A2 THE TIMES-TRIBUNE SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021

April 17, 1936

15-ton jacks to raise Farr Building

An engineering firm from Philadelphia and the Scranton Department of Public Works were working together to raise the Farr Building out of the mud.

The Farr Building, a three-story brick and stone building located at 141 Adams Ave., had been gradually sinking into the swampy ground underneath it for the past 10 years.

J.C. Walters, of Eichleay En-gineering of Philadelphia, and local structural engineer Tudor Williams, were in charge of the project. They said the work of raising the building should have been completed by May 15 with no disruption to the building’s tenants.

The building would be manu-ally raised using 15-ton jacks.

Walters worked on another large-scale operation in Scranton back in 1922. Walters and his firm moved the Bowman Build-ing at Jefferson Avenue and Linden Street to Madison Avenue and Linden Street.

Methodist to fight gambling, lotteries

At a Scranton meeting of the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church, the Rev. Dr. L.W. William declared “gambling is a vice, no matter how disguised or how popular its practice.”

William made this comment and others on gambling while de-livering a report he prepared on social services for the meeting.

He said that the stance of the conference should have been to “oppose legislation to license lotteries, sweepstakes and other forms of gambling.”

William also addressed im-provements being made by the motion picture industry in pro-ducing acceptable films. But he mentioned they still needed to work on showing unacceptable short films before the feature films. He said parents should have told theater operators about objectionable films and given praise when they saw ac-

ceptable films.

Sale at Scranton Talk

A 17-jewel Bulova Phantom watch for $39.75, yellow gold ring for $34.50, 3 in 1 bridal combina-tion (3-diamond engagement ring, solid gold-engraved wedding ring and ladies’ dainty baguette watch) for $27.50, four-piece urn set (coffee urn, sugar bowl,

creamer cup and serving tray) for $8.95, five-tube Crosley long and short wave radio for $19.99 and a Hoover vacuum cleaner for $14.95.

Actor David Bradley is 79. Composer-musician Jan Hammer is 73. Actor Olivia Hussey is 70. Actor Clarke Peters is 69. Rapper Afrika Bambaataa is 64. Actor Sean Bean is 62. Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason is 60.

Actor Joel Murray is 59. Rock singer Maynard James Keenan is 57. Actor Lela Rochon is 57. Actor William Mapother is 56. Actor Leslie Bega is 54. Actor Henry Ian Cusick is 54. Actor Kimberly Elise is 54. Singer Liz Phair is 54. Director/producer Adam McKay is 53. Rapper-actor Redman is 51. Actor Jennifer

Garner is 49. Country musician Craig Anderson is 48. Singer Victoria Beckham is 47. Actor-singer Lindsay Korman is 43. Actor Tate Ellington is 42. Actor Nicholas D’Agosto is 41. Actor Charlie Hofheimer is 40. Actor Rooney Mara is 36. Actor Jacqueline MacInnes Wood is 34. Actor Paulie Litt is 26. Actor Dee Dee Davis is 25.

Today is Saturday, April 17, the 107th day of 2021. There are 258 days left in the year.

In 1895, the Treaty of Shimono-seki ended the first Sino-Japa-nese War.

In 1969, a jury in Los Angeles convicted Sirhan Sirhan of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.

In 1991, the Dow Jones indus-trial average closed above 3,000 for the first time, ending the day at 3,004.46, up 17.58.

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ObituariesJohn J. Albert Jr. ...................B9

Dawn M. Dempsey ................B9

Daniel C. Evans ....................B8

Eugene F. Killiany ..................B9

Jeffrey A. Lintner ...................B8

Martin T. Muldowney .............B8

Francis R. Regan Sr. ..............B8

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Ss. Cyril and Methodius Church to hold 11th annual fundraiser

Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church in Olyphant will hold its 11th annual fundraiser in the form of a furniture and rummage sale at its school gym and driveway, 133 River St., on April 23 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Last year’s fund-raiser was postponed due to the pandemic, and a smaller sale was held in August. Items for sale will include furniture, wall hangings, lamps, mirrors, household appliances and holiday deco-rations. If attending, wear a mask and maintain a social distance. Setting up the sign in Throop, from left: Jeanne Cucura; Lauren Telep, chair-woman; Armon Cassetori and Paul Lucas.

TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES

Portion of a Scranton Talk advertisement from the April 17, 1936, edition of the Scranton Times.

The Villa Capri Cruisers Car

Club Inc. recent-ly donated $1,500 to

Ronald McDonald House in

Scranton. From left: Club mem-

bers Dave Thomas, Mike

Greenstein and Sal Pizzo;

Ronald McDonald

House Executive Director Richard

Bradshaw; and club members

Mike Macedonia,

Joseph Carra, and Frank and

Pat Valvano.

Car club donates to Ronald McDonald House