Williamsport’s Community Trade Association, optimistic over prospects for speedy legislative passage of the long-sought Keystone Shortway Turnpike bill, today acclaimed the bright industrial and business outlook the new road is expected to bring to the Williamsport area. The CTA has learned from Harrisburg sources that the Shortway legislation is expected to be voted upon and
A lighting system and control tower are two additions needed at the Williamsport Municipal Airport to make it a 100 percent landing field, government officials and local civic leaders agreed at a conference held at City Hall Tuesday afternoon. Whether such additional facilities are to be established is said to depend upon the willingness of
In reducing the size of their playing field, it appears that the Williamsport Grays have merely modeled Bowman Field after the average major league ballpark. The original dimensions of the playing area of the uptown ballpark were greater than any big-league grounds according to measurements furnished for the sake of comparison. The revised layout, however,
Area scholastic basketball for 1971-1972 came to a dazzling finish during the last week when five Greater Williamsport basketball teams went to the wire in district compete and one of them—Bishop Neumann grabbed a state championship. The Knights whose first-year coach, Gary Koons may be wondering what to do for an encore, waded through all
J.C. PENNEY FIRM A new store building costing $350,000 and containing 29,000 square feet of floor space will be constructed in downtown Williamsport for the J.C. Penney company. The new business will occupy the site of the Susquehanna Trust Building at the northeast corner of West Fourth and Laurel Street, immediately west of the present
The Williamsport Billies riding along with Big Jack Molinas, the league’s most valuable player and an all-star selection, won the semi-final series in the President’s Cup play-offs of the Eastern Professional Basketball League, by downing the Sunbury Mercuries, Saturday night, 77-74. The Billies, league champions for the season, entered the finals which are expected to
