Williamsburg News

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8/3/1928 Williamsburg News [Oil City Derrick]

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lewis and daughter, Betty, accompanied by Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott of Mt. Zion motored to Rimersburg Sunday afternoon and visited with the latter's brother, Will Over and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Gourley called on Miss Annie Lewis one day.

Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Lewis and children were Clarion shoppers Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Campbell and son, Arthur, accompanied by their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kane of Butler county visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Finefrock and children Quay and Thelma visited relatives at Mt. Zion and Shamburg one day.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hewitt and children of Beaver township called on friends here Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Whitmore and children Clifford and Minnie spent one evening with Mr. and Mrs. George Snyder.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Collett and children of Limestone, Mr. and Mrs. John Snyder of Clarion, Mr. and Mrs. Ed McGee of Reidsburg and children of Reidsburg visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Showers and family.

Miss Dorothy Hewitt of Beaver is visiting this week with her aunt, Mrs. Mabel Hewitt.

Mrs. George Bashline and daughter, Virginia, were county seat visitors Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hewitt and Mrs. George Snyder were Clarion shoppers Tuesday.

Mrs. Frank Over and daughter, Hilda, of Curllsville, were callers here Friday enroute for the county seat.

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hewitt and daughters, Helen and Lois accompanied by Otis Saunders of North Carolina motored to Beaver Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Henry of Reidsburg called at the George Snyder home Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Kiser and children, Harry, Phyllis and Kathleen were Clarion shoppers one day.

Mr. and Mrs. Melly Strohmeyer and children called on friends last Monday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. G.L. Hannold and little daughter, Joline spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dehner.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Best spent Saturday afternoon at the county seat.

Mack Hanold was a business transactor at Strattanville Monday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Showers and son, Billie, were Clarion visitors Saturday evening.

The festival at the Williamsburg school house for the benefit of the new house was well attended Wednesday night.

Mr. and Mrs. ** Best and Mrs. Harry Walker motored to Sligo Friday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Walker and children, Amos and Annabelle were Clarion shoppers Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Buzzard and children of Reidsburg visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Buzzard one day.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Stromeyer and children, Ruby and Lethia, were Beaver township visitors.

Edward Deitz of Reidsburg was a caller in town Tuesday morning.

Mrs. Jos. Allis called on friends in town one day.

4/19/1929 Williamsburg News [Oil City Derrick] (view image)

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hewitt and daughter, **, were Clarion shoppers Saturday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Kla*s and daughters, Phyllis and Katherine of Brackenridge visited Sunday with Mrs. Kla*s parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker.

Mrs. George Snyder and Mrs. Joe McConnell were Clarion visitors Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Clint McClain of Clarion and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Varner and daughters, Marion and Helen Pauline, visited at the Joe Beal home recently.

Miss Helen Hewitt has been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stromeyer, of Beaver township the past two weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Walters and children, Junior and Bernice Belle, of Clarion visited Sunday with Mrs. Walters' parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Lewis.

Rev. John R. Rupert and family of Burnsides, are visiting this week with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lewis and also attended the funeral of Mrs. Rupert's aunt, Mrs. William Over, of Rimersburg.

Mr. and Mrs. George Bashline and daughter, Virginia, spent Saturday forenoon at the county seat.

Roy Walker, who is employed in the steel mills at Brackenridge, spent Sunday with his family here.

A.E. and F.D. Lewis were business transactors in the county seat Monday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Walker and children, Amos and Annabelle, and Mr. and Mrs. William Smith were Brookville visitors Saturday evening.

Joe McConnell, who is employed near Sligo, spent over Sunday at his home here.

Mr. and Mrs. Less Hannold were busy shoppers at Clarion Saturday evening.

