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The Wellsboro Gazette Combined with Mansfield Advertiser from Wellsboro, Pennsylvania • Page 2

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fftfi AGITATOR: 8BORO. WEbNESDA.y. A regular savings program brings added pleasure through peace of mind for you know you are ready for these small as well as large emergencies. Also, you're on your way to the things you want. Start today.

SEEMS to be uafvtfMl TOGA NEWS 16. Douglas Elliott, tf bride's npbthfr wort cMffon Mrs. Marguerite Atftoel, BeB. I Telephone operator, is 1 a vacation with her daughter uet waB of orcM6a 1 and son-in-law, in Unityville, Pa 1 00 1 8 mother wore toast chif- Tioga County Fair at Tioga fon and Ch(Ult 1 with brown I an this week. accessories and a corsage of or- chide, supposed," wld Inspector ben the Groome home.

Mr. and Mrs. LieoR Wood are MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION THE FIRST NRTIONflL BANK MEM8H FEDERAL tESEW SYSTEM Mlnili FJeHw a THE WELLSBORO AGITATOR Established in 1854 ft Bffitation of thought the of wudov." A PUBLIC JOURNAL PU3LISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY then- own dement are st a disadvantage. "I'm thinking of the time Detective Sergeant Bod Upahur 'want up to Round Pond for his summer va cation. Rod waa city bred and city raised.

He worked on the pottce force of one of the country's larger cities. He didn't know a great deal about the country and Country ways. But be knew human nature, and be smart "Rod waa staying at one of those summer catnpi and was hiving a 1 pretty dull time, when Henry Craves, the owner, came to him with a i equest. 'There's beet a troWBtag op the river a fee exytahv etf. 'led Thonaa, the toeal officer, taut Acre's foal play.

I knew ft's avt ef your JarMlctton, bet we'd sparecUte havtag yos lesrf aa a Be amllad flitter lagly. aee, fane at a detector of crime is far "Jed Thomas, a farmer by trade, was congenial and willing to let Rod assume the entire burden. Tact is. Mr. Upshur, there's been a feud hereabouts.

Between MEMBER OP THE AMERICAN PRESS HALF-CENTUBY CLUB tbe Hallams nd Spencers. 'Well, sir, couple days back Office in the Keystone Block, No. 104 Main street, Wellaboro. Pa. Herm and Punk Hallam come to HAROT.T"k f3 PAV nM M.MB HAROLD G.

ROY Editor 8. Y. DOUMAUZ Manager an' says they was bait diggin in their lower pasture and suddenly they sees a boat with Pat Spencer as second class matter Sept. 20, 1879, at the Postofflca at to il corne we around the Wellsboro. under the Act of March 8.

1878. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $2.60 PER YEAR. fdnesday, August 10, 1949. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR I In ii In BUl.jii I in S( I WLDM 1 li I I i vilUli'i I i In Hi III 111 Si I I I I I f.ir i i i nr i iff i i i I i i i i i i i i I i i i I rd A I OK I I I ii lul i 1)1. nf! Hi l'iii i i ii i i ii Sin i Ifl uf Tlopn inutv I I I I- i i I i I IIF i i i I I I II I 01 RKR 11 1 i I I I OK 01 "1 1 1 i i i i to In' i i I I I I I I I I I I I i i i iiiniiiiii'i 111,1 i iiiillil.ii tiippurt i In bend.

He was clear across the river, which is about 200 yards wide there, an' they claim he hit a submerged log and stuck. They claim he tried to push hissetf off with an oar an' the oar slipped an' It ra' him fell overboard. Well, sir, Pat can't swim an' he Just natoraHy drowned. "Jed Thomas drove Rod out to the Hallam farm and introduced him to Herm and Punk. They were big strapping fellows, smug, amused.

