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| events from Jim Thorpe's life with articles that ran in the local paper in the 1950s. I (Peggy McBride-Dart) spent many hours researching the old microfilm to find and retype the This compilation of articles was sold as a fundraiser to assist the Jim Thorpe Sports Hall of Fame with necessary funds to host the "Jim Thorpe Athlete of the Century" parade. Please click the links below for articles: Jim Thorpe Body Expected Here Soon (Mauch Chunk Times News, Feb 1, 1954) Jim Thorpe's Body Arrived Here Today (Mauch Chunk Times News, Feb 8, 1954) Thorpe Bats Ball into Three States Jim Thorpe's Cousin Submits Poem on Greatest Athlete Jim Thorpe Foundation Announces Plans for a 1o Million Dollar Fund Raising Hospital Campaign Here(Mauch Chunk Times News, March 26, 1954) Local Opinions on Thorpe Plan (Mauch Chunk Times News, May 1954) Local Voters Approve Thorpe Plan (Mauch Chunk Times News, May 18, 1954) Thorpe was Winner of AP Polls (Mauch Chunk Times News, circa 195o) Thorpe Retires from Professional Football in 1920 (Jim Thorpe Times News, circa 1954) Jim Thorpe's Athletic Record (Mauch Chunk Times News, May 18, 1954) The Late Grantland Rice Lauded Jim Thorpe as World's Greatest Athlete (Jim Thorpe Times News, Oct 21,1954) Athletic Greatness of Jim Thorpe Lauded at Activities Banquet Here Jim Thorpe Times News, April 26, 1955) Earth Samples from Prague, Carlislie, Polo Grounds & Sweden will be placed around Memorial Shrine (Jim Thorpe Times News, May 29, 1957) President Sends Greeting (Times News, July 3, 1954) Jim Thorpe, a Town Reborn (Jim Thorpe Visitors Tabloid 1985, by Betty McBride) - coming soon Two Great Men - Jim Thorpe & Joe Boyle (written by Kathleen McBride Sisack 1991) - coming soon |
This publication would not have been possible without & a special Thanks to:
The Dimmick Memorial Library - microfilm archives
The Times News (formerly the Mauch Chunk Times News, then the Jim Thorpe Times News) -
for writing and printing many of these stories over the years and allowing us to reprint them for a
new set of readers
The Dimmick Memorial Library - microfilm archives
The Times News (formerly the Mauch Chunk Times News, then the Jim Thorpe Times News) -
for writing and printing many of these stories over the years and allowing us to reprint them for a
new set of readers
