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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
6
Pennsylvania will send about 500 delegates to the World's Sunday School Convention in Los Angeles July 11 to 18. A Pennsylvania School Special train of twelve Pullman cars departs July 4, with another train planned. Nearly every county in the state will be represented and secretaries are informed of the trips.
The St Barnabas Brotherhood announces the annual festival service at St Barnabas Home Gibsonle Pa on the eve of the Feast of St Barnabas apostle and martyr next Sunday afternoon at daylight savings time. Most Rev John Gardner Murray presiding bishop of the Episcopal church will preach on his first visit to the home. Visitors may inspect the charity for friendless penniless men admitted regardless of faith. Local planning groups will drive to the service and Trinity church holds a shortened 1 a.m. service for reverent observance.
Washington correspondent George H Manning reports feeble mindedness and epilepsy rising faster than the state population. First admissions at Laurelton State Village and Penhurst and Polk State schools rose from 310 in 1922 to 439 last year. In 1927 first admissions were 4.5 per 100,000, up from 3.0 in 1926. At year start 3,695 patients were under care across the three institutions, more than in 1910, with 37.7 per 100,000 of population under care versus 21.1 then. Women show higher prevalence than men among admissions and patients under care.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Fell welcome Gladys Pearl May 22. Mr and Mrs C B Anderson hosted two sisters and husbands from Weirton and Youngstown. Families visited Beaver Falls and New Engh Torr for relatives. Mary Sherger and Bernice Bartlett, Ben Franklin juniors, attended Geneva college alumni banquet and graduated. Rev Wade Patterson of Alliance conducts a two week revival at Valley Way chapel. Rev C J Mason, former revival leader near Pittsburgh, accepts call to Albany church. Families from Pittsburgh visit Shenango Valley relatives. Ruth Zeigler, granddaughter of the Pierces, graduates. Mrs Albert Ellis hospital patient recovering well.
In Rich Hill a Children’s Day program is set for June 10 with events at 10 o’clock at C. M. Rolte School. The note lists weekend visitors Mr and Mrs J R Barron at Ellwood and Mr and Mrs E S Reid visiting Everet Well on Harlansburg Road where Mrs Reid’s mother Mrs McConnell has been.
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