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From The Journal-Herald

Issue of May 20, 1993

Editors & Publishers

Jay and Clara Holder

This newspaper marks the one-year anniversary of my involvement with The Journal-Herald, on a formal basis.

Louise Fino won a position on the Republican ballot for the Crestwood School Board. She was top vote getter at 338, nearly 100 ahead of her next opponent.

J.P. Mascaro is the apparent low bidder for the White Haven borough garbage hauling contract. The next lowest bidder was Wayne/Pike Sanitation.

Lehigh Township is looking to reduce the speed of traffic in Rockport due to a near miss of a bus and a walker on April 24. The bus was traveling 25 mph, and the township is looking to PennDOT about reducing the limit to 15 mph.

Ashlee Zeigler, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Zeigler of Weatherly, is this year’s Miss Poppy. The front page photo shows her with her grandfather, WWII veteran Maurice Kunkel.

The Pastor’s Corner this week was written by the Rev. William Hosking of the Methodist Churches of White Haven and Weatherly.

Steve Stallone contributed a clever and fun Sports Trivia column.

Ed Gower reported that the Lions team beat Steve’s Mobil twice last week as the early Little League season gets going, and with the second win, the Lions team is atop the White Haven Area Sports league standings.

Phil Engman’s Ramblin’ On included a very funny telling of golfing in the Ugly Mug Golf Tournament. He added some Ramblin’ about the very good New York Islanders team, and about NBA where the Knicks are having trouble handling a young Charlotte Hornets team.

Reviewed in this week’s dining column was The Lake Harmony Lodge.

Ads of note – The Hazleton Skate Center on Broad Street; Wooden Nickel in Freeland; The Hobby Greenhouse; and The Weatherly Merchants Association’s Auto Raffle.

Topping the entertainers at the Irish Festival at Jack Frost this Memorial Day weekend were Seamus Kennedy, Pat Roper, Willy Lynch, Woods Tea Company, the Bards and The Irish Balladeers.

From The Journal Issue of May 20, 1943 Publisher W. C. Taylor

On Wednesday evening, May 12, in the auditorium of the Lutheran Church in Weatherly, Mrs. Geoge L. Somers presented herstudents in piano and voice. Participating in piano were Gerald Miller, Jr., Jean Searfoss, Betty Searfoss, Barbara Wheeler, Marylin Feist, Pauline Hayes, Alma Wheeler, Nancy Feist and Madelyn Sipler; and in voice, Mildred Kocher.

At around 8 o’clock Tuesday morning, a hot charge of lighting came in over the wires at the Western Union Office, bouncing operator on duty at the time Michael Coniker right out of his chair. Slight damage was done to the instruments, and one window glass was smashed out.