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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1941
Page
42
Dr. Dafoe argues for summer camps that mix work with play to teach responsibility and self reliance. He notes camps on farms or workshops, work scholarships, and the example of the Dionne Quintuplets showing effort builds confidence and scholarship, with careful supervision to avoid overwork.
Thirty members of the Young Married Ladies class of the Christian and Missionary Alliance met at Mrs Van Chapman’s home for a monthly business meeting and Bible study. Mrs Chapman led devotionals and the business session, deciding the annual picnic for husbands and families would be held Saturday June 21 at Ewing Park Ellwood City.
The notice states Mrs J R Turner leads a Bible study group and Mrs Ruth Bookamer will host the next regular session on June 26 at her home in Württemberg.
Miss Mary Elizabeth McConahy of Ellport is a house guest of Gaye and Nelda Jones Atkinson. Various visitors travel to Butler and nearby towns, including the Glasers of Princeton and families from Arlington Virginia Neville Island Ellwood City and Akron. The text notes Mrs Earl Allen of Akron suffered a back injury from a stair fall.
National Grange Secretary Harry A Caton will address Pomona Grange at Pleasant Hill Grange hall on Wednesday June 4 during the afternoon session with the topic A Backward and Forward View of the Grange A memorial service led by Pomona Chaplain Roy Thompson will close the meeting Rev Walton Voigt will deliver the memorial address Frances Thompson and John Kyle will participate A program for the evening session led by a young peoples committee with Wilda Fullerton chairing Dr G S Bennett speaks on the United Service Organizations drive in Lawrence county Music by Mrs Ellis Guy George and Jarvis Brenneman and John Kyle and routine morning reports form the rest of the day
Residents and visitors are listed with recent activities including Billy Richards staying at the Russell McClelland residence, families camping near Kane, visits to Slippery Rock and New Castle, hospital recoveries at Jameson and Jameson Memorial, a wiener roast at the McCullough home, a Grange kitchen shower set for June 3, and multiple dinners and hospital stays among local couples and families. The piece also notes choruses enjoying picnics under Mrs. Esther Eakin and several out of town visitors staying with local residents.
The Lawrence County Council of Defense members are named, with Walton as chairman and 24 total appointees including county and city officials. The court imposed sentences for intoxication and morals offenses, a robbery guilty plea, naturalization progress, voter registration shifts, and numerous property transfers in several townships and wards.
William Robinson, 12, of 322 Shaw Street, received a letter from Corporal Gordon Snape of the Royal Canadian Air Force in Trenton Ontario Canada. Snape noticed the boy’s address on the Iron Duke mobile kitchen unit that visited New Castle. Bill hopes to continue the correspondence. His mother is Mrs Elizabeth Robinson, and his father was a British soldier who died about a year ago.
Miss Margaret DeCerbo daughter of Mr and Mrs Angelo DeCerbo of Hillsville became the Bride of Robert Slavina son of Mr and Mrs Joan Slavina of Struthers in a 9 am double ring ceremony at St Lawrence church Rev Fr Galati officiating The couple will reside on Wilson Avenue Struthers after honeymooning in New York and other points.
Members of the Berean Bible class held a silver tea and quilt display in the Hillsville Methodist Church parlors on Wednesday evening. A number of beautiful quilts were on display.
Mr and Mrs Joe Kovic of Akron and others from Warren and Carbon visited relatives here. Mrs Murphy is ill. The Warren family moved to the John Garner farm near Petersburg. The Best and Navarra families visited from New Brighton and Alliance. Mrs Russell Smith of Alliance and Mrs Last DiLullo and family are noted as visiting.
A promotional piece touts S.S.S. Tonic as a two step remedy to digestive woes and low red blood cell vitality. It claims restoring stomach juices and boosting blood color can renew energy, appetite, and attractiveness, with many user testimonials and a daily 8.8.8 treatment directive.
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