Too Much Imagination by R H Wilkinson
A Bradfield couple deal with their neighbor Gail Ol lise a gifted storyteller who blends fact and fiction. Martha discovers Gail’s exaggerations and uses a ruse to reveal the truth, exposing a shared town joke about Mrs Harrison and a nonexistent civic league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Civic League
East
Gail
Martha
Mrs. Flarrison
Mrs. Harrison
Gall
Darling
Bradfield
Vitamin B may help animals gain fat weight
University of Pennsylvania researchers Dr Dorothy V Whipple and Dr Charles Fr Church report experiments showing vitamin B in fat-free diets helped animals gain weight, with fat and water each accounting for about half of the gain. They caution against using this to lose weight and suggest thin individuals might later be advised to increase vitamin B intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy V. Whipple
Charles Fr. Church
Universlty of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
American Society of Biological Chemists
Science Service
Old Stone Shaft Marks Plainville Boundary
A 14 foot high stone shaft once divided the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies now marks the south boundary of Plainville Massachusetts. Known as the Old Angle Area monument it dates back to 1028 and has served the Pi Grim Fathers for over three centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pigrim Fathers
Plainville
Mass
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Plymouth Colony
Difference in Weights at Poles and Equator
An object weighing 190 pounds at the equator would weigh about a1 pounds at the poles. The poles are 1344 miles closer to the earth’s center due to flattening, increasing gravity and weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Traveling Hat Joins Alaska Tourists For Global Postcard
A traveling hat visited Juneau Alaska singing to tourists. It bore 650 express tags on its soiled crown and brim. The sender hopes the hat will travel around the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Community notices from Rossmoyne and area this week
Travelers and visitors are listed visiting relatives in Rossmoyne day and Saturday. D G Frantz is slowly recovering from pleurisy while local families including Elkins Parks Hazelett and Wells host or visit. White Oak Flat school reunion planned for June 20 with two ball games and other amusements. bring baskets and enjoy the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Elkin
Naomi
Nora Smith
Indiana
Elizabeth Elkin
Sam Fryant
Punxsutawney
D. G. Frantz
Frantz
Leonard
Smickyburg
Paul Parks
White Oak Flat
East Wheatfield District 6 Sunday School Convention at Armagh
The East Wheatfield District No 6 will hold the Sunday school convention in the Armagh Presbyterian church with Dr R B McClure as speaker on Thursday afternoon and evening. Charleroi couple Parmalee Miller visit R Bruce Tomb’s home. Miller is Tomb cousin. Edyth Butts of Johnstown and Ruth Ann Butts of Cramer return from Langley Field Va with Hamp ton Roads and Newport News. The Cramer M B church festival is Friday evening at Dr W E B Matthews farm. The 500 club guests Mrs Murray Smith of Indiana Friday. Charles Bracken returns from Bucknell University. Baccalaureate sermon for high school by Rev H E B Smith Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs R O Trexler of Armagh attend the state college postmasters convention this week. Mrs Irvin Ling and family visit her father. Virginia Caldwell and daughter visit Indiana. Mrs Laura Erhard of Glassport guests at the Maples Armagh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Wheatfield District
Armagh Presbyterian Church
R. B. McClure
Parmalee Miller
Charleroi
R. Bruce Tomb
R. O. Trexler
Armagh
State College
Irvin Ling
Elizabeth F. Caldwell
Virginia
Indiana
Laura Erhard
Glassport
the Maples
Lewisville Sunday school and Children’s Day plans
A Lewisville notice outlines Sunday school at ten with Children’s Day services on June 14 and a Willing Workers play titled Aunt Sophronia at College on Friday June 19. Admission 10 cents for adults and three cents for children under 12. The piece also records local visits and upcoming electricity wiring in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophronia
College
Floyd Mayhood
Gan
New Kensington
J.S. Marshall
M. Ll. Black
Alex Neal
Ale
Ruby Craig
Wallace Rhea
Parkwood
Roy McGinley
Town
W. B.mcginley
Velma Barkley
Gladys Ewing
Ebenezer
Donald Kennedy
Donald Neal
Indiana
Kitchen Shower Plans for a Bride-to-Be Menu
A spring themed kitchen shower guide offers practical ideas for gifts and decor. It describes delivering gifts by a child in a white apron, serving luncheon on gingham, arranging fruit and vegetables in a wooden bowl, and presents a formal menu including chicken shortcake and a tea ready roll with detailed baking steps.
