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ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — On Labor Day Sept. 3, 1923, the Altoona Speedway in Tipton held its inaugural race on its high-banked and wooden board surface. Although the speedway is long gone, its legacy remains 100 years later.
Before Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, there was Howard Wilcox. The patriarch of the Wilcox Ice Cream company, which was founded in 1928 in Manchester...
The Little 500 race will take place on Friday and Saturday.
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Rose Wilcox Rose Mae (Simmons) Wilcox passed away at the age of 100 years and ten months at Christian Community Home in Hudson, WI on December 18th, 2020. Rose was born on February 24th, 1920 in Savannah, GA as one of eight children of the late Ida S. Simmons and Herbert B. Simmons. As a child, she enjoyed southern life and often talked about swimming in the community pool and attending many dances with her sisters. She attended Savannah Public School and graduated from Commercial High School in Savannah in 1939. While she was working in the secretarial pool at the Naval Office in S...