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From: "Tonya" <>
Subject: Re: [PAFAY] Re: SCRAPBOOK; From the "Looking Back Column": (KREPPS, HARDOBY, KEIBLER, VICITES); COLBURN, CRAWFORD, GOLEMBIEWSKI, EMERY/ROSIEK, NEWMAN, FRIENDSHIP HILL, HAILE SELASSIE, YOUR BROWNSVILLE AND MINE: (Rules for Teachers and HALL).
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 10:23:38 -0500
References: <Pine.GSO.4.02A.10401010505590.16708-100000@agave.ahsc.arizona.edu>
Hi Hannah,
Please email me the article on the sale of
Friendship Hill. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Thank you,
Tonya
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From: "Hannah M. Fisher" <>
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Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 8:12 AM
Subject: [PAFAY] Re: SCRAPBOOK; From the "Looking Back Column": (KREPPS,
HARDOBY, KEIBLER, VICITES); COLBURN, CRAWFORD, GOLEMBIEWSKI, EMERY/ROSIEK,
NEWMAN, FRIENDSHIP HILL, HAILE SELASSIE, YOUR BROWNSVILLE AND MINE: (Rules
for Teachers and HALL).
> Sorry about no message sent out yesterday. A trip to Tucson and shopping
> and appointments made for a long day. We live 20 miles from the closest
> grocery store in Tucson, so I was a bit tired when I got home.
>
>
> LOOKING BACK: Thirty years ago AUGUST 9, 1945, SOLOMON G. KREPPS, IV, 71,
> died at the family residence, 500 Water St., Brownsville, where he was
> born June 18, 1879. An undertaker for years here, he was a member of a
> pioneer family. The KREPPS homestead was built in 1818.
>
> August 9, 1945, JOHN "LEFTY" HARDOBY, startled district baseball fans las
> evening as he pitched a no-run, no-hit game against the Vestaburg Redwings
> as Vesta Six won the game 1-0. HARDOBY walked one batter.
>
> Ten years ago, MONDAY, Aug. 9, 1965, "When CHARLES E. KEIBLER, 66, of 371
> Shelton Ave., Brownsville, retired July 31, with over 47 years with the
> Monongahela Railway, he matched the 47 years his father, CHARLES W.
> KEIBLER, served as lockman on the Monongahela River.
>
> Ten years ago, Monday, Aug. 9, 1965, JOSEPH L. VICITES, Uniontown, the new
> state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, will lead the
> Pennsylvania delegation to the national VFW convention in Chicago, Aug.
> 12-20.
>
> CRAWFORD, MRS. DOROTHY E. (MRS. RUSSELL), 71, of 71 National Pike East
> died Aug. 15, 1975 in Brownsville General Hospital. She was born May 18,
> 1904 in Addison Twp, Somerset County, a daughter of MRS. MARY E. HOLT
> COCHRAN and the late JOHN COCHRAN.
> Survivors in addition to her mother, include her husband, RUSSELL
> CRAWFORD, a daughter, MRS. BETTY V. RICE, two granddaughters, GAETA
> McCLELLAND and KERAN WALKER; a brother, DEAN COCHRAN; three sisters, MRS.
> MYRTLE HAWK, MRS. BERTHA DUGGAN, and MRS. DAISY WHITE. Burial in
> LaFayette Memorial Park under the direction of the Andrew J. Skirpan
> Funeral Home in Brownsville.
>
> KRISTEN LEIGH GOLEMBIEWSKI, daughter of MR. and MRS. TED GOLEMBIEWSKI,
> JR., Thompson, is celebrating her second birthday. She is the
> granddaughter of MR. and MRS. TED GOLEMBIEWSKI, SR., Thompson, and MRS.
> HELEN HUDOCK, Brownsville and the late JOSEPH HUDOCK. She is the great
> granddaughter of MR. and MRS. KAZIMER GOLEMBIEWSKI and MR. and MRS. FRED
> LOWERY, and MR. and MRS. STEPHEN KOTAN, SR. Her mother is the former
> PATTY HUDOCK.
