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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1932
Page
16
Community volunteers completed major refurbishments at Valley View Cemetery in New Castle. Mausoleum interior painted, windows replaced, grounds leveled, trees pruned, and new flower beds planted. Donated labor and materials restored the site overlooking West Clayton Street.
The final fifteen lamps in the seventh ward are receiving green paint today. Work should finish this afternoon if the weather stays dry. Power company crews have spent a week revamping the street lights with pleasing results.
Canada letters cost three cents and postcards two cents, a rate in effect since January. Some residents still use two cent stamps for Canada letters and for mail to Panama Cuba Mexico Spain and South America.
A weight loss advertisement claims a half teaspoon Kruschen Salts in hot water each morning helps remove fat and boosts energy. It promises visible fat loss in three weeks, improved skin and vitality, and a money back guarantee, with availability at Eckerd’s and other druggists.
Fragments from an afternoon roam note playful items around Mahoning avenue and North Liberty Madison streets. A white rabbit escapes its hatchery pen by jumping or burrowing. John Dutko tends an early tomato garden with two ripe fruits. A locksmith observes a hitchhiking sparrow on a car’s running board. Postage rate lists in the local post office are painted by Eugene Scanlon. A girl screams at a worm during mud pies on Madison Cedar streets. Simpson M. E. church shows its names at the front. New rock gardens appear in West Clayton street district.
An automobile collision on Atlantic avenue near Oakland involved two Ohio licensed cars. Robert Morse, 16, of Sandusky, sustained a lacerated right hand and was treated by a local physician with stitches. The drivers said neither could have avoided the crash, and they departed after brief exchanges.
Reid English sealer of weights and measures and state inspector Mr. Stewart spent Wednesday in the seventh ward conducting inspections of local business establishments.
Mahoningtown library opens today for the second time this week with shelves open for borrowing in the afternoon and evening. FOR RENT two furnished rooms on the third floor at 515 West Cherry Street for $10 per month.
A large crowd of young people gathers at Cascade Park late this afternoon for the annual Mahoning Methodist Sunday School picnic, drawing families and neighbors to the outdoor event.
Members of the Penna-Bo lodge to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen will meet next Wednesday afternoon June 22 at Woodman hall. The auxiliary will have a picnic at Gaston Park on the following day.
Seventh Ward residents visit relatives in Keister and Pittsburgh while others from St. Louis and Auburn, New York, spend time here. No new playground equipment will be purchased this year. recreation secretary Miss Susan Wallace says the playgrounds open June 20 with George Bechtel as recreation director.
Frances Cuthrie Emberson of Columbia Missouri completed 19 years of schooling to win the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Missouri. She had already earned a Bachelor of Music at age 13 and now holds the highest attainable degree in the field.
Bids for coal for the coming school year will be advertised immediately after the school board approved Hugh M. Marquis as secretary and business manager. About 4500 tons are to be purchased and bids will be opened at the July meeting.
Harrisburg June 16. The state department of internal affairs approved bonds including 3240 for Corsica Borough School District in Jefferson County to finance a vocational school.
The Castle temple 37 Pythian Sisters announce a memorial program Friday evening for members who died in the past year. A regular business session starts at 7 30 with the Knights of Pythias joining the Sisters at 8 30 for the program.
The Grand Lodge I O O F in York Pa will install officers for the coming year. Named are Grand Master Archibald A Grant Deputy Grand Master Norval R Daugherty Grand Warden G Will Henry Grand Secretary Frank Shannon Grand Treasurer Frank C Haynen and Grand Representative John N Mark. Erie will host the 1933 convention. Rebekah officers were to be installed also. Aquetong lodge Doylestown won the degree team prize $175 and a silver cup. James A Garfield lodge Shamokin received $125.
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