Volant Reunion Planned for June 24 at Methodist Church
The Volant College Association announces its annual reunion and community day at Volant Methodist Church on Wednesday June 24. Roy G. Leslie of New Castle will be principal speaker and former Volant student. Robert A. Duff will lead group singing. A 12 o'clock dinner will be served by Methodist ladies. James G. Leslie serves as president with Olive M. Clinefelter as secretary.
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Volant College Association
Volant College
Volant Methodist Church
Roy G. Leslie
New Castle
Robert A. Duff
Methodist Church
James G. Leslie
Olive M. Clinefelter
Minor Accidents At New Plant Site
Eight workmen at the new United Engineering plant were treated for injuries at Jameson Memorial hospital over the weekend. Incidents included a bolt of lightning strike, arm and shoulder injuries from crane, burns from an acetylene hose, abdominal blow from falling steel, and back injuries from a timber fall. Individual names and addresses are listed with ages ranging from 19 to 52.
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United Engineering Company
Jameson Memorial Hosital
Michael B. Conti
Hillsville
Sylvester Medved
East Cherry Street
Andy Print
North
Beaver Street
Fred Teece
Hart Street
Keith Ely
Victor F. Wimner
Portersville
New Wilmington Holds Baccalaureate Service
Rev Macklyn E Lindstrom delivered the baccalaureate sermon at New Wilmington high school in the United Presbyterian church with music by the high school chorus directed by Robert Johnson The event included prayers by Rev W F Byers and Dr J Ralph Neale The high school commencement is tonight at 8 o clock in the U P church with Rep Louis F E Graham the main speaker delivering the address
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New Wilmington
Macklyn E. Lindstrom
New Wilmington High School
United Presbyterian Church
Lindstrom
Robert Johnson
W. F. Byers
Neshannock Presbyterian Church
J. Ralph Neale
U P
Mary Martha Orr
U. P
Louis FE. Graham
Best Sellers Available At Public Library
Publishers Weekly lists top books for the week with most titles in the public library. Notable works include The Moon Is Down Dragon Seed Kings Row The Sun Is My Undoing Only One Storm Mission to Moscow Cross Creek The Last Time I Saw Paris Flight to Arras Victory Through Air Power Past Imperfect The Children The Castle on the Hill The Rock and the Wind The Song of Bernadette The Making of Tomorrow The note adds six bureaus must approve for an OK.
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Publishers’ Weekly
John Steinbeck
Pearl S. Buck
Henry Bellamann
Marguerite Steen
Granville Hicks
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Paris
Elliot Paul
Arras
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Alexander P. de Seversky
Ilka Chase
Nina Fedorova
Hill
Elizabeth Goudge
Vivien R. Bretherton
Song of
Bernadette
Franz Werfel
Raoul de Roussy de Sales
Marriage License Applications and Local Sentences
Court House Hill reports marriage license applications for Ellwood City and New Castle in a list including John Falen Esther Geddes Herman Taylor Katherine Roth Oscar Riley Miriam Woolcock Felix Brega Geneva Rozanski and Harold Good Jr plus aliases for Jack Wilson. Nearby court notes sentence outcomes include John J Wirtz fined 100 dollars and 30 days jail Anthony Rubino fined 1 dollar and 18 months to 3 years in Allegheny workhouse George ODonnell fined 100 dollars and 30 days jail with possible early release for payment.
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John Falen
Lawrence Avenue
Ellwood City
Esther Geddes
Wayne Avenue
Herman C. Taylor
Katherine Susanna Roth
Pollock Avenue
New Castle
Oscar W. Riley
R. D
Miriam A. Woolcock
Sumner Avenue
Felix P. Brega
Wampum
Geneva D. Rozanski
Jack Wilson
Claude Wilson
Claude Messenger
Clyde Messenger
John W. Franklin
Ben Hogan
Kroger
John G. Lamoree
Lawrence County
John J. Wirtz
Anthony Rubino
Allegheny County
George Clarence O'Donnell
Property transfers list in Perry and Ellwood City areas
A sequence of small property deeds recorded in Perry township, Ellwood City and surrounding wards. Transactions include single dollar transfers and a $2,450 sale, with parties such as Fred Kimmick Jr, Bernice Hillman, Thomas Robson, H G Preston Co, Miriam Rogovin, and George Abbott involved. Also notes a Lawrence County Commissioners conveyance and a final line from the Penna. Dept. of Public Assistance.