'Sore, awe, we'll go fown to the river with Herm In reply to Bod's qwsOan. 1 Rod remarked to Jed, that you recovered the oar Pat Spencer lost replied Jed, and not too happily, 'I found it caught in some, weeds along the bank about 15 yards downstream. I guess he musta lost it, just like Punk and Herm "Punk and Herm laughed. 1 OK IIONO1 I I I i i. 1 M.

i i in tin' "IN' i I I i ii i I i i i i I i i i i i i i 1 I i i 1 Nl i bi. .11,11 i tl I. I I I I I I I 1 I OK HI 1 I I I i i nlll' i I'l i i I i I i I I i public in i i I i I i i i i i i il in I i IIM I Illllllllli I'" IMI.II uf I hi Id 11 I In i i i i i i i i i nn i i fin 1 i i i i i i vt t(1 1 I J- i NEWS OF THE TAX PROGRAM The number of requests asking for informatiun in regard to the data the Assessors will want for permanent records indicates the interest in and the spirit of cooperation that property owners are showing in the new program We appreciate these requests and in thi column we will outline the informatom which we need There a i i need for these records and the proper identification of all properties During the past months we have had a large number of transfers called to our attention for adjustment that due to errors or lack of proper identification, have not been properly assessed We appreciate a these errors called to our a i and i make the proper adjustments as soon as w-e possibly can Wo i to point out that a tax is charged against everv prop-j erty and the owner held respon- hible for seeing that this tax is paid It the duty of every property owner to see that the tax is correct and paid at the propei time If due to an error, a property owner does not receive a tax notiee it does not exonerate the owner from paying the taxes) Close attention to this important detail will avoid a lot of trouble In next week's column We will the BaroB Btemben Hotel in Coming. ot Bi 0 to the Adiron- tainmcnt at the Tloga County and i tvmia nM.il to Canada. niw exhiwu enter a i i gray chiffon dress and a white Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Weat lck tat 8traw and week-end gusest of Mr. and accessories. Denton Oerow at their cottage on Lakue Keuka. Mr.

and Mrs. Kdwm Weat and grandchildren. Sally Jo and. Butch Cole, spent Thursday with' Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Treat at Lake Lamoka. i Mrs. Anna ftokol and son, I Tommy, of Crown Point, and Mrs. Catherine Jaknbiak and daughters, Victoria and Cathy, of Newark, N. are guests of Mrs.

Mary Metarko. Clyde Spencer, of Elmira, is. visiting hie sister, Mrs. Buiai Swinrelar. Mrs.

Waiter B. Hail entertained honoring the second birthday of her son, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Barrett, Warner Barrett, of Troy; Mr. and Mrs.

James Hall and son, Scitty, of Mans- eld; Mr. and Mrs. Blwln Adriance, Mrs. Floyd Hail, Doris Mrs. Vendetta Hatfteld, of Anderegg and Betty Witson, of Tioga, is seeking the nomination Sailors Mfraorial Boapial Sunday back injuries.

He was otnftek by a baseball bat whSe pitying baseball at Weat- Aetd. SWEET-BOOM Mhw Joan Boom, daughter of Fred- Boom, of Baltimore, and Mrs. Middlebury, Lloyd c. Sweet, eon of Mr. and Mrs.

Aric SweeJ, of Middlebury, July 28 at the Deer Creek Methodist church, Forest Hfll, by Rev. I. D. Roads. Marietta Boom, of married to Mr.

and Mrs. Howard Rem- cM, of Belair, were the at- teBflanta. The bride wore aqua with a of white rosebuds The brida to employed in tre decorating department of Corning Glass Works ployed by A. reside at Middlebury Center. BEAR KILLED BY CAR.

A large black bear was killed after being struck twice by automobiles Aug. 1, on Route 15, two south of Covington. A car driven by Gordon Reese, Mr Sweet is em- 4 They will of Bloasburg, struck the animal and it Was thrown in front of another car operated by Rex Moyer, of Covington. The bear was instantly killed by the Moyer car. DONALD JENNINGS INJURED.

Donald Jennings, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jennings, of MiHerton, was injured in an automobile accident Aug 2, near Roseville. He waa brought to the Soldiers And Sailors Hospital at 4:16 a. for treatment for possible Jaw and skull fractures.

VOW SOONtt WttSTLt AN OCtOMft THAN TMl ORDINARY WMWMLDY FOUMHO COT Yowtt SOLD ON TMI suruME COMFORT OF A IUOYANT Warn MATTRESS ANO WHO BUT? YOU CAN STAR! A MMCH SUVEROF STAC! IIHIMO A DOOR, IN A ClOHT. WOOL YOUR Ttoga. for tin office of Tiofca County Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cooper Treasurer on the Republican entertained Community Club No.

ticket. She is soliciting the eup- I at apicnic on the lown of their, port of the Tioga county voters home at Mitchell Creek. The on the basis of her record of 20 September meeting will be at years of experience and efficient the home of Mrs. Leon Bradshaw. KNOXVILLE work as clerk In that office under six different County Treasurers.

