Eldred's Bid Day Described as Great Occasion
The Eldred Eogle notes the bid day event as a great occasion, praising the Elk and highlighting community enthusiasm surrounding the moment.
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Newspaper
Mckean Democrat
Location
Smethport, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
6
The Eldred Eogle notes the bid day event as a great occasion, praising the Elk and highlighting community enthusiasm surrounding the moment.
The Givie Improvement Club met at Mrs J P Petersen's home with ample attendance. The McKean Anniversary Association meeting drew 3,000 to 4,000 visitors as Potter and Cameron counties were invited to join the pay. Officers were elected for the next gathering in Bradford. A large parade, Odd Fellows drill, and a three-division street show highlighted the day, aided by the Smethport band and Eldred Band. Community notices report many local visits, a new baseball park site, and ongoing social events across East Smethport.
Ground was broken this week for an addition to the rear of the First National Bank. A 12 by 18 foot double brick walled storage room will be built one story high and fireproof to store papers. This will relieve vault demands and allow more safety deposit boxes. Remodeling and decorating the interior will cost several hundred dollars.
LARABEE NEWS NOTES Liyron Acre of Olean visited nan Alva. Abbeg Crowley of Turtle Point called on Nina Lee Carpenter. Mrs. Lo 0. Welly returned to Painted Past. Ruth Haynes visited grandmother Mrs. Arnot of Rew City. Nina Lee Carpenter called on friends in Pldred. Ruth Carpenter visited Olean. Helen Freeman took Regent exams in Portville. Olive Dunn of Coryville visited Mrs. Forrest Pendleton. Geo Haynes shopped in Eldred. Mr. and Mrs. Wird Dennis attended O. G. F. Convention at Eldred. Mr. and Mrs. Raszmann and F. B. Grantier visited Mrs. Henry Raszmann. C. A. Butler visited daughter Lilian Fuller in Port Allegany. Bertha Carpenter stayed with Hazel Dawley. Josephine Haynes from Coryville visited grandparents Geo. and Mrs. Jones. Lorenzo Lawton moved family to M. M. Wright farm in Canfield Hollow. Mrs. Joel Tomer visited daughter F. A. Moore in Pidrea. Florence Serena and Ethel Deriin returned to O lean. Claud Moore and Chas Taylor visited Pendleton and Turtle Point residents. Hazel Carpenter visited sister Mrs. Thomas Spees in Ceres. State road work proceeds. cement road complete to Slack Hollow. Geo. Carmandy of Salamanca visited. Claude Haynes of Brooton married Fayne Hampimond of Belmont. ceremony at bride’s parents’ home. They stay with groom’s parents. Claude formerly Sartwell resident.
Bert Skaggs 37 of Dallas City died Friday afternoon when a heavy pole fell from a fig he was working on crushing his skull. Survived by wife Lorena mother Mrs Rebecca Skaggs four brothers and two sisters. services held Monday at 3:30 in Dallas City home. burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Bradford. Also a local dance ad notes Wednesday dances at Gale Park with lessons.
Local notes from Farmers Valley report Aliss Abbde Kerkefeller at commencement and several family visits to Bradford hospital. Residents including Mrs. Guy Moore of Rew and Mrs. Wlo H. Swot travel to Elmira for a daughter’s illness and return. Sanford Decker returns from State College for summer. August Tanner buys a Ford. A July 4th Sunday School picnic is planned at Valley Grove with neighborly invitations.
Aiisa Eliewbeth McLaughlin visits sister Mrs O E Dinsmore of Port Allegany. Mr and Mrs M L Bartlett travel to Coudersport for the death of Bartlett's sister Mrs Irving Velox. Mr and Mrs A G McAllister and family go to Bradford for the summer. B L Gallup and G I Davis attend Odd Fellows Convention in Eldred. Tan and Frank McCurdy return from St Bonaventure Academy to spend summer. Mrs Hane Hansen visits sister Mrs Cliff Meyers of Olean. Mrs N G Emig and family motor to Bradford. Hazel McAllister back from Akron to spend vacation. R W Wilson attends the Red Mews Conviction in Bradford.
The War Department will distribute Victory Medals to all Gold Star Mothers or the nearest relatives of every fallen service member. Lieutenant Calexel Young, in charge of the Pennsylvania district, urges mothers or their representatives to contact the Victory Medal Office at the U S Army Post Office Building in Scranton, Pennsylvania, without delay.
Smethport residents report relief from backache and headaches after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Jannette Parsons of 117 Forest St describes persistent symptoms improving after a box purchased at McCoy's Drug Store and notes no further issues since the cure. Local readers urged to ask for Doan's at area shops.
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Coryville briefs recount visitors and outings from Perry New York to Duffnin Coudersport and Eldred. Highlights include Parker returning from Perry, Windsor family visits, Sunday School convening at Kairie, Duffnin guests with Elmer and Mrs VFairchild, Guenter visiting family, and several local trips to Scio Bradfort Cuba and Port Allegany. Also noted are illnesses, a Buick Six purchase, ice deliveries, and upcoming musicale at Mrs Nellie Tyler's home.
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