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Fred Kimmick, Jr
Bernice Hillman
Perry Township
Ellwood City
Joseph Lalama
George A. Mehalic
Lawrence County
Walter W. Gilmore
Frank G. Smith
Clifford M. Hogue
William C. Morrison
W. E. Minteer
Gerald E. Ball
Frank J. Juustinen
Fourth Ward
Special Services At St. Elias Church Marks Archbishop Visit
The Most Rev Archbishop Antony Bashir visited St. Elias Syrian Orthodox Church at 102 East Reynolds Street. He led morning prayer at 10, liturgy at 10:30, and a 11:30 sermon titled America the hope of the world. A post liturgy service honored US and UN forces.
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St. Elias Syrian Orthodox Church
East Reynolds Street
Antony Bashir
New York
North America
America
Luke Khoury
United States
United Nations
Assad Farris
Tony Deeb
George Hanna
George Tony
Amicable ejectment filed by Philip Cohen against Curtis Bell
In the prothonotary clerk office two cases filed. Philip Cohen sues Curtis Bell in amicable ejectment. Elvia Leidgeber of Edenburg seeks divorce from John J Leidgeber of New Galilee on grounds of immoral practices. They wed July 29 1930 in Beaver Falls.
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Philip Cohen
Curtis Bell
Elvia Leidgeber
Edenburg
John J. Leidgeber
New Galilee
Beaver Falls
City Hall Briefs Record Weekend Arrests and Incidents
Weekend city activities produced about seven arrests mostly for intoxication or disorderly conduct. Some were discharged in police court while Mayor Charles B Mayne issued fines. A pedestrian injury report noted Paul Flamino was struck by a car on East Washington Street and Kurtz Street. he was hospitalized then discharged. James Stillwagon was arrested for alleged forgery and turned over to Alderman Wallace J Ewing.
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Charles B Mayne
Paul Flamino
Neal Street
James L. Chill
Chestnut Street
East Washington Street
Willis G. VicMullen
James Stillwagon
Wallace J Ewing
Westminster Grad Named By Seminary
Dr. George A. Long, a Westminster College graduate and longtime pastor at Homewood U. P. Church, will become president of Pittsburgh Xenia Theological Seminary upon Dr. John McNaugher’s resignation effective May 31, 1993. Long has served 21 years at Homewood church and chaired the seminary board, with a newly created chair in English Bible also proposed.
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George A. Long
Westminster College
Homewood U. P
Pittsburgh- Xenia Theological Seminary
United Presbyterian Seminary At
Pittsburgh
John McNaugher
McNaugher
Long
Revered Bliss Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon at Shenango
Rev. Sidney K. Bliss, pastor of Central Christian church, preached the baccalaureate sermon titled A Good Soldier for Christ to Shenango Township high school seniors in the school's auditorium last night. Rev. Raymond D. Bomer assisted. A girls' trio and an orchestra participated. Fifty seniors will receive diplomas at Tuesday commencement in the auditorium.
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Sidney K. Bliss
Central Christian Church
Shenango Township
Raymond D. Bomer
Bethel United Brethren Church
Graves Decorated At New Wilmington
New Wilmington observed Memorial Day with flags placed on the graves of 175 veterans across Neshannock Fair Oaks Dutch Fayette and M E cemeteries. William Evans and James Pitzer supervised the effort. Most veterans were Civil War era, with a few from World War I II and 1812, plus Revolutionary War soldiers Robert Buchanan and Charles Gibson in Neshannock. Edward M Neal is listed as a Spanish American War veteran.
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New Wilmington
William Evans
James Pitzer
Neshannock
Fair Oaks
Edward M Neal
Woman Injured In City Crash
Mrs. Joseph Wirtz of R D 1 suffered a cut on her right leg when the Wirtz auto allegedly struck a parked car on Sampson street at midnight. The parked car’s driver was Harrison R. Frank of 912 South Jefferson street.
