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BIG CROWDSWILL ENJOYiliE Committee in Charge of Anr\Ynual Gathering Preparing paK.s to Entertain Large Num- hou'*5dbersplanovert-In reHponne to a call from tleorge spec II. Torrey, vice prexldent of the Drake legi* i |jay Memorial association of this city. ' ^'* a number of members met in the as- comsembly room of the Chamber of Com- bro** meree on Monday afternoon in con* outrference with its secretary. If O. John-I. ‘ son. to talk over plans w hereby the* annual meeting on Saturday, Au^m }». f J ♦» in a y Im* matU* the hiflptii :tml best, gathering since th# m il organima-tion was completed in Titusville on |. S Wednesday. August 26. 1^13. says theI-I Oil City Derrick. .( | Recently Secretivry Johnson whohad urg**d that the meeting of 112?be held on the Beers' farm near I Kouseville. where a replica of the * Drake well had been erected and mo-** tion pictures obtained therefrom, re- celved a letter from “HI*? Bill * lloff-*• nian. president. accepting that invl-j ^ | tation anursiviiiK authorU foi the , ^ j; Chamber of Commerce to take ini* | js '; mediate action. |i. | There is every reason for the ex-, pectation that llie meeting this year x will be attended by a larger number uU‘ of visitors than ever before tinder the •**'. auspices of the association. J oiai| One reason for this expressed hope out|is the central location of Oil City and °IH *’ good roa«b» that now lead to it avail- l’*nJ able for drivers of automobiles, r C.1 Beers. representing the oil City Motor association, gave the following h**uK facts regarding the time required to ,•* roach oil City from centers of the d oil lndustr in the eastern fields - ,) follows: Pittsburgh, live hours; But- io| jI- ler two and one half hours Tim , ( i- vllle 40 minutes; Warren. Pa., two it and one half hours. Jamestown. N ‘Y, three and one-half hours; Olean. •_ ' N. Y., six hours; Clarion two hours; 1New Castle. Pa . three hours.vv a *f»l i*'tu*I*fadf« ilMcgNurc^ Tuurin*?. ^It Is loun ai to expect that the ' ,n tweather conditions will be favorable »“*v and if so, touring parties will be of- dm fered an opportunity of driving from 5 i « « sections within a wide radius of oil lifeCity, over permanently improved roads, for the greater part through asection noted for its unapproachably , beautiful scenery and through sites of oil towns that have made Oil cr*-ek and Allegheny river famed throughWA out all of the countryThe exact replica of the Drake wellwill be an especially attractive objec- J tlve point for visitors From past ex FoiHi!1AllP.abriperienees it is certain that among th»I- these visitor* will be many hundreds |*a k of former residents now in distant ,,r\ it oil fields who will take advantage ofi- this occasion to give the “Old Home Week” feature to the big gatheringsV and this is to loom largely In the pro-tj gram now under process of formation.( There will he little expense Incurred in staging the meeting this n year. The Pleasantville hand has ' •ir agreed to furnish its services fr* e and * *' public spirited residents of that place Mawill furnish transportation.Big Tent ltequlre«l.•** ’ The committee w ill n**»»d a large d» in tent capable of housing 300 or more C. u people and do secure this is rather a wfc . difficult problem at the present time mo , but there are hopes that some pipe th» line construction or other big con- !1 tractlng firms may* be able to offer 'y the uae of such a tent for Saturday L»a ;• only. Any information regarding!nm{Continued on page 7.1
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Bradford Evening Star and Daily Record
Bradford, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Aug 17, 1922
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