The Williamsport Pool Fund Drive to raise $200,000 for swimming facilities in the city will get underway June 1, according to Edward L Smead, chairman of the fund drive committee. In making the announcement, Mr. Smead said, “It is now up to the people of the city to determine if the city will have swimming
Williamsport Sun May 8, 1945 Entirely lacking in the fanfare and excitement which greeted Armistice Day in 1918, tempered by the realization that America will have a war with Japan to win, and made solemn by the knowledge that hostilities to this date have claimed hundreds of the city’s finest young men, Williamsport today, marked
The reception for the Liberty Bell last evening was a complete success, unmarred by any occurrences that detracted from the pleasure of the occasion. The train arrived at the Park Hotel station at 6:15 o’clock and remained just 15 minutes. In this time all present had ample opportunity of gazing upon one of the nation’s
Officials of the Williamsport School District and the Board of Health ordered closing of the Henry Clay School this morning after another case of Scarlet Fever was discovered. The latest sufferer is Delores Finn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Finn of 927 West Fourth Street, a fourth-grade pupil, Delores was in school Wednesday but
After the first shock of the first news of the sudden death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt was absorbed by its citizenry, the city of Williamsport began to pay tribute to its leader. The memory of President Roosevelt will be honored in Williamsport and vicinity today and Sunday in special services, particularly during official special
All active cases on Lycoming County’s direct relief rolls are being re-investigated as part of a statewide effort to place more people in jobs; it was disclosed last night by Herbert H. Ertel, executive director. Started on a small scale about six weeks ago, the check to definitely re-establish eligibility for public assistance did not
