Comments on: President comes to Ellwood City

By: Jim Hardie

Jim Hardie — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:54:57 +0000

Carole – I remember that time very well. The person who came to speak during the 1956 pres. election was Estes Keffauver (please excuse the spelling I know it is wrong) He spoke from the top steps in the front of the Municipal building . I stood right beside the war memorial and was about 30 feet from him. There were sound speakers and the crowd was very noisy which made for a confusing time. I was a cub scout and I went with my Den Chief to see the V. P. candidate. Wesley was 3 or 4 years older than I and a demonstrative republican, as much as you could be at thirteen. I was just excited to see someone with national fame in Ellwood. JFK could have been with the Senator.???

By: Carole (Wimer) Starz

Carole (Wimer) Starz — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:38:16 +0000

I was too young to be interested in politics at the time, but I thought JFK (while a senator) passed through Ellwood campaigning for Adlai Stevenson before the 1956 election. I could be wrong. Does anyone remember who campaigned for Stevenson in Ellwood?

By: Anne Jones Frederick

Anne Jones Frederick — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:32:09 +0000

I have a coin that my father, Robert T. Jones, placed on the railroad tracks when President Harding’s funeral train passed through town. Apparently, a LOT of coins were crushed by that train as souvenirs of the event.