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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1931
Page
10
Dr F Starr Judd of Mayo Clinic urged tougher exams for specialists and more common sense in medicine. He said specialization is overdone and proposed certification after a specialty exam. He praised the family doctor and urged curricula reform to reduce medical training length.
Chief C. C. Horner ordered the city police to tear down and destroy signs advertising an upcoming dance found on telephone poles. Officers will punish those responsible to the fullest extent of the law, per city ordinance and state law prohibitions.
Chief of Police C. C. Horner asked city motorists to refrain from parking on South Jefferson from Washington to Market Way and on Washington in front of Cripps Hardware from 10 30 a m until the Salvation Army leader Evangeline Booth and her party finish their meeting here. The measure aims to ease the expected vast crowd gathering Thursday morning.
New Castle residents may see a Ringling-Barnum & Bailey advance visit as they inspect the Lehigh Portland cement field east of the city for a potential big top performance in late July.
Dorothy Mary Hannon aged 6 suffered severe burns to hands and back when her clothes caught fire while she played with matches in the family kitchen at 10 a m. Her mother, Mrs. Daniel J. Hannon, raced to extinguish the flames and the girl was under medical care today. Her younger brother Donnie aged 4 was present in the kitchen.
Miss Marshall Saunders of Toronto author of Beautiful Joe says each toad is worth 20 dollars to the country and urges children not to harm them. She keeps toad hotels at her Toronto home and shares facts about her pets. An inset shows Miss Saunders with her sister Nell in period costumes once shown to the Duke and Duchess of York.
John R Steele of Oil City was elected department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in the Pennsylvania Department 65th encampment in Lancaster with Harrisburg set for the next encampment site. Other officers include Martin R Good and A J Pugh.
County commissioners P. O. Elder and T. J. McCullough inspect and oversee a drainage project on Plaingrove Road. A large augur about sixteen inches in diameter is used to bore a hole under the road in front of the Presbyterian parsonage to relieve water in the gutter without tearing up the road.
Claire Milliken sues the Palm estate administrator Paul Guthrie for 25843 dollars claiming Carl Palm’s speeding caused a fatal crash on the New Castle Youngstown road near Pulaski and Edenburg. Milliken cites medical bills of 643 dollars and seeks compensation for injuries.
Earl Owens, son of Rev and Mrs George E Owens, graduated from Bethany College Bethany West Virginia on Tuesday as third honor student. He won a Yale scholarship to study for the ministry and will enter advanced studies at Yale University. Friends of Rev Owens attended the graduation ceremony.
Public library trustees heard May donations to the New Castle free library announced by librarian Miss Alice Sterling. Names include Mrs. Elizabeth Cole Kenneth Cole Mrs. C. G. Holbrook Mrs. Law rence Hutt Mrs. Jackson Mrs. G. L. Kimball and the Lawrence chapter of the D A R.
Hundreds of children attended the opening of the Carnegie playgrounds on South Jefferson street. The Carnegie Steel company funds the site with R. J. Tully as general superintendent. The grounds run daily until September 5 with sessions 9 to 12, 1 30 to 5, and 6 to 9. Miss Gertrude Hoenstein leads girls activities. George Bechtel runs the playground. Mov Pictures will not be shown this year. sliding boards were rebuilt and early amusements resumed.
Attaches of the recreation board announced that city playgrounds will open Monday. Plans for installing equipment are underway and the tennis courts at Bovies Field and George Washington Junior High will also open Monday. No new equipment will be purchased this year. The garden pea is noted as the oldest known vegetable.
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