Death mars Watkins 500 at Watkins Glen race
The Glen 500 mile production car race at Watkins Glen ends in tragedy as Harold C Woods Jr 34 of Riverton N J dies when his Daimler spins off track on lap 85 of 218. Harold M Keck and Oscar Kovaleski win in a Cobra Ford over 501.4 miles in 5 hours 20 minutes. Keck and Kovaleski set a record pace averaging 93.91 mph with laps to 101.25 mph. Woods death marks the track's second fatal incident since racing began.
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Watkins Glen
Glen
Harold M. Keck
Hellertown
A.M
Oscar) Koveleski
Scranton
Daimler Auto
Harold C. Woods Jr
Riverton
N.J
Wood
Keck
Koveleski
Arthur W. Faust
Buick
Woods
Dennis Brown
Snyder
N Y
Wayne Kelley
Toronto
Lodi Locas and Church Group Plan Aug Picnic
Lodi Locas and W S C S of the Methodist Church schedule a picnic supper for Thursday evening August 26 at 6 30 at Mrs Mildred Covert's cottage. Various local residents and visitors are noted in a string of social notices and a cheeky report ends with an astronaut joke about being atop 150000 parts from the lowest bidder.
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W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Mildred Covert
Alice Stout
Evelyn Reynolds
Clayton Jennings
Henrietta
Nova Scotia
Roxana
Gregory
Randa Jennings
Robert Jacot
Easton, Pa
Robin
Baston
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Jack Paveling
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Robert Luebbe
Sherrell
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Mass
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Romulus
Robert Hartman
Clearwater
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Jasper Howell
St. Petersburg
Raymond Winters
Moravia
Margaret Kaney
Howard Williams
Syracuse
Bert Tidd
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Winfred Schaffer
Marian
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Ida Riese
Waterloo R.D
Marian Sweetland
McDougal
Carl Barnhill
Dimock Heineman
Hartman
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Harold Reed
A.F., Sisson
D.F. Heinzman
Federated Workers
Ruth Stahl
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Hillertown
A.M Koveleski
Colbra Ford
Glenn Raymond
Frank Farr
University of Eastern
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Alice Ellis
Edgar Cain
Patty
Willis Herdar
Belle Mead
William Sadler
Ruth Reynolds
Budd Boyer
Sarah Dorothy Boyer
Kenneth Huff
New Orleans
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Glenn Huff
David E. Brust
Marine Corp
Eltora
Calif
George Graham
Oxen Hill
George Myer
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Harry Graham
Fred Wilder
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Lodi Point
Leighton A. Hope
Albany
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