiddie
Jane Sawyer
North Hast
Leningrad Holds After Year Of German Siege
The Associated Press notes that after a brutal year under siege Adolf Hitler failed to capture Leningrad. Civilian volunteers and workers powered a stubborn defense, with formidable Red Army divisions fending off ground and air assaults as winter set in.
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Leningrad
Associated Press
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Elementi Voroshilov
Communist Party
Pravda Enid
High Rotund
Russia
Berlin
Red Army
Journal Announces Carrier Delivery Price Increase
The Journal raises the carrier delivered rate to 18 cents per week effective for week starting August 1, with collections due Saturday August 29. Publishers cite higher newsprint and publishing costs and note nearby papers have raised prices or cut editions while the Journal will maintain six day publication. Carriers will collect the new rate for journals delivered after August 4. Readers wishing envelope delivery should notify their carrier promptly.
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Lntus
Tate
Giant Flowers Now Bloom In Mead Park
Mead Park hosts a burst of late summer blooms with swamp thistle Joe Pye weed golden rods and other species thriving in the swampy area. Visitors note Joe Pye weed named for a physician used in fever remedies and several tall flowering plants, while cautions about burrs and seed dispersal from nurse plants are mentioned amid a brief social note about local visitors and guests.
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Mead Park
Joe Pye
Corry
Ball Park
Oil City Council Names Steffee Public Safety Director
Oil City council elected Jake D. Steffee to fill the vacancy left by Lieut. William A. Morck who resigned to join the Army Air Corps. Steffee will direct the department of public safety including fire, health, and weights and measures. Morck departed for Miami Beach, Florida.
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Oil City
Morck
OW City
Jake D. Steffee
William A. Morck
United States Army Air Corps
Steffee
Department of Public Safety
Fire Department
Bureau of Health
Department of Weights and Measures
Marck
Miami Beach
Fla
Fall Fatal to Union Woman in Staircase Accident
Mrs. Hila Holden, 79, widow of Sheldon Holden, died after a fall down a long stairway at her 118 South Main street home in Union City. Deputy Coroner Arthur Crowe ruled it an accidental death caused by shock. Ivy Johnson assisted the injured woman to her room before an ambulance was called. she died about a half hour later at the hospital.
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Union City
Hila Halden
Sheldon Helden
South Main Street
Goroner
Arthur Crowe
Crowe Tn
Holden
Ivy Johnson
Boy Dies Under Father's Truck in Wesleyville
Edward Frank Jaggard aged 21 months, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Jaggard of 1718 Lynwood street Wesleyville, died after being fatally injured when he ran beneath his father's truck as it backed out of a driveway. He died at the scene after being taken to Dr Wood's clinic. Coroner Frank St George ordered the body to Brugger funeral home. Survived by his parents one sister Shirley Ann and grandparents Mr and Mrs Archie Panghorn of Westfield J.
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Erie
Auz
Edward Frank Jaggard
Frank Jaggard
Lynwood Street
Wesleyville
At & P.m. Hursday
Jaggard
Wood
Buffalo Road
Frank St. George
Brugger Funeral Home
Bastatin' Street
Shirley Ann
Archie Panghorn
Westfield
Federal Officials Move To Head Off Aluminum Strike
Pittsburgh August 21 federal officials pursued a vote to avert a strike by the CG Aluminum Workers of America after the War Labor Board rejected a general wage increase. A conference of about 20 local union reps from Alcoa plants employing some 22,000 workers met to press Charles R Ward’s plea to pause further strike steps while settlement talks continue. Army and War Production Board officials attended as Strow warned of airpower risk if aluminum supplies falter.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
CG Aluminu Workers of America
War Labor Board
Aluminum Company of America
Charles R. Ward
U.S. Department of Labor
Ware
George H. Strow
Army al Corps
NEW SWEEPS PROVE ALLIES CONTROL Ain
Allied forces report a major victory due to an unplanted battle that shattered German defenses. British observers say the Germans lost more than a third of their western operational aircraft in a single day, with bomber strength and fighter strength also weakened. A sparse German counterattack over the south coast caused minimal damage and one aircraft was shot down.
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Germain Bat
West
Germans’ air command caught napping in warfare report
A wartime briefing recalls German air forces meeting hundreds of RAP fighters with 50 Messer Chmitts that were swept away. It notes Allied air superiority thwarted many attempts, while the next major operation was expected to use even greater, cheaper air cover. Federal and state taxes on commercial vehicles totaled 545.2 million dollars in 1941.
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Germigns’ Air Command
Afont
United States
Townships Get Road Payments In September Quarter
Auditor General’s department approved regular September highway payments totaling 451,101 to second class townships statewide. A quarterly total of 1,002,500 covers Erie County townships with varying allocations such as Amity 870.40 Conneaut 825.30 Fairview 970.25 Venango 1,398.24 Waterford 3,710.13 and others. checks will be issued within days.
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Auditor General's Department
Commonwealth
Department of Highways
Erie County
Amity
Harborcreek
Mckean
Mill Creek
Springfield
Summi
Thon
Venangy
Washer Igton
Waterford
Wayne
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Beaverdam U. B
Canadohta
George Mulgin
Martin Bebus
State Line
Anne Dubrosky
Donation
Till
Donald Warner
Carry
Noraiah Maynard
Merrill Bowen and Son
Claude Bowen
Waltsburg
Pred Doolittle
Myrtle Harvey
Euland Harvey
Byron Hodge
Elgin
Norman Maynard
Wayne Skiff
Spartansburg
June Jones
Harold Shannon
Union Citys
May
Merle Page
Kenneth
Page
North East
Herbert Shreves
DeLaney Lord
Lord
Sgt
Camp Divingston
Leo Jones
Ray Brown
Walter Drissell
End
Ella Halden
Ain
Niagara Falls
National Biscuit Company
EAC
U. S
Sunkist
Rochester
Arden Blue Grass Cologne
Phillips
Wrisley
Burma
Petrosagar
SAL Mepatica
Pierce
Pinkham's Vege
Ital
Tse
Hamptontc
McLan
Scorry
Deral Deposit Insurance Corporat
U.S. War
Citizens National Bank OF Corry
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