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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1944
Page
6
Girl Scouts collect scrap paper to fund war bonds and support troop activities. Money from the drives will be used to improve a Girl Scout camp site near Slippery Rock on the New Hope road, the first camp owned by Lawrence County Girl Scouts.
Miss Alberta Mae Henderson and Joseph Sullivan wed at Harmony Baptist Church in Castlewood Mississippi and Memphis Tennessee respectively in a 430 PM ceremony officiated by Rev. Earl E. Collins. The bride wore a white marquisette gown with lace veil and carried a white Bible with an orchid. The couple plans Dallas Seminary study after a reception.
The June A U R society gathering was held in Central Presbyterian Church social rooms. Miss Fannie M ve led devotionals, Mrs. Paul Shoaf read about The Origin of Spirituals. President Mrs. E L Thompson presided. Money was voted for the Chautauqua Rest Home fund. A picnic is planned for July 11 at Cascade Park with dinner at 6 30.
Mrs F E Flowers entertained Tuesday at 229 Euclid avenue honoring her husband on his birth anniversary. Cards provided the pastime with prize winners Mrs Coletta Durbin Frank Furst C K Phillips and Mrs Myron Bollard. Lunch was served by the hostess aided by Mrs Oscar Saul and Mrs C K Phillips. Among guests were Mrs Charles Heasley and daughter Miss Margaret Heasley.
Dorothy Burton daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank L Burton returned from Annapolis Maryland where she served as bridesmaid at the wedding of her roommate Jane Valentine to Ensign Edward Price Coleman. The ceremony was held Friday evening June 9 at St Andrews Chapel United States Naval Academy.
Mrs N D King of Mercer Pennsylvania and her daughter Miss Laura King have arrived from Chula Vista California for the wedding of Miss Eva King to Kenneth Trimble on Saturday June 17 at 2 30 in the Highland United Presbyterian church.
Tuesday evening Quota club members met at Miss Neva Moore's home for the regular Red Cross knitting session. Plans were announced for the international convention in Ontario Canada. District Deputy of the Third District Miss Lila V. Henshaw, Mrs. Harry L. Gormley, Miss Martha K. Bigley and Mrs. Joseph C. Williams were named as the local delegation. They will depart New Castle Monday evening and return the following Saturday, using the General Brock hotel as headquarters.
Officers of S O L I 24 Price of New Castle welcomed Supreme Grand Mistress Annie Daly of Pittsburgh Deputy Grand Mistress Jean Cham berlin from Cleveland State Grand Mistress Margaret Stevenson of Pittsburgh Grand Deputy Henrietta Davis of New Castle and others at a Castleton hotel banquet. A 40 member group later met at Neshannonk avenue lodge apartments with an honor guard. Gifts and corsages were exchanged and speeches made by Mrs. Henrietta Davis and Mary Shanor.
A compiled ledger of names and street addresses appears, listing Mrs. William Gilboy on Beaver Street and many others including Mrs. Earl White Mulberry Street, Mrs. Bessie Straight on North Mill Street, Mrs. Anna Richards on Jefferson Street, and Mrs. Rita Orrico on Blaine Street, among numerous others.
Members of the Women’s Bible class of the Reformed Presbyterian church were guests Tuesday evening at Mrs. Merle D. Allen’s home on Wilmington road. The gathering carried a tureen dinner for fathers and mothers with a social period after. Mrs. Jennie Tindal and her aides led the dinner.
The church plans a lawn party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Strobel, 1004 Marshall Avenue, on Thursday evening at 8 o clock. The event is hosted by the Open Door class and aims to engage the local community with fellowship and refreshments.
Section E of the Y S B class of the Third U P church will meet Thursday evening at Miss Elsie Gibson's home on Almira Avenue.
An important meeting of Girl Scouts Troop 3 is set at the First Christian Church tonight at 7 30 discussing the waste paper scrap drive and related plans.
Hospital staff held their final meeting of the season in the hospital meeting rooms on Tuesday evening. Miss Frances T. Corio, record librarian, spoke on new methods to improve patient record keeping. The Western Pennsylvania Record Librarian meeting was held in Pittsburgh and the Sisters of St. Francis served a dinner.
L A Campbell on Crawford avenue is improving after a fall. Mrs Melinda Meister of North Walnut street improves after five weeks confined by illness. Mrs Carrie Margarett returns to Nashville to resume studies at Vanderbilt after visiting her parents. Mr and Mrs Charles Padula of Hawthorne avenue. Mr and Mrs I E Bigley of Connor avenue back from visit with their son. Pfc William Bigley at Walter Reed Hospital and daughter Betty Bigley of Baltimore. L O Rowland and daughter Virginia of Shaw street visit in Dover with M L Wise family. Other callers at the Wise residence included Roy Mumford and Perry Mumford of Vogan avenue.
