Fire School in Union Township to Host Biggest Week Yet
The 1955 Lawrence County Fire School in Union Township June 20 to 25 expects about 400 volunteer firemen from 18 departments. Registration June 20 at 6:30 PM, classes run 7 PM to 10 PM with ladder and pump practice, river rescue, gas masks and more. Special fire police classes led by Cpl. H G Rice.
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Lawrence County
Union Township
Union Township Memorial
Cascade Park
Pennsylvania Public Service Institute
George Prince
Chemical
Koppers Company, Inc
Kotuba
Prince
Irving Cheney
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Cpl
H. G. Rice
Pennsylvania State Police
Union Township Volunteer Fire Department
Lloyd Hamill
Joseph Sparr
Theron Carr
Ted Jameson
Lee Campbell
Jim Messner
Plans to Extend Defense Mobilization Program Two Years
Senator Homer Capehart announces a bill to extend the defense mobilization program for two years without standby wage price controls. He says he still supports emergency controls for the President but notes the administration has dropped prior proposals.
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Washington
INS
Homer E Capehart
Ind
Capehart
White House
Recent Returnee From Korea Speaks To Local Rotarians
William Richards, a recent returnee from Korea, spoke to the New Castle Rotary Club at its noon meeting describing experiences there. He called Koreans not very ambitious and noted crude living and working conditions. A Q and A covered Korean education medicine and highways. Delbert Denniston DeLace Cole and Crawford Lyons were welcomed back from the Chicago national convention. Homer Choate attended his last meeting before transferring to Pittsburgh.
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William Richards
Korea
New Castle Rotary Club
Delbert Denniston
DeLace Cole
Crawford Lyons
Chicago
Homer Choate
Pittsburgh
Drowning Reported Near Jackson Center Mercer County
The first summer drowning occurred about 2 PM Monday near Jackson Center Mercer County about 25 miles north of Harlansburg. Victim was Robert Pilner R D 1 Jackson Center. Jackson town ship volunteer firemen tried artificial respiration but failed. Accident reported via Central Fire Station two way radio.
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Jackson Center
Mercer County
Harlansburg
Robert Pilner
R. D
Jackson Town
Pilner
Navy uses vast butter supply at Great Lakes base
The Navy consumes about 18 million eight hundred fifty thousand pounds of butter per year, highlighting the sizable food provisioning at the Great Lakes facility.
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NAVY
Great Lakes
Herman Green To Head 1955 Chest Drive
Herman W. Green, vice president of the Peoples Bank of Lawrence County and a New Castle hospital director, will lead the 1955 Community Chest campaign. A lifelong New Castle resident and noted golfer, he succeeds Alfred G. Hawkins as campaign chairman. Announcement came from Sam H. Byers, Chest president. Further appointments will follow.
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Herman W. Green
Community Chest of
New Castle and
Green
Peoples Bank of
Lawrence County
New Castle Hospital
Community Chest
New Castle
Alfred G. Hawkins
Sam H. Byers
The
Four Area Airmen Begin Air Force Basic Training at Lackland
Four area men complete Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base Texas known as the Gateway to the Air Force. They are Robert W Hamill Raymond P Baxter Harland P Christy and Clarence Eplum their addresses and parent names are listed. The program leads to technical training or duty assignment and includes aptitude evaluation for selecting a career field.
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Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Robert W. Hamill
Helen Hamill
Fast Street
Raymond P. Baxter
Paul Baxter
Cunningham Avenue
Harland P. Christy
Joe Mathews
R. D
Clarence Eplum
Helen Montgomery
Wampum
Lackland
Three Local Scouts Attend Conference at Slippery Rock
Three local Girl Scouts attended the Five Council conference held this past weekend at Slippery Rock State Teachers College. Carol Golla Kay Nord and Kay Kennedy attended the meeting with representatives from Greenville Meadville Sharon and Grove City Councils. The theme was Careers and speakers from professional fields addressed job and college applications with Miss Hazel Osborn of the University of Pittsburgh also speaking.
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Slippery Rock State Teachers College
Carol Golla
Kay Nord
Kay Kennedy
Greenville
Meadville
Sharon
Grove
Hazel Osborn
University of Pittsburgh
Koch Named President-Elect of New Castle Ministerial Association
Dr. Garth Koch pastor of First Baptist church was elected president-elect at the New Castle Ministerial Association meeting held in First Presbyterian church. He will take duties at the first meeting in September with Dr. Thomas E. Pletcher, current president, passing the gavel. Rev. Henry B. Strock Jr. is vice president elect and Rev. Robert Ranck secretary-treasurer. News head Rentz urged precise church news and timely, fresh stories to better church relations. A School of Christian Living will be organized next fall, meeting at First Methodist and First Presbyterian churches from Sept 27 to Nov 1.
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Garth Koch
First Baptist Church
New Castle Ministerial Association
Koch
First Presbyterian Church
Henry B. Strock, Jr
Central Presbyterian Church
Robert Ranck
Thomas E. Pletcher
First Christian Church
Association
Richard FE. Rentz
The
New Castle News
Rentz
School of Christian Living
First Methodist
First Presbyterian
North
Jefferson Street
School of Christian Living to be run by local church groups
The School of Christian Living will be operated jointly by the New Castle Ministerial Association and the New Castle Council of Churches. Shenango Y M C A executive secretary Paul Dice spoke on the YMCA history and branch activities aimed at steering youths away from delinquency through wholesome spiritual recreation. The union plans a chaplain for CAP, and the association’s president will take office after the September 12 reassembly following the final meeting of the season.
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School of Christian Living
New Castle Ministerial Association
New Castle
Association
C.A.P
Union
Koch
Ottawa Law Students Surge in Enrollment
About 2,600 students are pursuing law degrees in Canadian universities and colleges this year, up 66 from last year and 469 from the 1952-53 period, reflecting growing interest in legal studies across the country.
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Ottawa
4-H County Council Sets Meeting and Aims
The 4-H County Council will meet Thursday at East New Castle Grange at 8 30 p m to form a group constitution and plan county wide activities. Officers elected at the first meeting include Dave Martin president Carolyn Collie vice president Carol Coultas secretary Dick Martin treasurer John Marshall views reporter and Joann Alborn game leader. About 75 youths are eligible to join the council and a Grove City picnic is planned for July 14.
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East New Castle Grange
Dave Martin
Carolyn Collie
Carol Coultas
Dick Martin
Charles Dickinson
John Marshall
Joann Alborn
Little
Big Beaver
Robert Reno
Grove City
Guy H. Temple
Lincoln authorized enlistment of Negroes in 1862 Army
The 1862 order by President Lincoln allowed African Americans to enlist in the U S Army. The Medal of Honor was later awarded to 14 National Guardsmen for World War II service.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
United States
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