Former Area Pastor Dies at 79 in Meadville Home
Rev. David O. May 79 longtime Methodist minister with service in Hydetown Spar Townsburg and many Pennsylvania charges died Monday at the Meadville Methodist Memorial Home. Born March 26 1875 at Curtisville Clarion County he served 40 years in ministry and retired to the home in 1951 survived by his widow Ruth Kendall May four daughters six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the home chapel with burial in Waterford. Connecticut statisticians say the federal government owns less land in that state than in any other half of one per cent of 9 600 000 acres.
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David O. May
Methodist Memorial Home
Meadville
Hydetown
Spartansburg
May
Curtisville
Clarion County
Orpha V. Davenspike
Hawthorn
Evline
Gladys
Ruth
Margaret
Albert
David
Frances
Masonic Lodge
Mt. Jewett
Erie Conference
Methodist Church
Clarington
Emerickville
Hazen
Summerville
Conneaut Lake
Rimersburg
DuBois
Mt. Zion
Waterford
Oran Harding
Brookville
Margaret Hiles
Kittanning
Methodist Home
Braun
Connecticut
Democratic Platform Promises Tax Cuts and Reform in Pennsylvania
The platform pledges to end the state sales tax and overhaul state services with a department of accounting head to supervise administration and salary revisions for professionals. It attacks the Republican administration for waste and corruption, calls for a Democratic Congress, criticizes national leadership, and aims to strengthen public utility protections and milk control by balancing producer and consumer representation.
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Department of Accounting
Democratic Party of
Pennsylvania
Friendship Aid Plans Banquet at Columbus Community Church
Mrs Ruth Lyons hosted ten members of the Friendship Aid of the Evangelical United Brethren Church last evening. Mrs Gertrude Grover, president, announced final banquet plans for September 21 at Columbus Community Church. Reservations may be made with Mrs Lynn Campbell or Mrs Marshall Sherwood. Mrs Walter Proctor helped serve peach custard cookies tea and coffee.
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Friendship Aid
Ruth Lyons
Wright Street
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Gertrude Grover
Columbus Community Church
Lynn Campbell
Marshall Sherwood
Walter Proctor
Lyons
Vaughn Delivers Kiwanis Talk on Bird-A-Clock
Hubert Vaughn co owner of Corry Instrument Company spoke at the Kiwanis Club noon meeting in Hotel Corry. Introduced by Dr Roger Amy he described the Bird A Clock product and the manufacturing trials and new plant. Two members would take the handicapped to Union City for the evening meeting.
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Kiwanis Club
Corry
Hubert Vaughn
Corry Instrument Company
Vaughn
Roger Amy
Union City
Ex-publisher Walter Carley Sr. dies at 64 in Wakefield
Walter F. Carley Sr., 64, former president and general manager of the Boston Post Publishing Co. from 1946 to 1952, and first president and organizer of the Institute of Newspaper Controllers and Finance Officers, died yesterday in Wakefield Mass.
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Wakefield
Mass
Walter F. Carley Sr
Boston Post Publishing Co
Institute of Newspaper Controllers and Finance Officers
New York
Yessterday
Dewey Signals Retirement From Public Life
Dewey plans to retire to private life amid questions on his state and national influence. He has long led the liberal internationalist wing of the Republican Party and may face fresh conflict at upcoming campaigns. Rumors link him to law firms in New York and possible Cabinet service under Eisenhower.
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Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Wendell Willkie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
New York City
Sees Decrease In Joblessness in Mitchell Forecast
Secretary James P. Mitchell predicts a leveling of the economy and a fall in unemployment this fall. He notes 62 million employed and 3.3 million unemployed postwar. In the Pittsburgh district he cites coal and steel concentration as a local problem but does not expect conditions to worsen there.
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Pittsburgh
James P. Mitchell
Yan Pt
Mitchell
United States
Communism Barred From Colombia's New Constitution
Colombia's Constituent Assembly adopted a provision barring international communism from political activity, incorporating the ban into the nation’s new constitution yesterday.
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Bogota
Colombia
Constituent Assembly
Organize Group 10 Oppose Fluoridation Meeting
A Meadville meeting to form a committee opposing fluoridation of the city water will convene at 8 p.m. in the courthouse assembly rooms. Dr. K. K. Lane arranged the gathering, inviting interested residents to join. A separate pro fluoridation group led by Dr. H. Rhinesmith previously organized to reduce tooth decay. If 994 registered voters sign petitions by September 1, the issue will go to voters in the November 2 election. City Clerk G. Stanley Maxwell’s office in City Mall is open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily for signing. Fourteen names were added yesterday, bringing the total to 118.
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Meadville
K. K. Lane
Iit
Rhinesmith
Allegheny College
G. Stanley Maxwell
City Mall
McFarland Wins Arizona Democratic Governor Nomination
Ernest W. McFarland won the Arizona Democratic nomination for governor in a swift, statewide victory. He led in all 14 counties and carried Kimball’s district as votes closed. Kimball sent congratulations after the decisive result.
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McFarland
Arizona
Associated Press
Phoenix
Arix
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizon
U. S. Senate
William Kimball
Carrid Kimball
Ariston
Kimball
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