Father Son Program at St Vitus Seeks 1000 Attendees
About 1000 men are expected for the ninth annual St Vitus Holy Name Society fathers and sons Communion breakfast Sunday. Silvio Roselli will be named Holy Name Father of the Year. Rt Rev Msgr William G Connare will speak at Cathedral breakfast with Masses at 7 am in both church levels.
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St. Vitus
Holy Name Society Fathers and Sons
Silvio Roselli
Division St
Holy Name
William G. Connare
Pontifical Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Joseph Fabbri
Ettore DeNapoli
Francis Pucci
Nick Gennock
Red Coat Band
B. J. Biondi
Thomas Alfano
Edward A. DeCarbo
John Mangieri
Ray Mercer
Christian Mother
Student Nurses Attend National Convention in Atlantic City
Marian Graham of Butler and Linda Smeltz of Ellwood City, student nurses at New Castle Hospital School of Nursing, returned from the National Student Nurses Association convention in Atlantic City New Jersey. About 3 000 student nurses from the United States and Hawaii attended the meetings June 5 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Graham
Butler
Linda Smeltz
Ellwood City
New Castle Hospital School
Winds Lash Town as Thunderstorm Triggers Damage
A severe thunderstorm toppled trees and felled power lines affecting about 50 Pennsylvania Power Co customers. Transformers burned, bridges buckled, and a Moose Club antenna was torn. City crews moved quickly to secure Jefferson Street while officials reported minimal widespread damage.
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Pennsylvania Power Co
Paul Dingledy
Power Company
Dingledy
J. Russell Rohleder
Bell Telephone Co
Big Run Creek
Jefferson St
Street Dept
Jefferson
Long Ave
Moose Club
S. M.I
South Sts
Arthur ‘B. Foster
Lawrence ‘County
Harry Gere
New Castle
City Playlots Open Monday for Summer
New Castle will open 16 playgrounds Monday for the summer vacation. Repairs are underway in preparation. Instructors’ certificates must be approved by the recreation head Rees Flannery and state authorities. An orientation for instructors is Friday in the council chamber. Flannery will review summer program plans. An art and crafts workshop is planned at Deshon Village with Morfyvdd Brown heading handicrafts.
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New Castle
Rees Flannery
Council
Flannery
Deshon Village
Morfyvdd Brown
Truck Driver Saves Dozens on Busy Highway
Edwin Wolfe, 37, of near Leckrone Fayette County, jumped from his tank truck after spotting smoke and fire and signaling oncoming traffic to stop on a busy highway. The rig then exploded minutes later, but the action likely prevented a larger tragedy.
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Courageous
Uniontown
UPI
Edwin Wolfe
Leckrone
Fayette County
Seventh Ward Touring Girls Plan Send Off for Miss Druschel
Miss Martha Ann Druschel RD 7 Montreal Canada will sail for Norway this summer with Girl Scout Troop 1 Mt. Jackson. Six girls and leaders plan a send off in Montreal before traveling to Lake Placid New York then returning Sunday. The group has visited Toronto and Ottawa and notes wet weather since leaving home.
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Martha Ann Druschel
Norway
Montreal
Canada
Mt. Jackson
Miss Druschel
William W. Davis
Toronto
Ottawa
Girl Guides
Scouts
Lake Placid
N. Y
MEG Auxiliary Meets Thursday At Church
The MEG Auxiliary of Mahoningtown Presbyterian Church will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in the church social rooms. Mrs. Victor Huff will host the auxiliary.
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MEG
Mahoningtown Presbyterian Church
Victor Huff
Young Men Plan Church Student Day at Mahoning Methodist
The Methodist church in Mahoning will hold a Church Student Day Sunday with the church’s young men leading the 11 a.m. service. Gary Ronk will present the message titled What It Means to Be a Christian.
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Mahoning Methodist Church
Gary Ronk
Parents Honor Frank Domenick at Open House
Mr and Mrs Nick Domenick announce an open house and graduation party for their son Frank Domenick of the June 4 class at New Castle High School. The event starts Saturday at 8 p.m. in Christopher Columbus Hall.
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Nick Domenick
Frank Domenick
W. Cherry Sr
Christopher Columbus Hall
Frank
New Castle High School
Columbus Officers Meet to Plan June Society Events
Officers of the Christopher Columbus Society meet Saturday at 6 30 p m in the club rooms to prep for the June 1 meeting and discuss plans for the annual celebration June 24 to 29 and the picnic July 21 at El Rio Beach with Charles Domenick in charge.
