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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1957
Page
3
At the Benjamin Franklin Junior High School awards assembly students were honored for school activities and athletics. Athletic awards list multiple students earning letters in football, basketball, and track, along with separate football and track letters and cheerleader awards. Also acknowledged were pins and letters for school achievement, naming many students across several categories.
A list of residents and households including Toscano Carolee Pezzone Margaret Russo Leonard Johnson Wayne Light ner Linda Ross Larry Hoover Judy Crabill Betty Schepp David Downs Join Rand Gail Seeger Bonita Barone Carol Falena Linda Haering Judith Hedland Elaine Kwiat Gale McClain Carolyn Morton Nancy Niemi Carol Rispoli Charles Byler Don ald Caron Edward DeCaro Gerald Palagalli John Skaneski Andrew Venditto Janet Ascione Martha Crouch Donna Jean DeMat tio Ruth Diller Patricia Hall Sharon Meadows Barbara Remesnik Deborah Uber Gail Hamilton Lucille Parrott Anita Colecchi Bonnie Laurel Alan Baxter John Collins Larry Pugh Charles Ridgley Garnet Gentile Deanna George Antonette Nocera Sandra Williams Nicholas Mesel Terry Mumford Jean Burney Catherine Lehman Darlene Pandolf Theodore Munn David Kyle Marlene DeGideo Corrina Giordano.
Lawrence County residents bought 267 937 dollars in Series E and H bonds in April 1957, down 21 794 from April 1956. Statewide Pennsylvanians purchased over 33 million in April, reaching 34 percent of a 421 million annual quota, with Pennsylvania leading industrial states in progress. Butler County fell from last year while Beaver County nearly doubled.
The Lawrence County Pomona Grange meets at Wilmington Grange Hall on June 5 with an afternoon program at 1 30 and an evening session at 8 15 led by Pomona Master George B Raney The memorial service is at 3 with Rev A D Anderson introducing Rev Harold Hinderline of New Wilmington Methodist Church The Wilmington Juvenile Granges present a Flag Day program as a program feature.
The first meeting of Enon Valley’s new Girl Scout troop drew 26 girls on May 23. Officers elected earlier included President Mary Lyn Veon and Vice President Helen Lambright. The note lists church groups, DVBS plans, and local gatherings through June with various community leaders.
Settleton West Virginia reports Mr and Mrs Dewayne Moore and children of Centerville Ohio alongside Mr and Mrs Fred Smith of Petersburg Ohio and Mr and Mrs John Smith and Jim Smith of Enon. Clair Hogue convalesces at home after returning from a Pittsburgh hospital.
East Brook missionary notes report the Mary Jane Society will hold its annual meeting and picnic on June 4 at 6 30 PM at the church with program leadership by D B McKnight Nannie Black and Margaret Patterson. The Fathers and Sons Banquet at UP Church is set for June 13 with reservations led by Dorothy Boyles and Violet Mayberry. WSCS at the Methodist Episcopal Church elected officers Rose Cain Dorothy Martin and George Pontius and plans a tea for June 18 at 8 PM.
Dr William Feinbloom unveiled a six surface booster lens at the New York State Optometric Association meeting claiming it can raise vision by 350 percent for many of the 500000 legally blind in the United States. The device widens the field to 90 degrees and keeps proper perspective while magnifying though it cannot be mass produced. He will share construction formulas with fellow optometrists.
A child learns fractions through everyday examples and hands on activities. Parents can use cooking crafts and measurement tasks to teach halves quarters and eighths with practical comparisons and simple paper folding.
Parks Director Edwin M McBride announced all eight former ice cooled drinking fountains have been swapped for electric water coolers. The last fountain was installed this week at multiple locations including Mill and Washington Sts Jackson Park Croton Memorial Long Ave and Mora via St near Mahoningtown.
Miami ceremonies mark the 20th anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s ill fated world flight. Earhart left June 1 1937 from Miami on a 27000 mile route to Venezuela Brazil and the South Atlantic. She last spoke from a Pacific searching for Howland Island and was never seen again.
The speaker recalls learning measurement challenges and the change to clear rules for converting units. He mentions adding cows as a vivid example and asks if you remember the difficulty of deciding when to multiply or divide.
Fifteen Benjamin Franklin Junior High School pupils achieved straight A averages for the 1956 57 year. In seventh grade the students were Jerrie Eckelberger Mary Jane Mills Harry Valentino Jacquelyn Moses Fred Dengler Paulette Fabian Robert Kazenski Marilyn Caprese. In eighth grade Gail McClain Jerry Palagallo June Pfautz Barbara Remesnik. In ninth grade Paul Maki Thomas Vago and Darlene Mayer. Also note: herring mackerel is another name for tuna.
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