Ground Breaks For Westminster College Dormitory Memorial
Westminster College held a formal ground breaking for the Robert Audley Browne Memorial Dormitory at 3 p m Tuesday The ceremony near the gym featured initial digs by W E Browne and Dr J C Kistler with prayers from Dr W D Trons The college also awarded contracts for the dormitory and the Old Main Memorial replacing the burned structure Old Main contracts went to Smith and Baum an R T Withers Sons and Ochiltree Electric The J Clyde Gilfillan Company will build the Browne dormitory and work on both projects begins immediately
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New Wilmington
Robert Audley Browne
Westminster College
Westminster
Memorial Hall
McKelvey
W. E. Browne
New Castle
J. C. Kistler
Ben Avon
Board of Trustees
W. D. Trons
McDonald
Kistler
Main
Old Main
J. Clyde Gilfillan Company
Smith and Bauman
R. T. Withers Sons and Company
Ochiltree Electric Company of
Pittsburgh
Service Division Banquet for Scottish Rite Members and Wives
Scottish Rite Service Division members of New Castle and their wives held their first annual banquet and social in the east dining room of the Scottish Rite Cathedral on Tuesday evening June 7. About 120 attended the dinner served by Wimodausis ladies. John E. Elliott introduced the members and guests, with James P. Toler as master of ceremonies. Speeches by John Wallace and Mayor William H. Dunlap praised the division and urged cooperation. A junior orchestra, The Castl etons, performed, and the evening continued with cards and dancing.
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Service Division
New Castle
Scottish Rite
John E. Elliott
James P. Toler
John §. Wallace
J. O. Funkhouser
M. P. Moller, Inc
Hagerstown
Maryland
Castletons
Henry Badger
Stanley Treser
Howard Erwin
W. A. Taylor
Youth Is Killed By Fast Express
Philadelphia report states 17 year old Archie Durr of Marthaville Louisiana died after being struck by a Pennsylvania railroad express. The incident occurred in Philadelphia as the youth sustained fatal injuries.
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Fast Express
International News Service
Philadelphia
dArchie Durr
Marthaville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Women Drivers and Road Decisions
A humorous remark notes most women drivers prefer not to choose the entire road but lag in deciding which half to take, reflecting playful stereotypes about driving speed and decisiveness.
Summer school opens June 13 at Franklin Junior High
Senior High announces a six week summer session from 8 30 a m to 12 noon starting Monday June 13 at Benjamin Franklin Junior High. New Castle public school students with failures or conditions may make up work by attending. Advanced work available to students with 90 percent average or better. Proceeds from the recent school play Craig's Wife funded the sweaters.
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Frank L. Orth
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
New Castle
Closing Chapel Friday at Senior High honors posters and teams
The closing chapel Friday June 10 marks the end of the school year at Senior High. Awards for art posters with Lawrence County Garden Club prizes go to Maude Throop Margaret Zimmerly and Frances Carson with honorable mentions to Louise Davies Claudia Bauman Sadie White Philip Cohen Clark McClelland and Tony Anncello. A Carnegie Steel Co safety division representative will present posters on display in Carnegie auditorium. Letters sweaters and more will be awarded to football basketball and track team members from the past year.
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Lawrence County Garden Club
Maude Throop
Margaret Zimmer
Frances Carson
Louise Davies
Claudia Bauman
Sadie White
Philip Cohen
Clark McClelland
Tony Anncello
Carnegie Steel Co
Carnegie Auditorium
Senior High Band Heads to Slippery Rock Commencement
Members of the senior high school band traveled by bus and car to Slippery Rock Pennsylvania for the commencement program at Slippery Rock State Normal. They expect to return Tuesday night.
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Slippery Rock
Slippery Rock State Normal School
Final School Term Reports Issued Tuesday June 7
On Tuesday June 7 the last reports for the present school term were issued. The monthly grade final exam grade points semester average and whether the student failed completed or was conditioned in the subject were included in the report.
Numerals Still Remain At Senior High After Vandalism
Numerals 27 painted on walks portables and the main building at the Senior High school remain visible after attempts to remove them. Portables had the marks painted over. the main building was covered with red mortar and the walks with cement. Recent rains washed away the cement and the numerals reappeared as future classes tread them down.
Cathedral Organ Construction Starts at Westminster College
Work on the large pipe organ for the Scottish Rite Cathedral began June 7 under M. P. Moller Inc. The project, seen as the finest organ built by the firm, is to be completed in about three months. Westminster College is celebrating a period of rapid progress and growing prominence.
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J. O. Funkhouser
M. P. Moller, Inc
Hagerstown
Maryland
Funkhouser
New Wilmington Hails Governor at Westminster Commencement
New Wilmington celebrates Westminster College 75th commencement anniversary as Governor John S. Fisher of Pennsylvania visits. Westminster alumni and town residents rise to honor the event with patriotic display and formal proceedings marking the milestone in the college’s history.
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New Wilmington
U. S
Westminster Grads
Old Town
Westminster
John S. Fisher
Pennsylvania
Fireman Receives Medal for Saving Dog Hero Trixie
Blairsville Pa June 8 J G Martin a bashful plumber and fireman was awarded a gold medal by the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society for saving the life of Trixie a Fox Terrier during a February fire in Blairsville The dog later helped save six families before facing death until Martins arrival The medal which is the societies first for saving an animal life was presented at its thirty third meeting in Pittsburgh
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International News Service
Blairsville
J. G. Martin
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
Trixie
Martin
Humane Society
Pittsburgh
Westminster Alumni Day Ends With Peace Pow Wow
Westminster College Alumni Day featured a senior class Day program in Community Hall and a late afternoon peace pow wow on campus. Princess Tsianina performed Indian songs at the United Presbyterian church, with vaudeville acts by Orange and Black artists and a magic act. senior and junior representatives and ushers participated in color presentation and peace rituals, including a genuine peace pipe from the Pipestone reservation.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Princess Tsianina
United Presbyterian Church
Isabel McConagha
Helen Davidson
Infram
Dolly Cassidy
Burgettstown
Bricker
Brown Bricker
Braddock
Cannibal
Harry Newell
Sharon
Paul Jones
Andrew Harmody
Albert Berry
Eighty- Four
Hortensia
May Richards
New Castle
the Daily Doesn't
Howayd Logan
Edgewood
The
Oriole Music Makers
Mary Smith
Mary Braham
Margaret Munro
Oakmont
Isabel McConaghn
Lillian Wright
Springboro
Thirston
the Magician and Company
Jess Cogley
Ingram
Nancy Miller
Butler
Paul Gtontgomery
Joseph Dickson
Pittsburgh
Robert Furst
Helen Stewart
Mary Stewart
Freeport
Ruth McCormick
Parnassis
Martha Wallace
Parnassus
Mae Sands
Dorothy Eccles
Tsianina
Westminster
Pipestone Reservation
Pipestone
Minn
Robert Ferguson
Bellevue
Westminster College Alumni Day Sees Oldest Grad Return
NEW WILMINGTON Pa June Probably the oldest grad in attendance at Westminster college Alumni Day was J W Stewart of Cleveland class of 1869 now retired. He visited the campus meeting old friends and noting changes since his student days. Fraternity and sorority reunions followed with classes 1902 1907 1817 and 1897 gathering at various locations.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
J. W. Stewart
Cleveland
Stewart
New Castle Field Club
J. G. Patterson
McLaughry’s
Overlook
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