In the middle of the 20th century, the small borough of Montgomery had 13 active factories within its one-square-mile community. One of these factories was the Wald Manufacturing plant, which played a significant role in the early development of road markings. As the number of automobiles increased, there was a growing need to improve road
Given that the Kennedy assassination has been deeply debated and discussed for 61 years now, we should not expect that after just seven weeks, we would know how and why on July 13th, at an open-air campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, a 20-year young man named Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate Republican candidate for
First-day registration in the St. Boniface Parochial School System, which includes St. Mary’s High School showed a total of 608 pupils and students. The total is somewhat less than last year. Sixty-nine first graders contributed to the total, in which an interesting component is a 35 student Senior Class, an unusually large amount for the
It has been 23 years since the infamous and cowardly terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. No one who was alive in those times will ever forget it. A whole new generation has been born since this tragic day. Even as the smoke was still rising from the rubble of the attacks, folks locally were
For over 50 years, the Susquehanna River at Lock Haven has reverberated with the thrilling sound of boat engines on Labor Day weekend, thanks to the Lock Haven annual Labor Day Regatta. This beloved end-of-summer event is set to return from August 30th to September 2nd. Prepare for a weekend of diverse entertainment! Alongside the
The exciting “Vibe Campaign” of Vice President Kamala Harris was best outed by the popular author and columnist Mark Steyn when he identified it as the “Vibe as Veil Campaign” because it did not seem to have anything behind it. All of her speeches centered around the dangerous, no-good, very bad former President Donald Trump.
Preparations that are being made for placing a Pennsylvania Highway Patrol unit, which will have district headquarters at 1833 East Third Street, into operation are progressing rapidly. Captain J.N. Danton, commanding officer, has been in the office most of the week making preparations and has discovered that the organization of the troop should be completed
My wife Debbie and I both had parents and grandparents who were married for over fifty years. This coming Saturday, August 24th, our four children and ten grandchildren will be able to add one more couple to that family legacy. On that day, my wife and I will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. There does
More than 100,000,000 will see the final game of the Little League World Series on television or on newsreels, Emerson Yorke, official coordinator of television, newsreels, for Little League, announced here today. Mr. Yorke announced that the championship game to be held Friday afternoon, August 29, will be filmed by both the National Broadcasting Company
Coming back from a trip to Ohio, I entered Pennsylvania and was greeted with a very big road sign that said, “Welcome to Pennsylvania – Pursue Your Happiness.” I know our state officials who designed this welcome sign probably thought they were clever in borrowing a partial phrase from the Declaration of Independence. It is
Adding one day of games in which tickets are required and celebrating two notable anniversaries are among the new, notable things that will be happening at this year’s 77th Little League World Series. In previous years, the only games that required tickets to view the games were on championship weekend, but this year, the games
Memorial Field will close its 1927 season about Labor Day but before it does there has been arranged a series of events beginning September 1. The Park Amusement Company, of which Dan D. Kline is manager, will stage a bathing beauty contest on Thursday, September 1, a style show the next day, and a Mardi
