Jamestown Area News Briefs Updates on Local Incidents and Projects
City officers subdued a family fight at Ma's and Pa's near Sixth Avenue Jamestown. Mangine plans to cap a gas well 875 feet deep near Kimball Stand for plant use. West Main street builder reports glass breakage and debris blocking an alley. Erie County courts issue seven domestic relations orders including support. Jamestown peddler crackdown enforces license laws. Salvage bids rise as metal shortages affect garbage collection. WNAE FM transmitter project progresses with a 3 pm to 10:30 pm broadcast window announced. Phyllis Eddy Miller pleads not guilty to DUI with trial set March 17. companion Harry Mohney fined for interfering with officers. Floyd A. McKuhn pays fine for health regulations violation. The weekly Forest Republican changes owners Kepler Davis and Harry L. Meyer. Naval Observatory notes February with five Sundays occurs again 1916. Corry Chamber directors meeting delayed. Klasch arrest tied to car accident. Dormitory for Erie Railroad trainmen completed at Salamanca layover terminal. Beavers trapped by Tommy Stroup and friends weigh 26 pounds. Corry Junior class play The Ank(el) Brats draws full house. funds to Prom and Banquet.
Mrs George N Roberts Succumbs After Illness at Home
Mrs. George N. Roberts of 21% Second Avenue died at her residence shortly after 10 o’clock this morning after several months of illness. She was active in local retail business with her husband for years. Survivors include George N. Roberts, a son Harry Roberts of Piney Lake, and grandchildren Jack Roberts in Chicago and Charlotte Ann Roberts in Florida. Funeral arrangements by Bracken Keating. more details to appear in Monday's Journal. Also reported, LeRoy De Catur, a 40-year-old boxer, collapsed and died in the ring ten seconds before the end of a recent professional fight in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George N. Roberts
Second Avenue
Chicago
Charlotte Ann Roberts
Florida
Bracken-Keating Funeral Home
Ring Hollywood
LeRoy de Catur
County Approves 10 Mill Tax Rate Increase
Brig, Feb 28 County commissioners moved to formally adopt a resolution next Tuesday raising the 1948 county tax rate from seven to 10 mills. The governmental portion rises from 3 to 5 mills, Institution District from 1.5 to 2 mills, Tuberculosis Hospital from 0 to 1.5 mills, with Debt Service remaining at 1 mill. Increased operating costs and salary hikes drive the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brig
Institution District
Tiberculosis Hospital
Tuberculosis Hospital
Community Notes From Clymer Week Of Feb 28
The Ausilary flagship honors a gold star mother Mrs Martha Damcott with a surprise visit marking her 7th birthday. Neighbors James Wiggers move into a home on East Main Street from William Setehel. Edward Cherry and daughter Vickey visit Mr and Mrs Ernest Hinsdale. Mrs Mary Nyweide of Chautauqua guests. Preschool Mothers Club hosts a public meeting at Clymer Central School Tuesday evening. Woodrow Sayre screens a five minute film Play tic h USA. Nyla Wallace visits from Franklinville over the weekend. Mrs Albert Bennink is confined to home with cast veins in both legs. Frederick Vander Schaaf with his father visits T. Ja Neckers and Frederick at Erie Sunday. Wesley Miller family weekend with Tatfel’s brother Clyde Hudson at Attica. Mrs Larry Gorlig and Mrs …
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
American Legion Ausilary
Martha Damcott
James Wiggers
East Main
William Setehel
Edward Cherry
Vickey
Mary Nyweide
Ghautau
Tess
Frederick Vander Schaaf
T. Ja. Neckers
Romine Neckers
Frederick
Erie
Wesley Miller
Tatlel
Clyde Hudson
Attica
Larry Gorlig
Clymer Social Notes Highlight Visits and Weddings
A flurry of visits and social events fills Clymer and nearby towns. Eunice Uinude Lietua visited Eunice Marlow in Meadville. Erie and Jamestown guests called on Mrs. Martha Dumcott. Mr and Mrs Clifford Young hosted a dessert at their home. Attendants at the 50th wedding anniversary of Edward Neckers included Rev. and Mrs. Damecott and Mrs. Sullivan. PT A meeting at Clymer Central School noted Founders Day devotionals led by Rev. John Muller. Ox-carts remain in use in the Cuban sugar cane fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uinude Lietua
Eunice Marlow
Meadville
George Durane
Marjorie Durand
Maurice Dumcott
Erie
Bessie McClain
Jamestown
Martha Dumcott
Clifford Young
Avenison
Sher Home
James Ten Haken
Darwin
Chives Howles
Walter Schruers
Shirley
Leslie Carlisch
Walter Koonin
Knox
PT. A
Clymer Central School
Frederick Vander Schaaf
John Muller
Finnish Decision on Treaty Nearing Next Week
Fragmented dispatch notes Finland seeking a treaty with the Soviet Union amid debate over whether Moscow aims to safeguard Leningrad or press for defense terms. Officials deny demands of large concessions and deny fertile reports that Stalin seeks Bel Finland occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leningrad
Stalin
Finland
Russia
Boviet Union
Karelia
Patsamo
Porkkola
Helsiniki
Jinider
Soviet Union
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R. D
Wollte Son
Tuesarch
Anthony Mangine
Sixth Avenue
Kimball Stand
Mangine
John Davis
West Main Street
Otficers
Erie County
Morris Lewis
Corry
Witel
WNAE
Warren
Phyllis Eddy Miller
North Clymer
Harry Mohney
Floyd A. Mckuhn
East Main Street
M.S. Cobbett
Cly
Forest Republican
Tlonesta
J. Kepler Davis
Harry L. Meyer
Tionesta
Robert N. Kunselman
James L. Faulkner
J. B. Wenk
H. T. Kinnestiger
Republican
Porest County
Naval Observatory
William Klaseh
Corry Chamber #3
Carry
Commerce
Glenn
Middleton
Pismo
Vox
Klasch
Ine
Erie Railroad
Salamanca
Tommy Stroup
Paul Stroup
Jimmy Shaver, Jr
Jeffry Baldwin
Corry Senior High School
Fom
Ford
Powell’s
Center St
North Center Street
Corry, PA
Dial
Superior Cleaning Company
Undry & Dry Cleaning
Wnae Warren, Pa
Rev. N. K. Powell
Page & Nichols
Main Street
W. Main Street
Crisco
von Camp
rFrah Air Haling
Chevrolet
Thomas Motors OF Corry, Inc
Clinton Street
the National Bank OF Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Maxim
Mare
SRE
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Space Maker
General Electric
Alistes Cabinot
Ovarsizad Seasant
Meerdink’s
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