Accidental Death Verdict Rendered At Ellwood City
A coroner's inquest in Ellwood City found Turney K. Schrecengost's death accidental after a Harmony car struck his small truck at Marquis stop on May 20. Witnesses described whistling, braking, and the truck's sudden start and collision, with Schrecengost killed and Lytle and Smiley injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Turney K. Schrecengost
Harmony
Marquis Stop
J. P. Caldwell
Clarence Smiley
Harry Klinginsmith
Edward Shaffer
Edward Beltz
Walter Steele
Harry Clark
Everett Young
R. C. Adams
William Lenn
H. E. Helling
Frank Gribben
Joseph Alexander
Liberto Lergo
New Castle
Clifford Lytle
Schrecengost
Lytle
Smiley
Klinginsmith
Ohio
E. B. Baker
C. E. Bair
W. F. Kegel
J. R. Burchfield
Carl Davidson
G. S. Young
Trinity Church Women Gather at Elwood City Meeting
The Trinity Lutheran Missionary Society met in their regular rooms with Mrs. A. W. Kliendenst and Mrs. Fred Metzler in charge. They discussed China Today and formed committees to donate baked goods to Zelienople orphans home, plan a July 15 picnic at Mrs. George Garmon’s North Sewickley residence, and recruit new members. Mrs. Kliendenst was named secretary for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Trinity Lutheran Church
A. W. Kliendenst
Fred Metzler
China
Zelienople
The
Missionary Society
George Garmon
North Sewickley
Plan To Present Flag Day Program
Elwood City June 18 The degree staff of the Pythian Sisters of Alma Temple will present a special flag day program at their regular meeting tonight in the K of P hall on Fourth Street. Members will wear white dresses and explain how they earned their dollar. Mrs Hazel Feiterman will serve luncheon with her committee.
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Ellwood City
Pythian Sisters of Alma Temple
K. of P
Anniversary services mark United Presbyterian church
The 15th anniversary of the dedication of the United Presbyterian Church of this city will be celebrated Sunday at 11 o clock. The Lord's Supper will be observed during the services. Preparatory services are set for Friday at 8 with Rev. S L Loudon of Mars as speaker. A special organ fund collection will be taken Sunday morning.
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Ellwood City
United Presbyterian Church
S. L. Loudon of
Mars
Organ Fund
Pollyanna Club Holds June Meeting In Ellwood City
The Pollyanna club met at Mrs Henderson Cunningham's home on New Castle road with 43 members and guests. After a routine business session an afternoon of sports followed. The club voted to suspend meetings until September and will reconvene at Mrs Charles Cunningham's Orchard avenue home.
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Ellwood City
Pollyanna Club
Henderson Cunningham
New Castle Road
Charles Cunningham
Orchard Avenue
Welhausen
Mrs Harry Treese Entertains Club
The S O B club met at Mrs. Harry Treese home in Ellwood City on a Wednesday evening. Two tables of bridge were played with honors going to Mrs. Henry Leech and Mrs. Clyde Bemen, while guest prize went to Mrs. Harry Moore. A luncheon followed, hosted by the hostess with assistance from Mrs. Harry Daugherty, and plans were made to visit Mrs. Albert Wilson at Haig Street in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Harry Treese
Henry Leech
Clyde Bemen
Harry Moore
Harry Daugherty
Albert Wilson
Haig Street
Joseph Bartsch 71 Dies at Ellwood City Home
Joseph Bartsch 71 of Wiley Hill died Wednesday morning at his daughter Mrs. Joseph Kriegish's home in Ellwood City after a brief illness. He is survived by a son. Funeral services are set for Friday at St. Agatha Catholic Church with interment in the church cemetery.
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Ellwood City
Joseph Bartsch
Wiley Hill
Joseph Kriegish
Hill
St. Agatha Catholic Church
Church
Ellwood Visitors from Cleveland and Toledo
Mrs. Frank Marconi and baby of Crescent have been discharged. Mrs. George Ward and daughter Dorothy visit Mr. and Mrs. Fred Melzer on Spring Avenue with guests from Cleveland who will stay a week in Ellwood. Mr. Ward will join them next week. S. R. Douds of Toledo is visiting relatives with S. Y. Douds on Spring Avenue.
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Ellwood City
Frank Marconi
Baby
Crescent
George Ward
Dorothy
Fred Melzer
Spring Avenue
Cleveland
Ellwood
Ward
S. R. Douds
Toledo, Ohio
S. Y. Douds
Koppel Meeting Postponed and Birth Reported
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Koppel M. E. church postponed its June meeting and will hold it a week later. A daughter was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. John Benton of Koppel at the home of Mrs. Benton’s parents in Butler.
