Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

Saturday is the highlight of Bradford's Oil 150 celebration and the festivities start off with a parade on Main Street at 10 a.m. featuring more than 100 untils, including the University of Pittsburgh Marching Band. Frank Williams and I will be broadcasting live from the parade on 1490 WESB. The festivities continue with a vendor fair at Callahan Park. ( I understand Fratelli's restaurant will have something very special on hand .) Activities surrounding the well shoot start at 3 o'clock in the practice field behind the high school. ~~~ We'll have more Oil 150 programming on the air this weekend besides the parade. At 6:15 a.m. Saturday on 100.1 The HERO and 9:15 a.m. Sunday on 1490 WESB Brad Christman and Matt Paul from RadioPA will be talking about Oil 150.

The Oil Region Alliance and Oil 150 will offer a “First Day Cover” featuring a specially designed combination of the Oil 150 logo and “Celebrating the Story- Progress from Petroleum” slogan in full color. The design will be produced on a high quality # 10 white linen (70 #) envelope with a vanity stamp depicting Colonel Edwin Drake at the first commercial oil well and the August 27, 1859 date. The cancellation will be a special USPS cancellation featuring the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad Post Office which is affiliated with the Oil City Post office. The cancellation features a line drawing of a Densmore tank car and the August 27, 2009 date. Anyone wishing to have other mail cancelled with the postmark may do that by following regular USPS procedures only at the Main Oil City Post Office, 302 East Second Street, Oil City, PA. The cancellation will not be available for other mail at the Perry Street Railway Post Office. Randy Seitz, CEO of the ORA said: “This First Day Cover” will...