Pupils Benefit From First Opportunity Day at High School
Pottstown Senior High held its initial Opportunity Day as a study focused experiment. Students could catch up on back work or pursue strengths. top grades allowed three periods off, while those improving in weaker subjects spent time in math or related classes. Most students followed the program’s spirit, with a few using it to skip class.
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Pottstown
Stanley I. Davenport Jr
Ludwig
Mercury
Tinkler
Pottstown RD
Pottstown Senior High
Douglas Hartenstine
James Spellman
Richard Groff
Hospital plans to open bidding on new addition
Pottstown hospital will open bids January 16 for its 2 million dollar addition. Administrator A C Seawell said eight to ten general contractors asked for specs and a Washington firm sought a bid set. He will notify local subs of interested firms and checks with state authorities to ensure proper procedure under federal subsidies rules.
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Pottstown hospital
A. C. Seawell
Vincent G. Kline
Philadelphia
Seawell
Washington, D. C
Harrisburg
Ira J. Mulls
State Bureau of Homes and Hospitals
Postmaster Warns About Stowe Mail
Pottstown postmaster J. Alfred Marquet warned that Christmas cards to Stowe should use a 3 cent stamp to insure delivery or return. He noted many people copy addresses from the Stowe telephone book assuming coverage by the Stowe post office, leading to mispaid mail.
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Stowe
J. Alfred Marquet
Pottstown
Weather Card for Eastern Pennsylvania Outlook
Eastern Pennsylvania experiences cloudy weather with showers in the morning then mountain snow flurries by night and a cooler turn. Tomorrow predicts partly cloudy skies with moderate temperatures.
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Pennsylvania
Two County Grand Jury Bound Over In Fatal Wreck
A 17yearold Stowe youth Mathias Yanos Jr and a 19yearold Potts town motorist William Embody were bound over for grand jury action after inquests into two highway deaths. Yanos drove a light delivery truck that rearended a gasoline tanker on Route 422 near Pottstown killing Edward A. Schwartz of Jamison. The coroner ruled both drivers negligent. Yanos bound to Berks county Grand Jury and Embody to Montgomery county Grand Jury.
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J Harley Smith
West Reading barracks
Yanos
Pottstown
Edward A. Schwartz
Jamison
Bucks county
Yanes
Smith
James Rooney
Philadelphia
Harvey Prince
Sheridan street
Tax Exoneration List Nearly One Seventh Of Borough Rolls
The 44 page exoneration list shows 2143 names out of 15199 taxed for per capita and occupational taxes, with reasons including unable to pay and moved. The $50,000 in uncollected taxes represented by exonerations is part of broader delinquencies. Knause and the finance committee will meet early next.
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J. Wayne Knause
Thomas L. Rutter
Knause
Pickets at Neapco On Duty in Rain
Pickets continued to patrol Neapco Products entrances in rain as union and company officials report no change in the strike. Earl E Noecker, president of Neapco Local 2479, United Steel Workers, says likely no new developments before the local executive board meetings Saturday at 9 am.
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Neapco Products company
Cross streets
Earl E Noecker
Neapco
United Steel Workers
CSO
ilocal
Two Cars Collide on Route 422. One Hospitalized
About $1200 damage occurred when two late model sedans collided at Douglassville road and Route 422 at 11 25 o clock last night. Mrs Rose Hartley of Rambler Avenue was a passenger in the Hartley car and taken to Pottstown hospital for a bump on the head. Frank Wright Jr of Reiffton drove west on Route 422 when Hartley’s northbound car pulled into the highway. left sides struck. Both cars sustained about equal damage.
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Douglassville road
Route 422
Rose Hartley
Rambler avenue
William
Pottstown hospital
Good Will
Reading
George Balsai
James Woods
Frank Wright, Jr
Reiffton
Hartley
Wright
Pottstown to organize school authority for new West End school
The Pottstown School Authority will be organized at a luncheon today at the Firestone plant to elect officers for the body created to build and finance the proposed $350,000 West End elementary school. Harold E. Binder announces five initial members and expects school officials to attend.
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Pottstown
Firestone
wasi
Harold E. Binder
iive
Firestone Tire and Rubber company
Horace H. Frederick
Cherry lane
Forest C. J. Purnell
Cedar street
Evelyn E. Shelly
King street
Ernest T. Handley
Maple Gardens
Walter T. Heise
North
Franklin street
Handley
Binder
George A. McCormick
Linford Moyer
John B. Bunting
West End
Reading area to back train to Eisenhower inauguration
Reading area leaders propose a special train from Pottstown to Washington for Dwight D. Eisenhower's inauguration on January 20. About 300 to 350 local supporters are needed, with a fallback plan for a special car attached to the Reading line if turnout is smaller.
