Rainy Days, Court Term, Local News Briefs
Heavy rains and a May term of court opening Monday are reported alongside local notices. The Pine McKean section of the Pennsylvania State Library Association meets in Titusville with sessions at 10 p.m. and 2 p.m. A marriage license was issued in Mendville for James Blakeslee and Lois Depe, both of nearby towns. Local organizations announce rally plans and public events for May, while a Derby broadcast and stock market gains are noted. Major regional items include notable deaths, sheriff's sale records, Memorial Day funding, and upcoming centennial celebrations in nearby communities.
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Piie Mckean Section
The
Pennsylvania State Library Association
Titusville
Woman's Club
Hold Up Drug Store and Steal Auto at Erie
Erie police report two robberies on Friday night and Thursday. Burkhart's Drug Store on West 8th Street lost about 26 dollars as two masked youths rifled a cash register then fled in a Buick roadster. A motorist, Hank Jarvis, was assaulted at 3rd and Ash when a stranger demanded money and fled in a car with no clear clues.
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Willian McMurry
West 8Th Street
Washington Place
Hank Jarvis
Nickle Plate Averane
Conneaut
3Th
Ash Streets
Ohio
Jarvis
Haldup
City considers own food depot to curb relief costs
Dunkirk May 7 A city official says a city owned food depot could cut relief expenses as expenditures rise. The mayor notes budget strain from increasing family needs and suggests wholesale buying of essentials to reduce luxuries and improve control.
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Dunkirk
Waner LL
Roberts
Spring Creek News Notes Dances And Visits In Warren Area
Local notes show Mr and Mrs LaVerne De Jean hosting relatives, neighbors celebrating a birthday at Byron Van Drestr’s home, and several residents visiting Corry Warren and Cambridge Springs for business. May Ladies Aid meeting featured songs readings and a luncheon hosted by Mrs Garnett Afra Eddy and Miss DeJean.
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Condnueu
Rage
LaVerne DeJean
Leon Cable
Mary Bila
Warren
Strong
Louis DeJean
William DeJean
Corry
Byron van Drestr
James Hall
Willon Blanchard
Polly Anna
Columbus
W. P. Sider
W. H. Garnett
Pas
Misa Florence Damon
Misa Lillie Henry
R. Hasbrouck
E. L. Campbell
W. P. Sickler
EL. Campbell
Donald Miller
Ladies Aid Society
Lillie Henry
Colorado
Louise Beck
Hitchen
Fortha Donaldson
Mrs. Garnett
Afra Eddy
Miss DeJean
Report delays canal route decision amid water source disputes
Warren May 7. M D Boutwell secretary Warren Chamber of Commerce reports a letter from John Kingman US Army Corps of Engineers giving full assurance but no route decision for the Ohio river to Lake Erie canal until Northwestern Pennsylvania report is reviewed. Congressman Cochran cites Youngstown route backers plan to source water from the Pymatuning dam via feeder canals, risking federal state jurisdiction and urging scrutiny.
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Youngstown
Lake Elie-Ohio River Ship Canal
Cochran
Pymatuning
Pennsylvania
Bemus
Aged Man Ends Life With Gun at Big Bend
William A. Forsyth, 78, of Big Bend near Emlenton, shot himself in the head at 2:15 am Friday, despondent over ill health and unable to sleep. Attendant was out of the room. Ben Oglesby was present. Mrs Walter Aaron and son visited Meadville for the weekend.
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Otl City
A. Forsyth
Big Bend
Emlenton
Forsyth
Mr. Porsyth
Ben Oglesby
Farmer Found Dead In Home In Oil City
Ronan Bounte, 68, known in Pleasantville as Banisiewicz, was found dead in his Bugtown Road home near Pleasantville shortly after 1 AM Friday. Howard Dreibelbis, who checked the mail, found the body believed dead about three days. Undertaker Paul Kerr said death likely from natural causes, with death occurring sometime Tuesday.
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Oil City
Stall Biscewicz
Pleasantville
Ronan Bounte
Bugtown
Howard Dreibelbis
Tilisville
Banisiewics
Baxiasiewics [Yeas
Paul Kerr
Titunville
Lake UD
Steffee
Banusiewice
M. E. Ladies Aid Society Holds Friday Meeting
The M. E. Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Harriet Wilkinson's home Friday afternoon. A substantial sum was pledged for the May campaign of the M. B. Church, and Mrs. A. Wimner read a Mother's Day story. Mrs. Wilkinson served rolls, salad and coffee to attendees.
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Ladies Aid’ Society
Harriet Wilkinson
Society
M. B. Chireh
FA. Wimner
Commissioners Order Willis to Act Against Yard
Erie May 7 County commissioners notified Harvey M Willis controller that he should initiate legal proceedings against former Prothonotary James B Yard for the return of 8045 28 alleged to be due the county in fees collected while in office They refused to name auditors to examine Yard s records The county solicitor advised the controller must proceed yet Willis says the solicitor told him it is up to commissioners to act The result is a buck passing standoff with both sides agreeing action should be taken but neither moving forward.
