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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1925
Page
13
Col Freyburg, after 16 hours 40 minutes in the English Channel, failed to reach the Dover cliffs. Despite guidance to row ashore after four more hours, an adverse tide drove him back nearly a mile before exhaustion forced retirement. He was lifted from the icy water into a tug.
Full details exist for the annual Young People's Conference of the Reformed Presbyterian church in Pittsburgh Presbytery. It runs from Tuesday August 18 through August 28 at Rose Point Pa. The program suits older youths with prominent speakers including Dr B A Crooks and Rev Charles Ball. Prof R J G McKnight will lead the Bible hour. Local organizer Miss Lillian Me-
A returned missionary from China named Cracken will share her foreign field experiences. The conference runs two sessions daily with an afternoon of recreation, hikes, and outdoor sports led by supervisors. A tent and dining hall relocate near the church, under George Black's supervision as Camp Manager, with about two hundred youths expected to register at opening amid anticipated larger attendance after the Butler highway completion. A new water supply was installed after illness linked to drinking water last year.
The piece discusses minor quakes as world safety valves per Watson Davis, citing government seismologists in Washington. Davis notes 8,000 to 10,000 earthquakes annually, likely four times more, as not alarming but reassuring per Dr. William Bowie. He argues quakes relieve strain that could otherwise trigger far larger eruptions.
A sizable delegation from Lawrence County is expected to join the Western Pennsylvania Swine Breeders Association trip on August 12 and 13. Farm Agent H. R. McCulloch coordinates local arrangements at the Farm Bureau office on Croton Avenue. The county group will meet the main party at the Osmegie Library in Beaver Falls at 6th and 13th Streets before traveling to the Swine Experimental Station in Wooster, Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Charles Van Fleet returned to New Castile Monday from a four week fishing trip in northern Wisconsin. They describe excellent time and unusual success including Mrs Van Fleet catching a muscularonge weighing about thirty five pounds after a long fight. Local guests traveled aboard a special coach of Forrest Rosser, superintendent of the Chicago Division of the Erta Railroad.
Domenico Collila at 309 Nell Street applies for a porch. R A Eckles at 416 Moody Avenue applies for a garage. J B Kiefer at 117 North Jefferson Street applies for a permit.
Reading this listener report notes strong radio reception with IWBAF grand opera and hook-up stations. An orchestral Schubert piece disappointed by a late interruption, while WCCO of St Paul is fading from the air. Coo Coo 6KW from Cuba and WHA in Chicago are discussed. a station verification places WHA broadcasting from a Norristown hotel. Amateur Night hosts performances cut by critics and a Hugo Gernsback linked radio beauty contest slated for September 14 1919 at the Radio World’s Fair progress in New York.
Several hundred people were served and an excellent time was reported by all who attended the ice cream social held Tuesday evening over the auspices of St. Marys Guild. The organization is a recent one and its membership is made up of members from St. Marys Catholic church. The Guild intends holding a series of similar affairs during the coming fall and winter.
Cleveland and Pittsburgh radio listings show August 1925 events including dinner concerts, studio programs, and memorial recitals. Notable names include Marjoria Moore and the Goodrich Silvertown Cord orchestra with times from 5 to 10 p.m. on Thursday evenings and continued airings via WOAE and 209 Motors Whaerssay stations.
The notice lists a radio program from 9 to 10 30 p m Eastern Standard Time on Thursday May 1 1925. It mentions Rosa Roam performing at a midtown hotel and a variety of musical acts including a live Atwater Kent radio concert and a string orchestra from Hotel Pennsylvania.
Eastern Standard Time lists WIAR WCAT WOO New York Providence Washington Philadelphia and others. At 2:00 pm the Municipal Opera Company performs Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. 1:05 pm Hitttenburgh Highland Bagpipe Band appears. 6:30 pm Dry Silar Hour 30 pm Silar State Orchestra in Philadelphia. 9:00 pm Apollo Concert Orchestra in Philadelphia.
Sharon Pennsylvania voters will consider annexation of a large eastern territory in an August meeting. The petition aims to widen municipal boundaries and extend services, signaling a significant local governance decision for residents and regional organizations.
Judge J A McLaughry heard a petition filed by Assistant City Solicitor L J Wiesen in Mercer. The measure would put the annexation to a vote at the November 3 regu Jox election with both city and township residents eligible to vote. The land lies in Hickory township running from Corners Road north to Far trell ring. not all territory is included though the allotments are extensive. Over 60 percent of property owners signed, exceeding the 33 percent required.
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