12/24/1968 – Christmas came two days early for non-uniform employees of Kittanning borough when Council gave employees, including themselves, a pay raise for 1969. Councilmen voted to give hourly employees a 14% raise, salaried employees a 10% boost, and themselves a 2.5% hike. Chairman of the wage and grievance committee Peter Relich said that since Council has agreed to give the police a raise, it was proper to give the other employees a similar raise. Millage rate was increased by 3.5 mills to a total of 21 mills.
12/24/1968 – Ford City town council adopted the 1969 budget with a one-mill real estate tax increase and granted raises to borough employees. The budget contained a 2.5 mill tax increase, but they reduced it to a one-mill increase by shaving $1,000 off the $9,000 allocated for extra police, $4,000 set aside for a police car, and $2,000 in equipment purchases. Taxes of 20 mills are expected to bring in $147,660. Council raised their own salaries from $40 to $60 per month.
12/24/1968 – G. C. Murphy Company has announced the election of E. G. Procious, a native of Kittanning, to the position of assistant vice-president of the 513 stores. He continues as director employee, public and labor relations. Procious started with the company 37 years ago as a stockman and management trainee at the local Murphy store. He will continue to headquarter in the McKeesport home office.
12/24/1968 – Many homes in the Kittanning area have been recently plagued with the problem of Christmas decoration vandalism, according to Kittanning Mayor Charles Mohr. Consequently, local police have received a large number of complaints from citizens. The Mayor warned that anyone caught willfully destroying any Christmas decorations will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. He reminded that parents are responsible for the actions of their children.
12/24/1963 – The Ford City Glassers lost one of their most thrilling games of the season last night as they bowed to New Castle Hurricanes 63-62 in the Ford City High School gym.
12/24/1958 – Gifts from the three classes at Kittanning Senior High School were present to Noriko Miura, a Japanese exchange student, by Student Council president Larry Skinner. Noriko expressed her surprise by saying it was “the best Christmas I have ever had.”
12/24/1958 – Raymond Long, Raymond Bowser, and Russell Foster were recognized as outstanding men in the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department for 1958.
12/24/1953- Candlelight Christmas Eve services in five local churches will give meaning to The Nativity. The services will be in First Methodist Church, St. John’s Lutheran, St. Paul’s Episcopal, First Presbyterian, and St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church.
12/24/1953 – Approximately 75 persons, to ill to join their families in the homes, will spend Christmas at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital.
12/24/1953 – The Andrew Armrose family will enjoy Christmas in their newly refinished home at 703-1/2 5th Avenue Rear in Ford City. A committee was formed to coordinate funds collected for the Armrose family after the interior of their home was destroyed by fire last month.
12/24/1948 – Donald D. Coven, who has taught in Kittanning Junior High School for the past five years, as resigned to go into private industry. James Meighen of Waynesburg was elected as a substitute teacher for the remainder of the year at a special meeting of Kittanning Board of Education.
12/24/1948 – Shoppers here went home with a song on their lips and warmth in their hearts. They had joined in singing the lovely songs of Christmastime, and departed with Santa Claus’ best wishes ringing in their ears. About 500 persons congregated to join in the singing led by the 40-voice Kittanning Men’s Chorus.
12/24/1943 – Second and third degree burns received when his clothing took fire from a small gas heating stove caused the death of a 78-year-old Garretts Run man, Adam Frauenfelder at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital.
12/24/1943 – Christmas Gift Sales Set Record. Public Splurging Wartime Earnings on Luxury Items at Fancy Price Figures.
12/24/1938 – One of Armstrong County’s most exclusive Christmas parities, for about 25 persons who work in Armstrong County Courthouse, will be held in the commissioners’ office.
12/24/1938 – Four men serving five-day sentences will spend Christmas Day in the borough lockup.
12/24/1938 – Approximately 40 patients will spend Christmas Day at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, the patient roster shows.
12/24/1928 – P. J. Brown died at his home at Walk Chalk after a lingering illness.
12/24/1928 – Wholesale prices in the Kittanning market today included: butter 35-cents a pound and eggs at 40 cents per dozen.