Philadelphia Bankers Win Debate at AIB Convention
Philadelphia won the judges’ decision in the twenty-ninth annual American Institute of Banking convention debate held in Pittsburgh on the compulsory unemployment insurance proposal. The Quaker City team included Edward F. Matthews William K. Carr Harry C. Culshaw and Albert W. Whittesey as alternate. Los Angeles featured Robert L. Gordon Harold P. Cunningham Murray M. Chotiner and L. O. Griffith as alternate. Public speaking winners of the A Giannini Endowment Fund were Walter C. Brinker Jr John M. Gordon W B Patts and Harold W. Walgren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Today
Los Angeles
American Institute of Banking
Quaker City
Philadelphia
Edward F. Matthews
First National Bank
William K. Carr
Central Trust and Savings Bank
Harry C. Culshaw
Franklin Trust Company
Albert W. Whittesey
Robert L. Gordon
Bank of America
Harold P. Cunningham
Murray M. Chotiner
National Trust and Savings Association
L. O. Griffith
California Bank
A. P. Giannini Endowment Fund
Walter C. Brinker, Jr
Denver
John M. Gordon
W. B. Patts
Wichita
Harold W. Wallgren
New Castle Girl Scouts Get One Room School House
Miss Nance Pugh announces that the Neshannock township school directors have granted New Castle Girl Scout troops use of a vacant one room school near Coaltown for six months. The space will host meetings and events through the summer, with hope it becomes an official Little House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Girl Scouts
Girl Scout
Coaltown
Girl Scout Council
Elizabeth Reis
Martha Bigley
Helen R. Wilson
F. E. Sowersby
Elsa Ashmore
C. R. Ralph
Herbert Christman
Florence Davis
Howard Gregg
W. H. Hanger
John Higgins
Henry Rappold
Ray Robison
Alice Sterling
Home seismograph in Bellaire detects quakes early
Mrs. Charles Bickmeier of Bellaire Ohio uses a crude home made seismograph, a butcher’s steel knife sharpener hung from a heavy log pillar in her basement, to sense earthquakes hours before official stations. The device sways with tremors, suggesting local bedrock extends deep.
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Charles Bickmeier
Bellaire
Missionary Dinner At Central Christian Church
Members of the Anna Kildoc Missionary Society enjoyed a turreen dinner for 35 in the church dining room. A business session followed with retiring president Mrs. Margaret Davis chairing and new officers elected: Mrs. Lillian Houston president, Mrs. Jessie Strobel vice president, Mrs. Charlotte Conelly secretary, Mrs. Amy Wink assistant secretary, Florence Strobel treasurer, and Mrs. Margaret Jenkins assistant. Next meeting set for Tuesday July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Kildoc Missionary Society
Central Christian Church
Amy Wink
Sarah Hopper
Charlotte Conelly
Elizabeth Critchlow
Margaret Davis
Lillian Houston
Jessie Strobel
Florence Strobel
Margaret Jenkins
Ladies Scottish Club Closes Season With Dinner At Inn
Members gathered Tuesday evening for a chicken dinner marking the club's closing meeting of the season. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. James Morgan and Mrs. John Kinnon during the entertainment period with special guests Mrs. Charles Shoaff and Mrs. Emerson Chalmers. Meetings resume in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Scottish Club
James Morgan
John Kinnon
Charles Shoaff
Emerson Chalmers
Birthday celebration for Gerald Anderson by Dewey Avenue
Mrs. E. A. Anderson of Dewey Avenue entertained several children Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the first birthday of her son Gerald. Those taking part included Joan Benninghof Patty Joe Leyde Ele Anore Mae Magee Bobby Florida Donnie Hanna Bobby Norman Stoner and the guest who received many gifts from playmates.
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E. A. Anderson
Dewey Avenue
Gerald
Joan Benninghof
Patty Joe Leyde
Eleanore Mae Magee
Bobby Florida
Donnie Hanna
Bobby
Norman Stoner
Grahams to Spend Summer in Ashland Ky
Joe Bartberger and the Grahams depart for Ashland Kentucky to spend the summer with Mr and Mrs D C Graham and sons Everette and Robert. Bartberger will return to the city next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bartberger
Locust Street
D. C. Graham and
Everette and
Robert
Walnut Street
Ashland
Grahams
Bartberger
Mrs Urey and Miss Williams Stay in Atlantic City
Mrs F F Urey of 400 Laurel Boulevard and her niece Miss Louisa Williams of Pittsburgh are enjoying a stay in Atlantic City and are registered at Chalfonte Haddon Hall.
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F. F. Urey
Laurel Boulevard
Louisa Wiliams
Pittsburgh
Atlantic City
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall
Myers Family Reunion Set for June 18 at Grange Hall
The Myers family reunion is scheduled for Thursday June 18 at the Williard Grange Hall located on Frew Mill road. The event gathers relatives for a day of reunion activities.
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Myers
Williard Grange Hall
Frew Mill Road
G A T 1914 Club Picnic Postponed One Week
The picnic at Cascade Park planned for Thursday has been postponed for one week. The event is organized by the G. A. T. 1914 Club.
