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McKean County Miner (Newspaper) - July 10, 1930, Smethport, PennsylvaniaMiu Obday july baseball game sunday Lecker Fox an attractive Home wedding of late june was that of miss Mildred Lecker of new Brighton and Alphaus Fox or. Of Smethport. Which took place on monday the Home of mrs. A. E. Fisher 873 twelfth Street new s the nuptial lines were read before Paul d. Hamlin of Well an embankment of ferns flanked with known philanthropist and traveler and Mill arranged in Smethport s native son. Will arrive Hithe living room of the Home at. Smethport where lie will be h. A. Manse pastor of the e guest of or. Mrs h. H. Redfield Ami family for a Days and will at tend the Ball game sunday on the Fine athletic Field which Tugi Itic r Wlton the stadium of his Uncle l. Revered Sinet port physician. This magnificent gift who Clits Proy the Flost methodist episcopal Church new Brighton. at the. Conclusion of two vocal solves All for you and miss Faye mrs. Arthur Seanor struck the chord of the wedding music which was the signal for the. Appearance of. The Little ring bearer. Louise Seanior. Little Means of again renew Eric the miss Seanor dressed in Orchid Georgette old time baseball spirt in this Sevion witl1 la shoulder Corsage of Sweet peas is one of which the town May Well be ring on a Silver tray Vashu proud it is one of the finest athletic Fields in. This Section and has been in frequent use for baseball games during months. Several new baseball teams have been organized. Under the auspices of Bucktail Post and enthusiasm for the National game has run High. Or. Hamlin was 4 player of ack no welded reputation in his boyhood and Stu takes a keen interest in the game v. The following reprint from the Miner riles of August baseball enthusiasts Between Oakdale. And wednesday auamlln1 Park which Best played on was followed by the Bride and her Mald of Hondr. Mrs. Of Smethport a sister of the Groom. The Bride wore a gown of Robin egg Blue Chiffon with accessories to Corres Pond and carried bridal roses. My Rice wore yellow Chiffon and1 her Al bar ers were yellow roses. Albert brother of the Groom served As his Best Man. Mrs. N. A Fox Mother of the Groom appeared in a gown of Grey sat crepe and wore a shoulder Corsage of Sweet peas following the marriage service a wed Ding dinner Wasy served covers betas is and Pink for fwd the decorations of the a wedding Tiute festive miss Mary. Eizabeth Fisher and miss Ruth Martin friends or the Bride were Katou a. Stickles prom Lent Keating township Farmer reports that Iriani Leer Art roaming through his Farnin lately inc the animals have become tame Tiit they have Little be air even when Meir Aru at work , Tut y r Dom Tarry Lone in one spot but move on irom place to place helping Themi Grain or whatever takes their fancy on. The farm land they visit. But their depredations Are not very serious. Last week a Uig Buck that had. Been browsing in the Stickles Pas Ture along the Pennsylvania tracks in East Smethport jumped the. Fence and to. The amazement of several spectators. Railroad track for .some., distance. Train whistled to warn him of his danger and be finally left the track and made off into the Woods a dismayed by his close proximity to death on another Stickles was harrowing a Field on his open Brook farm and two yearling does frightened Liis horses by running directly in front of them he states that it i con non sight to see Deer is. At your Long 1000 Choice cabbage plants. Or. Stickles bad set out curly on one of his lots. They appreciation of their. Excellent Quality by Many Deer seen near Here Buck at e. Smethport Smethport loses to Redman win from it. Jewett Ilieus by m1 nut sect Hjort lost to the redmen on of july by the score of 5-2 and it. Jewett on sunday by Hie scare of 8-6. The game tile fourth was thrilling game which was a Pitcher a Duel throughout Between the vet Erin Beryl Sprague. Price. Sprague Yhu Rio d line Ball allowing Only seven hits and striking ii out 12 men. But the Breaks. Of the. Same robbed win of a Vic try. Sinc to Mart Lead the Way with a two run advantage until the 7th Frame Aljen h Freak Home run on the part of a Bradford boy started a. Rally which netted to runs to tie the then on until the filth inning it Wasa real Pitcher s Battle. In Bradford s of the. Filth they made several which netted them three runs to win the game. It was a great i game and Yough one Tolose. Of the fans who attended this game declared that it was of the Best had Ever witnessed in Many a year Lioyd Kohn Stellar second baseman for the locals met painful Accident in the second mining of the game when a Bradford running in at . To Samond Colde Btl Jim Peri Gnu m g right Frt rtt in a rating a bad Gash toe. L my Kahn was remove i from the Field arid Given first and sat to witness the. Remainder of. The game of. Celebration at port Allegany was successful the third and anal Day of the old Home