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Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the
Koppel M. E. Church
John Benton
Koppel, Sunday
Delegates Attend Beaver County Sabbath School Convention
The Koppel M. E. Church sent about twenty five delegates to part of the fifty seventh Beaver County Sabbath School Association convention at the New Presbyterian church in Beaver Falls. Some attended the full program while others joined only the afternoon and evening sessions. Nellie Kirk and her children Jennie and William from Chicago visited Mrs Blythe of Koppel and planned to return home Friday.
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Koppel M. E. Church
Beaver County Sabbath School Association
New Presbyterian Church of
Beaver Falls
Nellie Kirk
Jennie
William
Chicago
Wm. Blythe
Koppel
Local Dinner Party Guests Include Capots and Crangi
Mr and Mrs James Capots hosted a Sunday dinner with guests Mr and Mrs S Crangi Mr and Mrs John Capots and Peter Capots Mrs Wm Hall visited New Castle. Jerry Crangi and Philip Crangi drove to New Castle recently. Louise Martin returns to Koppel after a week with Miss Bertha Shank in Pittsburgh. Mrs C G Myers and W H Law went to Pittsburgh for funeral services of John Monpere. Mrs Law stayed in Pittsburgh a few days before returning home.
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James Capots
S. Crangi
John Capots
Peter Capots
Wm. Hall
New Castle
Jerry Crangi
Philip Crangi
Louise Martin
Koppel
Bertha Shank
Pittsburgh
C. G. Myers
W. H. Law
John Monpere
Law
Women Meet At North Sewickley Presby Churches
A joint meeting of the Knox and North Sewickley Presbyterian women missionary societies was held at Mrs. Hugh Hardy’s home in North Sewickley. About 20 covers were served at a tureen dinner. Esther Moyer spoke on her work in India and showed pictures of village life and schools. The next meeting date will be announced later.
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Ellwood City
Women’s Missionary Societies
Knox
North Sewickley
Hugh Hardy
Esther Moyer
India
Robbery Being Probed At Beaver
Ellwood City resident Jack Hudspath, robbed in an auto on the road from Buffalo to Pittsburgh, believes he was injected with a hypo dermic drug. Beaver County authorities are conducting the investigation at Beaver.
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Beaver
Ellwood City
Jack Hudspath
Ellwodo City
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Beaver Country
Charge Man Took Viaduct Materials
Ellwood City police arrested John Dombeck on suspicion of taking materials used in the Second Street Viaduct project. He was handed over to B&O police authorities for handling of the case.
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Ellwood City
John Dombeck
Second Street
Wampum Children’s Day Program at New Port M E Church
The New Port M E church school presents its annual Children’s Day program on Thursday evening June 18 at 8 15 CST. The program features songs prayers recitations a playlet and a star drill with student participation and various named performers and characters.
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New Port M. E. Church
New Port Church School
Father
W. H. Fenton
Eileen Boots
Sara Galford
Ruth Allen
June Guy
Edith Langille
Pearl Hall
Kathryn Newswonder
Vivian Truby
God
Pastor Playlet
Betty
June
Kathryn Allen
Kathryn Allen; “Fairy”, Geraldine Bacon; “Children’s Day Fund”, Ruth Wardman
Geraldine Bacon
Ruth Wardman
Director Plans Course at State College After Scout Duties
Miss Nance Pugh, director of New Castle Girl Scout troops, says the YWCA office will be open only Saturday mornings for registrations this week. She leaves Saturday night for Harrisburg then Pine Grove Furnace regional camp before entering a summer course at State College to study Nature.
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Nance Pugh
New Castle
Miss Pugh
Harrisburg
Pine Grove Furnace
State College
Observation on Human Resilience Amid Hard Times
A reflective line notes that human beings endure despite widespread struggles, praising the race's persistence and resilience through adversity.
County Defendant In Damage Case
A civil action seeks 25000 dollars from Lawrence County for damage to Steve Hrivnak’s Ellport property caused by the relocation of the Wurtemburg Porter s ville road. A jury viewed the premises after being sworn and will hear witnesses on damage and value.
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County Court House
Steve Hrivnak
Lawrence
Wurtemburg
Portersville
Hrivnak
Ellport
Motorists to Save Millions on Summer Auto Costs
Pennsylvania motorists will save over 11 million dollars in June through August due to 5 cent per gallon cheaper gasoline than last summer. The Pittsburgh Motor Club notes fuel use should reach about 220 million gallons this year and says operating costs will be under 75 percent of vacation levels. Food prices are also roughly 30 percent lower, aiding recreational travel.
