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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1933
Page
6
About 20 doctors' wives gathered at Jameson Memorial hospital on Wednesday morning to sew garments for the institution from 9 to 12. The event drew assistance from other local women and will continue with a similar session on December 13.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Johnston of Morris street were surprised by about thirty friends who gathered Wednesday evening to mark their fifth wedding anniversary. The program featured solos by Ruth Cook comic readings by Kathryn Ayers and tap and acrobatic dancing by Ella Fulkerson. Kathryn Johnston won a pie eating contest. A committee served lunch and the couple received many beautiful gifts.
The 1923 S L Club met Wednesday evening hosted by Mrs. Frank Z im merly on Park avenue. Three tables of 500 played with Mrs. T F Lalley and Mrs. Mae Rocks winning honor prizes. A delicious repast was served, assisted by Miss Evelyn. In two weeks Mrs. James Mc Givern will entertain.
Mrs John Morrow of Huron avenue entertained at a tea room on East Washington street with members of the Y. O. A. Girls club on Wednesday. The prize for bridge honors went to Mrs John Simmons. A Christmas party is planned in two weeks at Mrs Raymond D. Rhodes home on Sumner avenue.
The group will convene Friday evening in the I O O F Building on East Washington street at 8 o'clock for an officer election for the coming year.
Miss Thelma Mills entertained members of the One F. F. Club in a pleasant gathering. The event featured informal conversation, light refreshments, and a warm social atmosphere among attendees.
Miss Winnifred Hickling won the bridge prize at a Wednesday evening gathering. The hostess, assisted by her mother Mrs Mills, served a delectable lunch. The next meeting will be at the home of Misses Cleola and Helen Cotton on December 20.
A roundup lists multiple clubs and their hostesses for Friday gatherings. Names include Aleanza Kensington, Juanita Club led by Mrs J W Black, L A P Club with Mrs William Hamill, F W C Club with Goldie Bander, Spoon Club with Mrs R K Aiken, 1914 Book Club with Mrs Harry Urm son, G M D Club with Mrs Eva Baker, Gowanda Club with Mrs Florence Klee, Minerva Bridge Club with Mrs Minnie McAnlis, and Mercer County Club with Mrs Fred Flowers plus joint hostesses Mrs Walter Wade. Locations cited include Sutton street, Wilmington avenue, Huey street, Moody avenue, Highland avenue, Berger Place, Warren avenue, North street and 207 Second street.
The Workers Together Class of the Croton M E Sunday school led by Mrs C E Allen plans a tureen dinner Christmas party on Monday evening December 11 at 6 o clock in the church dining room. Gift exchange will occur. Committee members are Mrs Evelyn McHattie and Misses Jemima Shuler Beryl Emery and Louise Munnell.
Mrs Fred Flowers and Mrs Walter Wade will host the Mercer County club at the Flowers home 207 Second street Friday at 1 pm. The recently organized club will welcome all Mercer county women now living in New Castle as members.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold its regular business meeting this evening at 7 30 in the Legion Home. After a short session a Silver Coffee program for members and friends begins at 8 30.
Three Seven club members visited Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Scarazzo of West Laurel avenue on Wednesday evening. Cards were the main activity followed by a luncheon. Mrs. Nick Maciarello was high scorer. An anonymous aphorism about shame and old age is noted.
The Truth Seekers class of the First Christian church will meet in the church parlors at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon for an important session with Mr. W. W. Perry presiding. Patterson Circle held its regular meeting at Miss Mary Andrews on Highland avenue with devotionals by Miss Mary Wilson and Christmas carol singing led by Mrs. J. A. McNeill. Missionary topics were discussed by Miss Mary Sharpe and Mrs. Russell Magill. A sauerkraut dinner is planned for December 12 at the First Presbyterian church. Hostess Miss Andrews, assisted by Mrs. Roy Shaffer and Miss Wilson, served refreshments after the program.
The Mizpah society of the First Presbyterian church gathered Tuesday at Mrs. R. H. Kirkpatrick's Euclid avenue home for a Christmas session on The World's Redeemer. Roscoe Kirkpatrick led carols with Mary Louise Kirkpatrick on piano. readings titled The First Christmas Tree and Persia were shared along with a talk on Mormons. A bank offering was collected and a social luncheon followed.
The M and K class of the Peoples Mission will hold a business meeting this evening at Mrs. Charles Stoner's home 624 Forrest Street. An exchange of gifts will be featured.
Members of the Mrs. P. H. Phillips Sunday school class at the First Christian Church will gather tonight for a spaghetti supper at 10 o clock. Arrangements have been made for an enjoyable evening.
Reverend John Kellner pastor of the First Pentecostal church on Pearson street announces a special missionary service this evening at 7 45. Speaker will be Reverend Gottfried Bender of Pattonville New York who has spent nineteen years as a missionary in Venezuela South America sharing experiences from that country.
Members of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist church will meet Friday at 2 30 p m in the home of Mrs E N Baer Wallace avenue.