and american legion county convention at. Port Al legacy was marked with an attendance that was of record size despite the big Day Ori Friday. Friday itself was prob ably one of the biggest fourth of july observances Ever held neighbor ing Borough with Ball con certs dances a circus historical pageant Airt fireworks. Thu Sands of visitors thronged the Borough during the Day and evening. The feature of. was the legion posts., drum. Corps huges Parade in which Hose companies. Boy . Fraternal organizations nation Al Leiloni Aires floats cars took part. A drum corps Competition in which a number cities were re presented was held following the Par Ade with the Jamestown group carry ing Oft. First Salamanca cop plug second Money and Bradford placing Garden meetings this week this year there Are seven demonstration gardens in the county and meetings will be held at these Garden to see some of the. Itis common vegetables and learn How to grow them and prepare them to eat. W. B. Lasley vegetable will be the Garden meetings Art listed a s follows at 130 p. Fred John. Wide us Kim. Of or. Robt. Hamilton who took three 8 at p. Salt Phi Ike Jeraber to close the a Bradford must have licenses to operate in town a regular met Ting of the Borough Council was held monday evening. July 7th at that lose House. Mentors pre sent were Ostrander Nellis Freeman Karlin. Hull Digel and Kelly also Bur Gess Daniel Bacon and sell Citti a. W. Slip truck previous menu big we re read and approved. The following Bills wore react acid or dered paid la hogarth.1 Secretary Board of health. Cooper. Phev Rolet -co., s6.40 Chas. Masser supplies. Morrison filling station Gas. S3.93 Smethport natural Gas co., Gas. S7.20 c. B. Corwin. Painting Bridge. S45 Smethport water "co., water Mckean county Miner printing. publishing co. Ia.20 Hoines go Lilllan supplies 1266.06 Hausa of bros., supplies Street commissioner Raymond Lars Pri labor c. A. Shattuck solicitor Lyle Drake. Health o Fulcer Jamestown electrical Supply co., meters Beth nor Man salary june Olen Mencer a. Bleyer salary . Co., 1 a c supplies Standar electric Cut lamps main Street garage supplies Bell Telephone m h. Kelly., team work Robert Clark Norman Gregory inbox i pal Raer. Labor products co. Supplies. S128 in. A. Meter a s3 co electric e a stop.15 police duly Paul Kartell Liis Bector it Froni. Coh it was ques Tion if poll Ling Kins first to Bat and carried runs Tull Mak aug. A Home Tuil t the Hoine team kept Ihfe Lead throughput the game hard and Good file dim making it. Lii to iiiiy1 injure skins last half of the ninth trip. Score standing 9 to 4 in Smith Jort s Ian pm the f Bart alas filled the meariunu1 with Jho omit. At this Point Llamile gels a os1 and Makiji a Doubli Plaj. Act Tjeng. He Besid Esunas slated doable or throughout the Fisher Home the Young has a Fine position As Secretary for the Capitol Chevrolet Groom has a lieutenant on the police. Force in or. Fox a Iii h is Bride left for a Brief honeymoon trip arid upon Mieir return will be at to their Matiy friends Al Elwood Miner and a. Host of friends extend remained a filler will Ptan Irish hollow wound. His condition is reported july p. . Co Kurow. Tech Fri of Tho Iii Caine attended bid Ieli Plutul sum lust i. Jewett r.-. Tubb summer for it Law in. Cincy Pont onus who july-11 a. He i unit for its credited i with Aalst lab in4 he made two. Hulti in throw tin ies at a Wool grow try. met. Monday night june opened bids for this years Lii a ill he Lilia fun a Lvii Tiff Nfn u-1. In Limo Milia Ikirt o the. Receipt saw from lice Isis Caliper . Nis to the town Lias by c and t that it Hiis sir cd the Fify Oose for. Which to gave it w create Mert Obriai in Honor of tit s. Mcle. Life healthful inn eat in. Baseball Smethport. And give the youth of ii e. T Iwin place Ith Fetics ies. I-1. The hew Field ii of the building was i bouts in port port Al Mcgahy. In. July is. Falik thrills Dud aug her at the. American legion Pou Iid Flat Subiti Lettea by her Sci lorb Lii Sia Siland. After sumo to decided 1 to sell . At. This Price ,becaus4. They Felt holding it for a ugh to Price this year. Wait be taken a hit the in port ally Stony. Which Wiio ass the track from the Penni Sylvan la att Tiqui -1 of Dzivi Jilk a Forenoon i ill. Is part should lie delivered Dur Forenoon. Avo is Froit Tirui Iny of Proon. Find port air celebrates fourth too soon Doinald Frank Nate year old. Son of or. And mrs.