The New Yorker’s Quest for a Country Plot
A New Yorker chronicles the hard search for a weekend retreat in Westchester Long Island or New Jersey. He laments realtor stereotypes recalls misfit ads and dodges Croton Reservoir limitations while weighing long wait times and high costs before deciding to postpone buying a country seat for several more years.
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Central Press Association
New York
Westchester
Long Island
Jersey
Washington, D. C
Alexandria
Silver Spring
Capitol Hill
Manhattanites
Croton Reservoir
General Motors
Wildwood
War bonus tales and global trade sparks in 1936 column
A wide mix of topics covers veterans and their bonus spending from cars and weddings to marriage plans and whiskey. Farmers face five hundred million dollars in foreign competition while the War Department contemplates licensing and drafting industry for future wars. A New York fire puzzle notes the decline of horse drawn engines and French civil strife looms as Verdun veterans brace for stability.
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Mr. S
Pelham Bay
Republican Friends of the Farmer
WAR Department
New York
America
Fire Department
France
Verdun
King Features Syndicate, Inc
The Passing Day by Edgar A. Guest
The poem reflects on the passage of time and the constancy of nature across seasons. It contrasts changing fashions and life’s stages with enduring truths as April rains fall and Galilee’s moon lights lakes and seas.
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Galilee
Former Local Girl Is Accorded Honor
Virginia Lakotas, a former Union high school student, graduated from Millcreek high school in Erie and was honored by the Millcreek Chapter of the National Honor Society for scholarship character leadership and personality. She is the daughter of George Lakotas formerly of West Washington Street extension.
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Virginia Lakotas
Union High School
Millcreek High School
Erie
Millcreek
National Honor Society
Miss Lakotas
George Lakotas
West Washington Street
Local Rector Heads 4th District Conference in DuBois Pa
The Rev. Philip C. Pearson of Trinity Episcopal Church chairs the 4th District Conference of Christian Social Service Diocese of Erie at the Church of Our Saviour DuBois Pa. Delegates from Clearfield Jefferson and Elk counties join the meeting with speakers including Bishop John C. Ward Miss Mary L Rhoads and Dr Donald C Cochrane. The conference opened at 2 30 PM and will adjourn at 9 PM.
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Philip C. Pearson
Trinity Episcopal Church
Conference of Christian Social Service
Diocese of
Erie
Church of Our Saviour
DuBois
Clearfield
Jefferson
Elk
H. W. Foreman
John C. Ward
D.D
Mary L Rhoads
Ida Wood Boyd Emergency Relief Fund
Venita Higgins
R.N
P.H
Holt to Speak at Thiel Commencement Oration
United States Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia will deliver the Thiel college Thiel College commencement oration in the college grove on Wednesday June 10 at 10 a.m. The ceremonies begin with baccalaureate services on Sunday June 7 followed by traditional graduation events Monday Tuesday and the formal commencement Wednesday.
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United States
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Thiel College
College Grove
Holt
Senate
Thiel
Accident victims leave hospital after truck overturns
Roy Douglas and Carl Fleischer of R F D No 3 recovered enough to leave Jameson Memorial hospital after injuries from John S Riley and sons truck overturn near Walma earlier in the week. Americanism items question leadership and family management.
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Roy Douglas
Carl Fleischer
John S. Riley and Sons
Walma
Jameson Memorial Hospital
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