1939

On Friday, Sept. 15th, Dr. W.R. Petrie will leave for a big game hunting trip in Wyoming and Montana. He will be accompanied on the trip by Stanley Harris, of Athens, Pa.,, and will travel by automobile.

Speed and thrills will mark the closing feature of the annual Lycoming County Fair at Hughesville, next Saturday afternoon when more than a score of dare devil dirt track drivers take over the fairgrounds oval for a program of sensation auto races.

The Muncy Luminary

Friday, Sept. 15, 1949

70 years ago

Price five cents

New $360,000 Muncy Valley Hospital Will Be Beautiful Modern 50-Bed Structure.

79th Annual County Fair to Open Monday Nite; 5 Big Days Scheduled.

Fred B. Heal, who owns and operates variety stores in Muncy and Montoursville, tis week announced plans to open a third store in Montgomery.

Miss Kathryn Stannert, former Muncy teacher, of Milton, and Dr. Homer Randolph Benson, of Honolulu, were married Saturday.

Marriage announced of Emma Irene Kahler and Earl Henry Clayton, of Hughesville, on Sept. 12.

Marriage announced of Ruth Alys Tironie, of Hughesville, and Daniel K. Hunter, of Williamsport. The ceremony took place on May 23.

Birth: Hughesville Coach Randy Wagner and Mrs. Wagner on the birth of a son, who arrived Friday at the Muncy Valley hospital.Coach Larry Umstead’s third Muncy high school football team begins its 1949 competition on Saturday when the Indians travel to Athens to open the season with a non-league opponent.

At the Ritz: “In the Good Old Summertime” with Judy Garland

Ad: Turner’s Garage, Hughesville

The Luminary

50 Years Ago

Sept. 11, 1969

Robert Wolfe was named varsity basketball coach at Muncy high school on Monday, Sept. 8.

Wedding vows were exchanged on Sept. 6 by Miss Catharine Davis Jacobs, of Muncy, and Charles Michael Perrottet, of North Carolina.

Births: Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, Watsontown, son, Sept. 5. Mother former Sylvia Mclaughlin; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lynn, Muncy, daughter, Sept. 4. Mother former Linda Mae Maurer.

Died: Daniel Harper Dykins, Muncy native, Sept. 3.

Miss Wanda Frye is a recent graduate of State Beauty School, in Williamsport and is now a licensed beautician.

At the Ritz: “True Grit”

Ad: Sunset Market, Muncy

The Luminary

Sept. 14, 1994

25 years ago

35 cents

Birth: Jeffrey and Crystal Scott, Pennsdale, son, Aug. 9; Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Snyder, Jr., of Hughesville, son, Sept. 7. Mother former Suzette Spering; Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Eddy, Muncy, daughter, Sept. 7. Mother former Rachelle Kieffer; Mr. and Mrs.C.Andrew Myers, son, Sept. 5.

Died: Paul L. Pentz, Sr., Montgomery, Sept. 4; Elizabeth A. Phillips, 66, Muncy, Sept. 7; Robert E. Snyder, 81, formerly of Hughesville, Sept. 3; Nicole L. DelJanovan, 18, Muncy, Sept. 6; Maxine Hitesman, 58, Muncy. Sept. 12; Albert S. Rider, 88, Hughesville, Sept. 12; Carl William Burkholder, 79, Muncy, Sept. 5.