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Cascade Park
Kensington Club to Gather at Mrs M J Young Home
The 1919 Kensington members will be entertained Thursday at the home of Mrs. M. J. Young on Hill Crest Avenue.
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Kensington
M. J. Young
Hillcrest Avenue
McKee Bible Class Dinner Planned for June 16
Members of the Annetta McKee Bible Class will enjoy a tureen dinner Tuesday June 16 at the home of Mrs. D R Bolard on King Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annetta McKee Bible Class
D. R. Boliard
King Avenue
Gibson families hold 18th reunion at Willard Grange Hall
The 18th annual Gibson family reunion is set for Wednesday June 17 at the Willard Grange Hall with relatives gathering for a community event and shared memories.
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Gibson
Willard Grange Hall
Missionary Program At 216 Walnut Street
In Religious and Fraternal Circles Gospel Tabernacle a missionary program is planned for Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The event will be held in the home of Mrs. C. J. Montgomery at 216 Walnut street with Miss Cecelia Lewis as the leader.
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Gospel Tabernacle
C. J. Montgomery
Walnut Street
Cecelia Lewis
Missionary Meeting Elects Officers at Croton Avenue Church
The Women’s Home Missionary Society of Croton Avenue Methodist Church will hold a monthly business meeting Thursday evening at the Deaconess Home on Phillips Street to elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Croton Avenue Methodist Church
Phillips Street
Virginia Boyer Missionary Society Meeting
Members of the Virginia Boyer Missionary Society at Bethany Lutheran Church will be received Thursday evening in the parsonage with Miss Virginia Woods as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Boyer Society
Virginia Boyer Missionary Society
Bethany Lutheran Church
Virginia Woods
Stephenson Circle to Meet at Mrs Bollard Home
The Stephenson Circle of the First Methodist Church will gather Thursday evening at Mrs D R Bollard's residence on King Avenue. Election of officers will take place during the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson
First Methodist Church
D. R. Bollard
King Avenue
Berean Bible Class Meets Friday at Klingensmith Home
Members of the Berean Bible class gather Friday at 2 30 in the home of Mrs David Klingensmith 109 South Crawford avenue with Mrs Nancy Gordon as leader and Mrs Frank Rudesill as teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berean Bible Class
David Klingensmith
South
Crawford Avenue
Nancy Gordon
Frank Rudesill
Ever Ready Class Hosts Thursday Meeting at East Brook Home
Members of the Ever Ready class of the First Methodist church will meet Thursday evening at the home of Catherine Newberry on the East Brook road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Catherine Newberry
East Brook Road
Uniformed Scouts to Attend Service in New Castle
Uniformed Girl Scouts of New Castle are asked to meet at 10 30 Thursday morning at the Y W C A corner to guard the reception for Commander In Chief Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army, who will conduct services in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Local Notes On Many Residents Visiting and Recovering
A roundup of community updates lists residents visiting relatives in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, illnesses and recoveries, hospital stays, and upcoming camps. Names include W. E. Wright Eric, Clayton Swickard, Mrs M Aspery, James Anderson, Bernard Kline, D Roy Bradford, William Haycock, Dorothy Young, Mary Jane Metzler, John Reed, Richard Brush, Helen Shaffer, Guy Lanbiacci, Clair Hall, Eleanor Drury, Ann and Dot Cain, Bobbie Braido, Frank Meyers, Edwin Johnson, Fred McKee, Jack Thompson, Harvey Martin, Thelma Merrilees, Pete Wehrnyak, Betty Pollard, Mary E Martin, Gladys Rich, Dora Weatherby, Dora Weatherby, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Young
East Wallace Avenue
East Brook
Mary Jane Metzler
Park Avenue
John E. Reed
South Bay Street
Oak Street
Richard Brush
Wilkinsburg
Helen Shaffer
Court Street
Y. W
Jameson Hospital
Fred McKee
The
West Penn Co
Butler
New Castle
Jack Thompson
Knox Avenue
Cleveland
Harvey Martin
326 Park Avenue
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Charlotte Chamber
Ellwood City
Thelma Merrilees
Albert Street
Y. W. Camp
Pete Wehrnyak
Bessemer
R. A. Mattison
Buffalo
Railway Express Agency
Louise McCoy
East Brook Camp
A. W. Chilton
Chamber of Commerce
R. F. Holt
Moody and Highland Avenues
Bertha Walters
Harding Str
Pete Sparano
Cincinnati
Grant Street
Alfred Gooch
Maryland Avenue
Milton Tyler
Carson Street
Ida M. Hammill
R. D
Nick Onicka
West Pittsburg
Harold Vahue
Sheridan Avenue
Vahue
Helen L. Propst
Morganton
N. C
C. M. Propst
North Beaver Street
Dorothy Blim
Norwood Avenue
Grace Dodson
Indiana
James MacKenzie
Lutton Street
New Castle Hospital
Harold Boak
Wallace Avenue
New England States
Robert Richard
Meyer Avenue
Thomas Parkinson
Finch Street
Ida Allison
Slippery Rock
Betty Pollard
Front Street
Akron
Children’s Hospital
Mary E. Martin
County Line Street
Howard Munnell
McKeesport
Martha Collins
Walnut Street
Gladys Rich
Ogden
Utah
Billy Parkinson
Finch St
E. C. Beahm
Moody Avenue
Toronto
Canada
Grass Fire Leads To Court Trial
Judge Chambers hears case of Joe Burcik of Wayne Township charged with setting fire to Adolph Jane’s land. Burcik was burning grass on his property when the blaze spread, causing considerable damage and alleged carelessness in allowing the fire to spread.
