Weather and civic notes from Bradford area
Extended weather forecast through Wednesday the 19th calls for generally fair skies with light rain or snow Sunday, mainly in the north. Temperature will be warmer Sunday or Monday and cooler by Wednesday, about four degrees above normal in the north and five to six degrees above normal in the south. Highways department plans major road work in Crawford County including a blacktop route between Spartansburg and Tollgate and the Sunback road near the city. State and local officials discuss penal code recommendations in Philadelphia. An Olean taxi driver helped officers arrest four youths on grand larceny charges after a wreck. Beaver trapping rules tighten this year with catch limits and gear restrictions. World War I veteran Joseph J. McMurdy dies from refinery injuries. Route 8 improvement project planned from Titusville to Five Corners with reinforced concrete pavement. A Bradford plant explosion injures Gus Ottoson. Pennsylvania dairy prices stay steady for 30 more days after talks. A Glade Township school bus damaged in collision with a plow. no injuries. Plymouth couch theft reported on Erie Street. Three Rivers pastor to be replaced. Brotherhood Week urged by Governor Duff for Feb 16–23.
Frank Hopkins Died At Cony Hospital Today
Frank Hopkins died at Cony Hospital at 2 20 this morning after a brief illness. born in this city May 1 1873 he lived here all his life. He worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad for many years but ceased work twenty years ago. He and his brother John have shared a home for forty years. Surviving are a sister Mrs J T Hopwood of OW City and three brothers John P J Edward Hopkins all of this city plus several nieces and nephews. The body remains at Bracken Keating Funeral Home. Requiem mass will be sung at St Thomas Church Tuesday morning at 9 30.
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A. Suyans Witn
Washington Street
Cony Hospital
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Hopkins
St. ‘Thomas’ Church
J.T. Hopwood
OW City
P. J. Hopkins
Edward Hopkins
Bracken-Keating
St. Thomas’ Church
Truman's Mother Fractures Hip At 94 In Missouri
Grandview Missouri February 15 Mrs Martha Truman 94 mother of the president lies in bed with a fractured right hip after a fall. She has suffered hip fractures before in the past seven years and is reported resting quietly while her daughter Mary Jane Truman attends her. Doctor Joseph W Greene says no setting of the hip will be attempted for a few days and she shows no signs of shock.
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Grandview
Martha
Truman
Mary Jane ‘Truman
Joseph W. Greene
Independence
Erie residents win $10,261 in federal court damages
Federal District court judge Wallace S. Gourley awarded Erie county residents 10261 in a June 1942 fatal accident suit. Barthol Stafford received 1269 for personal injuries, his wife 1091, and Mrs. Stafford 4301, against William C. Barringer and Roadway Transit Co. Ann Barringer’s death earned Barringer 3000. Barringer cannot collect for his own injuries as both Barringer and the truck driver were negligent.
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Erie County
Federal District Court
Wallace S. Gourley
Barthol Stafford
Margaret Stafford
Roadway Transit Co
Michigan
Barringer
Ann
Gourley
Staffords
Barringers
Erie
Buffalo
Woman jailed attempts suicide in city cell
Mrs Wine die Winship, 29, jailed after Sullivan's Grill arrest, tried to hang herself with a belt in her cell. Found by police matron Nellie Croker, she was judged guilty of public intoxication in city court and fined $10 by Judge A J Prey.
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Wine Die Winship
A. J. Prey
Sullivan's Grill
Nellie Croker
Founders Day events and local notices in Spartansburg area
Spartsburg and nearby residents share social news from February including birthday visits, theater and PTA activities, Grange gatherings, and school plans. Highlights include Founders Day program sketches by Mrs Gi beaut and Mrs Camden Ruffner, a Grade 5 6 acrostic, and a 9th grade chorus. Local travel, visitors, and illnesses are noted among families and community groups.
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Charles Gibeaut
Camden Ruffner
God Our
Walter Jones
E. E. Firth
Wills Northrop
Darwin
Pittsburgh
Warren W. Hampe
Ralph McAninch
Wirth Ingram
Laurence Snapp
Glenn Steadman
Ralph ‘ Blakeslee
Lyle Stranahan
Local Church Services and Funeral Notices Include City Events
The township opened by Frank Firth Jr. with a new build over on Thursday morning. Mrs. Jeannett Kelly of Kane was interred at Rose Hill Cemetery last Tuesday. Stranshan Brothers reported 1200 ships in their hatteries last Friday. Mar gauerite, daughter of Mrs. Fairchilds, is sick with the fy. Several church notices outline Sunday School times and morning and evening services across Methodist, Baptist, Gospel Tabernacle, and other congregations, with pastors named or indicated and guest speakers slated for certain services.
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Booster Gang
Naine Snapp
Donald Stranahan
William Daseynies
Milton Blakeslee
Dora Lee
Willard LaPaze
Corry
LaPaze
Margaret Platt
Virgil VanTassell
de Hue
Matin G
J. A. Johnson
P.R.R
Oil City
Harry Pirth
Glyndon
State Supervisors
Pittsburgh
Frank Firth, Jr
Jeannett Kelly
Kane
Rose Hill Cemetery
Stranshan Brothers
Baptist
R. D. Eaton
Three Rivers
Mich
Baptist Church
Water damages stock in Oil City store
Water from a broken valve on the second floor of the I O P building flooded the Harvey and Caray drug store in Oil City at 8 20 last night forcing Wa store to close. Merchandise in the windows and fountain section was damaged and stock in the basement rear area also suffered. The manager could not estimate the damage. The first commercial give plant was aid in Holland in 1690.
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Oil City
Tory
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Ray Smock
Crawford County Highways Association
E Tolle
Spartansburg
Tate
Arthur C. Blass
Burton Taub Teft
Philadelphia
Joint To Government Commission
Istor Blass
General Assembly
Joseph J. McMurdy
Ol City
Pennzoil
McMurdy
Normandy
Ratiles
Highway Department
Titusville
Five Corners
Emery
Bradford
Gus Ottoson
Bradford Hospital
Pennsylvania
CommonWealth
H. N. Gobb
Milk Control Commission
Glade Township
Ares
Edmund Wanlowsie
Robert Eaton
First Baptist Church
Robert Nichols
Paul ‘Graf
Whinboro Baptist Church
Duff
Frank Hopkins
Tut-Ankh-Amen
the National Bank OF Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Phillips
M.S. Cobbett City Building
Washington
N. Center St
Thomas Motor Co
Clinton St
Corry, Pa
Al’s
Gabardines
Cheviots
Doeskins
Glen
Al's Clothes Shop
North Center Street
Gospel Tabernacle
Young People's Meeting
Dobbs Corners
Oliver Thompon
State Lot
William Brooks
Fairview E
T.S. Kelsey
D.D
Aid
Holland
Meerdink
Imostal
Home
Gpassrug
Richard Hudaut
Darby Fining Gee
Sonia
Richard
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