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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1949
Page
3
A catalog style sale lists items like a 3 piece grey frieze sectional sofa priced from 339 to 169, a lipst ick red fan back chair at 69, mahogany bedroom suites with varying pieces, a Duncan Phyfe extension table at 96.50, and a 5 piece chrome dinette set at 77 plus other pieces including a breakfront and a rustic wrought iron dinette.
Health authorities moved into the flood struck Shenandoah and Potomac valleys to avert typhoid from polluted water after floods in Petersburg Moorefield and Bridgewater killed at least nine. Officials say about a dozen remain unaccounted for. The Red Cross reports 15 homeless and about 300 on meal aid. Inoculations begin as water is Chlorinated. 1,400 vaccine units ready plus more expected. Central water supply from Keyser established. wells flooded will be pumped and sanitized.
Patrolmen Ed gar Flagg and Francis LeMasters credited with clearing a hit skip accident theft of a car and an attempted license plate theft early Sunday with the arrest of two men. William E. Dyer 21 and Robert L. Kiefer 20 are held on suspicion charges in city jail. Dyer faces additional counts for leaving the scene reckless driving missing license plates and driving without lights.
In Middlebury Vermont on June 20 AP reports 79 year old Dr John M Thomas former president of Pennsylvania State College and 75 year old Eleanor S Ross former dean of Middlebury College were married last Saturday and honeymooning here. Thomas led Rutgers and Norwich universities in addition to Middlebury.
Rev. J. R. Cheney a Toledo minister and Mt. Union College alumnus has been named a trustee of Mt. Union College replacing Rev. Arthur Milne of Columbus. His three year term follows graduation with a doctor of divinity degree from Mt. Union in 1921.
A 13-year-old cyclist from Amelia, William Henderson, was struck by a car in Batavia and died while being taken to Cincinnati hospital. The incident occurred as the youth rode in the area, with investigators to determine fault.
Canton Chamber of Commerce members vote to select eight two year directors from sixteen nominees. Ballots are distributed to 1,600 members as new and holdover directors plan to meet at the Belden Hotel on Wednesday July 6 to choose officers. Nominees include Dr. B. V. Antes Harold W. Burris Frank L. Cavender Harley J. Fast Robert J. Himmelright Harold P. Ingram John G. Ketterer H. P. Lauritzen David B. Livingston Michael T. Regan Samuel S. Shafer Charles A. Streb Marion L. Thurin Norman J. Tschantz and Paul F. Vandervort.
About five thousand dogwood trees are planted along the Blue Star Memorial Highway from Easton to Pittsburgh. The project honors Pennsylvania World War II servicemen and women with donations from various organizations.
A thin line of hoofprints along Highway 30 traced the Pony Express route from Blair to Scottsbluff and Pine Bluff Wyoming. About 500 riders across Nebraska shuttled commemorative mail pouches, with 19 year old Margaret Chamberlain riding 50 miles in 3 hours 25 minutes from Ogallala to North Platte. The ride concluded at Gothenburg near one preserved station now in a city park, where the cachet was stamped and 10,000 covers sent back.
The annual retail value of U S meat products is around 15 billion dollars nationwide, reflecting the market scale and consumer demand for beef pork and other meats across the United States.
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