News Letter of French Creek Era Activities
The August French Creek news notes Emory Kapina moves family to Erie for work and Ernest Macheski becomes farm owner with a tenant. Several locals purchase or rent farms, including Laura Ray and Walter Weldon. A large class of 192? Clymer High alumni gathered at the Volk home in Conneaut for the reunion. festivities included a Margaret Warnshuis birthday party with 42 guests, a picnic and games. Multiple visits and visits to Niagara Falls, Pittsburg, Jamestown, and Corry are listed, with family gatherings and homecomings at Tressler, Warnshuis, Neckers, Reed, and Gravink households. Assessors Albert Bensink, James Conway, and Will Bayle completed the 1930s-era assessment roll for French Creek.
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Wrench Creek
N.Y
Emory Kapina
Erie
Kapina
French Creek
Ernest Macheski
Walter Yaiko
Laura Ray
Bert Weldon
Walter Weldon
Weldon
Eilen Gleason
Frederick Vanier Schaaff
Alvin Bennink
James TenHaken
John Legters
Beatrice Johnson
Irene Ton
George Te Winkle
Clymer
Clymer High School
William Volk
Conneaut
Margaret Warnshuis
Edinboro
Sophia
Grove
Jamestown
Alma Holmstrum
Miss Holmstrum
Ben Warnshuis
Niagara Falls
Gasy Holmstrom
Eee Foo Ip
Ne ‘Tone Proestler
Louis Proestler
Mildred
Pittsburgh
Clifford King Wna
Verna
Virginia
Evelyn
Jess Prindle
Jesse Tressler
Elmer Tressler
Lottie More
Peter Estes
Waterford
Thomas Williams
Daughting
Dorothy
Corry
Will Neckers
Max. James Gravinic
Edward Conk
Albert Neckers
Carlyle Necker
Clyiver
James Neckers
Carbondale
Hol. Hinckley
Sheffield
Sea Ties
Seas Redding
Margaret Neckers
James Warnshuis Wis
James Town
Norgel Reed
Roy Buesink
Sheman
John Henry Reed
Chris Gravink
Clarence Vrawink
Abbe Reformed Church
Garrett ‘Timmers
Minnie Bensinke
Roy Perking
Sherman
Albert
Vet Meets Corry Girl Who Wrote Him From France
In Erie the state American Legion convention produced a vivid moment as Waynesburg veteran Ernest C. Clayton met Miss Ethel M. Damon of Corry, who sent a letter sixteen years earlier from France to the lone soldier. The reunion in a hotel lobby honored the man who received her wartime note and photo.
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Corry
France
Ethel M. Damon
Fifthvente
Pennsylvani
Waynesburg
Onrey River
General Headquarters
Bourges
Jane
Clayton
Tyas
Miss Damon
Erie
Damon
Grandy
Pennsylvania American Legion
James Farrell
Greene County
110Th Infantry
Uhe
28Th Division Veterans’ Association
National Legion
Railroads seek freight rate hikes to meet truck competition
Railroad proposals from Wisconsin lines including Antigo to Chicago outline a broad set of rate increases across categories. Cattle, sheep, hogs would rise about 10 percent, iron ore up 16 cents per gross ton, crude petroleum up 1 cent per 100 pounds, and milk transport up 1 percent per 100 pounds. Coal and coke rates would climb in multiple steps, lake cargo rates up 20 cents per ton, with adjustments split between eastern and western carriers. The plan aims to offset truck competition and preserve revenue on lake and rail routes inland.
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Wisconsin
Antigo
Chicago
Lake Superior
United States
West Bank
Lake Michigan
Easteam
Western
Massive Franklin Park Rock Balances on Tiny Patch
A colossal rock weighing about 500 tons rests on two square feet of earth atop a hill in Franklin Park. The stone, formed from thousands of smaller stones pressed together, measures 18 feet long 32 feet wide and 48 feet high, yet remains balanced on its slender foundation.
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Bely
Boston
Maas
Franklin Park
Meadvill e man dying from crash injuries
Clarence Ross 25 of Baldwin Street Meadvill e is in critical condition at Spencer Hospital after an auto crash on Route near town Monday evening His right arm was mangled requiring amputation and heavy blood loss left him in danger The car was driven by Walter Santuch of Sacg ertown The high way patrol believes loss of control caused the crash and Ross arm may have been outside the window during the overturning injury details incomplete
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Meadville
Clarence Ross
Baldwin Street
Spencer Hospital
Here
Walter Santuch
Sacgertown
Ross
Crawford County
Anyoatigal- Libby Corp. C
H. Blocker
M. 34 “Jans
Incal Highway Patrol
Error Cost Pup Life Boise Dog Mishap Report
Five month old shepherd dog in Boise suffers an accident led to by a miscue. The incident leaves the dog muted, with witnesses noting the event and authorities investigating potential causes.
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Boise, Ida
Mia
W. Elby
Hen Counts 6 Hidden in Hartsville Shell
Odd shell reading from Middlebrook Produce in Hartsville Tennessee shows a numeral six. Local observers note the hen’s favorite number may be reflected in the shell marking, drawing curious shoppers and headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartsville
Tenn
Middlebrook
Rain Drowns 204 Sparrows in Ashtabula Incident
A brief local note reports 204 sparrows drowned overnight in Ashtabula under a poplar tree, an unusual casualty of the rainstorm. The lone observer, Herman Kulyinen, documented the scene before dawn.
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Herman Kulyinen
County Refuses to Pay Costs in Traffic Cases
WRIB Aug 27 County Controller Harvey M Willis temporarily refused payment of costs to aldermen and constables in Ute city's drive against motorists In 48 cases motorists have been discharged by county magistrates and the cost placed on the county Until he receives a legal opinion from solicitor S Rossiter the costs will not be paid Willis cites state law and magistrate duties in such prosecutions He says city may collect costs only when motorists are prosecuted under a state law and magistrate must turn fines to the state. he believes many magistrates erred in charging the county with costs Costs average $525 in typical cases
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WRIB
Harvey M. Willis
Ute City
Willis
Cty
S.¥. Rossiter
Paia Willis
Wills
Roe
Iter
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