>
> COLBURN, HARRY R., 76, of Irwin Dr., Valley Inn, Monongahela, PA, died
> Aug. 28, 1975 in his home. He was born in Draketown, PA, April 7, 1899, a
> son of the late JAMES L. and ETHEL FLANNINGAN COLBURN. He was preceded in
> death by three sisters and a brother. He was a member of the First
> Christian Church of Brownsville. He was a resident of Monongahela since
> 1942 and was a retired agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad with 50 years of
> service. Surviving are his wife, LOUISE PAULEY COLBURN, one son, RICHARD
> H. COLBURN; a daughter, WILMA TUTTLE, three brothers, LLOYD, CHARLES, and
> PAUL; three sisters, MRS. RUTH ANN FORSYTHE, MRS. LILLIAN MORRIS and MRS.
> MARY GALLIAUT. Burial in Greene County Memorial Cemetery under the
> direction of the L.M. Frye Chapel, Monongahela, PA.
>
> Aug. 21, 1975, DORIS L. NEWMAN, Brownsville, recently completed 25 years
> of consecutive services with the G.C. Murphy Co. in Brownsville.
>
> Announcement has been made of the engagement of JANE DEE EMERY, a daughter
> of MRS. SARA JEAN EMERY, 300 Bull Run Road, Brownsville and JAMES K.
> EMERY, to RONALD ROSIEK, son of MR. and MRS. BERNARD ROSIEK. Aug. 1975.
>
> FRIENDSHIP HILL, once the home of ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the
> Treasury in the cabinets of Presidents JEFFERSON and MADISON, and the
> former summer home of J.V. THOMPSON, Uniontown coal baron is for sale.
> The 724 acre estate, situated about 15 miles south of Uniontown on Route
> 166 in New Geneva, is presently owned by SHERWOOD MARTIN. Mr. MARTIN and
> his late wife, the former EVELYN THOMPSON, granddaughter of J.V. THOMPSON,
> purchased the site in 1951. (This is a long article, anyone wishing it,
> please email me privately. There is no date, it is from the Morning
> Herald-Evening Standard, Uniontown, and I would guess it to be in late
> Aug. 1975. The author of the column is Betty Frangos Rohlf).
>
> Aug. 27, 1975, Former Emperor, HAILE SELASSIE, 83, died in Addis Ababa,
> Ethiopia. He ruled as an absolute monarch until he was overthrown by a
> military coup and he was deposed Sept. 12, 1974.
>
> "YOUR BROWNSVILLE AND MINE" column by Gary Thomas, Aug. 29, 1975, included
> a 1915 teacher's magazine, which listed the rules of conduct for teachers;
> "1. You will not marry during the term of your contract.
> 2. You are not to keep company with men.
> 3. You must be home between the hours of 8 PM and 6 AM unless attending a
> school function.
> 4. You may not loiter downtown in ice cream stores.
> 5. You may not travel beyond the bounds of the city limits unless you
> have the permission of the chairman of the school board.
> 6. You may not drive in a carriage or automobile with any man unless he
> is your father or brother.
> 7. You may not smoke cigarettes.
> 8. You may not dress in bright colors.
> 9. You may under no circumstances dye your hair.
> 10. You must wear at least two petticoats.
> 11. Your dresses must not be any shorter than two inches above the ankle.
> 12. To keep the school room neat, you must sweep the floor at least once
> daily and scrub the floor at least once a week with hot soapy water, clean
> the blackboard at least once a day and start the fire at 7AM so that the
> room will be warm at 8AM."
>
> In that same column, CHARLES B. HALL, son of MARGARET R. HALL, Union St.
> Ext., Brownsville, was recently one of seven named Deputy Comptrollers of
> the Currency with the Department of the Treasury. He is married to the
> former HELEN MARTELL of Grindstone and they have three children, LINDA,
> CHARLES and MARGARET E. HALL. The family is residing in Arlington, Va.
>
>
>
> Hannah Millward Fisher
> Information Services
> Librarian
> The University of Arizona
> (520) 626-2933 (voice) Arizona Health Sciences Library
> 1501 N. Campbell, P.O. Box 245079
> (520) 626-2922 (fax) Tucson, AZ 85724-5079
>
> "The statements expressed herein are my own and should not be taken as a
> position, opinion or endorsement of the University of Arizona."
>
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