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Roger Watts passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The Daily Item on 2023-11-16.

Growing up in Grand Tower in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s was to experience some of the cultures and values that carried over from our early settlers. Such traits as

Six families recently celebrated eight people whose names were added to the Louise I. Hallman Memorial Plaque at the Slatington Public Library. The plaque dedication was held last week at the library....

Paying for South Side School, a roadway melee, moving City Hall and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

Submitting... Sir Edward Carsons Victorian Irish silver Armada pattern claret jugs were formerly owned by lord mayor of Dublin Sir George Moyers The Victorian Irish silver Armada pattern claret jugs were formerly owned by lord mayor of Dublin Sir George Moyers, an architect, engineer and building contractor who was also a brother-in-law to Carson’s father, Edward Henry Carson. The family said they were handed over to Carson – or his father – in payment for a debt. Last month the News Lett...

Edwin Jirak Edwin Allen Jirak, husband, father, civic leader, retired pharmacist, and Navy veteran, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at the Boise VA Medical Center at age 92. Born Feb. 6, 1928, in Kearney, Nebraska, he was the younger of two sons of Joseph and Orpha Jirak. He enlisted in the Navy at age 18 after graduating from Ord High School. He and Leona Kupka were married in July 1950, just as U.S. forces entered the intense fighting that marked the start of the Korean War. He completed his Nav...