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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1956
Page
5
Seventh Ward Ward Leaguers open their season with a practice game against the 4th Ward at Clayton St. ball field at 6 p.m. The city wide opening doubles as Dean Park double header with Seventh Ward in the second game versus the 8th Ward under lights. Tom Majorano coaches 18 players aged 9 to 12 and they will wear uniforms for the opener.
Anthony West of 230 S Cedar Street is home after a rare adrenal gland removal operation at New Oakland Veterans Hospital. He plans to return to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad after a two week stay, with a follow up exam scheduled for June 27.
The swimming season for children and teens is underway with the old swimming hole at Flat Rock busy daily. Mt. Jackson youths have a new area in the strip mine behind the residential district for cooling off with some residents already boating on the water.
Highway Department reports open road between Mt Jackson and Edinburg for weekend traffic, then closed again for additional work. Crews install culverts and await resurfacing. No update from Harrisburg on Willowgrove to Liberty riverview viaduct project.
Residents behind the project hesitate to repair as the proposed viaduct would eliminate over twenty houses. Only surveying has been completed with no construction work yet, leaving the future plans uncertain for the affected area.
The June meeting of the Women’s Society for Christian Service at Mahoning Methodist Church will be held in the church social rooms on Tuesday June 12. Business and the program will begin at 8 p.m.
Members and officers of St Lucy's Holy Names Society are called to a special meeting tonight in the church social rooms at 8 o'clock. All members urged to attend and participate in the session.
Mable Wilson Lodge 567 auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will hold the June business meeting on Tuesday at 8 o'clock in the YWCA parlors. No social meeting until June 26. In Seventh Ward notes Shirley Hayes visits home from California. Gallagher family visits from McKeesport. Ron Lewis visits from Indiana. Mrs. Lilia Thayer recovers at home after May surgery.
Penn State trustees directed George Deike to urge Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower to reconsider his resignation as university president. Eisenhower said he sought departure by December 31 for personal reasons and had gone to Washington to be with his ailing brother, returning to University Park soon after.
Ronald Smith six years old of 717 Countyline St. was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital at 4 10 p m Saturday for a chin laceration after falling from his bicycle.
David Wilson aged 12 of Volant was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital at 3 30 p m Saturday for a puncture wound to the left foot suffered when he stepped on a nail.
Frank Fusco Jr aged two and a half from 17 E Friendship St was treated in Jameson Memorial Hospital for a contusion to the right knee after a driveway fall at home.
A dense list of weekly church activities, meetings, and Vacation Bible School sessions across Epworth Methodist First Presbyterian Highland U P and other congregations. Items include prayer services, picnics, missionary society meetings, youth groups, and church council gatherings with dates and locations.
Daily Vacation Bible School starts Monday at 9 a.m. led by Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Rambo at Hoover Heights.
Monday night events start at 7 p m with the commission on membership and evangelism in the church parlor followed by the stewardship and finance commission at 7 40 then trustees at 8 15 and pastoral relations committee. Tuesday 6 30 p m official board meets in the church parlor.
True Blue Class will meet in the church Friday from 9 to 11 30 a m. Daily Vacation Bible School at Central Presbyterian Tonight at 7 45 p m. Monthly session meeting Tuesday at 8 p m. A U R Missionary Society meets at Mrs Henry Bratschies home Maude Mitchell co host Thursday at 8 p m. O U Missionary Society at Mrs Fred Woods home 1410 Carlisle St.
Lawrence County Council of Parent Teacher Associations ended the year with an executive meeting at Clen Moore school on June 5 to review by laws and plan for the coming year. Fred Bremner, new president, led reports on the council’s past activities and a new Mental Health group to work with P.A.R.C. was announced.
Names of 23 unit committees and their chairs outlined for summer planning. Mrs Downing to oversee Public Relations and Radio Television. other chairs include Masters, Ferguson, Furlong, Braykovich, Nych, Cushman, Humphrey, Rodgers, Winder, Downing, Winegar, Grittie, Wallis, Arnold, Conway, and others to develop summer plans and fall programs.
Ernest Harper aged eight of 104 B Scott Street was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital at 10 20 p m Sunday for a head contusion and light concussion after a fall from his bicycle.
Mrs Helen Johnston of 4 W Moody Ave was treated at Jamestown Memorial Hospital at 5 30 p m Sunday for contusions to her left elbow and left ankle after tripping and falling from a curb.
China controls a territory about one third larger than the continental United States, indicating vast geographic scope and significant territorial size. The assertion highlights comparisons of national land areas and implies implications for population and regional scope.
Billy Olinger aged 14 of 511 John Street was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital at 2 30 p m Sunday for a laceration to the left heel after stepping on broken glass.
Nine year old James Daugherty of 212 Okinawa Drive was hospitalized at 6 p.m. Saturday for a back abrasion after being struck by an object. Clinton Brown, 34, of Ellwood City RD 1, received a scalp laceration at 1:30 a.m. Sunday while walking through a home under construction. The text notes average U S school year lengths, ranging from 146 to 188 days.
Fire crews responded to three incidents this weekend in New Castle. At the Hobart Street foundry a wood pile near hot castings ignited causing about 250 dollars in damage. A grease fire at a Liberty Street restaurant required entry to inspect but caused no damage. A Beaver Street address saw a leaking refrigerator moved to a porch. no injuries or further action reported. About eleven percent of Americans live on farms.
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