Through The Years

Gazette and Bulletin: January 27, 1939 – City Highway Department Reports No Facilities to Remove Ice from the Streets 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Local News, Old News
- January 30, 2019
With Williamsport streets covered with a sheet of ice, the result of snowstorms and freezing officials, officials at the City Highway Department admitted last night there is little they can do except to spread cinders at the more dangerous intersections. John M. Shaible, department superintendent, said it would be unwise to place cinders on all
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Grit: January 22, 1961 – Midshipmen From City Look Forward to Service With United States Navy 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Old News
- January 23, 2019
Careers in the United States Navy will begin soon for three former Williamsporters, all of whom are presently Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy. They are Harold E. Spooner, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Nathan Spooner, of 1314 Park Avenue, John F. Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Morgan, of 1109 Packer Street
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Gazette and Bulletin: January 14, 1949 – City-to-New York Air Service to Start Next Month 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Local News, Old News
- January 16, 2019
The Civil Aeronautics Board yesterday cleared the way for Williamsport’s dream for direct air service to New York City to come true. City Solicitor Charles F. Bidelspacher revealed that he was notified service will begin next month. An All-American official said that four flights a day will be instituted from Pittsburgh to Williamsport, and New
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Gazette and Bulletin: January 10, 1934 – WRAK Institutes Innovation in ‘Early Bird’ Programming 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Old News
- January 9, 2019
The first of a new series of programs will be inaugurated on Monday morning on WRAK. Williamsport’s local radio station, when the “Early Bird Program” goes on the air at 7:30 o’clock a.m. This program is an innovation unlike anything ever offered in Williamsport, and is built around the idea of giving information which will help
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Grit: January 4, 1964 – City Joins Others in State Proposing Occupation Tax 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Old News
- January 2, 2019
Although Williamsport has approved a 1964 budget, the proposed occupational privilege tax is still in the study stage. Receipts from the tax, estimated at $156,000, have been figured into the budget, making its passage virtually certain. But a mass of legal technicalities that go along with the tax indicate that several more weeks may be
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Gazette and Bulletin: December 26, 1918 – Many Saw the Lighted Tree 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- History, Old News
- December 26, 2018
Williamsport’s community Christmas tree celebration Tuesday evening was a great success in spite of the inclement weather. The tree had been repaired and rebuilt; it is now one of the most symmetrical the city has had and the lighting is so perfectly placed that the illumination is splendidly balanced and the effect beautiful. In spite
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Gazette and Bulletin: January 10, 1934 – WRAK Institutes Innovation in ‘Early Bird’ Programming 0

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