Me ad Meadville tragedy ends in murder suicide
In Meadville on February 1 an elderly woman Bess Beal and Lee R. Ackley were found slain in an apartment after a quarrel. Ackley shot Beal then killed himself with a bullet to the temple. Coroner Luther J. King identified the couple and noted Ackley’s note to a Ralph Buck. The dog Queenie reportedly howled for a day and a half leading to discovery. Ackley, 54, a Franklin native and Navy WWI veteran, had worked as a machinist in Chicago and later in Meadville.
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Meadville
Luther J. King
Bess Beal
New Bethlehem
Clarion County
Lee R. Ackley
Franklin
Ackley
Homer Rogers
Queenie
Rogers
City Deeretive
John Holt
Holt
Arkrey
Ralph
Crawford Trust Co
King Heaid
Franklin Bolles
Ralph C. Buck
Erie
Adley
Navy
Reverend Deane, Veteran Minister, Dies in California Home
Rev. E Deane born 1862 New York State moved to Crawford County as a child. He served churches in Townville Hydetown Columbus and later retired to California West Virginia. Survived by three daughters one son twenty grandchildren forty one great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Deane
Walter Garter
West Pleasant Street
New York State
Crawford County
Brown Hill
Edinbard
Townville
Hydetown
Columbus
California
West Virginia
Deane Ia
Walter Carter
Corry
Cleta Pilby
Union City
I. P. Taylor
Pennsboro
Locusts Face Swift Predators After Woodland Clearance
Locusts, 17 year varieties, are easy prey for ground and air predators like digger wasps, domestic fowls, and hogs. English sparrows harass swarms near towns while woodland clearing reduces their forest habitat, curbing the pest surge.
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Changi
Death of Mayville Dentist Dr C F Chapman
Dr C F Chapman a longtime Mayville dentist died Wednesday at 4 p m in Buffalo after seven weeks in hospitals in Buffalo and Jamestown He practiced 33 years and is survived by two daughters Mrs Mary Ann Croscus and James Chapman a son one grandchild two sisters and his wife May Granger Chapman who died in 1928
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Matvinis
Camsies T. Chapman
Buffalo
Jamestown
Mary Ann Croscus
Mayville
James Chapman
Aktor
Leni, Chapma
Ann Chapman
Wilds
May Granger
Erie Sailor’s Burial Set After Curio Gun Incident
ERIE Feb 1 Funeral services tentatively set for Raymond Szymanski 19 a sailor who died from an abdominal wound in Seattle after an early Sunday shooting in Port Angeles involving Lyle Benna 16. Police say the incident occurred when Szymanski confronted a parked car. Benna was shot in the leg as he moved away. Investigating authorities note the gun belonged to the sailor and may have discharged accidentally or on purpose.
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ERI
Raymond Syzmanski
Erie
Lor Angeles
Wash
Seaman Syamanski
Seattle
Lyle Benna
Port Angeles
Bolewlaw Syamanski
East 7Th Street
John 5. Brastinski
Braexiniski
St. Hedwig's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Rh. O. Ide
Szymanski
Benna
Ieabdomen
Mid Year Honor Roll And Credit List For City Schools
Mid year honors and credit lists announced for city grade schools and the junior high. Concord School Grade 4 and 5 with enrollments 24 and 48 show teachers and honor rolls, credit lists naming students. Review School Grade 4 with enrollment 20 lists honors and staff.
