Golden Wedding Anniversary for Kerchoffs in City Home
Mr and Mrs Reuben Kerchoff of 321 Pittsburg street celebrate fifty years of marriage with a noon gathering at the home of their daughter Mrs Samuel Alford on Pittsburg street. Mr Kerchoff will be 86 next month and is blind, Mrs Kerchoff 69 and healthy. They were wed December 9 1858 in the city. Both are members of the Third United Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Kerchoff
Pittsburg Street
Samuel 8. Alford
Kerchoff
Sara Kelly
Riley McMillin
Old Coventer Church
Waggletown
Mary Alford
Third United Presbyterian Church
Linen Club Entertained at Mrs Mills Home
The Linen club met Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Robert Mills Point Place. Cards were the activity with favors awarded to Mrs. Andrew Fleckenstein and Mrs. Minnie Fleckenstein. Refreshments were served. Mrs. Andrew Fleckenstein of North Jefferson street will host the club next Thursday evening.
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Linen Club
Robert Mills
Andrew Fleckenstein
Minnie Fleckenstein
North
Jefferson Street
Hot Supper At First U P Church Saturday Evening
A community supper will be held at the First U P Church on Saturday evening December 12 from 5 to 8 o clock. Tickets are 25 cents. Proceeds support church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
Leap Year Box Social Planned by Alameda Club
With leap year near end, Alameda club girls plan a box social in Hughes hall next Wednesday. Men will bring boxes and bid by Claude Mantz with ladies as buyers, each buyer escorting the box owner home. Lewis Zeigler hosted. refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda Club
Hughes Hall
Claude Mantz
Lewis Zeigler
Wimodausts Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
The Wimodausts society met at the Masonic temple in regular session and held their annual election of officers. They voted $10 to the Y W C A relief fund and planned a banquet for the Masons. Newly elected are President Mrs J H Jordan First vice president Mrs Frank B Woods Second vice president Mrs Edwin Barnard Secretary Miss Ella Robinson Treasurer Mrs George Welch Financial secretary and treasurer Mrs Scott Paisley. The next regular meeting will be the second Wednesday of January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimodausts Society
Masonic Temple
Y. W. C. A. Relief Fund
J. H. Jordan
Frank B. Woods
Edwin Barnard
Ella Robingson
George Welch
Wedding of Miss Alice Gibson and Homer Heckathorn
Twenty five friends and relatives witnessed the marriage of Miss Alice Gibson and Homer Heckathorn at noon Wednesday at the groom’s mother Mrs J A Gibson home south of New Wilmington. Rev Baker of the New Wilmington Methodist church officiated with Miss Lettie McCreary and Ernest Rodgers as attendants. A wedding dinner followed and the couple plan to reside near New Wilmington where the groom is a farmer. Guests from the city included Clyde Gibson F A Hoover D D Angel and Miss Jessie Angel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Gibson
Homer Heckathorn
J. A. Gibson
New Wilmington
Rev. Baker
Methodist Church of
Lettie McCreary
Croton Avenue
Ernest Rodgers
Clyde Gibson
F. A. Hoover
D. D. Angel
Jessie Angel
Surprise Birthday at Dewey Avenue Home
Friends gathered at William Lock home on a Wednesday evening to surprise him for his forty ninth birthday. About 50 attendees filled the rooms after he returned from prayer meeting, Rev J L Stratton gave a short presentation, and Mr Lock received an upholstered chair as a gift before a lunch served by Mrs Lock and a group of assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lock
Dewey Avenue
Mr. Lock
St Margaret’s Girls Plan Luncheon at Trinity Church Parish House
St Margaret’s girls arrange their annual luncheon for Tuesday December 15 at the Trinity church parish house. Officers are President Miss Alberta Harper Secretary Miss Amy DuPuy and Treasurer Miss Betty Wardrop. Reports of the year will be read with toasts and college stories followed by social time. Miss Hall district nurse with Kingsley House will speak on her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret's Girls
Trinity Church
Alberta Harper
Amy DuPuy
Betty Wardrop
Miss Hall
Kingsley House
St.eee
Surprise party for W H Locke at Dewey Avenue
About 50 friends gathered after a prayer meeting at W H Locke's home on Dewey Avenue. The guests presented a leather chair as a gift and shared an evening of social pleasure with refreshments served.
