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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1944
Page
13
The county superintendent released the final list of pupils who passed the high school entrance exams last month. Names include pupils from Wilmington Township, Taylor Township, Neshannock, Mahoning, and other districts, with numerous boys and girls qualifying for fall entry.
Pennsylvania's Council of Defense urges faster waste paper collection as Colley S. Baker notes critical shortages. Only 24 pounds per person in four months, two thirds of the quota, led to May closures of a major container mill. Baker warns civilian supplies may suffer if waste is discarded.
A message from King George VI relayed to Y M C A leader Robert L Meerman praises the organization's centennial. The king states the YMCA's wartime service and faith in its future role in rebuilding national and international life.
At the Mothers' Guild request the public library has compiled a list of books for parents on study and management of children. The list is too long to print.
Books offered for distribution through a guild member are available at the public library. The list, roughly classified under guild study and management, psychology of adolescence, religious education, etiquette, sex instruction and miscellaneous topics, can be borrowed from the library.
The northern half of the Kuril Islands has been virtually uninhabited since 1884, reflecting long standing population decline and isolation in the archipelago.
Libby Owens Ford technicians say the new mass produced plate glass prisms alleviate optical bottlenecks for the armed forces. The latest periscope glasses promise about 50 percent better visibility than the old mirror and flat glass design.
Rev. A M Vivien, noted lecturer from Seaford Delaware, will speak at Volant Presbyterian church at 10 o clock and at Rich Hill Presbyterian church at 11 15 am on Sunday June 4. He has spoken here several times in the past five years.
The article traces the word clock to Celtic and Saxon roots with French cloche and Danish klokka. It notes monks divided days by bell tolls, and the term later came to denote a mechanical timepiece. It also mentions a Rev H. K. Miller as a relative link in Volant Rich Hill congregations and large audiences in East Brook area.
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