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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1931
Page
11
In the Turner home at North Cedar and Clayton streets twenty six turkins hatched from eggs in an incubator. The birds resemble both turkeys and chickens and act lively as they run, chase, and play with meat. Turkins originate from northern Austria and have a bare neck.
The Mahoning school music department held a Memorial Day program at Valley View and St. Lucy's cemeteries Saturday morning. The band in red and white performed selections in memory of the deceased while the school chorus sang hymns, drawing a well attended crowd.
Chief of Police and Mrs. B. J Gillen and son William of Warren Ohio were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bernhart on North Liberty street Sunday.
Six pigeons owned by George Turner of North Cedar Street were entered in a race from Herra Haitte.
Indiana entrants sent to a home loft, racers were crated Saturday and flown Sunday. Birds from the Turner loft performed well with good timing.
Miss Marie Buckler of Powassan Ontario was a guest at the home of Mr and Mrs C J Bernhart on North Liberty Street Sunday.
Mrs Jessie Wilson of Pittsburgh spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs C H Clark and mother at Sunnyside.
Local friends report Keith King and Mr. Hutton of seventh ward have spent two months in the west. They are presently in Denver, Colorado, and say they are enjoying a fine time.
Mr and Mrs Charles Thompson and their children of Eighth Street spent Memorial Day with Mrs Thompson's mother in Darlington.
A large crowd attended the Memorial Day service at St. Lucy's Italian Catholic cemetery Saturday afternoon around 4 o'clock. An Italian band played selections in memory of the deceased.
Edwin R. Taylor of Cleveland and E. T. McNally of Pittsburgh have returned to their homes after visiting relatives in Mahoningtown over the weekend.
Mrs D C Schnebly of 211 Newell Avenue will host Westminster Guild associate members of Mahoningtown Presbyterian church Friday evening at 7 30 EST.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Horchler of Clayton Street spent the weekend at their camp along the Slippery Rock.
Mrs Anna McKee and her son Kenneth of West Cherry Street have returned home from Erie Pennsylvania after visiting relatives at the Erie Yacht Club. Tuesday afternoon after school all participants in the Madison Avenue Christian church Children Day program will meet for practice at the church.
Members of the Loyal Women class of the Madison Avenue Christian Church will meet Wednesday evening at 7 30 eastern standard time. The gathering was moved from Tuesday night to Wednesday.
The Women's Missionary class of Madison Avenue Christian Church will meet Friday afternoon at 2 30 at Mrs Lincoln Kelley's home on Fairmont Avenue.
News notes the birth announced by Mr. and Mrs. I W Taylor of North Liberty Street. The item records the couple and location with a brief family milestone.
Mr and Mrs George E DeWolf of Detroit Michigan announce the birth of a son on Sunday May 31 who has been named George Edward Mrs DeWolf is formerly Miss Margaret Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs I W Taylor
Miss Vera Dibbley of North Liberty Street will host members of the Girls Missionary class of Madison Avenue Christian Church Friday evening at 7 30.
Mr and Mrs George Horchl er spent the weekend at their Cottage Grove Camp near Fayette Pa enjoying a brief retreat with family and friends.
A regular monthly session meeting will be held this evening in the pastor's study at 7 45. The Mahoning Presbyterian Church schedules the gathering as a routine monthly event.
Mahoningtown Presbyterian will elect officers elders and deacons at its annual congregational meeting held Wednesday night at 7 45.
The Opportunity Circle of Mahoningtown Presbyterian will meet Friday at 2 30 daylight saving time in the ladies parlors.
Members of the Board of Trustees of the Mahoning Methodist Episcopal Church will convene this evening at 8 o'clock in the church parlors to discuss church affairs.
A Sunday School class taught by Mrs. J. A. Waddell will meet Tuesday evening in the church parlors of Mahoning Methodist.
McCoy Bible class members of Mahoning Methodist Church will meet Thursday evening at the church for a regular session and discussion.
Rev. David Sleppy of Mahoning Methodist church announces choir rehearsal at the church Friday evening this week.
Each evening this week except Saturday, rehearsals for the Mahoning Methodist Children's Day program will be held. Participants meet at 7:00 p.m. daylight saving time.
Louis B. Anderson and George Meyer of Madison Avenue are on a fishing trip in Canada. They planned a week to ten days away when they departed.
Mr and Mrs Harry Mick of this ward attended the automobile races at Indianapolis on Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Rex Sutton of Cherry Street Extension were visitors in Toledo Ohio during Memorial Day weekend.
Willis Fullerton of North Beaver, long known in the seventh ward, has been ill about a week but is reported to be improving.
Miss Margaret Evans of Sunnyside was a guest at the Robert Atkinson home on the Youngstown road Friday.
Harry Evans of Madison avenue is constructing a garage near his residence. A Mahoning school program Thursday will honor students who depart for junior highs next semester. The assembly period will host an engaging event. In Akron Ohio Mrs M R Olmstead and her son Bobby of Fifth street and Mrs Westman were recent visitors.
The Highland School held a Memorial Day program in its auditorium featuring student performances by 6A and 5A, readings, songs, a flag drill, and a short play. Dorothy Porte and Leona Weiss led acts, with James Wood and Irene Hromyak and selections like America the Beautiful and The Blue and the Gray. Attorneys F A Hoover and Clarence Patterson spoke in the afternoon.
A Hartford Courant dispatch notes a looming trade war between Iraq and the Soviet, and cites a San Marino law proposal to ban its 39 residents from buying Russian wheat, implying a difficult position for the Soviet.
The Senior Class presented a play at Princeton High before a large audience and the Junior Class honored them with a Friday banquet. Ida Mae Cowmeadow served as toast mistress and numerous toasts were given honoring the senior and junior classes, faculty, sponsor, and various groups.
Evans City hosted a tulip show drawing over seventy five thousand visitors led by Elliott Nursery president R F Elliott. About fifty thousand attended on a single day, a claimed event record. Holland Michigan's tulip show reached forty thousand, far below Evans City.
Hartford officials envision a dedicated girls baseball field after many young women sought a playing area free from boys. The park board is considering the proposal and studying feasible sites in the city.
Alderman Robert F. Claffey is urging the establishment of a new place for the project, signaling government backing and municipal support for the effort.
The Friendly Home club gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sankey’s home on May 22 for card games and refreshments. Attendees included multiple families and friends. the next meeting will be at Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lowry’s home. The event was reported with local society notes.
The electus pectoralis par rot became the first such specimen hatched successfully in captivity in the United States, marking a landmark in captive propagation and avian husbandry.
The Y P C U of Highland United Presbyterian church held a meeting Sunday evening led by Miss Helen Barr with Dr. R G Love of Westminster College as guest. Topics covered missionary work and changes in missionary methods. Miss Dorothy Blim presented on how missionary work is changing. Dr Love spoke briefly and the new paper The England Fling was introduced with H J Brenneman as editor.
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