Candlelight Service at First Methodist Church
A Christmas Eve candlelight service at First Methodist Church begins at 11:90 p m with Rev Votczntarfer speaking on The Wondrous Gift Jean Marie Tobaston performs A Christmas Pastoral Mendelssohn and Jack Whitehad plays Ave Maria with Jean Marie Johnston on piano A brass candelabra is presented in memory of four Methodist servicemen Harley Hall William Grown Delbert Fosburg and Charles Reed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Votczntarfer
Jean Marie Tobaston
Mendelssohn
Jack Whitehad Wil
Jean Marie Johnston
Methodist Church
Harley Hall
William Grown
Delbert Fosburg
Charles Reed
Funeral service for Howard MacLees infant held in Geneva
A memorial service was held Saturday afternoon at 2 30 for Howard MacLees two year old son of Mr and Mrs Howard MacLees of Geneva. Rev Gilbert L Boyd officiated at Davison Funeral Home with interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. Attendees from out of town included Mr and Mrs Howard MacLees Jr Mr and Mrs Lauren Shreve Robert Woodworth Mr and Mrs Ray Woodworth and Don Woodworth of Geneva Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard MacLees
Geneva
Davison Funeral Home
Gilbert L. Boyd
Pine Grove Cemetery
Lauren Shreve
Robert Woodworth
Ray Woodworth
Don ‘Woodworth
Living Quads Born Sunday at Baltimore
The article reports the Henn quadruplets born Sunday in Baltimore with details on their parents, an English marriage, and the involvement of Norah Carpenter and S. Sgt. William Thompson. It notes x rays identified multiple births and that the second and fourth babies were identical twins, marking the event as a rare U.S. birth with about 1 in 688,903 deliveries.
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Page Ques
England
Henn
ATS
Norah Carpenter
William 7. Thompson
Pittsburgh
George Comer
Department of Embryology
Carnegie Institution of
Washington, D.C
Johns Hopkins Medical School
United States
Home Rule Measures Urged For All Cities In Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce calls for municipal home rule in 1947 urging passage of legislation to let cities choose their own form of local government. It notes 1922 voters approved home rule but Congress has not acted, allowing uniform charters for 46 third class cities and boroughs to be reformed with optional charters or retained structures.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Chamber
General Assembly
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Service for Well Known Oil City Man Tonight
Obituary for Jack Wade of Oil City who died of a heart attack Saturday. He was notable in the city, had married a former Gerry Woman, and spent summers at Findley Lake. Surviving wife Lydia Clark Wade stepson Alfred Van Dresar of Corry daughter Jewel Naylor Laskey now in Washington, D. C. sister Mrs Frank Hogarth of New Jersey. Service in Oil City at 8 p m, then cremation in Pittsburgh.
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Jack Wade
Oil City
Tits City
Gerry
Findley Lake
Lydia Clark Wade
Alfred van Dresar
Corry
Jewel Naylor Laskey
Comy
Washington, D. C
Frank Hogarth
New Jersey
Pittsburgh
Fire damages Sagertown home, unconfirmed origin
A fire yesterday afternoon heavily damaged about one third of the home near Sagertown owned by Mr and Mrs Vere Stanford and two others. No injuries were reported. The blaze is under investigation as a second incident in two years.
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Saegertown
Meadville
Sagertown
Vere Stanford
Notes From The Airport A Navy Man Flies In Bad Weather
The airport notes report poor weather kept birds grounded but the Stick and Rudder group still flew. Rex Henton on leave from the Navy, along with Dick Hurst and Bud Whitehead home for holidays, took to the skies. Bud telephoned from Guwanda New York to say he would stay all night, while ships with skis or wheels are available for choices.
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Ot Jy
Rex Henton
Navy
Dick Hurst
Bud Whitehead
Bud
Guwanda
N. Y
UST
Home Fire Destroys Saegertown Family's House
Saegertown firemen responded at 4:15 p.m. yesterday and controlled a blaze that leveled the home owned by Glyde Beers above Broadford Bridge. The Stanfords had previously been burned out two years ago, losing everything in a prior fire. Fire Chief Howard Brown noted the rapid containment.
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Stanfords
Saegertown
Howard Brown
Glyde Beers
Broadford Bridge
Brown
Erie man survives razor death attempt
Carl Long, 28, a roomer at 1522 Peach street in Erie, allegedly tried to kill himself by slashing both wrists with a safety razor early Sunday. He was found unconscious at 6:45 a.m. and treated at St. Vincent's Hospital before being jailed for 10 days. Long works as a molder for Keystone Brass Works.
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Leo Waldinger
Orel Holland
Long
Keystone Brass Works
Four From Randolph Hurt In Car Crash
In Randolph on December 23 a car left the road and rolled six times injuring Irene Blagg and Kenneth Golden Jr. and Betty Flagg. Trane Flagg suffered a broken collarbone, Golden ankle sprain, and back injuries. The vehicle, owned by Eline Dieter, slid on an icy stretch between East Randolph and Steamburg near Salamanca.
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Randolph
Salamanca Hospital
Irene Blagg
Kenneth Golden, Jr
Betty Flagg
Tels
Trane Flagg
Godlat
Golden
Sheil Louis Schutz
Bittle Valley
Eline Dieter
East Randolph
Steamburg
Salamanca
Uta
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Order of
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Baltimore
Jovaus Valetice
B.&h
Milegan
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Srna Coe
Smart
Eleo
U.S
Citizens National Bank OF Corry
A.M
Tony” Litz
A. M. Litz
Shoe Repair
North Center Street
Corry, PA
Erie
Keystone VanCise
Blue Hubbard
Calif
Tbs
East Main St
Powell Motor CO
Guignon's
Rock
Fareheest
North Center
Corry PA
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