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Christopher Columbus Society
Charles Domenick
el Rio Beach
Clergy and parishioners travel for Erie Conference
Rev. Rodney J. Croyle and John Parker of W Clayton St. head to Meadville Pa. for the Erie Conference of Methodist Churches with contact at Brooks Hall Allegheny College during the three day event. Mrs. William F Metz now residing with Rev. Metz in Wampum is hospitalized at Jameson Memorial Hospital for treatment. Mrs. Anna Offutt formerly of the Seventh Ward now living in Los Angeles has returned home after visiting Mrs. James Westman on Mt Jackson Rd.
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Rodney J. Croyle
John Parker
W. Clayton St
Meadville
Erie Conference
Brooks Hall
Allegheny College
William F. Metz
N. Cedar St
Metz
Wampum
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Anna Offutt
Seventh Ward
Los Angeles
Calif
James Westman
Mt. Jackson Rd
Slayer Sentenced for Strangling Landlady in McKeesport
James R. McKnight, 29, of McKeesport, pleaded guilty to strangling his landlady during an argument and received an eight to twenty year term in Western Penitentiary. Sentence was pronounced by visiting Judges Swirles L. Himes and Herbert A. Mook.
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Slayer
Pittsburgh
UPJ
James R. McKnight
McKeesport
Western Penitentiary
Swirles L. Himes
Huntington County
Herbert A. Mook
Crawford County
Deaths Of The Day Funeral notices list Mercer County burials
Mercer County residents are shown in the daily funeral directory. Read details include interment location, directors, service times and visitation hours for six listed deaths, among them Armstrong Price Minner and Brown. Funeral home contacts are Cunningham Leesburg Robert A. Myers in Mercer and Sharp New Wilmington for services.
Joye Thompson Named Beauty Contest Winner
Joye Thompson, long involved with Miss Pennsylvania beauty events in West Chester, presided as guest. Kathleen Ann Parks won first runner-up prize of 100 dollars and gifts. Carol May Greer claimed second runner-up prizes with a blues interpretation. Marcia Ann Caiazza named Miss Congeniality. Committees, judges, and hostesses listed, Billy Lee of Pittsburgh entertained and emceed.
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West Chester
Kathleen Ann Parks
Clifford H. Parks
New Castle High School
Carol May Greer
William Greer
Marcia Ann Caiazza
Jaycee
Nicholas F. George
William Carbone
William Ralph
Harold Farris
Richard Baxter
Thomas Connor
Lester Hauschild
George Richardson
Robert Repasky
Robert M. Hyde
Robert Earle
Chester Hayhurst
Carbone
Karl Thayer
Mike Gabriel
Paul McKinley
Dan Zoltani
Jim Melilo
Vincent Alfera
Rich Card Ross
West
Donald Cameron
Westminster College
Donald Barbe
Westminster
William Phillips
Ronald Yachabach
David DiLullo
James McAnallen
Frank Steinbrink
Kenneth Sicjels
Leo Ryglinski
Robert Farle
Willia
Weather highs and lows hit extremes across U.S.
UPI reports the hottest national temperature Tuesday reached 111 degrees at Presidio Texas, while Fraser Colorado marked the cool side with a morning low of 27 degrees.
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New York
UPI
Presidio
Tex
U.S. Weather Bureau
Fraser, Colo
City Man Injured As Cars Collide
A 22 year old New Castle man was injured in a two car collision on Butler Avenue near a curve. John Mardorff of 511 Clayton Street was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital for a forehead contusion and a right ear laceration and released. George Brown of 740 Butler Avenue reportedly struck Mardorff from behind as he slowed. brake failure or wet roads are undetermined. Both vehicles were towed.
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Harry Delbert Brown
Pulaski RD
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Pulaski Twp
Lawrence County
George and
Apelia Fosner Brown
Brown
Mary Emma Heasley
Mary Ruby Headings
New Wilmington RD
Sharp Funeral Home
New Wilmington
Evergreen Cemetery
New Bedford
New Castle
Butler Ave
John Mardorff
Clayton St
Mardorff
George E. Brown
Close Calls on Four Planes Alarm UPI Report
Luck stood by 27 aboard four planes that suffered mishaps Tuesday in the United States and Brazil. Three people sustained minor injuries while the remainder escaped unscathed. The most spectacular incident involved an Argentine airliner that crashed on Ilha Grande in Brazil, narrowly avoided disaster due to the pilot's skill.
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United Press International
Brazil
Ilha Grande
De Gaulle Faces Algerian Rebels and Communist Challenge
Paris reports Gen Charles de Gaulle facing dual pressure from Algerian rightists who threaten to shift revolt to the mainland and from the French Communist Party opposing his move toward what they call dictatorship. Massu led rebel factions demand politicians exit and party bans persist while referendum plans proceed.
