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PLEASANTVILLE SESQUICENTENNIAL
VENANGO COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
1821-----1971

HISTORY OF PLEASANTVILLE

Information for this History has been taken from the following sources:
Booklet "A Century in Pleasantville 1921"
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania 1879
Venango County, Pennsylvania – Her Pioneers and People - Volumes I and II
The Titusville Herald Memories
SESQUICENTENNIAL AUGUST 5,6,7,8,1971

Compiled by:
Helen Carson Waddell (Mrs. Clyde) Chairman
Mr. James Waddell
Gladys Rifenburg Waddell (Mrs. James )
Margaret Marshall (Mrs. B.F.)
Audeene Lore Atkins (Mrs. Gordon)
Michael and Patrick Waychoff
Josephine Carson Cubbon (Mrs. Judson)
Lois Korb Benedict (Mrs. Harold)
Dorothy Donahue (Mrs. Thomas)
Stella Luke Hoovler (Mrs. Marion)
Genevieve Waddell (Mrs. James Jr.)
Frances Keely Reynolds (Mrs. Russell)
Wilma Grant (Mrs. George)
Miss Jean Beck
Mr. Roy Bailey
Viola Johnston (Mrs. Roe)
Annis Carson Weekley (Mrs. Arthur)
Hazel Reed Blanchard (Mrs. Miles)
Mr. Miles Blanchard
Mrs. Jean Vincent
Marcie Knightlinger Covell ( Mrs. Arthur)
Mr. Clyde C. Waddell

In preparation of this booklet many hours of labor, thoughts and reminiscing have been done, not by one person but by many interested individuals and I wish to thank everyone.
It has been an enjoyable privilege to assemble these true facts and everyone concerned has expressed this sentiment.
Pleasantville is located at the highest spot in Venango County about 1700 feet above sea level. The air is very pure and we are almost free from air pollution.
Our borough is growing. Many new homes go up every year. Our school system has improved and at present just students from kindergarten to sixth grade remain in Pleasantville; the rest are bussed to Titusville schools. Our children and adults have the advantage of the Venango County Area Vocational Technical School at Oil City.
Our population according to the tax collector, Mrs. Dorothy Donahue, reads as follows:
  • 1940-------------689
  • 1950-------------704
  • 1960-------------940
  • 1970-------------985
My generation has had the opportunity and privilege of living through the greatest years for progress. Wars have touched many families. Fathers, brothers, sisters, and loved ones have gone to World Wars I and II, Vietnam and others and some have never returned .
Many remember the horse and buggy days, the automobile and the airplane as they appeared on the scene. Some can recall waiting their turn to use the ear phones to listen to the radio. Now every home has a radio. Television, black and white, or colored. Through television we watched Edwin Aldrin, Neil A. Armstrong and Michael Collins set foot on the moon as well as others since that time in 1969.
We are growing in size, education and industries, but with all this progress, we are still keeping Pleasantville a clean, healthy, happy place to live.

HELEN CARSON WADDELL

Pleasantville and Pleasantville
Area Names of Men Who Have Died
Serving Their Country


    WORLD WAR I

  • Emick, Alex-Co.D,112 Inf., Oct.8,1918, St. Mihiel, France. Son of Mrs. Rosena Emick, R.D.2, Pleasantville.
  • Waddell, William F.----Nov.1,1918, in Argonne-Meuse Offensive, at age 28. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Waddell, Pleasantville.

    WORLD WAR II

  • Benedict, Charles A., Pvt.----Aug.3, 1944, in France, at age 27. Son of Mrs. Jane Benedict, Pleasantville.
  • Bradley,Allan A., Sgt---3rd Tank Bn.,10th Armored Division, Nov.20, 1944 in France, at age 23. Son of Earl Bradley, Pleasantville.
  • Clark, Robert W., FC 3c---USS Arizona, Dec.7,1941, in bombing of his ship at Pearl harbor, at age 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark, Pleasantville.
  • Conway, Wm.,Pvt.---454th Ord.Co. Avn.,Dec 31, 1941, at Orani, Bataan, at age 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Conway,Pithole, R.D. 2, Pleasantville.
  • Crain, Frank F., Cox.---In sinking of carrier Bismarck Sea, Feb.21, 1945, off Iwo Jima, at age 36. Wife lives in Pleasantville.
  • Schell,Bernard F.,Sgt.--- Co.K,101st Inf.,26th Infantry Division, Nov.27,1944, France, at age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Schell, Pleasantville.
  • McIntyre, Donald K., Pfc.---Co.G.36th Armd.Inf.Regt., Nov.2, 1944, in Germany, at age 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.McIntyre, Pleasantville.
  • Meely,Harry E.,Sgt---45th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, July 11,1943, on shores of Sicily, at age 22. Son of Mrs. Myrtle Meely,R.D.3, Pleasantville.
  • Burt, Robert F.,Pfc---Co.A,381st regt.,96th Division, June 27, 1945, in Okinawa hospital from wounds received three days before on Okinawa, at age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Burt, Pleasantville.

    VIETNAM WAR

  • Wells, Roger O., Corp., ---U.S.Army, Co. A, 2nd Btn.(Airborne) 503rd Inf.Roger was mortally wounded by multiple metal fragment from an enemy booby trap, which he tripped while helping to load wounded soldiers from his unit at Binh Dinh Province. He was 20 years of age and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Wells, Pleasantville.

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