Monday, May 21, 2012

Jacob Irven Greenawalt Sr. in the news in 1932

Found this little gem this morning.  It places Jacob Irven Greenawalt Sr. residing in far north Pennsylvania (Pine Grove, Warren County, on the border with New York) late in his life.  Also interesting is that the old man taken to the hospital (Jacob) was not the focus of the article--it was the Good Samaritan slightly injured in his rescue efforts and confined to his home.


THE OIL CITY DERRICK, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1932

LOCAL MAN HURT NEAR MARIENVILLE
Allen Rehr Injured Helping Victim of Crash; Condition Good

Allen Rehr, 11 East Third St., is confined to his hom with injuries sustained about 10:15 a.m. Friday near Marienville, while helping extricate another man for under an overturned automobile. His injuries are painful but not serious; his condition last night was reported as good.

Jacob Greenawalt, 76, West Pinegrove, the man Rehr was assisting when hurt, in in the Kane(?) hospital, where his condition Friday evening was reported as not serious. He is suffering considerably from shock.

Rehr and John Bridge, 34 Pearl Ave., National Transcript Company employees, found Greenawalt pinned under his car. According to reports, another automobile stopped and the occupants rendered aid. A fourth car, it is said, crashed into the parked machines as Rehr was entering his car. Bridge was uninjured and brought Rehr to his home her.

Greenawalt was taken to the hospital by Theodore Johnson, Bradford.

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