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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
11
Local inquiry about a short headed stalk of grain is settled by farm agent L. C. Dayton. He says it is likely a winter barley, long grown in Pennsylvania, not a new wheat. Winter barley yields about 50 bushels per acre and needs dry fields, with harvest in late June or early July for cattle feed.
The Modernettes of Elm Street YWCA staged a one act comedy Very Much Married and a mystery at the Central YWCA auditorium. Cast included Naomi Ward Asta Hairston Hazel Love Vivian Hardie Dorothy Crunkleton Shirley Webber Ruby Williams Dora Amy Jones Adrienne Webber Doris Ward Elnor Young Juanita Jarvis. Intermission featured pianist Asta Hairston. Lights were by Paul and Richard Ward. The evening closed with notes about a Revolutionary War tea made from ceanothus.
Overview of the NAACP campaign for voting rights public education and anti segregation rulings. Notable cases include amiam vs Warley 1917 Lloyd Gaines 1938 and a 1947 victory overturning South Carolina party exclusion. Reports claim about one million southern blacks qualified to vote and the record of 23 wins in 25 Supreme Court cases.
The Barber Shop chorus directed by Dave Jones will sing at Mercer County Rotary Club’s banquet at Sandy Lake on Tuesday evening June 8. The following night they perform at the Mothers and Daughters banquet at Trinity Episcopal Church. Members featured at Sandy Lake include Bill Jones Harry Masters and quartet members Cubbison Sanford Biddle and McCullough.
New Galilee residents welcomed visitors from Springfield Ohio and Beaver Falls. Dan King and family from Springfield and the Sullivan family moved to West Bridgewater Pa. Howard Wilson hosts guests while his health is poor. Howard Blatch Jr visits his grandmother. Mr and Mrs Joe Albano visit Beaver Falls.
An Alaska moose weighs more than 1400 pounds and stands as the largest deer in the region.
The National Safety Council cites two hundred deaths and many thousands of serious injuries each year from falls from ladders at home. Common causes include over-reaching, unsteady placing, and defective ladders. The Westminster Abbey chapter house tile floor, laid between 1253 and 1253, remains in place.
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