Gilhool resigns post as secretary of education
Thomas Gilhool resigns as Pennsylvania Education Secretary after criticism of education reforms and funding policy changes. Gov. Casey accepts the resignation, praising his two decades of reform. Acting secretary Terry Dellmuth to assume duties until a permanent replacement is named.
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Gilhool
Harrisburg
UPI
Thomas Gilhool
Casey
Education Department
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
May
Casey Administration
Senate
Ralph Hess
R-York
Pennsylvania State Education Association
John Yarnovic
Yarnovic
TELS
PSEA
Terry Dellmuth
Dellmuth
Billy
Johnny
Senate Education Committee
Memorial service honors aging center members and veterans
The Lawrence County Aging Center held its first memorial on May 26 with civil and military elements. Twenty four members died since January 1988, five veterans, as wreaths and the 23rd Psalm were featured. Clergy, Legion and VFW members led songs, readings and taps, followed by lunch.
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Lawrence County Area Agency On Aging
Doyle Love
Ray Grannis
Center
Ward Mowry
Kenneth Atkinson
Jesus
Lorraine Eles
American Legion Post
Wendell Morris
Tim Evans
St. Camillus Church
Valley of Green
Mendelson Choir of
Pittsburgh
Betsy Pecano
D.C. Davies
Fifty States
V.F. W. Post
Robert Hartsuff
Davies
V.F.W. Post
Charles Shepp
New Castle High School
Anthony DeCarbo
Dorothy Boron
Lawrence County Area Agency On Aging Advisory Board
Earl Ross
Rev. Evans
Hartsuff
Obituary notices span several families in Michigan and Ohio
Obituaries detail Clara Plonka Kurtz of Detroit age 72 who died June 5 1989 in Kalamazoo after a heart attack. Survivors include husband Casimier, son Robert, daughter Bonnie, siblings and five grandchildren. Services at St Robert Bellarmine Church with local arrangements by Noga Funeral Home. Article also lists Ella Mae Squires Betty Weaver Veltre and others with callings, interments, and memorials plus a 1954 New Castle High School reunion notice.
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Clara Plonka Kurtz
Detroit
Mich
New Castle
Burgess Medical Center
Kalamazoo
George and
Aniela Sniezek Plonka
Kurtz
St. Robert Bellarmine Church
Casimier Kurtz
Robert Kurtz
Kirtland
Ohio
Bonnie Welling
Canton
Walter
Bertha) Iwanejko
Joseph
Leona) Jendrysik
Stella) Mielusny
Raymond
Frances) Koszela
Joseph Plonka
Dearborn
Louis Plonka
Frank
Stanley
Helen Kiel
Griffin Funeral Home
Middle Belt
Ann Arbor Trail
Westland
St. Robert Bellarmine
St. Hedwigs Cemetery
Noga Funeral Home Inc
S. Mill St
Ella Mae Squires
Beaver Falls
Turner Funeral Home
Sixth St
Ellwood City
Eugene DeMarco
Christian Assembly Church
New Brighton
Turner’s
Slippery Rock Cemetery
Wayne Township
Betty Weaver Veltre
Hillsville
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mio
Amos
Jennie Lantz Weaver
Veltre
L.J. Rich and Sons Paving Company
Richard Perrott
Carmen Veltre
Gary Young
Bessemer
Jeff Veltre
Sayreville
N.J
Robert
Jean) Fairchild
Boardman
Pete
Odessa) Crivelli
Youngstown
Allen
Georgia
Chandler
Salem
Larent Weaver
New Middletown
Gerald Weaver
Norwalk
Calif
Beryl
Olin
Prudence Scott
Gladys Hornbeck
Mildred Webb
Wanda Wilson
Jane Mussler
H. Ralph Cunningham
Oak St. Bessemer
Reunion scheduled for August twenty sixth at Oak Tree Club
United Press International reports by William Saroyan once faced a $30000 debt in 1947 forcing loss of nearly all personal property leaving him and his wife with only a suitcase each. Norma Tavolier Vranjes chairs the gathering. Rabies clinic set for Thursday at New Beaver Firehall from 5 to 7 pm. inoculation costs five dollars per animal. A State Rep staffer will visit New Wilmington Thursday from 10 am to noon to assist constituents with state-related problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Saroyan
Big Beaver Grange
New Beaver Borough
Frank LaGrotta
New Wilmington
Foley Poised to become House speaker amid scandal
Representative Thomas Foley of Washington prepared to assume the speaker’s post as Democrats nominate him to replace Jim Wright who resigned after ethics charges. Wright, the 48th speaker, will leave the chair by month’s end and Foley faces only a symbolic opposition from Robert Michel as the party commands a 259 to 175 House majority.
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Rep. Foley
House
Washington
UPI
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Texas
Jim Wright
Foley
Robert Michel
Illinois
Wright
Fort Worth
Michel
Summer reading kicks off at New Castle Library
Youth Services Coordinator Anne Graham announced the 2026 summer program at New Castle Public Library. Programs include a June 5 puppet kickoff, a Digging For Dinosaurs theme, weekly storytimes for ages 4 to 7 starting June 16, and a 7 to 10 year old craft program beginning June 21 with eight and six week runs respectively.
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New Castle Public Library
Anne Graham
Graham
Beth Rashid
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