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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1940
Page
10
SeVentH Ward reports Mahoningtown Fost Office declines parcels to numerous foreign nations due to wartime conditions. A cancellation list from the post office names restricted destinations. Over six months relief shipments of coffee and clothing to Europe have ended. letters to those countries continue arriving.
Mrs Joseph Kruhman could forecast seasonal change for eight years by the finish on her mahogany clock which shifts color every quarter A dealer explained the wood contains ten mercury reacts to light and heat conditions The dispatch also notes New York City's smoke obscuring twenty one percent of sunlight in a brief market and service update.
Residents of the Seventh Ward visit Liberty Street Park at Darlington and North Liberty for relief from heat. The park is popular and attractive with flower beds and trees, but this year green wooden benches are missing from the grounds.
Mrs E M Jones entertained the Ladies Aid Society of Madison Avenue Christian Church at the Sunnyside home. Mrs C J Bernhart presided over a brief business meeting setting October 15 for a fall dinner. Social hour followed with luncheon. guests included Delphine and Myrtice Jones. Meetings resume September 11 with Mrs WW Wilkins hosting at Oakwood Avenue.
Five young men from the Seventh Ward travel Saturday to Titusville to play pad eball against the Titusville Junior I O O F team. The Formal David Jameson lodge team includes Roy Denney Steve Hutnick Louis Turk Guy Lateano and Carl Standish. W A G club members meet Thursday June 20 at 9 am at Cascade Park for breakfast. Committee in charge: Mrs Harry Sherman Mrs Sam Thompson Mrs Jack Oather Mrs Charles Hopper.
A jumble of dampered notes covers Seventh Ward events and personalides including youths under a bridge, upcoming summer plans, and local clubs. Honeymoon travelers Mr and Mrs Joseph Tanotti of Amsterdam N Y pause to visit friends while on the road. Local residents report hospital recoveries and returns with several names and addresses listed for social and health updates.
Sunday morning at 10 o clock the Edenburg Methodist church holds a Children’s Day program by the Sunday school. The service includes songs readings prayers baptism and multiple class performances led by Rev A A Swanson Shirley Cooper Audrey Hammers Myrda Bhaw Dorothy Hammers and other class participants with offerings and benediction to close.
Local residents and visitors reported Sunday and Saturday calls across the E Lackawannock area. Names include Mr and Mrs James Courtney Findley, Mr and Mrs Howard Yarian Merval, Jessie Osborne Greenville, Rev and Mrs Elbert Porter Wooster, and families Hoagland Yargian Barrett and McChesney with others from Sharon New Wilmington and Aliquippa.
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