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Wilkes-Barre Local Happenings 1935   
Principal Happenings in Luzerne County
for the year which Began December 1, 1934 and ended November 30,1935 

December 
2nd Rev.Robert F.Smith of Scottdale named pastor of Immanuel Baptist church,Edwardsvill.
3rd Dr.Willard W.A.Weaver elected president of Wilkes-Barre school board.
Walter Klinsick,28,Miners Mill, fatally wounded in first hunting accident of season.
Bobby Edwards sentenced.
6th  Dr.Willard A.Ribble, Kingston dentist,dies.
10th George A.Kocher,Sr.,87,White Haven undertaker dies.
12th Rev.E.L.Santee,dies at Scranton.
13th $5,000 fire damages John B.Balas’s drug store at Georgetown.
17th Death of William L Williams,former assistant fire chief of Wilkes-Barre. 
19th George K.Brown,J.Stanley Rinehimer,Elmer E.Edwards and Frank P.Naugle reappointed to Central Poor Board.
20th Victor Sartor of Ashley,cousin of Pope Pius X dies.
22nd Death of Mrs.Mary D.Barber,94
Henry W.Gabell is removed as director of work division of LCERB and Joel Gibson of Harrisburg succeeds him.
26th  Death of dentist Dr.Allison B.Miller,Kingston.
John h.Lecher,80,Nanticoke banker ,dies.
27th Robert J.Harte,Record telegrapher,dies
Death of John M.Humphery,president of Lehigh Valley Coal Company.
30th Rabbi Herman Marx resigns at Temple Agudah Achim,Pittston,to go to Fall River,Massachusetts.
31th Peter Wolfe of Hanover Township named superintendent of roads,succeeding the late A.C.Ollie Smith

January 
1st Twins born to Mr.and Mrs.Edward Thomas of Kingston.
Josephine Johnson,and Peggy Keenan,are slightly injured.
3rd William Ruddy,mounted policeman,dies.
4th John Nobel, John J.McDevitt,and Thomas Flannery injured in crash.
Mrs.Franck G.Darte heads Wilkes-Barre Nurse Association
George Hinkle elected president of Manufacturer’s
7th J.Stanley Rinehimer elected president of Central Poor District
8th Joseph H.Schwartz named president of First National Bank of Plymouth,and Frank Martz,vice-president
10th John S.DeLong,91 Civil War veteran,dies at Idetown
John Markle of Hazleton and New York, dies.
11th Rinaldo Cappellini released from Graterford Penitentiary.
George W.Walker,Sr.dies at 69
16th Irving Brader,23,of 1 Sturdent Street,regains normal sight after 20 years of 95 percent blindness.
17th Raymond Picton,49 dies in Nanticoke State Hospital.
23rd Death of Walter Knott,29 of West Wyoming,and injury to Mrs.Raymond Maxathe,45,of Scranton.
25th Morris Williams,79,dies at Ardmore.
Chief Camillus Bondy,80,grandson of Frances slocum,dies at Wabash,Indiana.
27th J.H.Anderson,Dallas burgress,dies at 62.
29th John Roberts,56,of Wilkes-Barre,is buried 13 hours under culm bank at Stanton Colliery and lives.
 
February
5th M.B.Michelson,59,Edwardsville dies.
6th Mrs. Maria Marshman,101,Freeland dies.
8th Frank Lewis of Forty Fort, dies.
10th Death of Seward E.Button.
12th Three West Pittston youths killed when hit by D.L.&W.train.
14th Strike arguments lead to murder of two men in Valley.
Thomas V Brennan,named new Plymouth postmaster.
15th Donald Markleelected president of Independent Anthracite Coals.
18th death of Rev.Dr.John Wagner of Hazleton.
19th Frank B.Brown observes 34th year as alderman of Eighth ward.
21st Attorney Hubbard B.Payne dies.
28th Five persons known dead when explosion wrecks Edwardsville building.

