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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
7
Springfield reports a 19 year old bride Mrs Amelia Kuznier Orgazalek died six days after her wedding last March. Autopsy found arsenic traces. case unclear and investigated by district attorney amid rumors of poison. State toxicologist also examining exhumed body of Frank Halgas in Ludlow amid insurance racket probes.
Bridgeport Connecticut June 16. First wife G Carveth Wells won a $5,000 judgment against Mrs Wells No 2 but cannot collect. Mrs Luard T Wells wife No 1 failed to file a lien on Weston property within four months. Zetta Robert Wells withdrew her appeal from the $5,000 awarded by a Weston superior court jury. Wells divorced the explorer and author with a Mexican decree to wed his former secretary. He sold Weston property and plans to hurry to England while his ill son remains in reach.
Montgomery County Dogwood Association announced last year over 25 000 dogwood trees were planted in the county. Gilbert S. Jones superintendent of Valley Forge Park said more than 350 000 visitors from across the United States visited during the three weeks of bloom this year.
Bouldner, paying 20 to 1, won the Ascot Stakes with Coup de Roi second at 3 to 1 and Blue Girl third at 33 to 1. There were 34 runners. King Edward and other royal family members did not attend due to court mourning. The weather was perfect.
About 10 000 visiting firemen from Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Pennsylvania are expected for the Maryland State Firemen's association convention in Hagerstown on June 25 26 and 27. Pennsylvania companies will take part in the parade that climaxes the event.
John G. Schaffner of Cincinnati graduated from the University of Cincinnati after completing his studies in the evening session sixteen years after first enrolling. He took more than a decade and a half to finish due to other duties.
Frank N. Benfield Jr found a turtle on his Huffs Church farm bearing the inscription F. N. B. 1881. The shell carving marks a trinket from the past linked to the turtle’s owner’s father.
The W C T U and L T L met at Mrs Samuel Hunts home with fourteen members and one visitor. Mrs Olive Forbes led a discussion on Medical Temperance and Temperance Training of the Children while others spoke on The Effect of Alcohol on the Child of Tomorrow. The group voted to petition station KDKA to stop liquor advertising on radio and adjourned to meet in July with officer elections upcoming.
Cincinnati lawyer Peter K Dughman plans to practice in Ramallah, claiming most residents are his relatives as descendants of the Christian Arabs who founded the town in 1452. He completed six and a half years of study at the University of Cincinnati earning a bachelor of law and a Master of Arts.
Beginning Sunday evening at 7:30 the Union Baptist Church led by Rev. C D Henderson will preach a series titled How To Get Married and Stick. The first talk asks Can You Love at First Sight. Rev W W Nelson and the Second Baptist Church choir joined Rev Cleveland Jackson at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Grove.
On Sunday at 3 p.m. Rev. Jackson was installed as pastor during a city service. Rev. Nelson delivered the installation sermon to attendees and church members.
The Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Second Baptist church will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Carrie Fuergerson on West Grant Street.
The S. S. S. S. club met on Saturday at the Griffin home and re elected officers: Pauline Fears president Bertha Clark vice president Perry Lee Daniels secretary Hazel Long chaplain Mrs. Griffin treasurer Margaret Williams reporter. The group will meet Thursday at Miss Mary Blackwell's home.
Stanley T. Schellenbach of Kings Mills Ohio has logged at least 26000 miles attending University of Cincinnati classes over six years as an evening student He studied day engineering for three years Schellenbach is chief chemist at Peters Cartridge Co A social authority notes dancing can cause feet and lips to swell.
Samuel Rashid, a younger member of a leading Oriental rug family, describes rugs as architectural pieces reflecting country topography and weaving life. Lions club members hear historical notes on rugs, with invitation read for Meadville Lions charter night at Hotel Conneaut, Conneaut Lake Park, June 18.
In Berea Ohio a coin flip by a group of sleepy men nearly 100 years ago decided the name Berea for the town. As residents plan the centennial celebration next September the anecdote is recalled amid preparations for the milestone.
A five legged toad was found near Mount Vernon Ohio by Harold Metzger a CCC enrollee during a soil conservation project on C L Sapp farm. The extra limb is longer but undeveloped suggesting little use. The road will be kept as a camp trophy. John E Paton music director has joined a summer music camp at Wainwright Band and Orchestra Camp near LaGrange Indiana for eight weeks with his family accompanying.
Dr and Mrs Charles Wallace of Struthers Ohio celebrated Mrs Wallace birthday with dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Carl Rodgers on the New Castle road. Two children's day programs were presented Sunday at the Edenburg Methodist and Christian churches with floral decorations and large attentive audiences.
Glenn Wallace shows improvement after a monthlong illness. Households in Erie Street and New Castle hosted friends and relatives including Mr and Mrs George Kuhn, Miss Hazel Haas, Mr and Mrs Donald Van Horn, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Webb, Mr and Mrs Joseph Park, Mrs Lehmiller and daughter, and Mrs Maxwell and daughter. Guests came from Cooks Forest, Carbon, West Middlesex, West End Pittsburgh and other nearby towns.
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