City Women Voters Learn Of New Castle History and Officials
The League of Women Voters hosted a luncheon at the Y Inn, featuring a Know Your Town program. Attendees included Miss Carolin Slade and Miss Marguerite Uhl who presented early New Castle history from 1758 to 1846 and discussed taxes, schools, hospitals, and city government. Mayor John F Haven attended as a guest and spoke briefly.
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League of Women Voters
Y-Inn
Www
C. A
Carolin Slade
Marguerite Uhl
Mary D. Davidson
Alec Samuels
L. F. Keehn
New Castle
Miss Slade
John Carlisle Stewart
Uhl
John W. Pattison
Davidson
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Community Chest
New Castle Hospital
John S. Olson
L. F. Kehn
Kenneth Black
R. M. Patterson
L. F. Kohn
W. A. Confer
W. H. Humphrey
Bernard Hook
Blanche Dillard
Charles E. Allen
Mercer Mailman Thrown From Truck After Holiday Service
Mercer rural mail carrier Jimney-Howard Palmer is confined at home after a holiday accident. While the memorial service dedication articles were being returned by truck, Palmer was thrown from the rear near North Erie and Venango streets. He rolled free to avoid being run over, suffering back and ankle bruises and shock. further examination was planned to assess injuries.
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Mercer
Jimney
Howard K Palmer
East Butler Street
Palmer
Legion Honor Roll Committee
North Erie
Venango Street
Bond Drive At Grove City Plant Sets July Goal
A four day drive begins Monday at the Cooper Bessemer plant to pledge every employee to a $100 war bond purchase in June and July. Payroll deductions count toward the goal as the plant, led by A M Winder and a joint labor management committee, seeks to match past successes. The high school band will lead a parade and 23 women workers will canvass each department across shifts.
Chewton Soldier Receives Purple Heart for Italy Wound
Mrs. Lawrence Craven accepts the Purple Heart awarded to her husband Pfc. Lawrence E. Craven 21 for injuries suffered near Cisterna Italy on March 1. Craven son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Craven of Chewton, enlisted March 1943 and trained at Camp Wheeler Georgia and Camp Shelby Mississippi.
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Lawrence Craven
Lawrence E. Craven
Cisterna
Italy
Craven
Edward Craven
Chewton
Camp Wheeler
Camp Shelby
Miss
Lawyer Named For Bankruptcy Cases In Mercer County
Atty Hiram Drake appointed conservation commissioner in Mercer county to handle all bankruptcy proceedings affecting farm lands. Appointment made by Federal Judge F. P. Schoonmaker of Pittsburgh.
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Mercer
Atty Hiram Drake
Mercer County
F. P. Schoonmaker
Pittsburgh
Local Home Planners Inspire 500 Clubs
The Home Planners Club formed in New Castle in 1943 has 50 members with a goal of 100 to 150. The idea has spawned about 500 similar clubs nationwide and gained notice in Real Estate Journal and The Washington Star. Meetings feature architects and builders, with no formal qualifications beyond interest in home building and saving for a post war down payment. The next meeting is in the fall after summer recess.
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New Castle
Washington Star
Norman Clark
Clark
Janitor William Dixon Honored At School Picnic
The school faculty hosts a retirement for William Dixon a janitor for 15 years at a faculty picnic this afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Thacker Knox Avenue Keokuk Ta. He is a special guest along with Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Burton and spouses of faculty members. A copy of Keokuk Ta city directory is in the public library.
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William Dixon
Dixon
B. K. Thacker
Knox Avenue
F. L. Burton
Keokuk. Ta
Samuel Clembns
Mark Twain
Orlan
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