The public schools of Williamsport very appropriately and very actively observed the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, on Friday, and it was a day which will live long in the memory of those who participated. Patriotism was displayed everywhere and by everyone in the fullest measure possible. The main celebration took place
Close to 500 baseball followers jammed into the Lycoming Hotel ballroom to give baseball a royal send-off for 1946, and to meet a fine group of celebrities. George Trautman, Gabby Hartnett and Bucky Harris spoke to the large assembly as to plans for this season and what to expect from the Detroit-Buffalo organization. After the
Williamsport’s automobile dealers filled with the energy that comes from the belief in the return of normal business this year, are joining to nationwide effort to lead trade revival. This revival is confidently expected to return in a short time, and Williamsport’s dealers will display their confidence in a big way — the 21st annual
Mayor Gilmore warns women to stay out of Brandon Park after nightfall. “You can’t tell who is lurking behind trees and bushes,” he said. This too, despite the fact that Brandon Park is well within the city limits, where citizens are supposed to have a reasonable measure of police protection. Last summer when the “Gazette
City officials today discussed ways and means for providing electrical power for the weather unit which the Civil Aeronautics Administration has offered to establish at the Williamsport Airport. It appeared that the question of paying for the electricity which the equipment will use is the remaining issue to be agreed upon before the unit is
Union County’s great government project, the new federal penitentiary is providing work for some 400 men and is expected to bring a considerable boom to the college town. Aided by mild fall weather, the construction has progressed well within the contract schedule and the roofing of some of the buildings has started. The six dormitories
