Savage lion kills trainer in cage at Thousand Oaks
Mrs May Kovar Schafer, 42, was killed by the lion Sultan during a training session as her children screamed for help. Rudy Muller rushed to aid, stabbing the animal with a pitchfork and striking with a pipe, but the trainer died from neck injuries.
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Associated Press
Thousand Oaks
Gull
May Kovar Schafer
Michael Kovar
May Kovar
Mrs. Schafer
Michael
May
Sandra Schafer
Rudy Muller
Phat
Tion
Birthday Club Christmas Party Honors Mrs. Coyle
A Friendly Birthday Club meeting at Mrs. Bertha Darwin's 16 Mead Avenue celebrated Mrs. Billa Coyle's birthday with twelve attendees. They played Lotta, awarded Mrs. William Blakely, and enjoyed four salad courses, cake, and coffee. Mrs. Coyle received a birthday gift and Christmas gifts were exchanged. Mrs. Coyle will host the next meeting.
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Rthday Club
Friendly Birthday Club
Bertha Darwin
Mead Avenue
Billa Coyle
Fred Snapp
William Blakely
Widmann and Teach Employes Party Report
The women and former employes of Widmann and Text held a Christmas party Tuesday evening at Mrs. Henry Davis's home on West Pleasant Street with a gift exchange. They then went to Deer Head Inn for late dinners of chicken and rabbit and a social period. A separate account recalls a tense moment as Muller describes a dangerous encounter with a lion, with a close escape for the children.
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Widmann
Teach
Widmann and Text Store
Henry Davis
West Pleasant Street
Deer Head Ton
Mrs C I Rainesale Hosts Geneva Circle Party
The Geneva Circle of the Presbyterian Women's Association held its December meeting and Christmas party at chairman Mrs C I Rainesale's Park Street home. Fifteen members and two guests attended a brief business session, sang carols, read poems, and exchanged gifts before a dessert service. Next meeting set for January 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. Rainesale
Geneva
Presbyterian Women's Association
Park Street
June Jones
John Kennedy
Adele McCray
Miss Jones
Bear Lake Scouts Host Christmas Party With Troop
Eighteen members of the Bear Lake Girl Scout Troop and their Tender Mrs. Vera Parker met for their annual Christmas party Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Charles Mithews. Guests enjoyed games a gift exchange and light refreshments including sandwiches jello Christmas cookies and cocoa.
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Bear Lake
Vera Parker
Charles Mithews
Crawford County Fair Set for September Dates
The 1950 Crawford County Fair will be held September 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 with the big agricultural exhibition opening after Labor Day. Harry L. Wentworth, president of the County Park and Fair Association, announced Tuesday morning. Local merchants promote gifts and clothing for the season and sponsor community events.
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Carroll
Meadville
Crawford County
Harry L. Wentworth
County Park and Fair Association
Morton
Mabel
Fairhaven
American Legion Aux~iliary
Chamber of Commerce
Injury at Hope's Windows prompts patient in Jamestown
John Sandquist, 68, of Jamestown, hospitalized with injuries to his left hip and right thigh after a sheet metal load fell while he worked at Hope's Windows Inc. Hospital report cites bystander material handling as cause.
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Jamestown
John Sandquist
Wishnet
Hope's Windows, Inc
WGA
Rossbacher Insurance Service
Rockets Open Season Against Kirby Cleaners in Erie
Legion Rockets host Kirby Cleaners of Erie at the State Armory with an 8 30 p m start and a 7 30 p m preliminary. St Paul H Brews of Weedville, 27, is hospitalized at St Marys with head and facial bruises and possible left shoulder fracture from a Route 255-auto crash near St Marys. Local ads note deep price cuts including Lionel trains at McIntyre's. Meadville milk prices could fall to 19 cents a quart if the Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission grants a request, with a hearing set for January 9 in Pittsburgh. No Trespassing signs available at The Journal.
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Legion Rockets
State Armory
Kirby Cleaners
Erie
Paul H. Brews
RD. 2
Weedville
St. Marys Hospital
St. Maurys
McIntyre’s
Lanston‘s
Meadville
Crawford County
Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission
Bandits Steal 40822 From Abbots Dairies Office in Philadelphia
Three masked men robbed the Abbots Dairies central office in Philadelphia. They threatened four workers with pistols, locked two employees in place, and forced a cashier to remove a cash box. A fourth bandit may have waited in a getaway car as traffic moved past the scene.
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Eres
Philadelphia
Abbots Dairies
Fogeh
Yunmen Hargedd
Abbotts
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Suro
Isburg
Savage Lion Kills
Muller
Loblaws
Seaforth
Yardleys
Mennens
William and Mary
William & Mary
William & Mary Bon-Bons
William & Mary Wafer Mints
William & Mary Chocolates
William and
William & Mary Candies
Ritz
William and Mery
Bandits
South Dakota
National Geographic Society
Wylfocef
Dresden
Katherine
N. Center St
Merritt Appliance Co
West Main
Dial
Sunbeam
Hamilton Beach
Dormeyer
Crosley
Zenith
SBS
O'S
Crosley Electric Ranges
Crosley Refrigerators
Crosley Deep Freezers
GME
Youngstown
Empire Gas
Webster
Royal Electric
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