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Pottstown
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington, D. C
William J. Boden
Boden
Reading railroad
Berks county
Reading
Last Chance to Post Santa Letters Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the final deadline to drop Santa letters at The Mercury office mail box before 11 a.m. Pan American Airways will fly the letters to Fairbanks Alaska and return them to local children. Readers are urged to pick up Santa stationery and include the child's address and a 6 cent air mail stamp.
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Santa Claus
Mercury office
Fairbanks
Alaska
Pan American Airways
Mercury or
Pottstown Automobile club
North Pole
Mercury
Philadelphia
Ice House Workers Walkout Ends Quickly in Pottstown
A brief walkout at the Pottstown Cold Storage and Warehouse plant ended about an hour after it began yesterday. President Samuel H. Porter said emp ly ees walked out in sympathy after Francis Proppert left to go home amid a misunderstanding over who would operate the ice cube machine. The machine ran smoothly once Proppert departed, Porter noted, and all workers returned before noon.
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Pottstown
Proppert
Prop_pert
Porter
ice house
Nine Year Old Boy Returns Lost Wallet in Christmas Spirit
Glenn Erb of Royersford found and returned a wallet containing about 135 dollars to Mrs. Mattie Nichol, a diet kitchen worker, after spotting it near his route to school. He carried the wallet to his teacher, then helped ensure the owner could be located. The girl’s loss represented two weeks of Nichol’s pay.
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Pottstown area
Glenn Erb
Earl G. Erb
Second avenue
Royersford
Mattie
Nichol
Washington street
Glenn
Rogersford
Fourth avenue
Valley
Mercury
Health Board Seeks TB Help In Employment Rules
Pottstown Board of Health seeks guidance from Easton and Allentown on ordinances for tubercular workers in jobs with personal contact. Secretary Harry W. Wilson said letters were sent to study methods and funding for chest examinations of food handlers. The move follows a December complaint urging removal of contagious individuals from restaurants and similar workplaces.
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Pottstown
JACK R. Wennersten
the
health board
Easton
Allentown
Wennersten
Pilots and Owners to Hear Talk at Yale Party
About 50 members of the Airplane Owners and Pilots association and the Pottstown Pilot club will hear Max Karant, assistant general manager and editorial director of the ACPA in Washington D C, at a jointly sponsored Christmas party at Lakeside Inn tonight. Bart Whitman, chairman of ACPA, said last night. Karant is a renowned figure in airmen circles and contributes to national aircraft magazines.
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Airplane Owners and Pilots association
Pottstown
Yule Popular Music To Be Featured At Christmas Concert
The Pottstown band will present its annual Christmas Community concert at 2:30 p m Sunday in the Senor High School auditorium. Manager O C Beacraft says the program includes two parts with classical and modern pieces in part one and Christmas numbers in part two. Featured soloists include Freda Schindler contralto Vivien Emery marimba Wilma Kum merer accordionist and Richard
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Pottstown
Senor High school
0. C. Beacraft
Glee club
Freda Schindler
Vivien Emery
Wilma Kummerer
Richard
Umbrellas Brighten Windows As Merchants Try To Attract Shoppers
Borough merchants hung rain coat and umbrella signs in hopes of offsetting lost Christmas buying due to drizzle. Temp reached 60 degrees, well above typical lows. showers expected to continue this morning with a dip below yesterday's 49 degrees tonight as gray clouds linger tomorrow.
Main Drag Interactions Open Christmas Season
On the main drag Eugene Zeleznick waits patiently to be served while Barbara Bust helps a friend. Bill Proitte receives an uncle's greetings as Dolores Mauger is visited by friends. Donald Specht renders services. Marty Lou Smale rushes back to work. Carl Missimer is surrounded by old friends. Florence Smith checks a reservation. Pomeroy Lucci greets new customers. Helen Miller makes plans for Christmas.
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EUGENE ZELEZNICK
BARBARA BUST
BILL PROITTE
DOLORES MAUGER
DONALD SPECHT
MARTY LOU SMALE
FLORENCE SMITH
POMEROY LUCCI
HELEN MILLER
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FRED C. SELBY
Mercury Stag
EVELYN LUDWIG
Schwenksville RD 1
Robert Sutton
High Street
Sutton
pSPAPR
eBRhr
NORRISTOWN
W. J
Schwartz
eT TRAN
rar
George A. McGormick
William H. Yohn
Yohn
CHARLES L. ROHLAND
Poittstown
Rohland
Waston
BOROUGH health board
Fashion Note
CARL MISSIMER
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