Charles Finnefrock and son, O*en, of Mt. Zion called at the Frank Finnefrock home.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Varner and daughter, Georgena and sons, Paul and Isaac of Reidsburg called on friends here Monday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Henry and Mr. and Mrs. Bracken and children of Reynoldsville called on Mr. and Mrs. George Snyder Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. James Collette and children of Limestone visited Sunday with Mrs. Collette's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Showers.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lee and children called on the former's father, Robert Lee, Sunday forenoon.

Mrs. Roy Walker and children, Lucille, Marguerite and Betty Maxine, are visiting this week at Brackenridge as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William K**.

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Johnson were Clarion shoppers.

Mrs. Elizabeth Elliotte of Mt. Zion is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Lewis, this week.

Norris Hannold of Shippenville visited at the George Bashline home.

Mrs. Pheobe Smathers of near town is visiting her son, Reed Smathers and family in Oil City.

Mrs. Thomas Sterner of near Emlenton visited several days with her sister, Mrs. Dorothy Lewis.

8/21/1929 Williamsburg News (view image)

1/16/1931 Williamsburg News [Oil City Derrick]

Mrs. Jess Hazlett and son, Jesse Jr., and daughter, Miss Helen, and Mrs. Vincent Hanold were dinner guests of Mrs. Harvy Walker Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Walker were county seat visitors Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Stromeyer motored to Beaver township Saturday evening to visit his father, Charles Strohmeyer.

Mr. and Mrs. Clint McClain of Clarioni visited her brother, Joe *est and family Sunday afternoon.

Glad Hannold spent Sunday with his brother, Vincent and family.

Mrs. and Mrs. George Snyder were Clarion shoppers Friday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe *est and children spent Saturday evening at the county seat.

Mrs. Jess Hewitt and daughters, Helen and Lois, and son, Junior, and little Lethia Stromeyer were dinner guests of Mrs. Roy Walker last Tuesday evening.

Willis Magness, W.S. Smith, F.D. Lewis and F.A. Showers were business transactors at the county seat last Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hewitt spent Sunday night with his brother, Jess Hewitt and family.

Frank Finefrock was a business transactor at Clarion Monday afternoon.

Arthur Dehner of near Mechanicsville visited Sunday with his sister, Mrs. George Hannold.

Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Lewis were Saturday evening visitors at Clarion.

Davis Siverling spent Tuesday afternoon in this town.

Jess Hewitt and Will Stromeyer spent Sunday with home folks.

Calvin Hannold was a county seat visitor Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. George Page visited Sunday with the latter's sister, Mrs. Rachel Bashline.

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Hannold and son, Junior, and Mrs. Jess Hewitt spent Saturday afternoon in the county seat.

Mrs. Robert Lee spent several days last week at Shamburg.

Rev. J.H. R*bert and family of Burnside were week end visitors of the Floyd Lewis home.

Mack Hannold was a Clarion visitor recently.

John Platt of Brinkerton spent Saturday and Sunday at the George Bashline home.

Miss Helen Hewitt was a Clarion visitor one day last week.

Glad Hannold spent several days this week at the home of his cousin, Walter Beck, of near Electra.

Ronald Bashline is improving as can be expected.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Over of Curllsville called on the latter's sister, Mrs. George Snyder.

Robert Lee was a business transactor at Sligo one day this week. [Source: Derrick, transcribed by Pamela Grewell]

12/4/1953 Williamsburg News [Oil City Derrick], by Mrs. George Snyder, Derrick correspondent (view image)

WILLIAMSBURG, Dec. 2 - Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stewart and sons, Denny, Douglas and Rodney and their twin daughters, Jenifer and Jill, of Erie were week end guests of Mrs. Stewart's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bashline.

Mrs. Dorothy Lewis, Mrs. Betty Myers and Mrs. Virginia Stromeyer attended church services at Sligo over the week end and heard Rev. A. T. McKeown of Norfolk, Va., preach several nights during the week.

Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis and daughters, Sally Anne and Mary Kaye; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fulton and sons, Dan and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Kimes and children, Cheryl and Van, all of Shippenville, were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Lewis and grandfather, Mr. John Lewis.

Mrs. Jess Hewitt, Mrs. Maude Johnson and Sandra and Judith Hanhold, spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Cora Potter of Curllsville.

Thanksgiving Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Hanhold were here parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hewitt and son, Jessi; Mrs. Maude Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. William Shingledecker of Clarion.

Nancy Wynkoop of Rimersburg visited several days over the week end with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. James Stromeyer.

Melvin Bowser, who was discharged from the Air Force, November 25, at Wilmington, Del., is now home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bowser, of Huey. He visited Saturday and Sunday with the John Platt family of Williamsburg.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wayland of Greenville were Sunday guests of his mother, Mrs. John Thomas and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smathers and children, Ernest, Jr., and Linny, of Erie, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murray and daughter, Kathy of Curllsville, and son, Francis Smathers, who is home on a three weeks leave from the Army, spent Thanksgiving with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smathers.

Floyd Lewis and daughter, Mrs. Betty Myers, were Clarion shoppers Monday afternoon.

12/25/1953 Williamsburg News [Oil City Derrick]— by Mrs. George Snyder, Derrick correspondent (view image)

WILLIAMSBURG, Dec. 23 - Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wayland of Greenville were Saturday evening callers of the John Thomas family.

Mr. James Stromeyer was one of the lucky nimrods. He got a deer the first day of deer season.

Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hannold and daughters, Lynn and Sharon, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kirkwood of Tylersburg Sunday.

Mrs. Basil Bashline and daughters, Kathy and Carol, of near Williamsburg were Sunday afternoon and evening guests of her sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cramer.

Mr. and Mrs. George Hannold were Christmas shoppers in Brookville Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Kimes and children, Cheryl and Van, of Shippenville, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Lewis, Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Byers and children, Gerald and Margaret, of Sligo, RD, were Saturday dinner guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Smith.

Fred Reedy of Rimersburg spent several days last week with his daughter, Mrs. James Stromeyer and family.

Mr. and Mrs. George Hannold spent Sunday evening with her brother and wife, Mr.a nd Mrs. Ira Dehner, and daughter, Irene, of Strattanville.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith were Christmas shoppers in Oil City Saturday evening.

Mrs. Jess Hewitt called on Mrs. J.B. Aites of near town Tuesday afternoon.

Miss Sondra Hanhold and Miss Gorden Comly of Electra motored to Emporium Sunday and spent the day with Dr. and Mrs. Edward Pierce.

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hewitt and son, Jesse, were Christmas shoppers in Oil City Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. George Bashline and Maude Johnson visited the former's granddaughter, Miss Faith Reedy of New Bethlehem Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Smith accompanied by their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gifford of Karns City were Pittsburgh visitors Wednesday.

The Christmas play given by the children of Williamsburg school Friday afternoon was well attended by the parents and neighbors.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Byers and children of Sligo, RD, and Mrs. David Smith of near Williamsburg visited Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Baughman, and also called on Mrs. Smith's grandson, Jimmy Baughman, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Aaron, all of Kingsville, Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Birocco of Huey were callers in town Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith were Pittsburgh visitors one evening last week.

4/8/1955 WILLIAMSBURG NEWS—Oil City Derrick, Friday, April 10, 1955

Mr. and Mrs. George Hannold attended the wedding of Miss Phyllis Heasley and Gene Dougherty of Fisher Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Over and son, Joe, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Loy Kiser of Shippenville Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Smith and sons spent Sunday with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gifford of Petrolia.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Best and son, Tommie, were Oil City shoppers Friday evening.

