Legion Of Honor To Hold Stag Party At Chapin Road Cottage
Members of the Legion of Honor in New Castle Con sistory will host a post reunion stag party at R. L. Boyd's Cottage on Chapin road Thursday at 6 30 p m EST A large slate of new members admitted during the spring reunion will be initiated and a fine program of entertainment is planned for the evening.
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R. L. Boyd
Legion of Honor
Valley of New Castle
Chapin Road
E.S.T
Moody Institute head burial at New Bethlehem
Funeral services for the late Dr. W. H. Houghton president of Moody Bible Institute Chicago Ti will be held Friday in Chicago with burial later in New Bethlehem Pa A news dispatch erroneously stated burial would be at New Wilmington Pa Dr Houghton died of a heart disease while vacationing in Los Angeles Calif
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W. H. Houghton
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
New Bethlehem
New Wilmington
Houghton
Los Angeles
Calif
Legislature Passes Teachers Salary Bill Across Districts
The legislature approved a sweeping teachers salary bill detailing new pay scales by district and degree level. Non college graduates in some districts start at 1950 with five 150 increments to 2700. bachelor's 2000 to 3200. master 2200 to 3400, with boosts for higher training. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia scales run higher, with eight boosts for qualified teachers. Mandated raises for 1947-48 include 200 in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and 150 elsewhere. State Council to devise credit system for non graduates with training. Subsidies to finance increases rise from 600 to 700 next year and 800 thereafter, with gradual annual rises to 2600 by 1950-51.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
State Council of Education
State Legislature Ends as Local Tax Boosts Move Forward
The session approved broad local tax powers for cities boroughs and townships excluding Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with new levies on amusements property and other items. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia districts gain per capita or wage-based tax scales. Teachers receive raises amid a new pay schedule likely adding over 48 million to the two year education bill. Lawmakers vote themselves higher expense allowances and prepare for adjournment while several tax and policy bills stall.
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Duff
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Commonwealth
Senate
M. Harvey Taylor
Soldiers Orphan School
Scotland
House
Tax change proposals for married couples considered
The House tax committee is hearing proposals to draft an omnibus income tax revision bill for the next Congress session. The group plans hearings this year and to prepare the bill for next winter. The note includes an odd line about the mountain beaver having no tail.
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House Committee
Congress
House
Relief for Gas and Bloating With SSS Tonic Claim
An ad claims stomach gas and sour digestion improve when the stomach’s gastric juice flow is increased by SSS Tonic. It asserts the tonic boosts non organic stomach disturbances and helps anemia, promising better appetite sleep and energy with regular use.
Session Passes Broad Suite of State Laws
A wide package of measures advances in education housing labor taxation and public welfare. Provisions include allocating 20 million dollars from the one cent gasoline tax for road maintenance, housing authority allowances, teacher salary boosts and college center funding, plus new labor rules, equal pay for women, extended work weeks, veteran bonuses and scholarships, mine safety and environmental safeguards, and liquor regulation linked to youth drinking verifications.
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Schuylkill River
Almira Home Board Elects Officers For New Year
Almira Home Board reports 1947 receipts 25 406.87 disbursements 25 217.81 leaving 189.06. 43 inmates with six ill. Oldest resident Mrs. Mary Marks of Ellwood City to reach 100 in August. Memorial service for deceased members and prayers noted. New officers named including president Mrs Howard Harper and secretary Mrs Roger Rowland. Superintendent Mrs Lola Harris and Dr B E Sankey listed among staff. Trustees and officers from Venango Mercer Butler counties named.
