Erie County names first board of visitors
Two Erie newspapermen and a North East banker manufacturer named to the county’s first board of visitors. Harold J. Sullivan executive editor of The Times Joseph C. Martin managing editor of The Dispatch and Philip D. Hirtzel president of The Electric Materials Co North East. The board will inspect county institutions and others receiving county contributions, must meet at least three times annually, with expenses paid. An annual report is due by December 15 1956 and terms run one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERIE
North East
Elmer L. Evans
Burton R. Laub
Samuel ¥. Rossiter
Harold J. Sullivan
the Times
Joseph C. Martin
The
Dispatch
Philip D. Hirteel
Electric Materials Co
National Brink of North East
Sullivan
Hirtzel
Martin
Spring Creek VFD Holds Yearly Meeting
Sixty five persons attended the first anniversary meeting of the Spring Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department. The session reviewed the past year’s accomplishments and planned another donation appeal. The department began with a truck and a new fire hall in progress, now enclosed but incomplete. New officers were Bernard Porter president Allen Eastman and Wave Rieck vice presidents William Gray bill secretary Raymond Briggs treasurer Arthur Brundage Glen Shepard trustees Leo Lacey Henry V Jaquith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Creek Vfd
Spring Creek Township
Bernard Porter
Allen Eastman
Wave Rieck
William Graybill
Raymond Briggs
Arthur Brundage
Glen Shepard
Leo Lacey
Henry V. Jaquith
Stanley Olander
McFadden Blocks
Joe Hassett
Francis Duke
Floyd Johnson
Cletus Remmey
John Zamborik
Paul McKay
Ora Mitchell
Allen Bustman
Don= uidson
Steelers Sign Perry to 1956 Contract
Steelers reach first deal for next season with Lowell Perry former Michigan fullback 185 pounds from Ypsilanti Michigan. Perry has Army service at Bolling Field Washington and is set to be discharged in April.
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Steelers
Perry
Pittsburgh
Lowell Perry
University of Michigan
Pittsburgh Steelers
Five Million To Get Pay Hikes In 1956
Washington reports about five million workers will receive automatic pay raises in 1956. The increases raise the national wage bill by a billion dollars or more, as unions negotiate boosts or the federal minimum wage rises from 75 cents to a dollar on March 4. Raises range from 3 to 30 cents per hour, with some as high as 26 cents under the higher minimum. Over 20 million workers under long term contracts will gain in the year, mostly in southern states, largely in the second quarter, potentially boosting purchasing power and mitigating inflationary risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Statistics Bureau
Curtiss-Wright Earnings Up as Defense Contracts Cut
Curtiss-Wright Corp reports 1955 sales above 500 million dollars and earnings higher than expected. Chairman Roy T. Hurley notes more than 100 million saved via a U. S. government cost reduction program and plans to boost non-defense business to over 30 percent of total income.
Argentina Receives Pope Pius XII Blessing Amid Tensions
Pope Pius XII granted a private audience blessing Argentina, Provisional President Pedro Aramburu, and its government. The gesture signals a further step toward normalizing Vatican Argentina relations after strains from Peron era church conflicts.
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Vatic
Pius 211
Argentina
Pedro Aramburu
Vatican
Juan D. Peron
Gibbs Shop To Open Tomorrow
Gibbs plans a grand opening for his new W. C. Gibbs barber shop on West Washington street, behind the Sears store near North Center street. The move, due to demolition at the old North Center location for Ajax Tron Works office quarters, preserves staff and decor with wood paneling and a waiting lounge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Gibbs
West Washington Street
Gibbs
Sears
North Center Street
Ajax Tron Works
Antarctic Base Dedicated by Byrd in New Camp
The Byrd led dedication marks Little America No. 4 as commissioned. Read Adm George Dufek and Cmdr Herbert Whitney acknowledge Seabees for building the site and connecting ships to the base. The winter station will offer carpeted quarters, a library, cinema, and music apparatus with tunnels linking buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Adm
George Dufek
Navy Task Force
Little America
Cmds
Herbert Whitney
Arlington
Mass
Thousands Flee Merapi Volcano Eruption
Thousands of villagers fled Java’s Merapi on central Java’s densely populated slopes after a thunderous eruption. Glowing lava masses rolled down eastern flanks as ash clouds darkened the sky. No casualties reported yet. observers abandoned the high lookout as the 11,300 foot cone was shrouded by fiery clouds.
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Yakarta
Indotiéam
Merapi
Fire Mountain
Java
Truck Driver Killed in Altoona Coal Yard Incident
William Fredericks, 24, of Altoona RD 4, was killed when the raised bed of a coal truck toppled onto him at the Altoona Coal Co yard. The tragedy occurred yesterday in Altoona Pennsylvania. The exact circumstances and investigation details were not disclosed in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
William Fredericks
R. D
Altoona Coal Co
Man’s World for Single Men in 1966 Leap Year
Hal Boyle offers sorely humorous POV on marriage market dynamics. An expert cites 20 million eligible women versus 17 million men, predicting fiercer competition among bachelors. The piece urges women to pursue practical compromises, test a man’s character, and transform a hesitant mate into a reliable husband, highlighting the chase as the defining game of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Curbstone
Aieriu
United States
Indies
Mary
Wing
Bisler
Pries
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Newsmen
Curtiss-Wright
Pope Sy Associated Press
Hammond
Engle Street
Dial
Coal Builders
Baffia Vernonware
N. Center
Brownie
Reginald Layoff
Pentagon
Army
Layoff
Chicago
Seattle
Wash
International
Sousdahotod
Tuffy’s
Tuffy
Center
Washington Sts
Bank OF Corry
the Friendly Bank Monier Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hal Boyle
Aunt Boyle
Boyle
Tilly
Fogle Lumber Co
Franklin Bt. Corry
Eng
Groof
Wood Varsity
Steprive
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