Spartansburg Sparta Community Fair Closes With Big Parade
The 11th annual Community Fair, run by Sparta Vocational School with local business help, closed Saturday after a large crowd, fine weather, and 1700 plus entries. Highlights included top exhibits in stock, home economics, and craft, plus a large parade of floats and decorated cars. Judges from Pittsburgh, Hydetown, and New York City announced winners across many categories, with notable prizes for best decorated float and parade participants. The event also featured an ox roast serving 650 pounds of meat, a jump from a craft plane, and contests in milking and baking, drawing more than 1,000 booster-tag tickets.
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Spartansburg
Sparta Vocational School
T. H. Bradley
D. W. Kinney
Sparta
Jean Hayes
New York City
Jarome McPadden
Hydetown
Ralph H. Blakeslee
Pittsburgh
Guy M. Fish
Frank Kamper
Spencer Mills
Future Farmers of America
Charles Torrey
Herbert Garnett
Haiblem Oil Co
Patty Fish
Larce Bannell
Duane Ingram
Jean Snapp
Neil Scouten
Milton Blakeslee
Tommy Weidner
Delores McDanell
Grandin Drake
Mys
Fy E
McDannell
Warren
William Daszynicz
Mis
Rose Tivalo
Mildred Kelly
Centerville
Raymond Staite
Jacquelyn Brown
Jesse Whitney
Malcolm Hyser
Marjorie Snapp
Secon
Helen Bennett
Fall Bulbs Guide The Best Spring Garden Color
Planting spring blooming bulbs is the key garden task in fall. A complete sequence from snowdrops to Tate tulips ensures color from early spring through May. Prioritize snowdrops crocuses scillas and early daffodils with abundant tulip plantings for peak garden beauty.
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Snower
Plymouth introduces 1939 models with eye appeal and airflow
Plymouth unveils its 1939 line featuring 114 inch wheel bases and new 18 tyre display innovations. Local dealers Christensen Motors and C. S. Wallace will exhibit in 11,000 showrooms nationwide, with formal presentations and newspaper ads next week. The article also notes a county fair with landscape and flower winners and various food and craft prizes.
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Christensen Motors
C. S. ‘Wallace
Plymouth
WPA District Program Seen To Boost Erie District Jobs
Erie officials say WPA projections show a 1200 to 1500 man rise in district employment soon. About 2000 workers are eligible while funds are needed. officials expect Gov Earle to secure highway project funding to start work, with 7 per month sufficient to initiate extensive highway programs.
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Brig
WPA
Erie
Highway Department
Guy
Cleaver
Erie Wipa
Hrie
Gav. Earle
Farmer kills giant lion at Pietersburg record shot
Gerrie van der Merwe of Linten Pari killed one of the largest lions on record near Pietersburg in Transvaal. The beast measured more than 12 feet in length, marking a remarkable hunt.
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Farmer
Pietersburg
Transvaal
Gerrie van der Merwe
Linten Pari
Bradford Oil Man Killed in Plane Crash Near Berlin N J
Howard Hillett Greene age 8 vice president of Kendell Refining Co Bradford Pa was killed when his plane crashed in a cranberry bog near Berlin N J Dense fog and bad weather forced a return from Atlantic City where he had attended a National Petroleum Association meeting He was noted as Bradford’s official mail pilot and had previously received a U S government citation for piloting duties.
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Berlin
N. J
Howard Hillett Green
Kendell Refining Company
Bradford
Hishlane
Here
Atlantic City
Camden
Greene
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
le Port
National Petroleum Association
Man Drowns Near Lighthouse Point in Chautauqua
Jamestown report details the drowning of Kyute Sherman, 02, of Collins operator of a local garage, at Lighthouse Point while fishing. The incident near Chautauqua Lake left Sherman dead with Theodore Sargent, 40, Gowanda, and Donald Mosher, ae, Gowanda, in peril but rescued. Arthur Wasmund and Paul Stanley aided on the scene amid rescue efforts.
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Jamestown
Kyute Sherman
Collins
Cheutaugua
Lighthouse Point
Theodore Sargent
Buffalo Street
Gowanda
Donald Mosher
Johnson Street
Ciith Sherman
Arthur Wasmund
Sliver Creek
Woman Ends Life in Home North East
The life less body of Mrs Minnie Reynolds aged 58 was found hanging in her home at 293 Mill Street Monday morning by her husband James upon returning from a WPA project near North East. Deputy Coroner W O Wilson said no notes were found and conditions have not yet been revealed. The couple had two children and Reynolds had been in failing health for some time. The victim was well known in North East and vicinity.
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United Press North East
Minnie ‘Reynolds
Mill Street
James
Reynolds
W. O. Wilson
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Eleanor Rose
Prences Farrington
Dorothy Isthman
Ben Drake
Union City
Neva Bewley
Wiliam Halfast
Corry
Star of Bethlehem
Gertrude Hickle
Beaverdam
Jas. Scarem
Chaffee
KRAFT
Encourag
Federal Reserve System
BANK
the Gorner
Minnie Reynolds
North East
Bisquick
Oxydol
Rinso
Wing
Willi
Clarence
Wallace
Chrysler
First Avenue
Tiesor Pumps
Desmond
J. L. Spiesman
Richard
Rossbacher
Insurance Agency
Guy E. Rogers
Dial
Paints and Supplies
Holly Wall Paper & Paint Store
West Main Street
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