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Chambers
Joe Burcik
Wayne Township
Adolph Jane
Burcik
Jane
Mother of Forty Mary Raymond Gives Home to Welfare Work
Mrs. Mary E. Raymond of Girard Kansas has housed 40 youths through high school during 23 years of marriage. She donated her home to the Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs to continue the work with under privileged children.
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Mary E. Raymond
Girard
Kas
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs
Morbid case of Ernest Brown draws crowd at trial
A large mixed crowd attended the court session of Ernest Brown a 35 year old Black man charged with sodomy. The case was certified to the court of oyer and terminer as jurors questioned biases including against Black and Italian residents. Catherine Sapienza 15 testified detailing multiple assaults and spells cast by Brown during numerous meetings, with defense and prosecution teams listed and a jury of four women and eight men seated as the trial continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Brown
Brown
R. Hildebrand
Court of Oyer and Terminer
H. Martin Lee
Catherine Sapienza
Piedmont Farm
Pulask Road
Ravenna
Norris Way
Charles Sapienza
Catherine
Sapienza
Minnie McKibben
Lee
Charles Matthews
Matthews
Harry Frank
John Powers
Edwin K. Logan
Thomas W Dickey
Orville Brown
Still In Heart Of Prison
OSSINING N Y June 10 Officials declared all prune and apricot rations at Sing Sing will be counted for and eaten at the table after a butter tub still was found in the prison fermenting fruit used to brew strong liquor.
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International News Service
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Pioneer Squad At Scout Camp Today
The pioneer squad of Camp John M. Phillips in Bar Scouts is in camp today preparing for the season. LeRoi Norton arrives from Mars with New Castle and Ellwood City junior leaders joining Mrs. W. H. Hanna as camp cook. Camp Phillips shows solid upkeep with trimmed trees, refreshed sleeping cabin curtains, new mess hall tables for eight per patrol, improved water pressure, and other improvements. Ouida writer real name Louise de la Ramie.
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John M. Phillips
Bar Scouts
LeRoi Norton
Mars
New Castle
Ellwood City
W. H. Hanna
Camp Phillips
Ouida
Louise de la Ramie
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John Boles
Genevieve Tobin
Lois Wilson
Raymond Hackett
Zasu Pitts
Bette Davis
Frances Dade
Richard Tucker
Chas. G. Norris
Bobby Jones
Himself
Cat
Scot
Mysti
Fied
Constance Bennett
Philadelphia Bankers
Neal Coaltown
Ladies Scottish
Kentucky
W. E. Wright
Eric
Clayton Swickard
Mercer
M. Aspery
Woodland Avenue
James Anderson
Bernard Kline
East
D. Roy Bradford
East Leasure Avenue
William Haycock
Laurel Avenue
Guy Lanbiacci
South Street
Della K. Crawford
Midland
Ida M Suber
Bell Avenue
T. L. Hughes
Chicago
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
William Shapiro
Jack
Castleton
Daniel Carroll
Slippery Rock State Teachers College
J. C. Patterson
City
Joseph Martin
Neshannock Avenue
New Wilmington
Ruth Meyers
Louise Faupel
Allen Street
Cumberland
Dora Weatherby
Epworth Street
Oscar Woods
East Washington Street
Greenville
Thiel College
Audrey Morris
West Cherry Street
David Bradford
Berger Place
Aliquippa
Thomas Hopkins
Harry McCurdy
Williams St
W. L. Shirer
First Pentecostal Church
Africa
Edward Thompson
Youngstown
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Ralph Singerman
Cornell University
Evelyn Swanson
Albert Sr
Ruth Brenneman
Garfield Avenue
Rosalind Freeman
William A. Margraf
Winter Avenue
Watkins Glenn
Margraf
A. C. Blinn
Ohio Edison Company
Pennsylvania Power Company
John Miller
Alton, Til
Robert F. Holt
George Washington
Camp Terra Alta
Terra Alta
W. Va
Thomas Smathers
George Washington Junior High School
Rockview Penitentiary
Bellefonte
Penn State
John Mack Brown
Eleanor Boardman
Capitol
Lewis Stone
Wallace Beery
Plymouth
DeSoto
Peerless
Morgan-Burrows Motor CO
East South Street
Richard
Len
Mary Brian
Eugene Pallette
William Boyd
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