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Pennsylvania
Department of the
Pittsburgh Motor Club
Club
Department of Revenue
Motor Club
Thornton Acquitted In Insurance Case
The jury found insurance agent Thomas F. Thornton not guilty of misappropriating New Amsterdam Casualty Company funds. The verdict came after a trial in Hildebrand Court, with costs placed on the prosecutor. Thornton, representing many firms, mixed premiums into a general fund due to collection failures. The defense argued no intent to defraud, and the practice was common among local agents.
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Hildebrand
Thomas F. Thornton
New Amsterdam Casualty Company
Thornton
New Amsterdam
Widowed Mother Pleads Guilty to Murder Charge
A 31 year old widowed mother of two, Mrs Anna Mack, pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh criminal court to the murder of Sam Gealanella, 21, shot April 12 on a busy thoroughfare after saying he took her last $20 meant for shoes for her children. The plea was taken to determine degree of guilt.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Sam Gealanella
Anna Mack
Gealanella
New Castle Tailor Peluso Shares War Medals and Wounds
Remeto Peluso a New Castle tailor born in Naples served as an Ardito volunteer in Italian forces. He earned a life pension in 1918 after wounds at Monte Fiore Altiplano Asiago and near Skio Pisino. He arrived in the United States in 1922 and has lived here since with a family of six.
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New Castle
Ardito
Remeto Peluso
Jefferson Street
Naples
Peluso
Monte Pastilio
Monte Fiore
Altipiano Asiago
Sul Piave
Skio
Italy
Black Shirts
Mussolini
Arditos
Ital
Ians
Altiniano Asiago
Two Injured Women Improved After Skid On Oiled Road
Mrs Mary Moore and Mrs Joe Baldi of Youngstown Ohio were severely injured when their automobile skidded on an oiled dirt road at Edenburg end of the concrete highway Tuesday night. They are reported to be doing fairly well at Jameson Memorial hospital with Mrs Moore suffering the more serious injuries.
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Mary Moore
Joe Baldi
Youngstown
Edenburg
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Moore
Teachers Elected For Ensuing Year
Shenango township school director elected teachers for the coming year at Shenango Consolidated and Hill School. Names include Francis Ackerman Katherine Alcom Gerald Ball Ronald Brown and many others led by supervising principal.
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Shenango Township
Shenango Consolidated School
Francis Ackerman
Katherine Alcom
Gerald Ball
Ronald Brown
C. B. Book
Alberta Brenner
Edwin Canan
Mark Ciao
Margaret Cowmeadow
Viola Ford
Alice Hockenberry
Glenn Johnston
Harold Klinginsmith
Rose Mertin
Francis Mus
Lillian Moran
S. W. McCullough
Sara McComb
Pauline McElhatten
Virginia Perdue
Andrew Perrine
Prudence Sankey
Richard Smith
Virginia West
Florence Nickel
Hill School
Elmer Brown
Lillie McGure
Thelma Pankratzla Shaffer
Wife Preservers Wax The Electne Once a Month
A fragment notes a practice of waxing something monthly with paraffin or beeswax, described as part of a routine care or preservation method. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear subjects or outcomes, yielding a brief, unclear historical reference.
Strife Spreads in Armstrong County Coal Strike
The Buffalo and Susquehanna Coal Company near Sagamore faces labor unrest as 350 striking miners from three mines clash. An automobile was stoned, a man was injured, six youths were arrested, and six more deputies were sworn in to patrol the picket lines. The workers seek recognition of the national miners union amid tensions with the United Mine Workers of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Kittanning
Armstrong County
Buffalo and Susquehanna Coal Company
Sagamore
George W. Shaffer
National Miners’ Union
United Mine Workers of America
Sam Rizzo Jr
A. J. Skomo
Walter Chase
George Sulick
Tony Rizzo
Anthony Gasparino
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. K. Schrecengost
Caldwell
Trinity Church
Mrs. Harry Treese
Girl Scout
Wurtemburg Road
Mellin’s Food
M.A
Abc
Phillip’s Magnesia
Dewitt’s
Johnson
Atea
Pinaud
Jack John
Creolin
AT & Megown
HE Druggists
East Washington St
Auto Club
I.O. U's
Shenango and
Hill Schools
Ramsey
Tex
D. G. Ramsey & Sons
Croton Ave
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