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Newspaper

New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1949

Page

10

New Castle High Baccalaureate Service Sunday

New Castle High School will hold its baccalaureate service at the Cathedral Sunday at 8 p.m. Rev. James A. Gaiser and Rev. Robert H. Mayo will lead with Edwin Lewis organ music and the A Cappella choir directed by Miss Helen R. Leslie. The class of 515 graduates will be honored at the upcoming dinner dance and Tuesday’s commencement. Also noted is the 1904 arc furnace milestone in Syracuse.

New Castle Senior High School James A. Gaiser First Methodist Church Robert H. Mayo First United Presbyterian Church Edwin Lewis Helen R. Leslie Arcangelo Corelli Jacques Lemmens James H. Rogers Mendelssohn Felice de Giardini Anton Rubinstein Lowell Mason Bruno Huhn Elgar Largo Handel

Parents blamed by W C T U president

Evanston Illinois June 2 The president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union charged that more than half of the growing child marriages stem from parental drinking and delinquency. Mrs D Leigh Colvin said teens marry as an escape from homes filled with drink and brawling. Three in five teen marriages arise from such backgrounds.

Evanston, Ill INS Women's Christian Temperance Union D Leigh Colvin W.C.T.U

Local Man Near 89th Birthday Plan

Albert H. Weston of 630 South Bay Street, living with his daughter Mrs Lucy Christy, eyes a June 27 birthday as he nears 89. Born in Mercer County, he remains hale. He owns reading glasses over 100 years old with iron rims, and a family cane more than 200 years old.

Albert H. Weston Lucy Christy South Bay Street Mr. Weston Mercer County

McKeesport Man Treated For Nine Week Hiccup Spasm

Edward J. Bryan a 73 year old automobile distributor from McKeesport sought relief from a nine weeks hiccup attack in an oxygen tent at McKeesport Hospital after home remedies failed. He had a similar episode years earlier but did not require special treatment.

Mckeesport INS Edward J. Bryan McKeesports Hospital

Revocations And Suspensions Of Licenses Given

State police in New Castle announced revocations and suspensions of several motor vehicle operators licenses. Names include Harry Polding R D 2 and Ercole Cervelli 29 Third Street for intoxication. Also James H. Lessey RR D 1 Ellwood Ditney for operating during revocation. Other cases: Charles E. Morrison 305 Spring Avenue Ellwood City, Clair Young e 1 Box 426 Burl Pirates Jr., R Frederick W. Hill Hillsville, Walde Kennedy R D 1 Box 129. Charles Bucker 20 Maitland Street for no license and failure to stop at traffic signal Louis Charles 512 East Long Avenue.

New Castle Harry Polding R. D Ercole Cervelli Third Street James H. Lessey Ellwood Ditney Charles E. Morrison Spring Avenue Ellwood City Clair Young Burl Pirates Jr Frederick W. Hill Hillsville Walde & Kennedy

Health Talks on Leukemia by Doctor A W City Heck

Doctor A W City Heck discusses leukemia a disease of the blood noting excess white corpuscles. He explains doctors have studied it long and seek causes and treatments and suggests hopeful progress toward eventual control. The piece also mentions U S Army engineers' work on national monuments.

All Night Graduation Party Planned At Mt Lebanon

Mt. Lebanon High School seniors will celebrate graduation with an all night event starting with a banquet and senior prom at the school and ending at 1 a.m. when the Youths Recreation Association takes over for dancing swimming and refreshments at the Community Lodge and pool. Old Cape Hatteras Light in North Carolina has been saved by artificial sand dunes and may be reactivated next summer.

MT. Lebanon Mt. Lebanon High School Youths Recreation Association Cape Hatteras North Carolina

Coal tax ruled unconstitutional in White Oak case

The Allegheny county common pleas court ruled the White Oak coal tax unconstitutional. The Greensburg Connellsville Coal Co. had appealed, arguing it already paid real estate and corporation taxes.

White Oak White Oak Borough Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Greensburg-Connellsville Coal Co

Boy Falls Into Mine Shaft Near Home

Two year old Robert Prosdocimo of Squirrel Hill is in serious condition after tumbling 20 feet into an abandoned mine shaft near his home. He suffered a fractured skull and was found by a passerby. Police report the accident occurred as the child played nearby.

Pittsburgh INS Squirrel Hill Robert Prosdocimo

Reformulation of a historical residence tale and medieval bedding

A fragment describes Dominick Prosdocimo and his five year old cousin rescued by grandmother Mrs Mollie Prosdocimo. It mentions mattresses stuffed with feathers wool or hair in the early Middle Ages and their arrangement on wall benches or in boxlike structures.

Dominick Prosdocimo Mollie Prosdocimo

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