Through The Years

Grit: November 25, 1956 – Undefeated Williamsport High Gridders Capture Central Penn Conference Title 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Old News
- November 21, 2018
Playing cold, efficient football all season, Williamsport High School’s powerful grid machine ground out a 20-6 victory over Steelton Thanksgiving Day, to finish the season undefeated and win the championship of the strong Central Penn Conference. Approximately 6,000 shivering fans were on hand in refrigerator-like West Third Street Stadium to see the Millionaires win the
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Gazette and Bulletin: November 15, 1941 – Hunters Asked to Save Spent Shells for Defense Use 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Old News
- November 14, 2018
Hunters throughout the nation were urged by the Pennsylvania Game Commission to save their used rifle shells this season for conversion of the brass into national defense material. Seth Gordon, director of the state commission, estimated that the hunters could reclaim at least 20 million shells, and Pennsylvania might be able to provide one million
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Gazette and Bulletin: November 11, 1918 – City Went Wild Over Surrender 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Old News
- November 7, 2018
The Gazette and Bulletin at 2:55 a.m. flashed the good tidings “on the wings of the morning.” Within an hour the procession planned to follow the receipt of message, announced by blowing of whistles and ringing of bells, was moving over the streets in the central part of the city, thousands of men, women and
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Gazette and Bulletin: November 1, 1923 – Ruth’s All Stars Defeat Locals in Lively Tilt 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Old News
- October 31, 2018
Williamsport’s baseball fandom was formally introduced to George Herman (Babe) Ruth yesterday afternoon and if Ruth likes us as well as we like him, the good impression is a mutual one. Incidentally, it may be mentioned that Ruth’s All Stars, four of whom were members of the Pennsylvania R.R. team won the game, an eight-
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Gazette and Bulletin: October 22. 1943 – Unidentified Aircraft Circles City, Arouses Residents 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Old News
- October 24, 2018
A low-flying, unidentified, multi-motor airplane which circled the city for about an hour last night, caused excitement galore, as residents worried over possibilities of the craft to land at the unlighted Williamsport airport. First noticed shortly after 9 o’clock last night, the plane flew east and west across the city and led Williamsporters to believe
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Grit: October 20, 1968 – Library Adds New Service 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Old News
- October 17, 2018
A new service provided by the James V. Brown County Library enables area residents to have access to virtually every major library in the state, Robert Machinski, director of the library announced last week. This unique service is made possible through the use of a recently installed teletype machine which will speed up the process
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