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    1. [PALACKAW] Highway Opening Program - 1936
    2. Program FORMAL OPENING NEW STATE HIGHWAY CHINCHILLA (South Abington Township), Pa., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1936. 2 :00 P. M. -Pageant. 2: 30 P. M. -Formal Road Opening. W.P.A. Orchestra, Edward Cusick, Director. 3 :00 P. M. -"America" Presentation: .................... Assemblage Hon. Warren Van Dyke, Secretary of Highways. Remarks - Thomas Murphy, Charles Lewis "History of Chinchilla Civic Association" by Geo. Schweitzer. "Star Spangled Banner" .. . .............................. Assemblage GENERAL COMMITTEE Honorary Chairman-Hon. Will Leach, President Judge of Lackawanna County. General Chairman-Thomas Murphy, Past President, Scranton Chamber of Commerce. Vice Chairmen-Willis Kemmerer, President, Lackawanna Motor Club; Charles Lewis, President, Chinchilla Civic Association; Dr. U. A. Noble, President, Scranton Chamber of Commerce. LACKAWANNA MOTOR CLUB-Willis Kemmerer, F. P. Ben­jamin, Esq., Herman Jones. SCRANTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-Dr. U. A. Noble, Raymond B. Gibbs, John R. Atherton. CHINCHILLA CIVIC ASSOCIATION-Charles Lewis, George W. Bower, Joseph F. Moran, William Richmond, C. E. Cook, Mrs. J. W. Salisbury. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT-Michael B. Jones, James A. Brennan. WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION-Prof.ยท Wm. Greavy, Edward Cusick, Gerald Coyne, Mrs. Charlotte R. Walsh. NATIONAL GUARD-Captain Charles Seamans, Lieut. Russell Snyder. IN APPRECIATION Chinchilla Civic Association want to thank the following for their support in making possible this Field Day and Picnic to raise funds to erect a Community House in Chinchilla, Pa.: THOMAS MURPHY, General Chairman and his committee. ABINGTON ELECTRIC CO.-Donation of All Electricity and Appliances. SCRANTON SPRINGBROOK WATER SERVICE CO.­Donation of Grounds. HAGEN LUMBER CO., Furnished the lumber. SCRANTON CHAMBER COMMERCE-LACKAWANNA MOTOR CLUB-OFFICIALS OF THE W. P. A. All individuals and organizations who helped to make pos­sible through donations, the pageant depicting the progress in vehicular travel and all Advertisers in this Program. . ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

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