Secrecy Hinders Release of County Assessment Totals
Erie officials shield progress of uniform assessment revision as ward and borough figures await final completion by January 1, 1957. Chief Assessor Martin Gregor cites need for commissioners’ authority and warns of misunderstandings among property owners about forthcoming values. Commissioner Fred Lamberton says reporting may be dropped while Fairview figures remain incomplete after sharp total valuation increases and notable property-by-property differences.
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Erie
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Martin Gregor
Fairview Borough
Fred Lamberton
Fairview
Gregor
State Tax Equalization Board
Bigin
Me Cammon guilty in Meadvillle knife assault case
MeCammon 35 of Titusville was found guilty of assault with intent to kill after two hours of deliberation. The trial included a threatening letter he allegedly tried to smuggle from Crawford County Jail and his defense recounting the day of thenear fatal stabbing of his wife Mazie McCammon on February 9 1954. Sentencing set for May 24 pending motions. Grain storage data shows Pennsylvania corn stocks higher than prior year with wheat holdings steady. Alexander Graham Bell noted as the teacher of the deaf before his telephone invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meidville
Earl Albert
Cammon
Titusville
McCammon
Crawford County
Herbert A. Mook
Raymond P. Shafer
Frederic G. Antoui
Meadville
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Lamb seeks court aid against FCC over alleged Communist ties
Edward Lamb of Toledo, a newspaper publisher and broadcaster, filed in U S District Court to halt what he calls unlawful FCC action. His attorney dismisses the charges as previously reviewed and unfounded, alleging FCC investigators tried to bribe Erie Pennsylvania and Toledo citizens to falsely testify Lamb was affiliated with the Communist Party.
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Washington
Edward Lamb
Toledo
Ohio
U. S. District Court
Federal Communications Commission
J. Howard McGrath
Lamb
Communist Party
McGrath
Erie
Lor
Widow Margaret Griffith Burned in Falconer Farm House Fire
An 82 year old widow, Mrs Margaret Griffith, was found dead in the charred remains of her two story farm home east of Falconer after a fire last evening. The blaze was spotted around 7 30 pm by a neighbor and Fire Department units responded. doors were locked from inside. Coroner Fred Mattison planned an inquest today to determine cause of death. The deceased had no other close relatives except a sister in Dewittville.
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Peer Aa Ee Ee
R. D. J. Falconer
Here
Margaret Griffith
Meeting in Cutting with Rev. Hook as speaker
Reverend Ernest A. Hook of Warren will speak at a Cutting Town Hall gathering Wednesday at 8 pm May 19 hosted by the Missions of Cutting Sunday School. Hook formerly led Corry Baptist Church for five years and will be joined by vocal soloists Kathleen Wright and Lyle Bemis.
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Cutting
Ernest A. Hook
Warren
Cutting Town Hall
Missions of Cutting Sunday School
Hook
Corry Baptist Church
Kathleen Wright
Lyle Bemis
Elouise Marsh
E. K. Storer
Albert Bayle
Carl Marsh
Gordon Shampoe
Marion Nellis
Willis Moore
John Olexa
North
East
Petitod
Portland
Ore
Russell Chamberlin
Youngsville
Milton Courtwright
May Day at Clymer Centre School Featured Queen
French Creek girls won places in the May Day exercises at Clymer Centre School with Miss Shirley Damon crowned queen. Other participants included Kathleen Wright Charleen Barbara Damon Marlene Linda Redding Barbara Ta Cross and Hower girls Barbara Applebee Suzanne Humpley Kathy Gorden.
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Clymer
Lonald Willey
Willey
Lawrence Redding
Firdouhi
Jamestown
French Creek
Clymer Centre School
Shirley Damon
Kathleen Wright
Charleen
Barbara Damon
Marlene
Linda Redding
Barbara Ta Cross
Hower
Barbara Applebee
Suzanne Humpley
Kathy Gorden
Jonty Storer
Elaine Olimer
Hove
Clara Dibble
Virginia Button
Corry
Eldred Roush
Ramily
Willis Moore
Rachel
Helen Wrighe
Sibley Wright
Qutting
Walter de~ Shaver
Marlenes
Lindi Redding
Orher
DeShuzer
Birthday Celebrations Highlight Quiet Glenwood Park Dinner
Me and Mrs Gordon Shampoe and sons and Mr and Mrs Ray Stitzman and children enjoyed a supreme dinner at Glenwood Park Sunday for the birthdays of Mr Stutzman and Larry Shampoe. Mrs Wilma Adams and James of North Clymer visited Mother's Day with local families. Philanthropy and hospital notes update Mrs Hinttie Warnshuis's condition and Laurel Morton shows pneumonia improvement. future travel sees Miss Rachel Wright and Eleanor Wallace depart Cotty by rain for Carlsbad to join Pvt Wilford Wallace whose Marines discharge is set for May 28.
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Gordon Shampoe
Ray Stitzman
Glenwood Park
Stutzman
Larry Shampoe
Carl Marshanal
Arthur Wallace
Wilma Adams
James
North Clymer
Robert Hulett
Harold Bemis
Agnes Orcutt
Stella Humphrey
Hinttie Warnshuis
Laurel Morton
Paul Shampoe
Cecil Humphrey
Milton
Hazel
Kent Valley
Charles Humphrey
Rachel Wright
Eleanor Wallace
Cotty
Carlsbad
Calif
Wilford Wallace
Wallace
Marines
Local visits and 4-H training trip noted in brief
Mrs Henry Moore visited her mother Mrs Ellen Redding on Monday afternoon. Mrs William Bemis joined Max Bemis of Corry to Bele Sunday to visit Mr and Mrs Merle Hopkins. William and Rodger Dunnewald and Frank Gorden joined others from here for a three year 4-H tractors course in Buffalo on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs William Bemis hosted supper for Mr and Mrs Max Bemis on Sunday in Corry to celebrate Mother's Day, with sympathy extended to Mrs Willum Bensink and Lyle.
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Henry Moore
Ellen Redding
William Bemis
Max Bemis
Corry
Bele
Merle Hopkins
William
Rodger Dunnewald
Frank Gorden
Buffalo
Willum Bensink
Lyle
Loss of Husband and Father William Bensink
William Bensink died Monday night after a heart attack Sunday. The notice records the loss of a husband and father, detailing the sequence of his illness and death while marking the family’s bereavement.
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William Bensink
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Carl Proctor
Alexander Graham Bell
Weacher
PUC
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Falconer
Arate
Bing Hollywood
Columbia Broadcasting System
Bing Crosby
Gary
Plymouuth
Plymouth
Plymuth
Pymouth
Ecto
Plymouth Dealer
Gotoractive
America
Blackstone
Mamupactrar
Langhurst & Stewart
East Main St
Bob Desmond
West Church St
ARS
India
Thomas Motors
Clinton St
Clymer Farm Supply, Inc. International Sales and Service
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