This is fire tlnut she has sought pftWc office. Mrs. Hatnild has been a widow since 1940 with two chil- Guests at the home of Mr. and to 'support. She maintains Mrs.

Charles A. Peet on Sun- her home in Tloga and commutes day were Mr. and Mrs. Stanley daily. LyboTt and daughter, Elaine; William Sheen, of Elkland; Mrs.

1 Edwin VanDusen and daughter, MtSS SARAH LOGAN Louise, of Corning; Mr. and Mine Sarah EHfcabeth Logan, Mrs. W. B. Burton and daugh- of Tloga, formerly of Arnot, ter, Patricia, of Yonkers, N.

Y. died Aug. 8. She was a grad- Mr. and Mrs.

F. E. Bean, of uate of the Nassau Hospital Knoxville; Mrs. Jennie Schoon- Training School for JTurses, over, of Stroudsburg, N. and Long Island, N.

Y. She was an Mr. and Mrs C. C. Bundy, of Army Nurse during Wofl War Canlsteo, enjoyed a picnic at I and was injured while on over- aines, Sunday.

saas duty. Mrs. Ellen Harder, of Galnes- She was a member of the ville, Ohio, was in Knoxville, presbyterian-church, Mtonday. ter, O. E.

S. and Jane A. De- "8ure, weTl go down to the river with yah," Herm said. "Wait a Rod said eas- hst the information the Assessor' lly Not fo 8t you i 1 1 inorrYi a Miss Bernice Gray and jano Pott American Legion Beatrice Grant, of EllensviHe, N. JMtoriliary, Yok City.

Mrs, Virginia Lenfest and Barvtvlng are one siatef, Edith children, Susan and Lee, of Logan, of Ttoga; and two borth- fthaca, visited Mrs. Clara Miller ers, Robert, of Tioga and'John, and family. of Bloasburg. Marlene and Walter Howard, Funeral' servtcea were held of Elmira, are spending some yesterday; burial in Artxm ceme- ime with their tery at BJosSbufg. Mrs.

Lena Owlett. Mrs. Lua VanDyke has been BASEBALL PLAYEB INJURED her son, Arthur Van- Dyke and family at Holcomb, Hes8 22 Sabiiwvtlle, Y. waa admitted to the Soldiers and Mrs. Dorothy Harrison and Benjamin Elliott, of Osceola, visited Mr.

and Mrs. Edwin E1-) liott at the home of Mr. and' Mrs. LeRoy Button. Mr.

and Mrs. Irving Coleman and son, Raymond, visited and Mrs. Samuel Crowel, of Elkland, R. Sunday. Mr.

and Mrs Donald Smith, of Elkland, visited Mrs. Mattie Smith, Sunday. CTTS YOU A NAMACO HIDtCOr. DAVIS FURNITURE I'M THIS NEW SENSATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY COLLAPSIBLE 60) At WMrCoff MtlMNMT IDt tfcwo Mini Ibtdi rtw hoi WsiMly i duHpreef, end non-poiHting tfwt ha ttaniiomt 4MA, tnough for your moM Mnortd Namofoom" nJbbtr Inattmi need) to tat only to MKh mart OWl Iht tiAy chance ftt getlng herd, or flattened down, tt noi a ftnt wotnwrlpe rlek I JpU 30 taclvt mde Your Mide-CM under men beds, behind a door, or into a ctowt tike ore 4 srot'Onory costen, 4 ivivel uiteri. toch Hide-Cot Is vidwel cwtgn.

come in today. DAVIS FURNITURE Open. Fri. Sat. Evenings Wellsboro, Pa.

Dial 5126 will need for the permanent rec- are rd sor, Tioga county smart all right. Too smart. So A Rupert, Chief Asses- smart yon made one awful blunder. Officer Thomas, I think you'll be APPOINTED DIRECTOR safe in arresting these men and charging them with pAT'S AND HERM'S mouths fell open. In fact, so did Jed's.

