Winter Co expands to Youngstown by purchasing The Squire Shop
The Winter company of New Castle buys The Squire Shop in Youngstown on Federal Street. The store will keep the Squire Shop name at 141 West Federal Street with George F. Winter as chairman and the Winter family running operations. The Winters plan no personnel changes and will mark the 50th anniversary of the New Castle firm in March 1956.
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New Castle
Winter Company of
Squire Shop
Youngstown
George F. Winter
Winter Company
Federal Street
Winters
Society Brand Clothes, Inc
West Federal Street
John S. Winter
Fred Wissenbach
J. Robert Winter
Winter
Wissenbach
George F
Harry Winter
Winter Brothers
Washington Street
The
Carlisle woman sentenced for prothonotary office theft
Helen W. Steck 63 of Carlisle received 11 to 22 months in Dauphin County jail after pleading nolo contendere to larceny by employee fraudulent conversion and embezzlement. The former deputy prothonotary of the State Supreme and Superior Courts was convicted in March of defalcations exceeding 17000.
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Harrisburg
INS
Helen W. Steck
Carlisle
State Supreme and Superior Courts
Dauphin County
Steck
H. L. Kreider
Sia Mesed Twin Rodney Dee Brodie Improves After Surgery
Rodney Dee Brodie, a 3 year old from Chicago, moved upright and ate with other children one month after brain hemorrhage surgery. He remains on the critical list at University of Illinois Research Hospital. The boy was separated from his head joined Siamese twin in 1952. the brother died later and the hemorrhages are said not connected to the separation.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie
University of Illinois Research Hospital
Rodney Dee
One-Armed Man Steals Police Car in 87-Mile Pursuit
Kenneth M. Townsend, 43, who has a missing right arm, was re arrested after stealing a police patrol car in Denver and driving it 87 miles with siren and lights active following a prior drunkenness charge.
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Denver
Kenneth M. Townsend
Births Recorded in Jameson Memorial
Jameson Memorial reports births to Mr and Mrs William G Andrews 213 W Winter Ave a son June 3 to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hanna R D 1 Pulaski a daughter June 2 to Mr and Mrs Henry Meine R D 9 a daughter June 2 to Mr and Mrs Edward Porada R D 5 a daughter June es to Mr and Mrs Ted Kosciszko 405 Bell Ave a daughter June 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Andrews
W. Winter Ave
Kenneth Hanna
R. D
Pulaski
Henry Meine
Edward Porada
June
Ted Kosciuszko
Bell Ave
Baby News Amid Family Anniversaries
To Mr and Mrs Anthony Buck ley 210 Grandview Avenue a son born June 3 To Mr and Mrs William Cle ments RD 10 a daughter born
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Anthony Buckley
Grandview Avenue
William Clements
R. D
Carriers Association Proposes 26-Cent Wage Raise
The western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association offered a 26 cent an hour wage increase over three years to over 3000 Local 249 AFL Teamsters Union members. The proposal includes higher welfare and other benefits and the local will vote Sunday on the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
INS
Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association
Local 249
AFL Teamsters Union
Carriers Association
Big One Gets Away From Young Angler in Yard
Leslie England, 12, of Waco Texas, was practicing rod and reel casting when the big catch escaped. A line and sinker washed four blocks away, but the car he snagged drove off.
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Waco
Tex
Leslie England
Stook
When You Lift The Tab The Cap Comes Off In One Motion
The quote notes a smooth action where lifting the tab causes the entire cap to detach in a single fluid motion. It emphasizes the design and user experience of the mechanism.
Self-Opening Cap Ready For Market
Warsaw, Ind the 26 year old grocery owner Jack N Powell announced his self opening bottle cap is ready for market. The cap features an inch long tab designed to remain silent and avoid sound waves reaching fingers as it creates a true vacuum for easier opening.
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Warsaw
Ind
Jack N. Powell
Powell
New Bell Line Upgrades Near Mt Jackson Completion
Bell Telephone Company announces a $24 600 project to lay 36 360 feet of aerial cable in the Triusville and Mt Jackson sections of the Bessemer exchange. A 5 500 feet Mt Jackson segment should finish this week with Hillsville work due next fall.
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Triusville
Mt Jackson
Bessemer Exchange
J. Russell Rohleder
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Rohleder
New Castle golfers meet Furgol and Didrikson in charity tourney
New Castle Country Club Sylvan Heights and Castle Hills host a national golf event Saturday. Amateurs play against Ed Furgol or Babe Didrikson with handicap scoring. Pro scores will be posted after their west coast games as all proceeds go to the American Red Cross.
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New Castle
Ed Furgol
Babe Didrikson
New Castle Country Club
Sylvan Heights
Castle Hills
American Red Cross
Furgol
Didrikson
Pomona Votes to Buy GNDCA Stock at New Wilmington Meeting
At a Monday meeting in New Wilmington Pomona Orange voted to purchase five shares of stock in the Greater New Castle Development Corporation. About 150 people attended as the motion to aid New Castle in attracting industry was approved. Pomona grange plans a August 31 meeting at New Bedford grange with a traveling program to be presented in Big Beaver on June 13.
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Pomona Orange
New Wilmington
Greater
Woman Sprains Ankle After Tripping on Jefferson Street
Eleanor Lacko of 1502 South Jefferson Street twisted her ankle while walking on Thursday at 12 15 p m. She was treated at New Castle Hospital for the sprain.
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Eleanor Lacko
1502
South
Jefferson Street
New Castle Hospital
Island distance noted from Azores to New York
The Azores lie roughly 2,400 miles from New York, marking a substantial Atlantic separation. This distance highlights the transatlantic gap between the Azores and the American coast for travelers and ships.
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Azores
New York
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Winter Co
Squire
Rodney Brodie
Pratt & Lambert
Dramex
Peerless
Wallpaper & Paint Co
E. North St
U.S
Hiroshima
Mill Street
Washington
Mt. Jackson
Hillsville
Pomona
GNDCA
Penney
Penney's
Dacron
Shop Penney’s
Win
Wawra
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