Controller Grapples With County Budget Shortfalls
Eriq January 17. Controller Harvey M. Willis acknowledged balancing the 1941 county budget on a seven mill tax without releasing figures. Delinquent tax receipts lagged by about $20,000 last year, prompting expected slashes to spending. He aims for a balance by Friday or Saturday, factoring in state gasoline tax receipts and $40,000 toward Port Erie Airport development.
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Eriq
Harvey M. Willis
Willis
Balange
Arthur H. James
Port Erie
Crack Cue Artist 10 to Exhibit Here
Pocket billiard followers anticipate Ralph Boyd the world champion making a city visit. He appears at Brewer Billiard Parlors 8 West Main Street Saturday with fifty games to one hundred in a no-count, envelope format. Public invited to two thirty and eight p m exhibitions. A note on motor theft says over ninety seven percent of cars stolen in early 1940 were recovered.
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Ralph Boyd
Brewer
West Main Street
Publ Uc
Four Routed by Erie Fire
Fire late Thursday drove four people from their beds at 422 Blackstone Drive Eaglehurst. The blaze, driven by a gust, reached the second floor before West Lake Motor Company halted it. Firefighters were slow to reach the second time. Loss is estimated at 7800 for house, furnishings, and belongings. Armes family narrowly escaped. Ivy Armes and Verna Armes, plus daughter in law Mrs Mary Armes, were among the survivors. Mary Armes had lost her husband Edward six weeks earlier to a heart attack.
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Euuia
Artha Armes
Blackstone Drive
Eaglehuret
West Lake More Company
Bam
Helislees
Armes
Ivy
Verna
Mary Armes
Edward
County Eyes Two State Bills On Tax and Assessors
Erie reports county commissioners heard two proposed measures in Harrisburg. One would set up a board of assessors in each county to replace elected assessors. several similar bills failed earlier. The other would transfer most tax collection duties to the county treasurer, with opposition likely from local officials who favor the current system.
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Erie
Helen M. Schlurail
State County Commissioners’ Association
Harrisburg
Indicationis
Mercer Shifts to Fifth Class Increase in County Costs
The Franklin News-Herald reports Mercer County moves to fifth class status after 1840 census shows population surpassing 100000. The change triggers higher administrative costs as salary adjustments loom for tenure of present incumbents, with county officers operating under the old schedule until a governor appointment to the salary board. The salary board postpones its meeting to January 20 due to the governor’s delay.
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Franklin News-Herald
Mercer County
Merter County
Mink
Charmar
Board of County Commissioners
Mercer
Brokenstraw Parish to Hold Tag Sale For St Edward Juniors
Announce services for St Edward's Juniors Brokenstraw Parish set a tag sale to raise funds for St Edward's Catholic School activities. Programs include Sunday worship at 1 pm and 11 am Bible Study, Junior Christian Endeavor events, and midweek Pilgrim Fellowship and Adult Bible Study. The junior class president is Kathryn Ann Mead.
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ST. Edward's Juniors
Brokenstraw
Wale Ray
Jona Tite
Ts Minster
Columbus
Durch
Chris
Young People's Society
Olivek
Iclade
Junior Christian Endeavor
Pilgeim Fellowship
West Spring Creek
Vunior
Ladies Aid Meeting At Mrs May Serman’s Home
An 8 n place church service announces the Ladies Aid Society will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs May Serman. A broad visitation effort by volunteer Visitors extends to all in the parish inviting every Christian to share in the church’s work and to attend services.
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N'Place
Ladies Aid Society
May Serman
Thompson's Borsoma Tablets Aiding Kidneys and Liver
An old ad touts Thompson's Botsoms Tablets as a stimulant diuretic to cleanse kidneys and remove waste from blood. It claims relief from aches, pains, and night urination, alongside Golden Lax Tablets for constipation, priced 50 and 26 cents respectively.
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Thompson
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