Twenty Years Ago Recalled In Journal Files
Twenty years ago in the city a flywheel project for a Summer Chautauqua was discussed with Grace Hersey and George W Dunkle outlining a new financing plan to spread costs among many subscribers. Kane borough appointed George W Dunkle as chief of police after a meeting, Rotary members heard Ray Steber discuss astronomy, Walter Ober celebrated a birthday with forty friends, while two men survived a highway crash when a Chevrolet overturned near the city. Church group from Baptist Pilgrim Department held a social meeting and shared refreshments at Lillian Parsons’s North College Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ober
White Street
Bethel Ober
Tula
The
Baptist Pilangry
Lillian Parsons
North Colter Street
Curbs and Confusion Mark City News Week
A week of modest recession talk and scattered incidents. Local merchants report ready car deliveries above $2,000 as distant economic warnings ripple through daily life. A resident injures a porch fall but avoids serious harm, while a RAF sailor’s daughter earns bowling fame. Police hunt disguise scammers while city officials eye new machine enforcements. Rex Church graduates as a clerk typist at Warren. Union wage scales show bricklayers at 2.40 and carpenters 3. Miss Marilyn Dwight presides over a college ball. A driver with dual licenses puzzles authorities as Florida license complicates status. About 500 businessmen prepare for Stall Businessmen’s Day in Washington, and locals chase thieves posing as saleswomen.
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Prine
Journal
Pennylvania Railroad
Sears and Roebuck
Corry Pic
Rex Church
Merton M. Church
USA Technical School
Ft. Francis B. Warren
Wyoming
U.S Department of Labor
Marie Richardson
John Richardson
Air Corpe
Dae Path
Johnson Air Force Vale
Florence Kelaf
Marilyn Tiwight
Cleo le Haight
Marion Street
Edinboro Suite Teachers College
Hiight
Queen's Court
Florida
Pennnsylvania
Sml Business Men’s Association
Warren
Agate
Wallshale Telephone Co
Local reports stray into taxes and Taft-Hartley talk
The report blends tax burdens, false identification concerns, and business notes. It cites Roy MacKenzie facing fines, a Wattsburg card issue, and a private enterprise bearing tax burdens, alongside a side discussion on Taft-Hartley labor acts and Southern Democrats' stance, plus local business expansion plans in North East and historical club ties in Corry.
Local groups, students, and car deliveries noted in Meadville area
Group activity includes charter procurement for a local Biks organization and occupancy shifts from a former site to a brick building now used. Meadville residents Cas sius A Histon and Robert A Seesteadl seek Allegheny College admission. Lynn Rive drives a 1949 Pontine automobile through Waterhouse agency delivery. A Ray Jordan song written en route from New York to Erie draws metropolitan press attention. Harti Flowers moves to 120 East Frederick Street after purchasing from Raymond Gilson. Nearby areas report false social security cards used by check passers, mirroring a local concern.
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Biks
Gitizens Bank
Cassius A. Histon
Robert A. Sea
Steadl
Meadville
Allegheny College
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Lynn Rive
Wuste Lescher
Waterhouse Agency
Ray Jorsan
Erie
Harti Flowers
Powell Loan and
Phance
East Frederick Street
Raymond Gilson
Corry
Man held on involuntary manslaughter charge in tavern killing
Cumberland man Clark Morgan, 34, was detained in Bedford Pennsylvania on involuntary manslaughter charges tied to the fatal shooting of tavern keeper Thomas B Leary. Police say Morgan attempted to shoot a whiskey glass at Leary, but the bullet struck him instead.
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Bedford
Clark Morgan
Cumberland
Quick Relief For Back And Kidney Pains Promoted
An old advertisement claims Borsoma Tablets stimulate sluggish kidneys to purify blood by removing waste and acid, easing leg and back pains. It urges insistence on genuine tablets and promotes Golden Lax Tablets for constipation at specified prices.
How's Your I Q and the Classified Page Q&A
A quirky reader quiz on memory and current questions aims to test IQ levels from Genius to Poor. It references a Classified Page where readers might find the correct answers and mentions various obscure prompts and historical figures.
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U. S
England
Geo He
Contrich Bridge
Fidek Tuyo Ara
Hanneri
Tokyu
Robert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grace Hersey
Mc~inne
Swarthmore Association
George W. Dunkle
Borough of
Kane
Rotary Club
Ray Steber
Warret
Var Ward
Alfred Brown
Cowry
Savusday
Wattsburg
Roy MacKenzie
Giemies Eee Andar
Kimball, Inc
Ieans
Acci City
Ditch
Associated Press
Cory
Republica
Thes
Congress
Senate
House
Repubican
Or & Whtle
Wah
Taft-Hartley
Posiscripts
North East
Delf Dasling
Chesby Hose Company
Corry Club
Cameron Building
the National Bank OF Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chee
Superior
Ico
I. Q
West Smith Street
Dial
Corry, Pas
Kinley Insurance Agency
South Center St
Bell & Howell
Keystone
Precise Jr
Zany Vroware, Wea
Ansco
Argus
Kodak Vigilant
Kodak
Kolear
Patterson's Photo Products
Davison-Fogle
Franklin St
Corry, Pa
Pizor Insurance Agency
E. Penerick St
Heiman'’S Jewelers
Home Owned
Home Operated
Spring Lake
Orchard Park
Rane
Ford
Powell Motor CO
Center St
Youngs Entertaihe Mq Pl
Met Y An
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