Maitland church groups schedule events this week including Sunday school board after prayer meeting, Christian Endeavor service, and Fathers-sons banquet at the church. Boy Scout Troop No. 22 will meet Friday at 7 p m. Rev B Thomas speaks this evening at the Good Will Spiritualist Church of Christ on Lost Neighborly Love.
The Ladies Missionary fellowship of Calvary Gospel Tabernacle will meet Thursday at 7 30 pm at the home of Mrs Olive Powell East New Castile with Mrs Malinda Pag ley as co hostess The Wesley Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service will meet Thursday at 7 30 pm in the church instead of Wednesday as announced
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Donald R Barton at Jameson Memorial Hospital on June 13 and a son to Mr and Mrs Calvin L Rasey at 302 Boyles Avenue, with the Weir family announcing a son born June 14 at New Castile hospital.
The Vichy radio reported in a transmission heard by U S government monitors that Charles Breton the mayor of Chateau neuf La Foret in Haute Vienne was killed by submachine gun fire after ignoring warnings to quit his post The assassination is tied to underground workers according to the broadcast.
Largely attended funeral services for Mrs Ed Elder were held at Cunningham funeral home Grove City. Interment in North Liberty cemetery. The aged couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on May 1. Various visits and social calls between Grove City and nearby towns are listed including Erie Butler Amsterdam and Pittsburgh residents with family across IsIe Carlton Slippery Rock and Conneaut Lake.
Reports from Normandy indicate some French women have been seen with Allied troops, sparking bewilderment among soldiers who expected widespread welcome. Sniper fire has occurred in cities where searches found few natives, challenging the belief that the population generally welcomed liberation.
Chaplain Raymond Hall known as the parachuting parson was in the Carentan sector amid artillery fire. He and the medical corps aided frontline casualties while his wife Mary Fankhauser and two sons wait in New Castle. Hall had preached in Lowell Massachusetts before enlisting and jumped with paratroopers into the Carentan area.
The piece debunks a circulating claim that merchants cash war bonds at a heavy discount or trade bonds for merchandise. It notes war bonds are nontransferable and cannot be redeemed by merchants or third parties, urging readers to demand proof before believing such rumors.
Private George Boyer Jr. , 19, of Harmony R D 1, was killed in action in the Southwest Pacific on May 20. He entered service May 3, 1943, and had been in foreign service since January. He leaves his parents Mr and Mrs George Boyer Sr and a brother Robert of Harmony.
Fifteen fire companies fought a five alarm blaze of undetermined origin that swept the open floors of Dunham Elementary School on Cleveland's east side. School director James F. Brown said losses could exceed 50 000 dollars. League Park nearby was not threatened.
King George VI receives Gen. George C. Marshall and Gen. Henry H. Arnold at Buckingham Palace in London. The two American military leaders and the king hold a lengthy discussion during the audience.
The Italian Mothers club will hold a picnic Thursday evening at Cascade Park starting 6 30. Hostesses are Mrs Lena Julian and Mrs Jean Del Castello with committee aides Mrs Lucy Gizzi, Mrs Pat Peluso, and Mrs Ida Montozzi assisting.
Carolyn Bennett, 14, daughter of Councilman Robert Bennett, was shot four times in Forest Park. A 15 year old boy was arrested after allegedly admitting jealousy over her interest in other boys. He faces a murder charge in district court. In Pittsburgh, Ralph R. Colvin was named acting manager of the Office of Defense Transportation after Paul Wheely resigned to run his New Castle business.
The Polish government in exile extended formal recognition to General Charles de Gaulle and the French Committee of National Liberation as the provisional government of France. A FCNL representative received a note announcing the recognition by high ranking Polish officials.
Vacation Bible school begins Monday morning June 19 at the Reformed Presbyterian church corner of Oak and Pine streets. Sessions run 9 to 11 30 a m on weekdays for two weeks for children aged 4 to 14. A full staff of teachers is provided.
Aides secured to run a well prepared program featuring Bible stories and lives of missionaries. Demonstrations on Alcohol Education by Anns Dodds. Rev. Anthony Pagsey of the Calgary Gospel Tabernacle directs the musical portion. Dr. E. A. Crooks, pastor, serves as principal.
British radio reported Allied advance units in Western Italy now about 100 miles above Rome. The Blue network recorded the transmission.
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