Mrs. Walter McDevill of Clarion, called on Mrs. George Snyder Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hannold and daughters, Lynn and Sharon, visited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kirkwood of Tylersburg Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas and children, Darlene and Douglas, accompanied her son, Pvt Fordyce D. Wayland as far as Pittsburgh where he took a train for Camp Kilmer, N.H. early Friday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hewitt spent Sunday afternoon with his brother and her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hewitt of Beaver Township. Mrs. John Thomas and son, Fordyce D. Wayland, visited her son and his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Wayland of Greenville Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Rankin of Coneaut Lake Park called on Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bashline Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Pete Nelson of Erie were Monday dinner guests of Mrs. J.T. Best.

Mrs. John Platt, Mrs. George Bashline, Mrs. Cora Potter and Mrs. Jess Hewitt attended services at the Free Methodist Church in Clarion several nights last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hartzell and children, Ann and Don, of Monroe, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Best and son, Joe, of Williamsburg, brought with them an Easter dinner for their mother, Mrs. J.T. Best, in her house Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rowen and children and Mrs. Harry Parks of Clarion spent Sunday evening wtih the latter's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bashline and the George Bashline family.

Miss Joline Hannold and Glen Mogle of Tyrone visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hannold during the weekend and they also called on her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Lewis.

Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hannold attended the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Kirkwood of Tionesta, Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stewart and sons, Dennis, Douglas and Rodney of Erie, were Easter dinner guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bashline, Sunday evening.

Rev. and Mrs. A.T. McKeown and daughter, Shelagh, are visiting friends at Scranton and Reading this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Carnahan spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kline of near Five Points.

Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas and children visited her mother, Mr.a nd Mrs. James Minnich of north Freedom, Sunday evening. Pvt. Don Lewis of Fort Belvoir, Va., spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lewis and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Hannold and Mrs. J.B. Aites attended the Minnie Stubble sales Saturday at Turnip-Hole.

Miss Edythe Skinner of Clarion was a Sunday dinner guest of the Floyd Lewis family.

Mrs. John Thomas and children, Darlene and Douglas spent Monday at Clarion.

John Campbell of Clarion spent Thursday evening with his friends, Pvt. Fordyce D. Wayland, on the last evening of his furlough at home.

11/29/1957 Revival in Williamsburg Closes After 3 Weeks by Mrs. George Snyder, Derrick correspondent (view image)

WILLIAMSBURG - The revival meeting which was in progress in the Williamsburg Community Church the past three weeks closed Sunday evening with a number of converts.

The evangelist Rev. Howard Kidd of North Carolina left Monday morning for Burnsides to hold a short revival.

Mrs. Vincent Hanhold entertained a number of friends Tuesday evening in honor of her daughter, Linda's, 11th birthday.

Those who attended the party were - Lynn and Sharon Hannhold, Trudy Myers, Susan and Joyce McFadden of Williamsburg and Ruth Ann Fox of Clarion.

Linda received a number of beautiful gifts.

The hostess served ice cream and cake.

Mrs. Floyd Lewis had as dinner guests Sunday, Mrs. Pearl Hannold of Shippenville, Miss Mona Taylor of Maysville, Rev. and Mrs. Kidd of North Carolina, and Mr. and Mrs. Don Lewis, Genevieve Lewis and F.D. Lewis of town.

Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Best visited her sister, Mrs. Minnie Stubble of Turnip Hole.

Donald Carnahan, who was under the doctor's care, has returned to work in his garage.

Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Lewis were Sunday evening dinner guests of their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Kimes of Shippenville.

Mrs. Harry Parks of Clarion has returned home after a short visit to Indiana and Kentucky and spent Wednesday at her daughters home in Williamsburg. She and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bashline, went Christmas shopping in Oil City.

Recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Lewis were Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis and daughters, Sally Anne and Mary Caye, and son, Ronnie, of Shippenville, and Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis of Clarion.

Mrs. Florence Hannold spent several afternoons with her father, George Kirkwood, of Tylersburg, who is a patient in the Clarion Osteopathic Community Hospital.

Williamsburg News

Area news clippings transcribed by Pamela Myers-Grewell