Local residents visit kin and attend church events
Alex Dodson and sister visit Medina relatives while Mrs. Wilbert Mack spares the weekend with Indiana kin. Blairsville and Martinsburg locals travel to Niagara Falls and the Tuscarora Reservation. Church carpet project funded by Mrs Shomo’s committee and church cleaned. Mrs. Cline improves at home after hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Higgins
Hugh §. Mack
Heshbon
Samuel Stepanell
New York City
Joseph Allen
Robert Nixon
Town
Leonard Jones
Charles Howell
Blairsville
Niagara Falls
Tuscarora
New York State
Betty Burlingame
East Liverpool
J. O. Anderson
Charles A. Robinson
Claire Amick
Freda Rutter
Martinsburg
Amick
Albert Rutter
Charles Walbeck
Shaffer
Merl Mack
Garfield Cline
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Local social notes from Maple Grove and Johnstown area
Residents and visitors in Maple Grove and nearby Johnstown are listed with visits and moves. Highlights include G R Waltemire buying a Pontiac sedan, families visiting in Bethel and Hellwood, and Vera Rumsey having tonsils removed. Young People meet Sundays at 8 45 in the church. all are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Grove
Harold Penrod
Mildred, Morgan
Sara Jane
Johnstown
G. R. Waltemire
Helen Henry
W. P. Wagner
Bethel
Rebecca Detwiler
Alfred
Hellwood
Harry Adams
Paul
Barney McClemens
Merl Brown
Edward Winkleman
Adams
Young Peoples Meeting
Merl
Victor Brown
Isaac Sleppy
Howard
Rezza McCullough
John Henry
Indiana
James Rumsey
Penn Run
Emerson Rumsey
Robert Wisserman
Coy
Fines Sloppy
Minnie
Twila
Vera Rumsey
Weekend visits, Mount Union area residents listed
Local families and relatives from Brackenridge, Cheat River Springs, Indiana, Dayton, Elderton, Vandergrift, Spring Church and surrounding towns were sighted visiting and shopping in nearby communities. Names include J J Walker, Dale Boyer, Chivers, Jesse Rough, Rosborough, Spindler, Sheasley, Minnie Sturgeon, Dean Higin, Cessna, Cravener, Wayne Miller, Erwin Sheassey, and many more during the weekend and midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Boyer
Dorothy Chivers
Jesse Rough
Penfield
Lloyd ‘Blyntone
Laird Rosbor‘ough
Harry Spindler
Cheatper Springs
J. T. Sheasley
Minnie Sturgeon
Kittanning
I. J. Rearick
Dayton
Dean Higin
Frank Cessna
Ione
Clyde
Keith
Kenneth
Indiana
William Cravener
Elderton
Wayne Miller
Dutch Run
Erwin Sheassey
Jimmie, Floyd
Ruth
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R. H. Wilkinson
Gail Ollis
Ollisea
Jack Oliss
Trisco
Galt
Marjtha
Carl
Seatile
Sand
Baecause
Ollises
Rossmoyne
Doyle Beck
Perry van Morn
Ambridge
Orvie Lewis
Jeannette
Akron
Ohio
Chert. Brewer
Lewisville
Josephine Gibbon Ureator
Heinz Food Institute
A. E. Miller
Charles Smith
New Florence
Joseph’ Higgins
Harry Henderson
T. A. Henderson
Brown’s Boot Shop
Philadelphia St. Indiana, OP
Ross & Degaetano
Ross and DeGaetano
Ross
DeGaetano
Mount Union
J. J. Walker
Brackenridge
Dean Elgin
Arlene
Rosborough
Mr. Graff
Clarion
Margaret Rosborough
Geneva Scott
Washington
Seward St. Clair
Vandergrift
Shaeffer
Lisle Walker
Arthur Blystone
Walker
Dean ‘Elgin
Clarence
Dewayne
Jesse Elgin
Bobby
J. Blain
Mildred
Guy Siverling
Sealey
Eugene
Genevieve
Donald
Spring Church
Firestone Tires
Firestone
J. S. Hileman
North Seventh St
Telephone
Phila
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