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Thither from Chicago went Dr. Tenerowicz in 1923, because he heard it was a "promising city" where thousands of Poles "needed guidance." Dr. Ten was a one-time breaker-boy from the coal mines of Punxsutawney, Pa. (pronounced Punk-soo-tawney). He had studied medicine at Loyola University, served in the Army Medical Corps. Eloquent and energetic, combining politics with doctoring like Michigan's late Royal S. Copeland, who became Senator from New York, Dr. Ten was only five years in becoming Hamtramck's mayor...
...Ames, Yonkers, New York, P. V. Bapat, Poona City, India, C. C. Beach, Chevy Chase, Mary-land, W. H. Bennett, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, J. H. Birss, Jr., New York City, B. A. Booth, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, W. H. Butler, Jr., Wakefield, R. B. Canary, Bowling Green, Ohio, C. E. Carey, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, G. A. Chaffee, Warwick, R. W. Chapman, Groveton, N. H. Kai-Tze Chi, Washington, D. C., C. B. Colton, Dorchester, C. C. Connell, Stonington, Connecticut, Baochuen Dai, Canton, China, J. H. DeNike, Albany, New York, O. J. Didzun, Wichita Falls, Texas, R. T. Doe, Dover, New Hampshire...
...Punxsutawney...
...regular mail route about ten miles farther on. The next day wore on. Searching planes were brought up to Bellefonte from Cleveland. The clouds still hung low and little searching could be done from the air. Inquiries were made on the ground. Two men reported seeing a plane at Punxsutawney, a few miles beyond Bellefonte after midnight. The plane switched on its landing light, appeared to sight the town, circled for height and appeared to return on its course. Ames had flown beyond his destination...
...Robinson '09, right guard, prepared at the Punxsutawney High School, Pennsylvania. He is 21 years old, 5 feet 8 inches in height and weighs 203 pounds...