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Erie
Harvey M. Willis
James B. Yard
Yard
Tatent
A. Sisgon
Willis
Joseph F. Rogan
Charles Subless
$12,000 Verdict In Auto Damage Case
Three Butler county residents were awarded a total of $12,000 by a federal court jury in Pittsburgh. Joseph Zirnsack received $10,000, his wife $1,000, and Amma Schlosser $1,000 after a collision near Cooperstown on November 1. The suit was against Welsh Bush Transportation Company.
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Union Press
Pittsburgh
Butler County
F. P. Schoonmaker
Welsh Bush Transportation Company
Tosephne Zirnsack
Joan
Amma Schlosser
Cooperstgwn
Fourth Death From Poisonous Alcohol In Girard Case
QAIE May 7. Death of a 63 year old World War veteran in Conneaut Ohio from acute alcoholism led police to believe he was part of a Girard jailhouse party Tuesday night that killed three. The man, Peter Pax of Sloans, NY, fell ill the next night, sought Conneaut as a night haven, and died at Brown Memorial Hospital with doctors calling it acute alcoholism. Conneaut police suspect he belonged to the Girard drinking party. at Girard jail others may have been present. Fox’s body was sent to Sloans where his father lives.
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Qaie
Conneuut
Oho
Girard
Peter Pax
Sloans
Conneaut
Brown Memorial
Hos
Pital
Fox
Mothers Are Feted By M E Tri High Y Girls
The M E Tr High Y girls honored their mothers with a six o'clock dinner at the Methodist Episcopal Church dining room. Eighteen were seated at a yellow and white decorated table for a three course meal. Mrs Virginia Sylar gave the welcome, Miss Frances Wimner spoke on the Y program, Virginia Botsford sang, Beatrice Hulling whistled, and Sara Jane Reed Marjorie McElroy and Marion Cogswell performed a trio. Games and group singing followed the program.
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M. E
Methodist Episcops Church
Virginia Sylar
Frances Wimner
Virginia Botsford
Beatrice Hulings
Sara Jane Reed
Marjorie McElroy
Marion Cogswell
Mothe ‘Rs and
Assail Action by Pittsburgh Group Opposes Coal Bill
Patrick T. Pagan president of United Mine Workers District No. 5 charged the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce with opposing the Kelly-Davis coal bill as harmful to Pittsburgh’s welfare. He said the chamber’s Senate committee stance and a resolution sent to Washington are ruinous to the coal business in western Pennsylvania.
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United
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Kelly-Davis
Senate
General Welfare
Patrick ‘T. Pagan
United Mine Workers of America
Pagan
Washington
Pennsylvania
Butler Shoots Two In Courthouse Manor Tragedy
Japanese butler Isamu Yamashita, 26, allegedly driven to madness, shot his employer Mrs. Dorn W. Boice and groom Lawrence Daly at a Cherry Valley riding academy near Princeton. After firing through a locked bathroom door, he wounded Boice and Daly before killing himself.
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United Press
Princeton
N. J
Haye
Dorn W. V. Boice
Cherry Valley
Here
Isamu Yamashita
Sunday Services and Programs Across Churches
A fragmented church schedule lists Presbyterian Morning services with minister L Boyd and evening topics, Baptist First Church detailing Bible school and sermons, and Christ Church at Park Street with a Sunday sermon on Adam and Eve. Additional notes include midweek meetings, hymn singing, and a reading room hours.
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Baptist C
First Baptist
Churant
Secor A. Hook
Spirite
Young
Hoening
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Americam Legion 4
Jamestown
Corry Post
Grand Talon
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Brid
General Electric
New Yori
Will Rogers
Billie Burlee
Los Angeles
Horace Bryndsson
WQCL
Miss mm Anderson
Court House
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Davis
Erie County
Operaton
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Powell Motor Company
Ford
Ford Automotive
Wi S. Holmberg
Ridgway
Corry Odd Fellows
Waterford
Erie Gourly Rebekah
Odd Fellow Lodges
James J. Deighan
American Legion
Pennsylania
Urges City
Spring Creek
French Creek Survey
William A. Forsyth
Walter Aaron
Meadville
M. E. Ladies Aid Society
the Bank
Federal Reserve System
M.E
Butler
Symonds
Helen
Countess of
By Louise Gerard
Presbyterian First
Presbyterian Pleasant
Cehter L. Boyd
Young Pee
Messinger
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Dewey
Lea Wilson
Mather Nolfson
Mark Measinger
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Camth
Christiat
Park Street
Sundi
Chris Day
Widy
Paul Weiles
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