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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1940
Page
8
Dr Dafoe urges couples to consider family history when choosing a spouse arguing that marrying into a healthy lineage benefits future children. He recalls a college professor’s warning that aligning with a lower social level risks dragging one down and stresses adjusting to environment over inherited disadvantages.
An advertisement urges relief for tired feet with Antiseptic San-Cura Ointment and a warm sudsy bath using San-Cura Soap. It promises soothing treatment for aching feet and cracked skin, advertised at drugstores.
The New Castle Exchange Club will hold its weekly dinner at The Castleton on Monday evening at 5 30. The event is described as a Christmas party. The News by Mail offers a yearly subscription for five dollars.
Devotion services at St Michael s Catholic church begin Sunday morning and run through Tuesday evening with high mass at 10 30 and the Eucharistic procession led by altar boys and schoolchildren. Sermons by Fr Pisarcik Fr Gajdosik Fr Hruska and Fr Hamcak, Benediction, and a grand procession close the 40 hours with Holy God We Praise Thy Name. Priests from Lawrence and Allegheny counties attend.
Miss Garnet Rhodes, secretary of the local Civil Service Board, announced two new United States Civil Service openings. They are associate animation director in the War Department and bindery operative in the Government Printing Office. Applications for the first are due January 6, 1941, while the examiner rating for the explosives chemist post runs until November 30, 1941.
Miss Mary Louise Schonhofen, Westminster college assistant to the business manager for five years, accepts a position at Carnegie Institute of Technology Pittsburgh in the National Defense program under former Westminster business manager Haskell Patton now Carnegie Tech controller.
Mme Maria Kurenko, a Russian coloratura, sang with warmth and authority at George Washington junior high in a varied program including Mozart Rasierni Puccini Massenet Tschaikovsky and Mussorgsky. Sergei Karnowsky accompanied with typically Russian artistry. The evening pleased the audience and reinforced the Guild's merit. The next event is the Littlefield Ballet and Symphony on January 31 at the senior high school auditorium.
Walter Cross of Wilmington Avenue has been summoned to Philadelphia from Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio for an examination for staff sergeant. Cross is currently a corporal in the Quartermaster Corps.
Dr. Harry Gideonse, president of Brooklyn College, faced questions at a public hearing into New York state education as accusations surfaced that several faculty members were members of the Communist party. A faculty member raised the charges during testimony.
Miss Bernice Jansen of Sendai Japan spoke at Trinity church Friday afternoon before Rev J Burton and St Andrews attendees. Her missionary tale showed sacrifices death threats and experiences aboard the torpedoed S S Athena. Mary L Rhoads thanked Helpers for infant cloth gifts to faulted farms and mountain shacks. A Trinity church Women Auxiliary tea followed hosted by Mrs Robert Garland with Mrs Philp C Pearson pouring.
Perry S. Gaston Post American Legion will host Fred M. Lion of Pittsburgh as guest speaker Tuesday. Lion recently returned from Europe and will share observations from France and Germany where he was employed by an oil company. Plans for a draftees school will be advanced. an elector is being sent to eligibles to inform them of the school’s benefits. The first gathering drew few attendees. organizers fear low turnout may end the effort if next week’s response remains weak.
Ruth Bryan Owens former U S minister to Denmark spoke to Westminster College students on This Business of Diplomacy, recalling Denmark experiences and criticizing European views shaped by crime news and entertainment. She noted her pioneering congressional service and praised Danish relations.
Members of LGCBA Branch 467 will gather Sunday evening at the late Mrs. Mary Wirtz’s Union Township home for special services at 7 30. Gethsemane Tabernacle Mrs James Comstock speaks Saturday at the song and praise service starting 7 45 near Leatherbreathes.
Dr Ralph Markley of this city has been ordered to active duty with the United States Army Medical Corps. He is a first lieutenant in the medical reserve and will join Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania staff of a new hospital under construction. The hospital, expected to be completed around January 1, will have capacity for 750 to 1,000 patients.
Boy Scouts of Troop 18 met December 3 in the basement of Highland United Presbyterian church with Scoutmaster Ralph Dixon in charge. Bill Fisher opened the meeting. color bearers were Lutz and Rosenthal. Stamp books for camp were distributed. Games were supervised by Emery and Tomkins. Robert Dufford served as bugler, with Don Rosenthal as scribe.
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges for New Castle and Jameson Memorial. Names include Charles Buris and Mrs Olive Dette with addresses in Linesville and New York City, plus multiple patients at Jameson Memorial with homes in Hemlock He Highland Avenue Edenburg and Bilwood City among others. A brief card thanks Carl Furman for funeral sympathies and notes service duties and defense obligations.
Troop 22 met Tuesday with games and patrols formed. New members Joan Alexander Marjorie Lostetter Shiney Davids Shirley Shields and Margretta Berglanc welcomed. Christmas party planned at Anna Montgomery Lincoln Avenue. Names drawn for an exchange. Scribe Aline Turner. Local addresses listed.
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