John M. Fray:
Retired from Practicing Law
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John M. Fray
Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
Telephone: 724 494-6569

Retired from Practicing Law

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September 13, 2024, at 7:15 AM, John Fray Wrote: Last Night WTAE TV Pittsburgh Reported About The EC School District Meeting : The report covered last evening's contentious school board meeting wherein parents voiced their fears over a threat spoken on Tuesday by a student in the Lincoln High School cafeteria. The student has been suspended but will likely be permitted return to the school next week.

September 12, 2024, at 1:30 PM, John Fray Wrote: Ellwood City's Lincoln High School was one of about a dozen area schools which, over the past two days, received threats of violence. The Ellwood City Area School District immediately conducted a full investigation and determined the threat to Lincoln High School was not credible. Here is link to a news story from WPXI TV Pittsburgh about the area threats:

September 12, 2024, at 8:00 AM, John Fray Wrote: This morning on CNN, a live stream informed viewers with the latest happenings from the spacecraft which is currently in orbit at a greater distance from earth than any human-containing craft has been since the 1970s. Here is a screen shot from the stream which shows our planet, specifically the Pacific Ocean west of the Baja peninsula:

September 11, 2024, at 8:00 AM, John Fray Wrote: In the mood for some hair-raising UFO stories from Ellwood City? If so, check out these historical reports files with the National UFO Reporting Center: The July 2022 video of the white light hovering above Ewing Park after the fireworks display, and then suddenly departing, is convincing. As far as spine-tingling stories go, the 1979 account of the hunter in the woods rates highly as a frightening encounter.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 9:00 AM, John Fray Wrote: LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL MURALS Sometime in the 1950s (I think) Four murals were introduced to the midway landings of the two sets of steps to the balcony of the Lincoln High School auditorium. The murals were affixed to the wall at each landing, and they represented the four seasons. Each mural was painted on a disk with a diameter of approximately five feet. The murals were present until the auditorium was renovated in 1973. Thereafter, I am not sure of their presentation there. I think I recall seeing them around 1990. At one point (according to a newspaper story about thirty years ago) they had been removed, were absent for a few years, were later discovered in storage, and thereafter were restored to their original locations. If anyone knows more about the murals or their present location, please contact me via my Facebook page. Click the image below to visit my Facebook page:

Monday, September 9, 2024, 9:00 AM, John Fray Wrote: REROUTING THE RAILROAD When Ellwood City was incorporated in 1892, the plan was for the railroad to be rerouted so that it would pass through the borough. The line which existed at the time had the Pittsburgh-originating trains pass through Franklin Township, cross the Slippery Rock Creek over a bridge, and enter Wayne Township. From there the trains would proceed a few miles west to the Borough of Hazel Dell, which comprised the area now known as the Fourth Ward of Ellwood City. From there, the trains proceeded west and eventually followed a path along what is now the Ellwood-Wampum Road and joined the tracks which are located a mile east of Rock Point, where the Conoquennessing Creek flows into the Beaver River. The rerouted train line, established in the late 1890s, takes the trains from the Frisco area in Franklin Township across the Conoquennessing Creek by means of bridge which leads to a tunnel in the Second Ward of Ellwood City. Thanks to that revised route, trains are able to pass through Ellwood City and make a second crossing over the Conoquennessing Creek at the west side of the borough. After that second crossing, the trains are in Wayne Township and on the rails one mile east of Rock Point.

Sunday, September 8, 2024, 10:00 AM, John Fray Wrote: Early Saturday, Morning, September 7, 2024, Ellwood City Police and Pennsylvania State Police arrived at the scene of a multiple shooting which had occurred at a bar and restaurant business located in the Borough of Ellport, one mile east of the Ellwood City Borough line. One person died and four more were injured, one seriously, by the shooter who was apprehended and placed in the Lawrence County Jail. The shooter discharged a hand gun and a rifle at the business, Breakers Pub, and also at other neighboring businesses. The above link is to the news story at WPXI TV Channel 11 Pittsburgh

John Fray on September 8, 2024, at 8:00 AM: My favorite musical recording is "You Were on My Mind" (1965) by We Five. (Actually, there were six in the group.) The group gave us a remarkable live performance on the ABC television show "The Hollywood Palace" shortly are the recording was released. No lip-syncing was involved. The staging of the number is exceptional, the drummer is behind the camera. If you are in the mood for a musical treat, check YouTube for a video of that magnificent performance. Click the above image for the video.