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Joseph Wirtz
R. D
Wirtz Auto
Sampson Street
Harrison R. Frank
South
Jefferson Street
Wirtz
Women’s Missionary Society Holds All-Day Meeting
The Leesburg group met at the church for quilting and a noon dinner hosted by Ruth Roval, McGrew, and Leona Hedrick. After a devotional and business session led by Bessie Culver, the next meeting is set for June 24 with Culver Parshall and Foust as hosts and Ida McCracken leading.
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Women’s Missionary Society
Ruth Roval
Mcgrew
Leona Hedrick
Bessie Culver
Annie Parshall
Bertha Fous
Shower Honors Mrs Kenneth Smith at Home Party
Mrs James Marshall hosted a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Kenneth Smith nee Grace Cunningham on Tuesday afternoon. Attendants praised the guest of honor and presented useful gifts. a delicious lunch followed hosted by Mrs R W Cunningham and others, with out of town guests from Grove City Volant Glassport and nearby families.
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James Marshall
Kenneth Smith
Grace Cunningham
R. W. Cunningham
Clifford Mathieson
William Campbell
Russell Lehne
Glassport
Barclay Mathieson
Grove City
Bill Campbell
Volant
Mrs Maude Martin Injured After Fall At McConahy Home
Mrs Maude Martin is confined to her home with injuries sustained when she fell down the steps of a cellar way at the home of Mr and Mrs James McConahy Saturday evening.
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Maude Martin
James McConahy
Weekend Visits Spread Across Grove City Mercer and Slippery Rock
A series of Sunday and weekend gatherings linked residents from Grove City Sharon Mercer Slippery Rock Jeannette Volant Glassport Jeannette and Canonsburg as neighbors and friends hosted relatives and visitors. A civic remark questions whether a medal for bravery is deserved when used as symbolic reward.
East Brook Church Flags Service Honors Local Servicemen
East Brook United Presbyterian Church held a flag service with American, Christian, and service flags presented to the congregation. Six local service members are honored by stars on the church flag including Morris Edie, Charles Shaffer, and Thomas Reichard, with families and veterans of prior wars seated in church. The event featured readings from World War I veterans, a sermon on Christian Patriotism, and the theme Blessed is the Nation Whose God is the Lord.
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East Brook United Presbyterian Church
Chauncey Dean, Jr
Fast Brook
America
Victor Houston
Clarence Cummings
Claude Sankey
Samuel Bleakley
James McKnight
Robert E. Douglass
Sugarless Canning Demonstration Planned in New Castle
Miss Eleanor Winters of State College will present new sugarless canning methods at 2 p.m. June 3 at Epworth M E Church corner East Washington and Butler. She will show salting and drying processes to preserve flavor with minimal sugar, aiding the government's better foods program and helping housewives save scarce sugar.
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New Castle
Eleanor Winters
State College
Epworth M. E
East Washington Street
Butler Avenue
Miss Winters
America
Kiwanis Luncheon At The Castleton June 3
Kiwanis Club members will meet at The Castleton for a Wednesday luncheon including a formal induction of new members. The program will address war prep and the slow, costly task of persuading those focused on postwar business to support preparations.
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Kiwanis
Castleton
Submarine and war production notes from wartime yard and plans
In New London Connecticut workers at Electric Boat voted to skip vacations this year to boost submarine output. The War Department reports a 50000 airplane target will be exceeded by a substantial margin. Alien Property Custodian Crowley plans a census of all US patents to identify foreign ownership for potential seizure in war production.
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Electric Boat Company
New London
Conn
Robert P. Patterson
Uncle Sam
Leo T. Crowley
U. S. Ny
Government Offers Higher Mica Price to Restart Mines
Production Board spokesman told New England mica miners the government is willing to raise the mica price to bring into operation unused mines in the area. Mica remains essential for electrical devices used in mechanized warfare.
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Was Production Board
New England
Drafted men debate in Washington about commissions
A contention grew that drafted men are not hoodlums as wealthy gentlemen wrangle commissions in Washington. The message was circulated as a matter of public opinion in the era.
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Washington
Three Ways to Get an A100 Loan from Household Finance
Job holders can borrow without fuss and repay in monthly installments. Loans offered on personal notes, car, or furniture with emphasis on character and income over collateral. No endorsers required and flexible payment plans. example shows $100 loan at 12 installments of $9.75.
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