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share this- On St. Patrick's Day, it was fair and cold in Shamokin, where officials of the F&S Brewery revealed that they were getting ready to announce a new invention, one which would allow the tapping of a beer keg without the use of ponderous equipment.
- The Shamokin Elks were honoring students from Shamokin, Coal Township, Lourdes, Trevorton and Elysburg high schools for academic excellence. The students heard an address by John Davis, former mayor of Reading. He told them the future of the nation depended on their continuing interest in education and democracy.
- At the American Legion hall in Shamokin, all was ready for the Queen of Hearts Ball under the guidance of Bernie Saks of WISL Radio. It was a charity event for the American Heart Association. Nancy Shroyer, of Shamokin High School, was named queen that evening.
- Federal officials had been in Sunbury to evaluate the Northumberland County Prison. Overall, the jail was rated good. However, it was rated failing on its lack of a corrective training program.
- The most popular TV show in Shamokin this year was "Victory at Sea," a documentary concerning U.S. Naval operations during World War II.
- In Washington, President John F. Kennedy was sporting a shiner and five stitches over his eye and kidded the news media about it, asking, "What's so strange about an Irishman having a black eye on St. Patrick's Day?" Truth was he had hurt himself on a sharp corner of an end table as he tried to pick up a toy belonging to his 3-year-old daughter, Caroline.
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