A plan to further illuminate the business district of the city with colored lights during the Christmas season has been developed by a committee of the Williamsport Retail Merchants Association. The plan is to string a series of colored lights between the boulevard light on the standard on the streets of the shopping section standards,
Uppermost in the minds and hearts of the people of the United States as they join in tomorrow in the annual festival of Thanksgiving will be gratitude for victory and peace. After weary years of war, sacrifice, of separation and bitter loss, the great blessing of peace has returned to us. To our God, for
Twenty-three pupils in the class for journalism at the Williamsport High School, will do high school reporting for the two daily newspapers according to a plan recently worked out by their teacher, Miss Miriam Wendle. The class has been divided into four groups of five members each with an editor heading each group. One week
The new penitentiary at Lewisburg is expected to be ready soon, Director of Prisons Sanford Bates said yesterday. “Attorney General Mitchell will announce a formal opening date just as soon as contractors inform us the penitentiary is ready for occupancy, possibly within several weeks,” Bates said. “Many worthwhile savings have been made in construction of
Sylvania Electric Products new central packaging and finishing building located on a 25-acre plot located at 1891 East Third Street north of the Montoursville highway, and west of the Williamsport Country Club, is approaching completion. The new facility intended solely for the use as finishing and warehouse site, is expected to be in operation sometime
The schools in Williamsport will not be closed because of the new case of infantile paralysis discovered here Tuesday. Health Officer William J. Mollenkopf advised city council, sitting in session as a Board of Health, that precautions already taken as a result of the illness of 30-month-old Myra Wolfe of 1512 Mt. Carmel Street, eliminated