-. F. E. Frank of Orte i Street is suffering Frorup injuries a Pei 3d a Farmers Valley where a shot Hini Iri the Chin with k pistol loaded . Blank St tvs p Star to outre wishes to that wit wednesday july of Beautiful Dresser. Are enc ii lady Patron made tyra rum to take Leada rid i More than was caused by Lead bw.w5? Over jul Vurcy. Of his theatre samples of these. Tactic now on window of m. A. Geary s restaurant. Ross warehouse is Ball and kept were siriday this Sim ii at Ili 1 the italians Litas Long. do Tibt. Will lit left i a o and help Ilie show business Herbert Smith Mck Eiji county ? airy read if was Mph Bojt and thai tins port and e. asked that the lamp Post be. Movers away from Drist in if Lossl Biff be Livov it wins Ino cd Ana carried that question. Be referred. To Tyr. Norman and removal made at tin expense. Of air and w Chou Iii f i it Chou Iii f Illja of. Ii Tii v of tic Tia id Sij Jiko. Hit in by dynamite yesterday .morniiig.7 at o clock. The dynamite tired by ten commit Tang the det d wins. Stolen from . ise St mated to iat Vic ibis act toxicity Isis. Is of the matter was re Ferrell i county be Active Jack f. Allison yesterday morn o tic Taij in Jim. Guy was Bridges Park Vul Ieca athletic in Oil Cut. A a. Der Airbus other-names., acid Liis train the local lesion committee Rias been informed that Shpirt various Runi Smethport team is t a legion warn and this it matched with the Winner of state that he was arrested May 23d in few Yoff h i is i m kit i the. Proposition Bridges. Mentioned Atid. Report in the Freeman. Inti Kelly were appointed a committee to tend to this matter. 3. It was voted to pay the Morasco con wisc on Ari leading unit 1 against the mexican government in the Spring of 1929. Thus breaking trility pact. At the hearing Smith was dismissed for Lack of evidence on his tiers anal Fecit Guizance Bont and returned to los. Angeles. In this City he recently signed a con tract with a producing company to con duct which tie will bring two planes give demonstrations of stunt in which the famous police dog will also pm unit was voted that a Transfer of s1500 be made from the electric 1 fund a the general fun d. J. A Lindhol Rrt and s. A Hayes were he card was staged by. Bucktail. Post boxing .club1 of Smethport in conjunct legion convention1.here. Free of the five ended in lockouts one was declared Satis i Tofy to All present even the get the card presented plenty of action., i the of which rested Don cel ver. Randolph Battler and1 two Sederb boys. From Meadville. Loyd Jennings. Another. Meady he. Fighter also provided the Faris plenty action.-. First bout a a 6. Bill. Of i a the second a buried Nick Paddio 135, Meadville in the jeer dad dip taking Bike of Mon punches Early in the second round ripped cart Ilene in his nose Mooney in Veteran had boy licit. I from Start however. From Ort fights under a big Ffinlo. acid limb up the floor provided oath Imredy and plenty of fighting As Heiter erf in the Rig with Floyd Jennings 0 of Meadville. A Knapp flew at Jeri Rig s like. Loii and the crowd . Action to Petite. Jennings furnishing the Side of the Jeff act Ood Knapp off and finished the first round. Khap p commented great fight while it lasted. Jack Mcauliffe awarded the it to Jeri rigs. When Knapp failed come up for the second after being locked through the ropes Patsy Meadville boxed id punched his Way to a draw Over into Qia Morone 123, of Rochester. Vero piled up an Early Lead and Ibok i much better than a draw. Morse wins in third in the Semi final morse1 dropped Ank. Berdg -116, ,.of Rochester in seasoned the stamina to stand up Ide r the terrific left punching Pound randolph1 Crusher cry of foul from the fans brought Taiyi feet in the first round As Cornog dropped writhing in pain to 1 in floor those next ton the ringside continued on Page eight de the lads bums and he is improving in a satisfactory Mariner. Two Brothers drown at Clermont two Geprge Fuller aged 21 and Harry of Fuller aged 12. Were drowned. Monday afternoon july 7th at about o clock at Clermont another boy William Bierfield aged nine narrowly escaped the same tragic the two younger boys and William bin Field had been pad do Iii around. An improvised raft on a of Clermont alone the Pennsylvania tracks. In some Way they upset the raft at a spot where the water Twenty five feet deep and the two , who were univ Able to immediately Sank to the Bottom frantic cries the older brother Charles Fuller and. Several oth Erst Howerde on plunged in to. The. Pond to. Go to their As so so Ance. Reaching his brother with him to Shore but the Ger boy. Grappled with him so desperately that it was an impossibility and both boys were drowned rescued William Burfield and succeeded in bringing him safely to sent out arid the Pond was dragged but the bodies were not recovered until three hours later. The Fuller Brothers by their parents and ten Brothers and Sis boy employed by the Clay products company at Cier Mont. The terrible tragedy cast a pall1 of gloom Over the Little Village where tooth of the drowned lads were Well known held at the in the m e. Church at monday at p. A Rev. J. H. Bailey of Crosby was in clerk not cemetery. Went to Lewis investigate the bombing they Learned that the. Omber had taken a dozen dynamite from a tool Box belonging to1 or. is building route into and the explosive taken to. Lewis run urrere they were placed in the. Tijare Louse and ignited. The building was blown almost to pieces Only two. Sides of