Twenty Years Ago School Taxes Returned to Alderman Gordon
The board of education at a regular meeting returned the twenty year old school tax collection to George H. Gordon, alderman of the First Ward, with a new collector earning two and a half percent of receipts. Include notes on local incidents such as a child injury, a clerical appointment, census denumerator, theatre lobby refinishing, and a police investigation, plus a long religious affiliation summary of presidents and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Gordon
First Ward
Board of Education
Howard J. Sheen
Board ‘of Education
Louis Sherwood
Lowrey Afb
Denver
Washington School
PTA
St. ‘Thomas Church
Leo Markert
Europeah Hotel
Waldameer Park
Erie Peninsula
French Creek
Ags
Chautauqua County
Shriners Aid Hospital Children With Show and Gifts
Local Shriners from the Zen Zem Temple Band performed for hospitalized crippled children at the Zem Zem Hospital, moving them to a summer stage area for a show with clowns and gifts. Also notes on a Warren attorney facing possible disciplinary action over a fraudulently obtained divorce decree and local music studies for a Mount Holyoke College pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erle
Pital
Sumporeh
Warren
Warren County Bar Association
David T. Livingston
Harrison Potter
Themusic Department
Mount Holyoke College
James Friskin
Potter
Friskin
Chautauqua Institution
America
Holland
H. B. Reed
East South Street
Jan Willims
Heerlin
U. S. Army
Margraten
Selden Chapin
Charles Reed
Treasury Department
Joyor Ruffner
Cam— Tien Ruffner
Northwest Street
West Liberty State College
West Liberty
TU. S
CANDIDATES FAITHS SHAPE CAMPAIGN DEBATE IN 1950S
The article surveys candidates and their faiths as a campaign issue, noting Eisenhower’s Protestant self-identification and family church ties, while detailing denominations of Warren MacArthur McMahon Kefauver Barkley Russell Humphrey Kerr and others. It cites church membership totals and the impact of religion on politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Cornerstone Layne
Eisenhower Foundation
Abilene
Eisenhower Family
Brethren Church
Milton
Guv. Warren
California
Gen. MacArthur
Warren
Shriner
Macarthur
Merciful God
Sen. McMahon
D-Olkla
Baptista
United States
Barkley
Russell D-Ga
Methodist Church
Sharen
Humphrey D-Minns
Congregational Church
Corry News Briefs Touch On Local Plans And Changes
Daily notes discuss opposition to a plan on grounds of public safety and tax evasion. Rumor links a local minister to a church departure. Corry skeet shooters plan Butter town skeet field opening with Oswalt and locals named. Fruit growers face tent caterpillars similar to past damage. Wendell Hulings graduates from Camp Lee parachute course. Soft drink bottle deposits hinder purchases. Navy fireman apprentice Briskie to Corpus Christi. Pennsylvania Bus Association seeks state crackdown on private car operators for hire and workers commuting plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Butter Torrow
Harry Oswalt
Oswalt
Nixon
Butter
Herman Steaves
Kermit Mewes
Norman McElroy
Louis Kutins
Kurt Lindberg
Sto
Wendell H. Hulings
Tge
Uncle Sam's Army
Quartermaster School
Camp Lee
Donald Bachoffer
James R. Briskie
U.S. Navy
Joseph Briskie
Ing Street
Ling
U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Cabsniss Field
Corpus Christi
Texas
Pennsylvania Bus Association
Duquesne man held on involuntary manslaughter charge
State Police detain 26 year old Zoltan E Keynes of Duquesne for alleged involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of 44 year old Frank Pawela of Wendel. Pawela was struck while walking along Route 80 near Irwin, Westmoreland County last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin, Ps
Zoltan E. Keynes
Duquesne
Frank Pawela
Wendel
Westmoreland County
Pawela
Irwin
Irwin milestone and town news span fiftieth anniversary plans
Local friends and business associates of Harold George Irwin and Irwin Mfg Co of Garland learned of the couple’s fiftieth anniversary reception set for June 28. The column also notes odd TV reception from Cuba, gale warnings near Hartfield, and community happenings from Day Camp leaders to church fundraisers and military reassignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold George Irwin
Irwin Mig. Co
Garland
Channel Six
Hayang
Cuba
Hartfield
Merrin Wade
Carl Cassatt
Eugene Davis
Gui Scout Organization
West Spring
Cpl
Lyle J. Warnshuts
Essex Street
U.S
Korea
Wesley Miller
Clymer School
Begs Life Team Pittsburgh Slaying Prison Sentence
William P F Havens a 41 year old laborer began serving a life prison sentence today for the slaying of Mrs Anna Besteneg his 72 year old landlady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
William PF. Havens
Hfe
Anna Besteneg
Isndindy
Plane death shifts to Pittsburgh for Topeka man
Leyla and Bush, 5, of Topeka Kansas died aboard a TWA airliner en route to Pittsburgh yesterday. He had planned to convalesce from a heart condition at the home of a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Leyla &, Bush
Topeka
Kan
TWA
How's Your I Q Guessing Quiz on Classified Page
A quirky quiz promises scoring from Genius to Poor based on ten questions. It blends geography history and general knowledge with unclear phrasing and erroneous lines about dates ages and music. It directs readers to the classified page for answers.
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Nepal
Africa
South America
Asia
United States
Usher
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Second Avenue
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Beaverdam Road
Uniom City - Corry
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Taft
W. Averell Hargi
Truman
Harding
Washington
Madison
Monroe
William Henry Harrison
Tyler
Taylor
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Arthur
F. D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Martin van Buren
Dutch Reformed Church
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Jefferson
Jackson
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Cleveland
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Wilson
Polk
Johnson
Grant
McKinley
Coolidge
Garfield
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Hayes
Lincoln
Corry Memorial Hospital
Roger M. Brown
South Center Street
Corry, Fann’s
Mik Wo
Jamestown
Esther Miller
Concord Street
Robert E. Wharton
U. S. Navy
Jacksonville
Memphis
Tenn
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Barcelona
Kinley
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Pioent
Besseger
Robert Moris
Britain
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Orval
South First Ave
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