March
3rd Robert K.Hislop dies.
4th Death of Dr.Edward C Dreher.
Martin L.Roth,dies.
7th Mrs Ursola Magagna,White Haven dies.
14th Rev.and Mrs.Anthony Iveson of Plymouth celebrate 54th wedding anniversary.
15th Arthur H.James,wife of Superior Court Judge,dies at Plymouth.
16th Kirtland M.Smith,86,dies.
18th Monsignor Charles J.Goeckel,24,dies at sea while on cruise.
19th Dr.Alexander H.of Hanover Township dies.
20th Suit to break will of late Franklin B.Spray opens at Courthouse.
21st Nine men hurt,three badly,in explosion at Bliss Colliery.
22nd Three men hurt in blast at Bliss Colliery,die.
25th Death of Benjamin A. Bache,Nanticoke merchant.
26th Death of Rev.Dr.E.J.Morris.
27th Dr.William A.Lynott of Plymouth dies.

April
2nd Death of William T.Evans,Nanticoke merchant.
Dr.Fuller L. Davenport,Kingston,dentist,dies.
5th Death of Rev.James Moore,Avoca.
6th Monsignor Charles J.Goeckle,is buried under altar of St.Nicholas’s Church.
7th William J.Devaney,76 dies.
Death of Frederick Job,jeweler.
11th K.M.Smith,of Alden,leaves $250,000 estate to family,friends,churches.
14th Death of Asa K.DeWitt,Plymouth banker.
Robert T.Passler,44 dies.
18th John A.Law,West Pittston banker, dies.
19th W.W.Bittenbender,business man of Nanticoke,dies.
20th Death of George Gotthold,restaurant man.
22nd Meyer E.Zorzi dies.
24th Attorney Mary E.Trescott dies.
25th Death of Rev. P.F.Loughney,62,of Pittston.

May
1st Attorney A.C.Campbell dies in his office.
2nd Death of Louis F.Eshelman,63,West Pittston.
7th Seven men killed when large boulder drops 625 feet and falls on cage in No.2 shaft,South Wilkes-Barre Colliery.
8th L.D.Bingham,91 Civil War vet,dies.
13th Death of  J.B.Hildebrant of Dallas.
F.V.Follmer of Milton is named U.S.District Attorney.
14th Death of Harry E.Ulmann.
George Greenfield dies.
Death of John T.Killeen, former chief of  Luzerne police.
23rd Death of John Schappert.
Louis Schainuck,87,dies.
31st Mrs.F.E.Parkhurst,Sr.dies at 72.
Kingston Coal Company closes No.2 and No.4 mines at Edwardsville.

June
1st Leonard Witkowski,35,found slain in Stanton Colliery yard.
Robert B.Beckley 30,  Nanticoke alderman,dies of heart attact.
3rd John Magee,90,last Civil War veteran dies.
5th Albert T.Trethaway,Sr.and Louis J.Houser,both of Parsons,win $105,000 in Irish Sweepstates,while Gertrude Hocken,35,of Nanticoke,gets one- third share in $148,000.
6th Wyoming Seminary gets $15,000 gift from Mr.and Mrs.Daniel C.Roberts of Harvey’s Lake.
9th Benjamin F.James,67,dies.
10th Fourth member of Papish family of Brooklyn dies following accident near Scranton,Yamena Papish,20,sole survivor.
14th Leo Sokolowski,20,and brother Stanley,17,killed when struck by LeHigh Valley train.
Death of both Dr.William F.Harrison of Plains and  Sandor Engle of Wilkes-Barre,at 69.
16th Chris J.Golden of Hazleton,dies of a heart attact.
20th Deaths of James a.Boyle,architect,and Jack Carey,county billard champion.
23rd Harold T.Chase dies at 71.
24th C.W.Bixby,80,dies.
27th William H.Conyngham injuried in fall down elevator shaft at Hillside home.
30th Stephen Yachna,19,of Duryea,drowns at Harvey’s Lake.
Josephine Dogusko,13,of Plains drowns.

July
1st Mr.and Mrs.Wheeler Keating of Larksville married 55 years.
Philip Bruno convicted of manslaughter.
Alfred S.James petitions court to break will of father Benjamin F.James Sr..
2nd John N.Conyngham suffers heart attcat.
4th Mr.and Mrs.Abram L.Engler of Wapwallopen,RD 2 married 50 years.
Henery A.Campbell,Wyoming grocer,dies.
5th Stanley L.Robinson,dies at Wyoming home.
10th Thomas Cassidy,9,falls from D.H.Railroad bridge,and his father William Cassidey,36,of Larksville,jumps in to rescue him both drown.
12th John Nesbitt Conyngham,69,dies.
13th John Tomashunas of Shickshinny dies of effects of insect bite.
24th O.J.Behrens,contractor,dies at 78.
25th Death of W.L.Foster,Pittson banker.
Death of louis Roman,Hazleton.
26th Joel Rozelle,Heights sign painter,dies at 85.
28th Rev.John Hall Griffith,Plymouth espiscopal rector,dies suddenly.
Ambrose West,Plymouth succumbs following stroke.
30th Harry h.Garrahan,dallas bank teller,councilman and poor director,dies at 54.
William Wilcox,72,dies.

