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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1925
Page
27
In New Castle many Christmas trees are disposed after use with several options. Up to five thousand trees were sold locally last week with most becoming kindling or yard playthings for children. The municipal tree in the public square may be burned at the city garbage plant along with other discarded trees.
About 30 life insurance men met at the Elks club to foster cooperation between New Castle agents and promote fraternal spirit. Sponsored by Pittsburgh Life Underwriters Association, the group discussed forming a New Castle branch with J. Da Reebel named chairman and an executive committee of five: M. J. Donnelly, M. W. Hyde, W. T. Wheeler, Sam Lewis, and Thomas Elliott. Speakers from Pittsburgh included F. W. Ries president H. S. Brownlee executive secretary and L. D. Wallath ey.
B N Hanlon manager of the New Castle Motor Club says police will not arrest drivers with 1925 plates tomorrow is last day their use is legal with no extension. Most motorists already hold 1926 plates issued since December 16 and ready for 1926 driving.
New Castle shows renewed skating interest as frigid weather invites locals to the Neshannock Creek at East Washington street bridge. About twenty youths and young men skated noon today, ranging from teens to late adolescents, signaling nostalgia for the town’s winter pastime.
Mrs. Geor gia Southern of Sharon Pennsylvania possesses one of the oldest violins in the world a genuine Stradivarious Cremonensis Facibat Anno 1721. The instrument has stayed in her family since burial generations and was brought to the United States over 50 years ago by her grandfather John R. Guest of Birmingham England who died in Libby Prison after Civil War service. Her son William Robert Southern age 14 uses it now valued highly and she has refused all offers despite large sums offered.
Maj Gen Preston Brown credits retired First Sergeant Joseph Helfer as the man who gave him his start after meeting in San Francisco. Brown, born in Kentucky in 1872, rose from private in 1894 to brigadier general in World War I, later commanding the Third Division in the Argonne Meuse offensive and receiving the Distinguished Service Medal before taking command of the First Corps area in Boston.
A reporter observing downtown lunch crowds notes that stenos and store girls require little food at noon while men in offices and stores eat heavier hot meat dishes and desserts. Professional men prefer lighter meals and coffee or milk. Men also linger longer, rest and chat over their meals.
Belmont Park prepares for the Futurity in 1928 with a gross value of $100000 the richest stake in the world. The event aims to draw top two year olds and offer a landmark purse for the sport.
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