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W. H. Locke
Dewey Avenue
Haley Couple To Relocate To Youngstown In New Year
Local couple Mr and Mrs George Haley of Colorado Springs will move to Youngstown after January 1 and join the A M Brown auto business. Haley is the son of local residents Mr and Mrs John Haley. Also noted is Miss Edna Wood daughter of Wick W Wood who sang at the Elks memorial in Lockport New York last Sunday with praise from local papers for her Plains of Peace solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Haley
Colorado Springs
Col
Youngstown
Haley
John Haley
A. M. Brown
Sharon
Edna Wood
Wick W. Wood
The
Elks’ Lodge
Lockport
N. Y
Wood
Leasure Avenue Hosts 1908 Card Club Evening
Mr and Mrs R W Jackson of Leasure avenue entertain the 1908 Card club this Thursday evening. The party will not be a masquerade as planned earlier. Mrs Staley Here. Mrs Alla C Staley of Dayton, O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Jackson
Leasure Avenue
Card Club
Staley to Stay with Kinnears for Holiday Visit
A guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Kinnear of Highland Avenue will spend the holidays in the city with the couple. The visitor will also be a guest at the Kinnear home during the festive period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. W. R. Kinnear
Highland Avenue
Mr. Staley
Kinnear
Circulating Book Club Meets at Mrs. Falls Home
Circulating Book Club members gathered Wednesday afternoon for sewing socializing and refreshments hosted by Mrs. W. H. Falls in North area.
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Book Club
W. H. Falls
North
Meeting location to be announced for Mercer Street group
The group on Mercer Street states the venue for the next meeting will be announced later.
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Mercer Street
Luncheon Attendance by Alumni at National Park Seminary
Miss Margaret Kirk of Highland avenue attended the annual alumni luncheon at McCreerys in Pittsburgh. Mrs J H Jordan of Grant street will travel to McKeesport Friday to spend Sunday with her niece Mrs Carl Forkum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret, Kirk
Highland Avenue
National Park Seminary
McCreey’s
Pittsburg
J. H. Jordan
Grant Street
McKeesport
Carl Forkum
Local social notes from Neshannock and nearby
W S Mears of Neshannock avenue is ill and confined at home. Mrs G G Campbell and Miss Ethel Miller, also of Neshannock, spent Wednesday in Pittsburg. Mrs J W Cunningham of North Mill street returned from Mercer after a brief visit. The high school senior class will host a freshman reception in the high school chapel at 8 o clock. Mrs David Lloyd of Pollock avenue returned from a four month visit with friends and relatives in England. Mrs Eliza Shaffer and daughter Mrs John Sheiver of Butler visit Mrs A E Bartlett of Sankey street. Mrs John Watson of Highland avenue and Mrs John Woods, near Mt Jackson, returned from a visit to Mrs Hayes Kimmel in Struthers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Mears
Neshannock Avenue
G. G. Campbell
Ethel Miller
Pittsburg
J. W. Cunningham
North Mill Street
Mercer
David Lloyd
Pollock Avenue
Standard Car Company Absorbed by U S Steel
Directors of the company were James A. Blair of New York and F. G. …, noting that steel cars are now used in coal mines where mules gave way to electric power. The event marks a consolidation reported on the first page.
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Company
wereiJames A
Standard Steel Car Company stock and local plant impact
The Standard Steel Car company authorized capital stock of 5 million with 4 million issued under Pennsylvania law since 1902. Officers include President Joann Hansen and directors like Henry Aiken. Speculation in New Castle suggests future plant moves allied to United States Steel, centralizing works near major mills and potentially shifting Butler operations to New Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joann Hansen
Pittsburg
J. W. Brady
New York
William Bierman
T. H. Gillespie
Butler
Henry Aiken
John M. Hansen
A. W. Mellon
R. B. Mellon
W. L
New Castle
Steel Trust
Tubetown
American Tin Plate Company
Standard Steel Car Company
The
United States Steel Corporation
Marriage License for Fred A. Shott and Harmony Schontz
A marriage license was issued to Fred A. Shott and Harmony Schontz. The couple resided in Harmony and completed the required nuptial formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Shott
Harmony
Nannie R. Schontz
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Fred . Llewellyn
Pittsburg ‘Street
Laura Hughes
Longavenue
John Shurgat
Stanley Cook
Westminster College
Louanna Harris
Centennial Street
Pythian Sisters
Andrew Reider
North Beaver Street
Kensington
C. A. Phillips
West Grant Street
Lincoln Euchre
Frances Leavy
William F. Moody
Delaware Avenue
House Committee
New Castle Club
David G. Harris
Walnut Street
Central Presbyterian Church
Garnet Rhodes
Chestnut Street
Carl Reed
Wallace Avenue
Fred Davidson
Russell Urmson
Kodaks
Heach
Metzler
Wimodausis
Gibson-Heckathorn
St. Margaret’s
Miss Wood Lang
Mather Bros. GO
Newcastle
Headquarters For Fine
Xmas
Mather Bros
East Washington Street
Mather Bros. CO
Washington Street
Standard Car, CO
U. S. Steel
California
York State
the New Market
Bell Phone
Union Phone
R.A. George
Cleveland
George
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