Alumni Dinner Precedes Meeting at Hillside
Dresses were made by many alumni present at the gathering. The meeting followed an alumni dinner held at the Hillside venue.
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1922
Page
9
Dresses were made by many alumni present at the gathering. The meeting followed an alumni dinner held at the Hillside venue.
Rev L Ke Peacock 98, famed evangelist, elected head of the Westminister Alumni Association for the coming year at the annual meeting held in Old Main. Officers named include Vice President Tramer Drake, Secretary Elizabeth MieBune, Secretary IT John Gamble, Treasurer Howell Gat, with trustees W W Campbell and James A Chambers. The group also approved paying football athletic debts and set a strict fixture date. Porch thieves on West Washington street looted several homes, taking grass tug, rug, and pillow cushions over two nights.
Cincinnati July 7 The leaders of railway brotherhoods plan a strike vote returnable June 30 with ballots sent to 1 200 000 men. Bert M Jewell AFL official says current signs point to approval and Samuel Gompers supports the move as wage cuts are deemed intolerable. If approved, strikers would be called out July 1.
Bonds in denomination of 1000 dollars each totaling 200000 dollars for city improvements are being printed and will be ready by next week after council advice. They will be numbered and signed to the proper city office before delivery. An Australian investigator notes that dry sprain can be stored in nitrogen or carbon dioxide atmosphere. Cuba reports one million tons of surplus sugar this year.
Acting Mayor Burns weighs a theft ownership dispute over a bicycle long missing from Walter McCracken Harbor road. A boy rides a frame claimed stolen. another says he bought it long ago and the former owner testifies. McCracken promises witnesses to prove his purchase and the bike's ownership, while the case remains before city authorities.
Officer Young detained two men for drunkenness after rounds on Tuesday evening. Ben Williams was fined $5 and costs or six days in jail by the acting mayor. John Sobish faced $10 and costs or nine days in jail.
The piece extols independent women while noting health risks from wage labor. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy that has helped many women regain health, suggesting it can aid others facing nervousness backache and despondency.
Philadelphia June 7 Gifford Pinchot endorses General Asher Miner of Wilkes-Barre for state party chairman. He formally entered Miner over W Larry Baker as aspirant, urging a united party behind the war hero. Pinchot signals policy alignment and challenges to the Leslie Eyre Ware faction.
The organization faced defeat in 62 of 67 counties in the latest primary, signaling a broad setback and challenging its momentum across the region.
Members of Westminster’s 1902 graduating class gathered at Hillside Tuesday evening June 6 for a twenty year reunion. Fifty six in the class, all but one living. Faculty guests included Dr Robert Gracey Ferguson who led a roll call and heard brief updates on each alumnus. Attorney Clyde Gibson of New Castle chaired the arrangements. No formal speeches, the night focused on informal talks and renewing college friendships.
Special to News from New Wilmington Pennsylvania June 7 Per Nielsen head of Westminster College of Music for the past three years will return for the coming season. He signed a contract on Tuesday assuring his return. Julian Raymond Williams piano instructor also returns both plan to study in France this summer Nielsen sails June 7 on the Berensfjord to Norway while Williams and his wife depart June 11 on the Paris to France
Sixty-one graduates received degrees at the sixty first annual commencement in Washington Virginia. Honorary degrees were conferred on four prominent graduates and masters degrees awarded to three others during the ceremony led by college officials and faculty.
Detroit and Washington graduates earned high marks with Sygmamit Cum Laude honors. Rev. William mu ar, DBD, of Western Theological Seminary delivered the 1892 commencement address. The text notes recurring forest fires devastate enough timber annually to house a city, with references to Washington DC New Orleans and San Francisco among others.
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