State College grants 807 degrees at June commencement
Eight hundred seven degrees were conferred at Penn State's 72nd annual June commencement in Recreation Hall. Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel announced 718 bachelor’s, 78 master and technical, and 11 doctorates were awarded, with 1108 degrees for the college year. Reverend Dr. Sizoo delivered the baccalaureate sermon.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College Today
Ralph D. Hetzel
Recreation Hall
John H. McCracken
Lafayette College
Joseph R. Sizoo
Washington, D. C
Penn State
Hetzel
Lawrence County
Arthur FE. Allen
Boyles Avenue
Kappa Gamma Psi
Kappa Kappa Psi
Phi Mu Alpha
Alpha Gamma Rho
College Blue Band
Phi Kappa Psi members listed with campus roles
The report lists Phi Kappa Psi members James A. Lyle of 312 Elizabeth Avenue in agricultural engineering and Samuel H. McGoun Jr of 212 East Moody Avenue in commerce and finance. It notes Robert M. Warner of 414 Wallace Avenue in architectural engineering and their fraternity affiliations and activities.
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Phi Kappa
James A. Lyle
Elizabeth Avenue
William B. McGeehan
Martin Street
Kappa Gamma Psi
Phi Mu Alpha
Kappa Kappa Psi
College Blue Band
Crab Apple Club
Alpha Gamma Rho
Samuel H. McGoun, Jr
East
Moody Avenue
Commerce and Finance
Phi Delta Theta
Robert M. Warner
Wallace Avenue
Phi Kappa Psi Social
Police Called To West Side Store
A noon Sunday call to the W. E. Mc Kee store on Smithfield street led Sergeant D. T. Nelson to find the shop open with a man seen leaving minutes earlier. The owner reported nothing missing and the door apparently unsecured since Saturday night.
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W. E. McKee
Smithfield Street
D. T. Nelson
History Class At Temple Israel
The Married People's Class in Jewish History meets Monday evening at 8 15 p m in the Temple Israel Board room Highland and Moody Avenues. Rabbi Avery Jonah Grossfield will discuss The Life of the Jew During the Age of Darkness in Europe with questions to follow.
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Temple Israel
Highland and
Moody Avenues
Avery Jonah Grossfield
Europe
Hospital Seeks Parents Consent For Emergency Operation
Police received a noon Sunday message asking to contact Mr and Mrs Floyd C Thompson of this city to obtain consent for an urgent emergency operation on their 19 year old daughter Irene Thompson at an Atlantic City hospital. The parents, located at 1126 Croton avenue, gave consent and were notified to the hospital. The parents had not heard from their daughter for two years and did not know her whereabouts until the message arrived.
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Floyd C. Thompson
Irene Thompson
Atlantic City
Croton Avenue
Graham To Address Bethany Graduates
Dr Ben G Graham superintendent of schools in Pittsburgh will address Bethany College fifty two seniors at the eighty ninth commencement in Commencement Hall. The academic procession from Pendleton Heights will precede the ceremony and alumni will gather for a noon luncheon in Phillips Hall with reunion meetings for the classes of 1912 and 1922. The president's reception at Pendleton Heights will follow with Dr and Mrs Goodnight hosting from three to five.
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Bethany
W. Va
Ben G Graham
Pittsburgh
Bethany College
Pendleton Heights
Phillips Hall
Goodnight
Unveil Memorial To Dr. R. F. Ferguson
A memorial stone honoring Dr. Robert Gracey Ferguson former Westminster College president was dedicated in New Wilmington Pennsylvania on the Westminster College campus. The 2:30 ceremony featured Miss Mel Eckerson great granddaughter of Ferguson pulling the cord to unveil the bronze marker as the audience sang America. Rev. James M. Ferguson offered prayer and Rev. J. Reade McCrory delivered the address.
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New Wilmington
Robert Gracey Ferguson
Westminster College
R. F. Galbreath
Market Street
Old Main Memorial
Mel Eckerson
Washington
Ferguson
America
James M. Ferguson
Bellevue
J. Reade McCrory
Cambride
Alan B. Davis
Picnic Night Opens Cottage Season for Local Business Women
The Business and Professional Women's club of New Castle holds its annual picnic at 6 PM at their cottage overlooking Lakewood. The event marks the summer opening and many members plan to attend.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club of
New Castle
Lakewood
Elks Conclave in Birmingham to Draw 30000 Delegates
The 68th Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks national convention is expected to attract over 30,000 attendees in Birmingham Alabama during the week of July 10. The Grand Lodge parade will feature more than 10,000 marchers, with Legion Field hosting the parade and a nationwide radio broadcast planned. The event includes bridge, golf, trapshooting and other activities as Birmingham positions itself as the Magic City. In related incident New Castle lodge delegates arrive as two men break a store display window, steal three suits and hats, and flee.
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Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Birmingham
Ala
United States
Grand Lodge
Legion Field
New Castle Lodge
Bandits Loot Nelson's Store For 3000 In Cash
Robbers hid in Nelson's Inc store before closing and fled with about 3000 dollars from the safe. The side door was bolted but found open by a patrolman two hours later, yielding no definite clues. Manager E Schmitt noted locked windows and doors at the time. A five passenger car was sighted near Sykes & Klinecloth later.
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Franklin
Nelson’s, Inc
E. Schmitt
Sykes & Kline Cloth
Deaconess Board Convened at Deaconess Home
The Erie Conference Deaconess Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church held its annual meeting at the Deaconess Home on Phillips Street. Four district deaconesses led parish work in New Castle with Miss Ida Schnackle heading the home, while talks covered Lucy Webb Hayes Training School and conference activities. Officers from Greenville Oil City and others spoke, with visits to the home and refreshments served.
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Erie Conference
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Phillips Street
New Castle
Ida Schnackle
Eve B. Nicklin
Croton
Beulah Magruder
First
Merle Kolb
Euclid Avenue
Simpson
Epworth
Frock and Eppinger Families Visit Cleveland
New Bedford residents Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Frock and Margaret, and Jean Frock spent Friday in Cleveland. Dean Eppinger is on the sick list. Mrs. A. J. Gerner of Petrolia visits her daughter Mrs. Carl Eppinger. H. A. Wetzel in Youngstown and Mrs. H. A. Wetzel in New Castle. The Wetzel family and others toured Potter county. Betty Shehy hospitalized in New Castle with typhoid fever. Mrs. William Dunnavant of Warren, Ohio visited her mother Mrs. J. W. Clark.
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Elmer Frock
Margaret
Jean Frock
Cleveland
Dean Eppinger
A. J. Gerner
Petrolia
Carl Eppinger
H. A. Wetzel
Youngstown
New Castle
Mabel
M. Tatar
Sophie
Betty Shehy
New Castle Hospital
William Dunnavant
Warren, O
J. W. Clark
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Martha L. Boak
Ellen H. Richards
Penn State Grange and Country Life Club
Walter A. Kielar
Spring Street
Education
Cramer
East Washington St
Westinghouse
Kirk Hutton & CO
Florsheim
E. Wash
N Mill
West Side Store
WETO
Jacob F. Perelman
Wallace Bidg
Mercer
East Washington
Studebaker
Rockne
Barnes-Snyder
Graham
R. F. Ferguson
Westminster
Ernoon
Business Women
Neiman’s
Hamburg
Washington and
Beaver Streets
Ky “Tm R
B.O
Lifebudy
By Canoget
Rinso
Sylvia
Phil
Lever Brothers CO
Emma Lang
Elks
Deaconess
New Bedford
Derson
Potter County
Cascade Park
Jack Hulmes
Old Mill
Kiddies
Neil Wooldridge
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