the Structure which was 40x40" feel n dimensions standing materials housed in the building including Cement were blown into a Creek nearby. The Force of the exp Yoslon was Felt some Hou ses. In Lewis other nearby sections racking from the Impact. Corii Friis. To1 dynamite no warehouse Bradford. July . Care ully planned . County detective county Deti Active , with some Cley -1 on Rie mystery of the up of the Fred Boss warehouse at lewis1 run and placed the perpetrator s following a methodical drilling two men confessed the How when and Rea son for the deed that aroused the Little settlement and caused the contractor considerable financial loss. The confession As. Given to. Ritchie is As we the Kenn eth a Ward land signal s. Both living run Boro do hereby confess to Bert Nolan Constable of Lewis and detective Ritchie on the second Day of while under the influence of without any malicious intent did steal. Frogs or. Abrams at Tifoney 6 or t Sticks of. Amite fuse and Caps and chg of july. Fourth at we set off 4.sticks of dynamite along Side. Of r Ross s Cement shed in Lewis Rtin Borough mostly for a Little Celebration without realizing the results or without malicious intent. We confess of Bur own free will without violence or. Threat of any kind Kenneth Bignani Ward will be1 Given ing today after which Allison will take the proper Legal proceedings against the two men. Tracts for the. Championship of. Pennsylvania the Winner of this series to Pla y the. Champi Prishep Eastern Pennsylvania for the the i be snatched in the playoffs to determine the. Nation Al champions. Biliy Arbonis by. A Road body Badini Ante ii Rob. Ert Leroy son of or. And mrs. George Fanton. Was killed in South Bolivar late monday afternoon. The Fantom boy was playing in front. Of his Home where the Accident of. Accad erit1-resulted of of the Driver of the tractor be Learned. I mrs. Mother of the child saw. The boy lying Road Spon after the Accident. Sunning to the body from the mrs of Antoniv attracted the attention of the Driver who saw the boy1 time. Marathon swimmer around Cuba Lake july 4th. Glean july around the Shore line of Cuba distance of some eight and a half h. Internationally known May athon and endurance a precedent in. The Long distance swim Ming history of the local resort yester Day afternoon starting from olivers Pavilion at did not set his feet in the ground until the Circle in hours and 55 Seal kept approximately toe and the Shore line during the swim. He encountered much difficulty with seaweed which became in in his1 legs and.greatly.ham-, Perez his. Speed. Siu Idaer changes in water temperatures caused by the1 Many Springs in the Lake also were Felt first maa to Ever swim around that body of water. The near future where he. Will no doubt draw a Large crowd. Defeats Bradford at Defeated Bradford ii a. Tennis la St at Bradford by Trie score of. Four matches to two. A return engagement is to be played in the near future when expect to avenge their recent singles. Redfield 6-2 3.-6 s Defeated Herold v s Defeated Sweet Apple s Defeated. Langworthy 674 6-4. Schonblom arid Sweet Defeated Hockenberry and red Fielit 6-4 6-1 Apple and. Newman Csc Defeated her Roldand Bougherty car wrecked on St. A party of people three Hien and a worm non their Way to new York City in a Chevrolet Sedan net with an Accident last Friday in front of the. E. W. Jones residence on Marvin Creek. A tire blew out causing the car to turn Over and throw its occupants. To the pavement one of the men suffered a bad Cut on his neck and All of the party were More or less bruised. Or. Of Straider treated their injuries the which was towed to the. Smethport was a Complete wreck. . Quire a License from paddlers the Council voted to draft a new ordinance in regard to this matter. The commit. Tee appointed for this purpose were Hull. Digel. It was voted that the. Committee on painting Borough Buildt g be authorized to. Have roof and Chimney repaired. Not painted Chautauqua closes the Radcliffe Chautauqua to a. Close .thursday., with lec Ture in the afternoon . Cis Cie. F. Law of the Harvest and a Cle yer musical program by the e Frazier entertainment company and in the evening a or. Armitage in another attractive program by the. Fra fancy , Seyr e Cal Clever numbers the. Chautauqua this year Phe big tent was filled to capacity each Day built whether return to Smethport next year is miss weather Bee the director did not secure sufficient guarantors before her and. Unless they Are secured by the local committee must be-1 abandoned the same that was. Use this year was advocated for Ai Othef season that of forty five guarantors Laking six seasons ticket at As. Many of the guarantors had "-difficulty., this year in disposing of their tickets. It proved impossible before the a lose of rhe. Requisite number of signers. Mrs Earl Hafner and son Junior were guests of Buffalo this week

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