Willing Workers class members will meet this evening at 8 oclock in the Emmanuel Baptist church with Mrs. Catherine Morgan and Mrs. C. Hughes as hostesses.
Members of the Women's Missionary Society held a Wednesday noon tureen luncheon in the church dining room with Mrs. Patterson and her committee in charge. The Christmas program was given by the members and reports on the Thank Offering were presented. Next luncheon is January 3 with plans to pack a box for Frenchburg mission. The Auxiliary to the A O H elected officers at St Marys hall with Anna Trushel as president and Agnes Howley as county president. Lawrence County Christian Endeavor Union executives will meet tonight at 8 in Central Presbyterian Church with area ministers as guests.
Members of Section B of the Y. S. B. class of the Third United Presbyterian church will meet Friday evening in the home of Mrs. Floyd Reed on Lutton Street.
The Good Will Graduate club will meet at the Y W C A at eight o'clock tonight. No meeting was held last week. The group will continue work in handcraft.
On account of church services the girls of the Square Circle have postponed their meeting scheduled for Friday evening.
Individual lessons for mandolin and guitar club members will be held Friday from 4 to 7 30 p m instead of later in the evening.
A Toledo Blade comment notes a change as people who suffered in silence now demand their fair share, signaling a shift from stoicism to assertion in seeking aid or compensation.
Pictured on the Wyatt Earp at Dunedin New Zealand are Bernt Balchen Lincoln Ellsworth Mrs Ellsworth and Captain Baard Holth as refueling and cargo restowage precede the last leg to the South Pole. Balchen will pilot the Ellsworth airplane over the polar ice.
Resume duties of resident interne at the Pittsburgh Homeopathic hospital. Mrs. Lewis Carr of East Washington street shows improvement after illness. Mary Strimater moved from Jameson Memorial hospital to cousin Mrs. William T. Dukes at 111 Park Avenue. R. G. McDonald of Toronto, head of Canada Life, visited with local firm representatives. Mrs. E. T. McKee of East Sutton street treated for ankle injury. prognosis unclear. Mrs. Sadie White of Fort Wayne visits Greenville, Pennsylvania. Mrs. William E. Ferrer of New Wilmington road returns home after weeks in Jameson Memorial hospital following a successful operation and improving health.
A column birth notice requests the writer to sign with names and the address of the writer to appear in the next installments. The notice instructs submitters to include full names and street address for publication.
A list of residents reported ill at home in New Castle and nearby areas includes J W Cole, Joseph Sandullo, Domenic Spenello, Mrs. Victor Nell, Phyllis Morando, Mrs. John Kocher, Fred Reider, Charlotte Stoner, Mrs Lois Johnson, Mrs Lawrence Burgo, Miss Helen Kelley, Mrs David W Kay, Mrs Oliver Hazen, DeGrimm Renfro, Rose Gillest, Rose Gillest again, Mrs Louis Gasper, Mrs Ross Phipps, Walter Shull, Mrs S A Richards, Mrs Harry Alexander, Mrs Sara Minick, Edward Genock, Mr and Mrs James E Thomas, George Chip Jr, Emma Morrison and infant, Grace Sorto, Jack and James McClelland, Mrs Robert Clark, Edna Kauffman, Wilbur Jones, Rev Gottfried Bender, Mrs Dorothy Gaston, Mrs Ferdinand Shaffer, Mr and Mrs James Cherol, Mrs Olive Longstreth, Mrs Alice Reed, Mrs Mary Strimater, Mrs Blanche Stimple, Miss Helen Koch, B J Bondi, Mr and Mrs David Rhodes, and Dr Nathan N Ginsburg.
Birth notices from Butler and nearby towns report the arrival of Leonard Francis Maitland on November 19 at 10 pounds. The Maitland household at 117 East North Street also confirms the name of the newborn. Additional births include Olga Charlotte born December 3 to Chester Allen of 848 Franklin Avenue, and Margie Joan born December 4 to Charles St John of Enon Valley. A son born December to Henry Croyle of Harlanburg R D 4 is listed with no given name.
Girl Scouts of Pokonoket Troop No 13 held their fourth meeting on Wednesday evening at the Second United Presbyterian church. The group worked on tenderfoot tasks and planned the Christmas gathering. The evening closed with taps. Scribe Nancy Hall.
The South Side Prayer band will meet Friday at 7 30 p m in Mrs Mary Winns home at 1125 Scioto. The P L D Reading Circle met Monday with Mrs Carolyn Williams Beaver street after a short business session a pro am and songs and papers by Ethel Wall Carolyn Williams Mary Coffey and Elizabeth Thomas Mrs Blanche Dillard entertained with a vocal number The hostess and her daughter served refreshments Esther Young Locust street will host in two weeks.
Members of the Bethlehem Bible class of the Second Baptist church will meet Friday evening in the home of Mrs Mary Coffey in Knox.
The Junior N A A C P plans a musical concert this evening at the Elm Street Y W C A venue. The event showcases local youth performers and aims to raise funds for programs.
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