Earthquakes reach Corry residents and local notices
Local column reports Mrs Edwards learned her parents Mr and Mrs Wilson J Edwards escaped injury in southern California earthquakes and stayed in Pasadena. City Council meeting noted, Bates reappointed DOJ director, Kibler block store to house L J Rowe Lowel Shop. Weather outlook and St Patrick services featured along with bank openings and welfare board relief plans.
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MR. Olds
Wilson J. Edwards
Corry
California
Severa
Pasadena
Former Oil City Man Slain in California
William Henry Foucar a 78 year old former Oil City resident and brother of two local women was found murdered in Oro Vista California. Authorities say Foucar was beaten and strangled with his cabin ransacked and cash removed. He had not been seen for days and investigators believe bandits may be involved. He left Oil City years ago and recently moved to Oro Vista. sisters Elsie and Edith Foucar of Oil City have been informed.
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Ln City
Mar
Wiliam Heny Foucar
OW City
Ovear
Oil City
Or Vista
California
Julie
Minuriter
Elsie
Edith
Sailashom
Abot
Ora Vista
St Patrick's Party At Elks Club Draws Large Crowd
Between seventy one and a hundred couples attended the St Patrick's party last night at the Elks Club under Lieut Archie Thompson Post VFW. Guests from Union City and North East joined the celebration. Claude Messinger and Wits orchestra provided music from 9 to 12:30 with dancing and a specialty number presenting St Patrick favors. James Sullivan sang My Wild Irish Rose to a warm reception.
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Elks Club
Archie Thompson Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Union City
North East
Claude Messenger
Wits
St. Patrick
James Sullivan
Wild Trish Rose
Man shoots wife’s grave family and self in cemetery
In Fernwood cemetery Upper Darby Pennsylvania Gilbert Friend 85 of Plant City Florida shot and killed three children at their mothers grave then killed himself. A note in a car at the entrance warned of the tragedy. Authorities found the four bodies by night light as Hart Trend and his family visited relatives.
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United Pret
Upper Darby
Gilbert Friend
Plant City
Fla
Fernwood
Gilbert
John G. Bowers
Hart Trend
Mt. Healthy
Philadelphia
Auto crash damages total 12500 in Erie County suit
Three residents sue for damages totaling 12500 in Erie county court against Higald Bi Rhodes of Hydetown Pa and Joseph Taylor of Titusville. Katherine Maher seeks 10000 for severe injuries, William Sisper seeks damages for injuries to his girlfriend, and Gladys Keller seeks 2000 for injuries. The Dec 20 1981 collision occurred two to five miles north of Union City at the Union City Wattsburg road. Taylor drove one car, Sepel the other, with Hodes owned in a car driven by Talk Law firm representing plaintiffs.
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WRI
Mar
Wriday
Erie County
Higald Bi Rhodes
Hydetown
Joseph
Taylor
Union City
Union
Black man faces charge as citizen dies in chase
United Press reports from Chicago that coroner's jury will convene to consider criminal indictment against Henry Hillard after he confessed striking and mortally wounding railroad detective William King during a Thursday pursuit over a crate of oranges. King died at St Luke's Hospital from gunshot injuries suffered in the incident.
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United Press
Chicago
Henry Willard
William Ti. King
Arnold
King
St. Luke's Hospital
Hillard
Bobcat Captured Alive by Two Youths in Nyssa
Kenneth Carey and Elwood Glenn, Tar ’ans, captured a bobcat alive in Nyssa Oregon. The cat crawled into a rock crevice and was pulled out by Glenn by the tail while Carey flung it out, despite the animal's enraged state.
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Nyssa
Ore
Kenneth Carey
Elwood Glenn
Glenn
Carey
Funeral Services for John Reynolds
Funeral services for John Reynolds were held this afternoon at 2:30 from his West Church Street home with Rev. R. B. Lewis officiating. A large gathering attended to pay tribute to the venerable resident. The body was later taken to Lowville, Pennsylvania, for burial. bearers listed were Oscar Johnson, Leon Alden, Arvid Anderson, Albert Mixes, and Herbert Lindstrom.
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Anim
A. Reynolds
West Church Street
R. B. Lewis
Christi and Missionary Alliance
Lowville
Oscar Johnson
Leon Alden
Arvid Anderson
Albert , Mixes
Herbert Lindstrom
Cleveland Officer Held in Erie Fatality
Bernard Meredith, a Cleveland policeman, was held on $2,000 bond on assault and battery charges after Erie police said his car was involved in a collision that killed Irvin Lang, 24, of Erle. The incident prompted the Erie inquiry and Meredith's local detention.
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Unite Frew Prie
Mar
Bernard Meredith
Cleveland
Erie
Meredith
Irvin Lang
Erle
Saxton Opens Clothing Store in Jamestown Hotel Building
Guy B. Saxton, a known figure, announces a new clothing and fur line shop in the former New Process store within the Hotel Jamestown building. Aunt Moe and Saxton will run the clothing department while Charles Whitney handles footwear. Saxton began in Oneonta in 1910 and worked with Nast Company and New Process Company in Warren.
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Guy B. Saxton
Jamestown
Oneonta
Wth the Nast Company
Corry
New Process Company
Warren
Card Party at St Edward’s Helps St Thomas Church
Corry Branch No 5 L C Buin sponsored a card party in St Edward’s hall to aid St Thomas church with Mrs P G Wood as chairperson. Patrick’s Day decor and bridge and five hundred games drew a large crowd. Awards went to high and low scorers. salad rolls pickles cake and coffee were served. A concert opened the event featuring a vocal solo Trish Eyes are Smiling by James Sullivan and dances by Miss Rita Ressler with St Edward’s High School pupils performing Where the River Shannon Flows Kilkenny Lake. The program included William Gould George McMahon William Swan Miss Rita Weber Florence Costello Mary Smith Mary Clark Mary Mead Lawrence Hughes piano and Miss Mary Jackson violin accompanist.
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Trish Eyes
James Sullivan
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Cummings
Washington
Sanford Bates
Privons
Department of Justice
Hoover
Bates
Eastern Penitentiary
Kibler
Stewart Hat Shop
L. J. Rowe Lowe
Im. U
Temperance Union
Roosevelt
National
London
L. V. Briggs
West Bend Street
U. S
Jurges F. P Schoonmaker
Nelson MacVicar
American Railway Association
Francis M. G.comwell
St. Patrick's
U. S. Weather Bureau
Kxehie
Innsylvania
U. S. Circuit Court
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcnck
Harold D. Wilson
Omaha
Neb
Wilson
John P. Nields
Wilmington
Clu
Democratic League of
Delaware
Disige Fields
Enix
Erie Trust Company
Banke of Erie Trust Company
State Welfare Association
Tos Day
State Emergency Relic Board
Pennsylvania
State Emergency Relief Board
William H. Foucar
V.ew
Wi City Crust Company
Gu City, Ba
Reich’s Corry’s Bargain Center
Percales
John Reynolds
Saxton
ST. Edward's
Equitable Insurance
Equitable
Theo P. Williams
Barlow
Ant Street
A. Hook
B. Mi
Thor, Thi
Fila’ Tm
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