Death claims Edwin Rafter a noted Curry man dies at 63
Edwin Rafter, 63, well known in Curry circles, died early today at the U S Veterans hospital in Aspall Pa after years of illness. He served in the Spanish American War and later the Philippines. He worked with Missouri Pacific Railroad and several Pittsburgh area firms before moving to Corry ten years ago. Surviving are his wife a daughter Mildred Alfred a grandson Dick Alfred and a brother Earl Rafter. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 4 pm at the Harry Samson funeral home with burial Monday at Allegheny Cemetery. Flowers omitted.
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Milt
C. Edwin Rafter
U.S. Veterans’ Hospital
Aspaull
Wir. Rafter
Rotary Club
Masonic Fraternity
B. P. 0. ‘Elks
New Kensington
Newburg
Cleveland
Ohio
Western Reserve University
Philippines
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
P. H. Murphy Company
Pittsburgh Forgings Company
Allied Industries
Rafter
Corry
Mildred Alfred
Dick Alfred
Earl Rafter
Harry Samson
Dollar-a-day payments for Ashtabula wreck survivor
Philadelphia dated report recalls a 65 year old passenger, Harry Ellsworth Bennett, injured in the Ash tabula wreck where 99 died. The railroad promised a dollar a day for life, and Bennett notes he has collected 23 thousand seven hundred dollars to date, celebrating his 101st birthday.
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Ashtabula
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Weill
Harry Ellsworth Bennett
Bennett
New Sparta Seeks Help to Repair Dairy Shed at Fair
SPARTANSBURG Sept 5 On Monday Sept 8 volunteers are asked to gather at Jesse Goodwill gravel pit Concord Corners to haul gravel and build a raised cattle platform for the Community Fair dairy shed. The school board reports the resignation of Miss Leora Stranahan after ten years and shows two new hires Miss Helen Younie and Miss Nola Mae Yeas to join the staff.
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Spartansburg
Jesse Goodwill
Concord Corners
Board of Education
Leora Stranahan
Stranahan
Harborcreek
Helen ‘Younie
Brie
Miss Younie
Nola Mae Yeas
Harbor Half Ladies Aid
Community House
Richard Winans
Paul Smith
Robert Foley
Martha Washington Club
James Weldner
Princess Pat Club
Oskar Mast
Norma Foreman
Parent‘Teachers’ Association
Wirt Ingram
Lyle Stranaha
Elliott Roger
Harland Weldner
Helen Shreve
Floy Ramsey
Helen Bates
Lucille Blakeslee
Glenn Steadmay
Finnl Exhibit Wreck Of Two Red Divisions
Prisoners dig graves under guards with bayoneted rifles as Russians toil in the sun. Guldes smiles at astonishment as some prisoners calmly handle hand grenades. An officer notes that fierce patriots have been killed or captured, making the risk seem manageable.
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Jmngs
Guldes
Navigating Northwest Passage by Roald Amundsen's Gjoa
Captain Roald Amundsen began the voyage from Oslo on June 17 1903 aboard Gjoa to traverse the Northwest Passage entering the passage via the Bering Strait on July 11 1906. He completed the first ocean to ocean transit north of the Vaala area sailing through Arctic waters.
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Bret
Roald Aramsen
Oslo
Gjoa
Bering Strait
Ocean
Patavaala
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Edwin Rafter
Curry
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Pittsburgh
Halen Younie
Erie
Fair Grounds
PTA
Kentucky
Sparta
Harry Wallace
Clyde Kinney
B. D. Bryant
Lawrence Snapp
Leelan Leroy Goldin
Torrey Funeral
Arnold Lundberg
Junior Sherlock
Prank Sherlock
Cony Hospital
David Smith
Maxine Kinney
Toronto Fair
Canada
Floyd Brown
Miss Neva Brown
Phillip Wade
Charles Wade
Corry R. D
Carrolton
Homer Moore
Methodist
Wade
Aew Supply Company
Neva
Sparta Vo~ Fational School
Davie Smith
D. W.kinney
Wowssville
Chaliter
Mabel Wood
John Musgate
George ‘Townhend
Fimore
George ‘H. Davis
Gorge Polluck
Union City
Paul Sheldon
Labor Day
Williard Tillotson
Jane Collins
Newport News
Merritt Harrison
All Winans
Freda Tauber
Youngtown
Tebor
Lyda
Titus J Sed
Walter Pfeiffer
J Titus
George H. Davis
Milton Burchard
Jack
Robert
Manassas
D. W. Kinney
W. M. Brown
Endeavor
Pred Culbertson
Bust Iickery
Bax] Boughton
Donald Freeman
Painesville
Katherine Healy
Michael Kinser
Kenneth
Olean
N.Y
Rey Shrhart
Baptist Church
William Strong
Chile
8. C
William Strong, Jr
Arnold Luneverg
Saived
Corry State Armory
Hal
Blackstone
America
Furnii
Beral Trade
Tre
Long Island
Baily Bog Food
AGP
Marvel Bread
Jane Parker
Peaches
Elbert’ Canning
Dexo
Ady
Tom Clapper
Tom
Clapper
Erie County
Republican
Nabisco National Biscuit Company
SH Neaz
CN ‘ Wes
Iesson
Uwroughly
Lee
McCandrew's
U.S.P
Coconut & Castile
Pharmacy
Vicks VapoRub
Burma
Vitalis Hills
Lydia Pinkhams
Marine
Tron & EA
Pehla DO
Elizabeth
Arden
Belic
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