Parochial Schools

Parochial Schools

…in various states for the Standard’s branches. He later went to work for Standard Oil of New Jersey and also served as a partner of Laidlaw & Co., a New

Grand Spectacles

Grand Spectacles

…would build a new $550,000 building on Seneca Street. The newly organized Oil City Tank and Boiler Co. said it intended to hire 75 men for the new mill. The

ARC Inclusion Library

…ARC? Visit Them Online at http://www.thearcclarion.org/ Call 814-226-7033, Ext. 4 Email info@thearcclarion.org All Yard Games Sports Outdoor Recreation Remote Controlled Basketball Want to shoot some hoops or play a basketball…

100 Years of YWCA

100 Years of YWCA

…Dickinson College, to “organize a strong girls organization” in the city. The Federation chose the existing but tentative Hi-Tri Girls Reserves organization in Oil City to be the forerunner for…

Peaches & Parking Meters

Peaches & Parking Meters

…seeds and nuts. In Sept. 1918, local newspapers were asked to publicize the need for peach pits, walnuts, butternuts and hickory nuts. About 200 peach pits would make enough carbon…

South Side: 50’s & 60’s

South Side: 50’s & 60’s

…over the shop. JACKSON’S BOWLING ALLEY – Jackson’s Bowling Alley was located upstairs over the Western Auto Store, later Williams Decorating. GATES AND BURNS – The Gates and Burns realty…

Oil City Boat Club

Oil City Boat Club

Financial success and a keen interest in finding a recreational outlet prompted a group of Oil City men to organize a social club that has flourished for more than a…

Music, Literature and Faith

Music, Literature and Faith

…of Music Clubs and splurged for a new grand piano for its meeting site. Three years later, the club established a new organization for students. Called the Junior Schubert Club,…

Kramer & Mullins

Kramer & Mullins

…charter for the new Mullins Boat Corp. on April 6, 1936. Officers in the new company were Gavin, W.A. Royston Jr., J.D. Trax, A.E. Mackintosh and J.E. Burns. The stockholders…

Main Street

Main Street

…provide fill for a new Holiday Inn and Justus Park. The New York Central Railroad passenger depot is shown in front of the railroad tunnel under Hogback Hill. President Ulysses…