Sixty Erie Scouts Headed For Byrd Welcome Home
Sixty Boy Scouts from Erie accompanied by Scout Executive A E Frayer and Mr and Mrs Siple left for New York City to take part in the welcome home celebration for Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd from the South Pole. The group includes a drum and bugle corps led by William Peffler. They travel to greet Paul A Siple an Eagle Scout who is returning with Byrd to Erie for a city parade jamboree and civic banquet detailing his Antarctic two year career.
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Erie Pa
A E. Frayer
S. & Siple
New York City
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Erie
William Peffler
Erie Stadium
26Th State Streets
Masonic Temple Auditorium
Paul
Antarctic
Siple
Eric
Office Girls Are Fleeced By Woman in New Castle
Dozens of women and girls in New Castle paid deposits for silk lingerie from a traveling saleswoman who posed as a legitimate agent. Receipts were given and delivery promised in ten days, but goods never arrived and the company denied the seller’s authority, leaving many with lost money. The piece urges supporting local merchants to avoid similar frauds.
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New Castle
Railroaders Meet For Loss and Damage Session
Departmental representatives of the Erie and Ashtabula division of the Pennsylvania lines convene this afternoon in the West Side freight house assembly room for their customary monthly loss and damage prevention session. The agenda focuses on preventing loss to freight shipments.
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Erie and
Ashtabula
Pennsylvania Lines
West Side
Genkinger Buys New Merry Go Round for Rose Avenue
Councilman Louis Genkinger announced the city via him as purchasing agent has bought a new merry go round. It will be erected at the Rose avenue playground today or Thursday. Genkinger hopes the equipment will delight area children.
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Louis Genkinger
Nevis
Rose Avenue
Genkinger
Directors Meet at Almira Home in County Board Session
At Almira Home directors heard committee reports and progress toward expanding the home. The president noted 43 residents and a waiting list of 47, with vacancies only by death, as demand for the home’s care grows. A plan for adding an extension was deferred to next year.
Rainbow Girls to Meet at Cathedral This Evening
The Order of Rainbow for Girls Assembly No. 1 holds its regular meeting in the Cathedral at 7 30 o clock EST tonight with initiation planned. Eastern Stars and Masons are invited to attend.
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Rainbow
Order of Rainbow For Girls
Assembly No. 1
Masons
Rotary Birthday Returns to Its Chicago Birthplace
Chicago celebrates Rotary International's 25th anniversary with 20 000 delegates from around the world. The article recounts Paul Harris's 1905 restaurant lunch at Madame Galli s and the club s origins in Chicago s Bohemian district. It notes Rotary s growth to 3 325 cities and 153 000 members and recalls Madame Galli s famous cafe as the birthplace cradle of the organization.
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Rotary
City
Frank J. Cipriani
Central Press
Chicago
Paul Harris
Rotary International
Mark Kerr
Lon
Don
Henry W. Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Iyesato Tokugawa
House of Peers
Japan
Harris
Bohemia
Sylvester Schiele
Schiele
Madame Galli's
Illinois Street
Madame Gall’s
Caruso
George Ade
George Horton
Will Rodgers
W. C. Fields
Ann Pennington
Madame America Galli
Madame Galli
Hickory Creek Span Partly Finished on Mt Jackson Moravia Road
Concrete foundations for the new span over Hickory Creek on the Mt Jackson Moravia road are completed. Construction is suspended awaiting steel beams and no completion date or steel shipment timing is available per County Engineer T A Gilkey.
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Hickory Creek
Mt. Jackson-Moravia
T. A. Gilkey
Secretary Della Glenn Stricken With Eye Infection
Miss Della A. Glenn, general secretary of the Associated Charities of New Castle, is confined at home on North Mercer street with a badly infected eye after returning from a Milwaukee nurses convention where she served as a delegate from the Jameson Memorial Alumni Association.
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Della A. Glenn
Associated Charities of
New Castle
Mercer Street
Miss Glenn
Milwaukee
Jameson Memorial
Nugent to Attend College Convention on Sewage Treatment
Frank Nugent, superintendent of the municipal disposal plant, was delegated by the city council to attend the convention at State College on August 26 and 27 where topics include treatment and disposal of sewage.
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Frank Nugent
State College
Vitale Faces Charge After Accident In Butler
Ralph Vitale, driver of the car rented by Marion Jiles of Butler, faces a criminal charge following an automobile accident. The incident occurred last evening and involved a collision near a Butler street intersection. Authorities report injuries but no fatalities, and the investigation is ongoing.
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Vitale
Ralph Vitale
Marion Jiles
Butler
Jitle
Moravia Street Run Driver Out on Bail in Injury Crash
Tutz Davis of Scioto street was struck while running across Moravia street. The driver, Vitale, turned himself in Monday afternoon and was charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license. He posted bail for a hearing once the child’s injuries, including a skull fracture, are fully assessed.
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Tutz Davis
Scioto Street
Moravia Street
Vitale
Field Club Shoot Canceled for Carnegie Rod and Gun Event
The Field Club shoot scheduled for Thursday evening is called off and shooters are invited to join a Carrnegie Rod and Gun Club event near Plaingrove at 45 30 Thursday evening.
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Field Club
Carnegie Rod and Gun Club
Plaingrove
McBride Post To Meet This Evening
Members of the Harry L. McBride post Veterans of Foreign Wars hold their semi monthly meeting in the Legion Home association building this evening at 8 o clock. Senior Vice Commander Jack LaRue will preside in the absence of Commander James A Bell who is attending the state encampment at Wilkes Barre.
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Harry L. McBride
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion Home Association
James A. Bell
Wilkes-Barre
Jack LaRue
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