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  • Sarah Sylves Thompson (1909-1995) with her Patton Twp. classroom.

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  • Sarah Sylves (Thompson) with her mother in the early 1900s.

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  • Sarah Sylves Thompson with Former Councilman James Mirro.

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  • Monroeville Police Dept. at the Ground Breaking ceremony for the new Municipal Building, Aug. 3, 1957. Full-Time Officers (L. to R. , front row):George Gregowich, Andy Rusbarsky, Edward Irwin, John Secko, Charles Gardener, Sylvester Lisic, Koerth Schwartmiller, John Garofolo. Part-Time Officers (L. to R. second row): Charles Castagnero, Gordon Elwood, Verner Smeltz, Charles Howell, William Lewis, Harold Batchen, Harry Myers, John Duncan, Norman Fiorito, Michael Rosipal, Alfred Pitassi, James Thomas, Carmen Marciano, Anthony Blazovich.

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  • WPSL, Monroeville's radio station. c. 1970. The station signed on the air in September 1964 with call letters taken from the name of the founder. Punchy Sylvis Leib. When she died, her sister Sarah Sylves Thompson, took over as President of The Monroeville Broadcasting Company. The station was sold to out-of-town interests, and the call letters changed in 1980.

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Sarah Sylves Thompson (1909-1995) with her Patton Twp. classroom.

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Sarah Sylves (Thompson) with her mother in the early 1900s.

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Sarah Sylves Thompson with Former Councilman James Mirro.

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Monroeville Police Dept. at the Ground Breaking ceremony for the new Municipal Building, Aug. 3, 1957. Full-Time Officers (L. to R. , front row):George Gregowich, Andy Rusbarsky, Edward Irwin, John Secko, Charles Gardener, Sylvester Lisic, Koerth Schwartmiller, John Garofolo. Part-Time Officers (L. to R. second row): Charles Castagnero, Gordon Elwood, Verner Smeltz, Charles Howell, William Lewis, Harold Batchen, Harry Myers, John Duncan, Norman Fiorito, Michael Rosipal, Alfred Pitassi, James Thomas, Carmen Marciano, Anthony Blazovich.

Police Monroeville Government

WPSL, Monroeville's radio station. c. 1970. The station signed on the air in September 1964 with call letters taken from the name of the founder. Punchy Sylvis Leib. When she died, her sister Sarah Sylves Thompson, took over as President of The Monroeville Broadcasting Company. The station was sold to out-of-town interests, and the call letters changed in 1980.

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