Yesteryear
50 YEARS AGO Sept. 5, 1958 Gary Doyle of Altoona won the Mayor Anthony Award for outstanding sportsmanship at the Catholic Youth Camp at Blue Knob. The childrenás division, Womenás Society of World Service, Wehnwood E.U.B. Church, was to hold a summer Christmas tree service this Sunday. 25 YEARS AGO Sept. 5, 1983 The Cobraás Softball team of Morrisons Cove, Ken Stern manager, won the menás United States Slo-Pitch Softball Association World Tournament title in Bowie, Md. for the second year in a row. Dave McNelis won the pie eating contest championship for the 8 - 12 age group at the Tyrone Labor Day festivities. 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 5, 1998 Altoona Mirror reporter Walt Frank had attended every Penn State home football game since Nov. 11, 1967, a total of 184 games. Johnstown was to host the 1999 Keystone State Games, repected to bring as much as $4 million to the local economy.
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50 YEARS AGO
Sept. 4, 1958
Thelma Moore and Blanche Elder, both of Atoona, were to take part in a Ford Motor Co. buyers conference in Dearborn, Mich.
Yesteryear
50 YEARS AGO
Sept. 3, 1958
Dr. Max Cohen of Philadelphia won the Pennsylvania Chess championship in a match held at the Penn Alto Hotel, playing Durwood Hatch of Altoona in the last round.
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50 YEARS AGO
Sept. 2, 1958
Det. Sgt. Albert J. McCune, an 18-year veteran, was named to head the new juvenile bureau of the Altoona Police Department.
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50 YEARS AGO
Sept. 1, 1958
The Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America, was holding a meeting of lodges in Bedford with Rex Metz of Martinsburg as general chairman.
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50 YEARS AGO
August 6, 1958
Realtor John Hill was named chairman of the newly formed Altoona chapter of the Home Improvement Council.
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McCort vs. Bishop Guilfoyle
Tyrone v. Huntingdon
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