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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1948
Page
10
Thousands in Philadelphia will watch the Republican and Democratic conventions on television. Receivers will be installed in the Commercial Museum with seating for about 6,000, arranged by eight cooperating manufacturers. The museum is loaned to convention committees to accommodate guests not seated in the main hall.
Martinsburg war veteran Thomas Barry, a French army ambulance veteran of World War I, works at the Newton D. Baker Veterans Administration center, completing 36 intricate dining room chair patterns in two years. He credits a sweet potato to help thread the needle.
Mrs Annie Buchanan of New Galilee visited Robert L Yoho in Enon Valley. Edna Henry and Olga Mulig from Providence Hospital Beaver Falls spent the weekend with their parents here. Russell and Raymond Yoho twin sons of Mr and Mrs Yoho visited Mrs John Yoho.
Miss Kay Stanley and Miss Nancy Wortman hosted a social evening for Miss Kaye Platnick the July bride elect with card play and a midnight lunch. Gifts for the honoree were abundant as high honors went to Platnick and Marian Carney.
On Sunday June 27 Albert H Weston of No 5 Mine R D G Mercer marks his 87th birthday. Last survivor of 10 children he was born on the Robert Wilkens farm in 1860. The occasion will be kept quiet at his home with no public celebration. The article notes that in 1935 only 11 percent of US farms had electricity, now more than 61 percent do.
Local residents host and attend church and home events across Beaver Falls Racine Ellwood City and nearby towns. Guests include the Young families McMorrans McLaughlins Spear hocanson and others with visits from East Palestine and New Castle. The piece notes illness recovery and a health warning about the coral snake.
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