Jed Harold Besancey, son of Mr ga id: 'Yuh mean, you know Pat and Mrs Besanceney, of didn't drown Mansfield, has been appointed personnel director of Youth Incorporated and manager of the Youth Incorporated Uptown Club at Nashville, Tenn. HAPPY PLAYTIME in a 'O course be Punk Hallam said darkly. "Listen, city Jigger, you ain't comin' op here an' gettm' away with ac- cnsln' as e' murder. Too ain't as, none. We got each other far said Rod.

That makes the lie an the worse, because you both declare you saw Spence faD out of the boat, first dropping his apartment'on" oar. No, I must confess I am a ln Konxville. city man and the ways of the country are strange to me. However, any dumbbell would know after STEADMAN-8CHOONOVER Miss Bernice Schoonover, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Roe Schoonover and Robert Stead-i man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Steadman, both of Knoxville, were married Aug. 5 at the Methodist parsonage, by Rev. John Lewis.

The bride wore a blue taffeta street length dress and corsage of red roses. Her attendant was Miss June Colvin, of Knoxville, who wore a gown of black silk, street length and a corsage of red roses The bridegroom's attendant was Ernest Doan, ol Butler Hill. Following the ceremony a reception was held for 25 guests. Mr. and Mrs Steadman will rein their newly furnished CHEVROLET ON MOM snir ABIOM, OHIO most Of course you picked the car yon like best-it's Chevrolet, the car America likes best.

So stick to your guns! Don't accept a car that gives you less. Surely, you'll agree it would be foolish to pass up all those yean and miles of driving pleasure all those fine car features all the power and economy that comes with Chevrolet ownership. So hold out for the best and get your sure reward of unmatched driving satisfaction. Make America's choice your choice. Choose Chevrolet for the most beautiful buy of all! Cat looking at that river and seeing that bend above here and know- Ing that there's a fast current, that an oar dropped overboard netr the PEKHAN-'ftEDFIELD.

THE COLOR-TUNED HAY YARD wirfi (lie waterproof upholstered floor No extra pad to buy softly-padded flow, covered in wet-proof plastic fabric. New rectangular shape T. roll Yard thru doorways without folding. Bright, gay colors. $3.00 Down Delivers DAVIS FURNITURE At St Thomas church, Elkland, on July 80, Miss Blatoe Kent Redftald, of Elkland, and William H.

Perhan, of Cantsteo could never lodge along the bank on this side IS feet from where we're standing. It would be two or hree tmtes down stream toy eph UUU "For a minute, there was silence ln The three men stared at Rod blank- JTM broUleT A RodfieJd ly. It took quite awhfie for the an-1 brM 8 was of im- nouncement to penetrate. Officer, 01 1 "ench Chantilry (ace over Thomas fortunately, recovered first I 1 1 taffetft picture hat of He had a gun in his pocket and he' nlrr 1 malnw trimmed with got it out, Just as Punk Hallam 111 0 1 velvet in a matching Jumped at him. He had to shoot 4 carried a prayer book Punk through the shoulder, and ed by white orchids and would have done the same to stephanotia.

Harm, apparently, had one more Miss Martha Ann Redfield, sis- ounce of grey matter than his ter ot bride, was maid-of- brother. He quit." honor Her gown was of Chan! Kaieajed by WND FcaiarM tilly lace over blue taffeta with a matching bonnet of mallne. She Daottnaep carried a. colonial bouquet of pink a favorite indoor sport and rosebuds. played by both children and adults, Donald Perhan was beat man was invented in Italy about 800 tor hib brother.

Ushers were years ago. Richard Johnson, of Horneli, Mra INOMl ICANOMICAL TO fliMII UNrSTaU CONilMICnON LONGEST, HIAVIEST CAM IN 1TI NHO with WIDUT TRIAD ttmrno HVftRAUUC tRAKIa B.INCH WIM-tASI WHULS PLUS LOW-NtttSURI TIRES CUtVIO WINDSHtlLO wtth MMORAMIC VISIIILITT FISHlt IOOY STYUN0 AND LUXUIT V4NS AUTO Jnc. WelnboTD SPAPFRf.

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About The Wellsboro Gazette Combined with Mansfield Advertiser Archive

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33,755
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1854-1973