Pilot Boat Launch Delayed By Friday Superstition
In New Westminster B C a newly built pilot boat was not launched as scheduled to honor an old seafaring superstition. Veteran pilots protested and delayed the ceremony because the day was Friday.
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1937
Page
7
In New Westminster B C a newly built pilot boat was not launched as scheduled to honor an old seafaring superstition. Veteran pilots protested and delayed the ceremony because the day was Friday.
Henry Ford, age 74, says he feels fine and stays fit by staying active. He rides a bicycle, runs, and even races with schoolchildren, saying doctors rarely know everything and that illness is often self-inflicted. He continues teaching, oversees 83,000 workers at the Rouge complex, and visits a Milan Michigan farm to guide his interns and sons of his tech schools.
The Jordan state game farm near Harrisburg reports a record egg and chick yield for the season. Eggs laid 85 000. eggs shipped 33 000. incubator eggs 48 000 with 18 000 not yet hatched. young birds hatched 22 000. breeders 12 300. day old chicks shipped 7 000 with plans to reach 10 000. Superintendent W T Warfel notes the season as the biggest since establishment and credits new incubating gear for the rise. Egg production nearing end, total 85 000 reached last Sunday and dropping to about 800 daily.
Uncertain opening date for the New Castle district office of the Social Security Board with space reserved in the Johnson building. Office shipments addressed to the new security board await word, while WPA enrollment continues at the post office and is expected to finish in about two weeks.
Sunday at Mt Hermon Presbyterian church features Sunday school at 10 30 and sermon at 11 30 led by Rev Morrow. On Sunday evening June 20 the Blacktown M E church youth present the play The Rock at Princeton high school auditorium. Mrs J J McKvaine of New Castle to give a temperance talk.
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