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1939

FEBRUARY-24th-The original Lone Pine tree for which Lone Pine got its name blows down in a recent heavy windstorm. 
APRIL-Marianna African American Voters plan a Sunday Program, according to a report in the Daily Republican.
MAY-20th-James Marshall Gayman was born in Marianna to Frederick L. and Lida E. McAfee Gayman.
AUGUST-23rd-Jerry Slovedogen, 27, died when he was struck by two boys in Marianna riding on a bicycle. 
AUGUST-29th-Marianna wins Pigeon Creek League Pennant.
SEPTEMBER-Commissioner asking for bids for construction of a sidewalk on the Barnard Bridge over Ten Mile Creek.
NOVEMBER2nd-Ellen Plutch was born in Marianna to Walter H. Moore and Edith C. Moore Shrontz
DECEMBER-"Gone with the Wind" is released and playing at the Marianna Arcade called "Arcadia"(now the Marianna Lyceum). 

NOTES-Log Cabin Church is stilling standing in Marianna Borough.



August 23, 1939 The Daily Republican (Monongahela, Pa.)

The Daily Republican 1939-08-29 Page 3-newspapers.com 

September 1, 1939 The Daily Notes (Canonsburg, Pa.)

June 25, 1939


The Tipple and main building, 1939.


Images: T.R. Johns Papers: Thomas Richards Johns was the General Manager and Vice President of the Bethlehem Mines Corporation/Industrial Collieries Corporation, the mining subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Corporation. https://www.libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1616.htm

The Number 58 Tipple and Slate Hoist, 1939

The Log Cabin Church, 1939. Marianna Borough.

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Images
T. R. Johns Papers (1853-1948)

https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/trjohns/id/50


Happening Elsewhere

November 27th, 1939 The Daily Republican- Monongahela, Pa.
WW2-began in September.





WORLDWIDE
~Gone with the Wind movie released.
~WW2 began in September. 



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