Morrisville Grows as Industry Expands and Prices Rise
Morrisville, Pa., population around 5,000 last winter, sees rapid growth as U S Steel plans a large mill near town. Traffic requires four policemen at Bridge Street and U S Highway One, land values soar, and a Morrisville bank adds $1.8 million in deposits with a thousand new accounts. Local merchants push for block rebuilding and off street parking as new industries move in along the Delaware River, bringing iron ore from distant regions and proximity to major markets within 100 miles of New York Philadelphia Baltimore Harrisburg and Wilkes Barre.
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Morrisville
Bridge Street
U. S
Steel Company
Morrisville Bank
Harman L. Margerum
Thomas B. Stockham
Delaware River
Venezuela
Labrador
Chile
Africa
Minnesota
Mesabi
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Wilkes-Barre
Spillville Clock Collection Fueled by Dvorak Era
Spillville Iowa hosts a unique hand carved clock collection in a former Dvorak retreat. The Bily brothers crafted every piece, drawing visitors to a town famed for inspiring parts of the New World Symphony and Humoresque. The Parade of the Apostles clock remains the centerpiece.
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Spillville
Anton Dvorak
United States
Turkey River
Dvorak
New World Symphony
Largo
Bily Brothers
Consolidation Forcing Sale Of School Plants In Norborne
Norborne Missouri saw sixteen school buildings and assorted equipment auctioned after district consolidation. The sale drew a large crowd but produced only 7833 dollars and thirty four cents. Some land reverted to owners as schools ceased use. Items included pumps stoves toilets coal houses seats doors lumber pianos sewing machines and tools from a high school building.
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Norborne
Community gathering notes at Wilhoit home
Charivari was given at the home of Mr and Mrs Ray Galeener for Mr and Mrs Monnie Galeener. Several local families hosted meals and visits across Martinsville Paris Marshall and other nearby towns with multiple dinners and overnight stays noted.
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Charivari
Ray Galeener
Monnie ‘Galeener
Olen Jones
Glenn Olen
Roberta Jayne
Don Veatch
Martinsville
Dean Morgan
Harry ‘Dean
George Allan
Carl.Morgan
David Carolyn
Beverly Hendrix
Donna Wilhoit
Earle Dean Veach
Harold L. Claypool
Sylvan Morgan
Lila June
Forrest Baker
Norman Macke
Marilyn
Linda
R. E. Bishop
Marshall
Marilyn Macke
Joyce Wilhoit
Retha Wilhoit
Alan
Chester Linton
Don Gard
Carl Morgan
David
Northcutt
Glenn Wilhoit
Joyce
Harvey Wilson
County Line Society Notes Quiet Weekend Calls
Mrs Neva Graham and children of Darwin visited last week with her parents Mr and Mrs Pearl Graham. Lena Artman and son Doyle visited with Reid Artman family at Annapolis. Pvt Wilbur Reynolds Fr Leonard Wood Missouri on 14 day leave with Aden Reynolds family. Several neighbors called on McCrory Drake Robinson and Clatfelter households. Ruby Guyer visited Drake family Thursday morning.
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Neva Graham
Darwin
Pearl Graham
Lena Artman
Doyle
Reid Artman
Annapolis
Wilbur Reynolds
Leonard Wood
Missouri
Aden Reynolds
Jess Evans
Joe McCrory
Henry Evans
Ray Drake
Lester Swope
Donnie Myles
Harold, Clatfelter
Alva, Wells
Lawrence Wilson
Robinson
Ruby Guyer
Ray’ Drake
Weekend visitors share time with local families
Afternoon callers included Mrs. Harold Clatfelter and son Mrs. Joe McCrory and Lena Artman, Mr. and Mrs. Don Nave and son of Chicago, who visited over the weekend with their hosts Mr. and Mrs. Nave and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wells.
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Harold’ Clatfelter
Joe McCrory
Livingston Social Notes and Tax Tip Mix
Livingston column recalls visits and family news from Eva Powers to the Sullivan and Reedy families with gatherings, travels and hospital stays. It ends with a tax tip noting dairy profit taxation changes and potential refunds for past years.
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Read as Puzzle Items
A mixed set of crossword clues appears with scattered numbers and partial terms for across and down entries. The readable fragments include hints like Aloft, Toward, and a few mispelled or garbled phrases, suggesting a collapsed puzzle page.
Choctaw Community Notes Include Funerals and Visits
Herschel Cline and William Ledermann attended the funeral of Mrs. Fannie Gard in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. John Nicol of Allright visited Mr. and Mrs. Woodford Williams Androws. Mrs. Nicol was admitted to St Anthony Hospital for emergency surgery. John and Golda Blizzard and Mrs. Maude Miller visited Jeff Booker Saturday. Elder Jesse Gettings began work at the Canmi Baptist orphanage.
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Hershel Cline
William Ledermann
Fannie Gard
Ohio
John Nicol
Allright
Woodford Williams Androws
Vin T. Miller
Delphin
Walter Nicol
Maude Miller
Jeff Booker
Jesse Gettings
Canmi Baptist Orphanage
Farm Short Course Draws Enrollees at Urbana
Enrollments are pouring in for a winter farm short course at the Illinois College of Agriculture in Urbana, per the director. More than 100 Illinois farmers proved last year that corn picker accidents can happen to you unless you are careful.
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Illinois College of Agriculture
Urbana
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Iowa Village
Clock
Miss Frances Drake
Eva Powers
Union Hospital
Grace’ Brown
John Sullivan
Raymond Reedy
Lillie Reedy
Claude ‘Bender
Don Brown
Gérald Pine
Clyde Pine
Raymond "Reedy
Dorothy
Bobby Milburn
Ralph
Reedy
Korea
Ethel Jensen
Margaret Pine
Asbury Home Bureau
Terre Haute
Johnny and
Paul Travioli
Roy Ramsey
Billy Joe Higgins
Will Kesler
James
Harry Thornsburg
Martha Ellen
Jimmy
Carrie
Ann Davis
Dale Kesler
Don Pine
Gerald
Carl Norton
Annie
Harry Reedy
Dennis
Ben Setzer
Don Hackney
Mary
Marilyn Liviix
Robert Fraker
Dale Norton
iCarroll Miller
Portland
Oregon
Bes Lester Chambers
Lanike
Hawaii
Leroy McNary
Do. R. McNary
Hubert Brown
Orly
Mercury
Venus
Pluto
Uranus
Koch
Roentgen
Mendel
Pasteur
Continent
South America
Australia
Asia
Statue of Liberty
Bedloe’s
Staten
Manhattan
Ellis
Mooy
Holland
Penn
France
Acreas
Ocean
Sperrer
R. K. Laird Cor. Locust
Darwin, Illinois
DR. Binzer
Paris, Il
CY Cylinder
Ralph Prevo
Massey -Harris Farm Machinery
South Sixth ST
Marshall, Illinois
John Deere Dal Wenage
John Deere
Strand Theatre
Galahad Jones
Marjorie Lord
Richard Crane
Elizabeth Patterson
Jonathan Hale
Robert H. Flowers
Flowers Sales & Service
Clinois
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