Warren area news items across sport, education and infrastructure
May Farrah Grotto held its first annual Sportsman Show. Three young men were killed in a Corydon auto accident. Warren borough school board set a 1 127 741 budget. Scott C Mohr received National Merit Scholarship. Dick Cook elected executive vice president of state Jaycees. Warren General Hospital marked 60th anniversary with open house. Top driver in Safe Driving Road to was James Watt of Warren. New process began razing Lesser buildings on Second Ave for warehouse space. You Auto Buy promotion boosted business. Chapman Dam State Park opened Memorial Day with beach camping and facilities. Boy Scout County Fair a big success. Bob Schaeffer won state American Legion Auxiliary essay contest. E N Beshlin celebrated 65 years as an attorney. Warren Weddings featured. $78,000 street paving approved by Warren Borough Council. Warren Aviation Club held open house. Joint Warren swimming pool committee formed. Youth Ambassador Robert Miley of Sheffield went to Yugoslavia. Jaycee Fourth of July celebration kicked off month with Miss Pennsylvania present to crown Queen Joan Dunham. Ruel H Smith elected grand esteemed leading knight of BPO Elks. Margaret Eaton of Warren representing Oberlin College left for India to teach two years. Manford Rydholm of Youngsville won Soap Box Derby. Council approved widening Jackson Avenue. Gerald Newton resigned as Warren director of instruction. Burglars struck Warren businesses. Washed out river bank along Pleasant Drive targeted for correction. Irvin J Troxell fatally injured in Sugar Grove area. County Planning Commission named James Kannen head. Excitement in Sheffield as an Iowa doctor made a three point emergency landing in a Saybrook field.
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Farrah Grotto
Corydon
Warren Borough School Board
Scott C. Mohr
Warren
National Merit Scholarship Award Corp
Dick Cook
State
Jaycees
Warren General Hospital
James Watt
Second Ave
Warren Area
American Legion Auxiliary
Bob. Schaeffer
E. N. Beshlin
Warren Aviation Club
Yugoslavia
Robert Miley
Sheffield
Pennsylvania
Joan Dunham
Ruel H. Smith
Elks
Oberlin College
Margaret Eaton
India
Youngsville
Manford Rydholm
Jackson Avenue
Gerald Newton
Pleasant Drive
Sugar Grove
Irvin J. Troxell
Bradford
County Planning Commission
James Kannen
Iowa
Saybrook
August Armed Robbery and Local News Briefs
An armed robbery hit Glade Keystone Station with $64 stolen. A traffic fatality occurred when 11 year old Steven Zurcher was struck by a car on Conenango Ave. ext. New postal rates took effect. Shriners staged a Zem Zem Temple ceremony in Warren with a public parade. YWCA executive Miss Maybelle Bairstow submitted her resignation. The Distinguished Service Award was given to Steve Tritt who retires January 1. West Side merchants oppose summer traffic disruptions from railroad crossing repairs near the depot. The Cornplanters hosted the Spectacle of Music on WMF. Early Risers attended the New Process Warehouse sale. Warren Super Market was burglarized.
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Glade Keystone
Steven Zurcher
Conenango Ave
Shriners of
Zem Zem Temple
Warren
YWCA
Maybelle Bairstow
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Steve Tritt
West Side
September schools open as police curb county burglaries
State Police and the Sheriff’s Department cleaned up a wave of camp burglaries since spring 1957 with the arrest of two Chautauqua County men. A Warren man died in a truck crash near Kin zua. A Clermont woman passed bad checks at four local merchants. The Warren Sanitary Authority received 136000 federal aid for a sewage plant. Attendance at Chapman Dam State Park doubled. A roller rink rose on the West Side. Sermons From Science drew a large crowd sponsored by Warren Christian Laymen. A Jamestown man, 25, died in a car-truck crash at Akeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff’s Dept
Chautauqua Co
Delman J. Dye
Warren
Kinzua
Clermont
Warren Sanitary Authority
Chapman Dam State Park
Christian Laymen’s Committee of
Jamestown
Akeley
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Saybrook Field
Columbus Two
Warren Co
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