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Senoos
LeVey Kouby
Concord
Louisy Mount
Honor Ball
Thomas Carroll
Constance Hildebrand
Charles Limdeen
Carol Mallick
Kathleen Akam
Freddie Fish
Patty Gratian
Laddie Group
Donna Smith
Mary Lou Thomias
James Watrous
Anne Wolford
Robert Maedie
Nan- Baker
Theodore Elchynski
Thomas Etchynski
Merrill Nichols
John Radecki
Havel Loveland
Sarah Jane Oswalt
Mary Anderson
Marie 2
Brooksteadheets
Alma Brockman
Al‘tan Ganfield
Barbara Huntley
Leana Huntley
Frank Ku
Harding
Ander
T ‘En
Weacher
Rexford Fenton
Roger Hall
Robert Hoffer
Anterson
Jon
Robert Davison
Rose Wojtaszel
Richard Fairchild
Fluc Hefler
Lois Nollinger
Helen Rehnberg
Mary Ani Schalton
Washington
Helen Spencer
Eva Reed
Comy
Bradley Baker
Judith Bender
Mary Jane Cataltu
Virginia Pay
Patricia Fields
Wilma Rae Ingram
Jamesdohustan
Barbara Karkorskel
Gwendolyn Kingsley
Coletta Schramling
Eugene Sharer
Tucille Stormes
Betty Wood
Richard Apps
John Balog
David Dimick
Barbara Lee
Marilyn Gurney
Charles Houghtiing
Madalyn Lines
Virginia Miller
Dorothy Patterson
Betty Ann Russell
Dorothy Sherwood
Douglas Spaulding
Walter Sweet
George Bagley
Kathryn Boag
Jack Crawford
Janice Durham
Rose Franchina
Mira Heerlein
Theodore Hildebrand
Herriet Markett
Harold Powell
David Spencer
Ronnie Windahl
Laurelie Wolcott
Phyllis Armitage
Barbara Bennett
Henty Coons
Paul Wayne Craker
Richard Dunbar
Hichard Evans
Mary Hughes
Betty Huntley
Roger Jacian
James Kelly
John Kolanoski
Nagini Loveland
Golett McClintock
Robert McDonald
Roger Orfhway
Richard Shannon
James Slagle
Dallas Vaughn
James Williams
Patsy Blanchard
Carol Mac Cochran
Marlys Denton
Caroline Hichynski
Cassius Histon
Arthur Evans
Curtis Feld
Roger Follett
William Gordon
Rober Hull
Joseph Hughes
Margaret Karkorgit
Billy Lammers
Aliee Lee
Betty McCray
Howard McCray
Katherine Messenger
Helen Motus
Erik Rainesale
Dorothy Stormes
Leas Woll
Joseph Wetmore
Patricia Wood
Credit Laist
Lenore Austin
James Bennett
Gerald Bensink
Casimer Hognisk
John Bogniak
John Boland
Blaine Tagle
Geraldine Pay
Robert Fish
Roger Haight
James Hammond
Richard Hil
Dean Jaquith
Norma Keefer
Waney Kinney
Malcolm Lewis
Devote Mack
Albert Maggardit
Delores Mc.Cray
Mary Mcfray
Toya Middleton
Normin Nantes
David Nichtols
Leona Rubay
Joe Toplovich
Grade School Honor and Credit Listings by Class
A fragment lists multiple grade levels with teacher names, honor rolls, and credit lists across Washington and other schools. Names include Laura Cogan, Judith Dwyer, Charlotte Swan, Sylvia Anderson, and many others, with grades 3 through 9 and enrollments noted in places.
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Dean Dubrosky
Donald Neylon
Peter Russell
Mary ‘Webster
Sylvia
Williams
Bye Reed
Judith Dwyer
Nancy Neylon
Nancy Nichols
Charlotte Swan
Malcolm Dearing
Phyllis Burkett
Richard Chase
Elaine Rossii
Charlotte ‘Swan
Shirley Bennett
Donald Chase
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Harmer
C. F. Chapman
Perk
Esso
East Smith St
Dial
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio
Citizens National Bank OF Corry
West
Shamburg
News & Sport
Brea Last
Joan Aquamo
Leuret Bilges
Nancy Chapman
Barbary
Palone
Barbara Miller
Janes Shaver
Dorian Schenel
Nancy Stearns
Amelia Taylor
Shirley Taylor
Laura Cogan
Harry Coulter
Carol Ann McCloskey
Emma Rossbacher
Donald Wood
Larry Cassett
Paula, Dietsch
Shirley Gurney
Roxana Hungen
Mary Morton
Leslie Parve
Richard Haight
Robert Scott
Sally Bulmer
Helen Sharer
Mary Sholzbarger
Ann Barnes
Donald Bagley
Lucille Beckwith
Byron Crowell
Mary Helen Curtis
Richard Merkle
Joyce Ruiter
James Bogden
Patrick Fleming
Betsy Lopus
Joan Miles
Craig Moore
Janet Orautt
Spero Simenterly
Mary Sue Wilams
Tampax
Woodbury
Colgate
Jergen
Prince Albert
Vendedip Gooden
Shelton
Bhutto
Hill
Lyon’s
Cuticura
Lydia Pinkham Vege
North Centar St
Wilcox’s
East Main St
Ron Atrin Wee
Yille
Aly Moor
Piaa Warre Other
Conyen
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