August
8th Death of Mayor William F.Powell of Kingston.
9th Death of Patrick B Nealon,95,of Plymouth,only Confederate soldier in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
13th William J.Kilgallon,dies.
21st Howard Harton,Forty Fort resident,dies while swimming.
23rd Death of I.M.Kintzer,retired city policeman.
26th Rev.Joseph E.klumpp,formerly of Wilkes-Barre,dies at Carbondale.
Death of Joseph Burlegh.
28th John B.Dobson,dies.
29th Rev.Damian Leone,formly of Pittston,dies in Scranton.

September
5th Truck driver killed on east End Boulevard.
Thomas W.Templeton,68,former congressman and prothonotary and proprietor of Penn Floral Company dies.
Rev.Anthony Lipinski,69,rector of St.Adalbert’s church,Glen Lyon,for 22 years dies.
10th Death of Thomas Donlin,Jr.,39 World War veteran of this city.
Jessie M.Lukens,dies in New York hospital.
John E.Morris,64,mine official  and former school director,dies.
16th William G.Quigley,dies at 50.
19th Appraisers value personal estate of late J.N. Conynham at more than $5,500,000.
22nd Young shark taken from Lily Lake by John Boyd,part owner of the Lake.
24th Joseph and Philip Bruno sentenced to life.
26th Mr.and Mrs.W.D.Ramaley observe golden wedding anniversary.
28th Monsignor M.E. Lynott of St.Ignatius’s Church,Kingston,celebrates 60th year in priesthood.

October
3rd Death of Emmett B.Carpenter.
Anna Dorrance has book on gardening published.
10th William Waite,Sugar Notch druddist dies.
11th Mr.and Mrs.Edward J.Hart married 54 years.
12th david C Shaffer,sought as suspect.
Matthew Stephens,war veteran and former city controller,dies.
16th Rev.Valentine Mascilak,Trenton,native of wilkes-Barre,dies.
18th Mr.and Mrs.frank s Clark,Parsons,wed 53 years.
24th Dr.L.L.Sprague’s 91st birthday.
25th Death of Rev.Clarence H.Russell,pastor of Plymouth Presbyterian Church.
26th Ella T.Devaney to retire after 50 years.
28th Shickshinny Borough is willed 80 percent of residue of income of half a million dollar estate of late F.L.Garrison.
29th Attorney S.M.R.O’Hara severely hurt in auto crash at Northumberland.
Death of Samuel H.Hicks.

November
1st Ben Starzinski of Kingston first fatality as hunting season opens.
4th County Detective John J.Dempsey beaten and shot in Plymouth.
5th Thomas Syron,dies
6th Mayor Loveland reelected.
William E.Murphy,defeats George M.Yencha for city controller.
7th Death of Mrs.Agnes Dolgila,aged 103,of Hanover Township.
8th Elizabeth G.Kipp,librarian of Pittston Library dies.
10th Monsignor J.J.Curran 40 years as priest.
14th George Woods ,Hazleton,dies.
J.Andrew Boyd begins 64th year with record.
17th Death of Rev.Roderick Davis.
20th Michael J.Toole,Pittston,dies.
21st Mrs.Albert Brobst,wife of attorney,is killed by automobile.
23rd Death of J.W.Schreiner,Nanticoke banker.
Death of Dr.S.E.Tonkin,Kingston.
24th Patrolman C.B.McLaughlin rescues six from burning auto’s.
Rev.Anthony Iveson,77 pastor of Plymouth P.M.church,dies.
26th Death of Wesley Himmler,Jr.Dallas,dies.
Mr.and Mrs.D.P.Griffiths wed 60 years.
27th J.W.Marcey,Civil War vet,dies.
30th Harry T McMillan,75,of West Pittston,dies.

Typed by Deb Smith,  March 2003





 
 



 


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