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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1937
Page
8
In a nostalgic portrait, the country town hotel is described as the village hub where news travels, locals argue, drummers arrive, and social life centers. The piece recalls the era’s offices, staff, meals, and the social patterns tied to motel life and hotel culture.
Bunce skitters to Sutter's notion store to buy rib bones or silks for his wife the town dressmaker. A crude hearty crowd in the hotel office laughs with barnyard ribaldry yet feels wholesome beside modern pap. They are tobacco chewers and corn cob pipe smokers wearing two suits and upstanding in their regard for the laws and Constitution. God fearing describes them.
In seasonable weather Sunday mornings the town stares as office chairs line the curb and townspeople watch from the post office and church. Farm boys in Sunday suits ride to Perkins pasture to gawk, while giggly girls glance from windows with expectancy. A nostalgic, prosaic yet tremendous memory of community life.
New Castle district Boy Scouts meet in the First Christian church on the Diamond in New Castle for the June Court of Honor. Dr. R. C. Lutz will preside. The event precedes the National Jamboree trip to Washington by the council’s Troop. The board of review meets June 22 and 21 is the deadline for tests and merit badge applications.
Mrs. J. M. Evans organist of the First Congregational church in this city has been named organist for the Welsh Song and Festival in Canton. The appointment signals high regard for her skill in Welsh musical circles in the district.
Notices list trustee transfers in various townships with cash values and names, followed by prothonotary entries of divorce actions and old judgments. It covers estate letters, executors and administrators, a change in voting precincts for Mahoning township, and a temporary county commissioner office setup on the courthouse porch.
Mrs Silas Collins improves at home. Pittsburgh visitors Alice Brush and daughter call on Mrs Etta Taylor. Numerous relatives from Warren Detroit Ellwood City Columbus New Castle and Grove City visit locals over the weekend and weekdays. David Lloyd accompanying son-in-law Rev William Lloyd plans a month stay.
Enon Valley resident Mr. Lioyd McCowan and Thomas McMullan visited Sewickley on Friday. Various locals and out of town guests stopped by homes in Sewickley and New Castle this week. Virginia Bennett returned home after visiting her aunt in Alliance Ohio. Dropped social calls include Mr. and Mrs. S Gray and son Charles of Pittsburgh and others from Rochester Toledo and Darlington.
They express friendly regard for good neighbors and note they can get along without inviting trouble.
Local residents visit and guest updates include Mrs. M S Brenneman of Leesburg hosting, Mrs. Broadbent of Am boy hosting, and Joe Bowie Jr of Blacktown spending evenings with the Comstock family. A baby girl Catherine Margaret was born to Dr. Paul F. Voelker of Grand Rapids and his wife.
The Brown family expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness sympathy during illness and death of Eva S. Brown wife and mother. Appreciation also for flowers and car donations from the community. James S. Brown and family. Local it.
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