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Paris
UPI
Communist Party
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
Corisca
de Gaulle
Jacques Massu
Algeria
Conduct Annual Children's Event at First Christian Church
Annual Children's Day exercises held June 8 at the First Christian Church featured the pageant The Secret of the Garden directed by Mrs. Richard K. Allen. John V. McWilliams directed the Church School with a team including Mrs. Amos Myers and Mrs. D. P. Wool guiding departments, and many women designed costumes for the production.
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First Christian Church
Richard K. Allen
John V. McWilliams
Church School
Amos Myers
D. P. Wool
Earl Chandler
Earl Eakin
Howard Cade
James Cooper
R. B. Cummins
C. M. England
Sam Fleming
Olive Hoover
Ralph Logan
John McWilliams
Chester Montgomery
Anthony Ostrowski
Merle Parkes
John Reyn Jdds
Don Rice
Mattie, Riffel
Frank Saas
Clair Shaffer
William Sullivan
Roy Waite
Court OK Needed To Sell City Land On Laurel Ave Playground
City solicitor Robert M. White says no sale of a 100 by 200 foot plot on Laurel Avenue Playground may proceed without Court of Common Pleas approval. The hillside site, bought in 1946 by the city and school district, would require a public sale if approved.
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Robert M. White
Laurel Ave
Court of Common Pleas
White
Andrew Evanich
Evanich
Police Seek Motorist in Reynolds Street Sideswipe
Police hunt the driver of a black car that sideswiped a parked vehicle at 24 E Reynolds St last night. Paul Levine of 23 E Reynolds St reported the hit and turned over chrome trim believed to be from the fleeing vehicle.
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E. Reynolds St
Paul Levine
Commissioners vote to start work by July 1
The meeting discusses paving the way for work by July 1 with Ingham McConahy and Gilmore proposing steps. McConahy urges comprehensive contract terms and full commissioner commitment, noting past oversights and a $2500 appraisal.
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Ingham
Gilmore
McConahy
Mullen
Theft of clothing and blanket from car on Diamond
Mrs. Louis Toscano reports a theft from a parked automobile on the Diamond Monday night. The items stolen include a jacket a raincoat and a wool blanket, kept in the front seat of the vehicle.
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Diamond
Louis Toscano
Electric St
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Tor
John C. Wajert Pharmacy
W. Long Ave
Anatatae
Mc Bride Shannon CO
McBride
Shannon CO
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S. Mercer & South Sts
E. Long Ave
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Vimco
Martha Druschel
Columbus Officers Meeting
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Dad
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E. Washington Street
Jackson H. Armstrong
Jackson Hesson Armstrong
Volant RD
Mercer Cottage Hospital
Springfield
Twp
Mercer County
Thomas Armstrong
Hettie Blanche Baker
Mercer
R. E. Armstrong
Lula Woods
J. L. Woods
Mercer RD
Margaret Daunt
Emma Lewis
John Armstrong
Cunningham Funeral Home
Leesburg
Paul Carson
Leesburg Cemetery
Edward J. Price
Beaver Falls RD
North Sewickley
Big Beaver
Frank Elmore Price
Anna Davidson Cripps Price
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Isabell Roesser Price
Darlington
Edward &. Price
Beaver Falls
Frank E. Price
Elizabeth Irene Price
Forrest A. Price
Korea
Robert L
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David E
William J
Norman R
Norma K. Price
Clarence Price
Cecil Dripps
Kenneth Dripps
Wilbert Dripps
South Carolina
Marshall Funeral Home
Porter Minner
Croton Ave
Mercer Co
Nathan
Jane Minner
Pennsylvania Railroad
First Baptist Church
Russell Minner
Columbiania
William Longnecker
Washingtonville
Lillie Briggs
Letonia
Robert A. Myers Home
N. Jefferson St
Garth Koch
Greenwood Cemetery
Joye Thompson
Kitt Optical CO
Savings & Trust
Gustav
Pure Food Bakery
Washington Street
Croton Avenue
Arthur L. Higbee
Pierre Pflimlin
Joseph J. Kapraly
America
Jos
J. Kapraly
Okinawa Drive
Rome
Columbus
Gene Farwnerty Ramm Dram Snr
Eenne
Hi-Lander Theatre
South Side
Pickup & Delivery
Brownie
Warner’s Camera Shop
E. North St
GNCA
E. Washington St
P. M. McGaffic
Central Standard Life Insurance Ct
Beckford
Robert A. Myers
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