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Lola Harris
Mary Marks
Ellwood City
Harris
Thomas Alexander
Charles Thomas
Venango County
Carrie Agnew
H. L. Gordon
Lawrence County
Harper
Ralph Stewart
Sharon
J. Ward Reis
Howard C. Harper
George R. Ralph
W. Walter Braham
Charles E. Trainor
Roger W. Rowland
James D. Crawford
Roy Shira
Lauri Laurell
Robert Armstrong
James W. Rhodes
George E. Harbison
Gayle Blim
William D. Coban
Harold Heck
J. Howard Frew
Jacob F Rentz
Clyde M. Whittaker
Ralph G. Campbell
Robert A. Eckles
Charles J. Jaquish
Robert A. Weingartner
George T. Weingart
Thomas Irwin
J. T. Campbell
Maude White
F. L. Williamson
Mary E. Hancock
Joseph C. Sibley
Charles Hough
Edward Wentworth
Mercer County
Roy C. Gregory
H. G. McClelland
Henrietta Magoffin
Helen Reed
Samuel Phillips
Q. A. Carver
Bereavement Thanks To Pittsburgh Friends and Neighbors
We thank our friends and neighbors and Rev. Pearl Ben ner of Pittsburgh for kindness and sympathy during our recent bereavement. Grateful for beautiful flowers and donated cars from Mr. George Frey and Mr. Eddie Brown.
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Pearl Benner
Pittsburgh
Funeral notice for Warren Hennon with Moose gathering
All members are requested to meet at the Moose Temple this evening at 7 30 p m to attend the funeral services of Brother Warren Hennon LT
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Moose Temple
Warren Hennon
Wagner Family Thanks For Kindness After Bereavement
The Wagner Family expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness sympathy during their recent bereavement and for the beautiful flowers.
Deaths Of The Day: Boyd Dicks Shaner Pilch Hilyard Cummings
Obituary notices list Robert S. Boyd of 207 North Scott Street who died at Jameson Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Also noted are Solomon B. Dicks formerly of Volant and now 507 Court Street, Ronald L. Shaner of Mercer District 6, Catherine Pilch of 36 Elmwood Street, and service details for Curtis Edmund Hilyard, Robert E. Cummings, and others including funeral home arrangements, interments, and survivors.
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Robert S. Boyd
North
Scott Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Harlansburg
Adam
Jennie Pierson Boyd
Rieck Dairy Company
Camilla Plumadore Boyd
Robert C. Boyd
Dorothy June Cruz
Bristol
R. I
Marilyn Frisch
Lillian Crows
Lillian
Frances Boyd
William Boyd
Joseph, B. Leyde
Highland
Oliver J. Hurst
Oak Park Cemetery
Solomon B. Dicks
Volant
R. D
Court Street
Washington Township
Lawrence County
Robert
Mary Jane Brenneman Dicks
Rich Hill Presbyterian Church
Clarence J. Dicks
New Castle
Mazie Lloyd
Santa Fe
N. M
Dewey Shifflet
Walter Gibson
Clyde Grannis
Charles Kriner
Fred Miller
Butler
Viola Dicks
Cunningham Funeral Home
East Washington
Chestnut
A. B. Weisz
Rich Hill Presbyterian Cemetery
Frank Pilch
Catherine Pilch
Elmwood Street
Poland
Paul Bober
Prank
Michael Bobovsky
Taito Puromaki
Bessemer
Anthony Vranicar
Harrisburg
Pa Newe Details Wild Court Street Dash and Inspectors
A stray animal dodges through traffic toward the Radiator Works field as Westbound motorists pull over. The city outskirts near Butler Avenue have become a popular inspection ground for new transports and odd accidents affect residents using canes and other aid.
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Butler Avenue
Princeton Firemen Meet Tonight at High School
Slippery Rock Township Volunteer Fire Department members will gather at Princeton high school this evening at 8 o clock. They will discuss plans to purchase new equipment and prepare for future operations.
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Slippery Rock Township
Youngstown Man Stricken Here At Bus Depot
Joseph Mieleto of 304 Watt street Youngstown Ohio collapsed at noon today at the North Jefferson bus depot. A police ambulance rushed him to Jameson Memorial Hospital for emergency treatment.
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Joseph Mieleto
Watt Street
Youngstown
Ohio
North Jefferson
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Bridge project advances as surveyors work at Neshannock Creek
The state highway department plans a new bridge across Neshannock Creek at Grove Street extension with county funding help. Surveyors are on site as construction proceeds, while local doctors note most common injuries occur at home and residents increasingly rely on crutches.
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Neshannock Creek
Grove Street
State Highway Department
Double Burial for Mother and Son in Irwin Tragedy
Kenneth L. Monaco, 14, died from a fractured skull after a fall from his Irwin home roof ending thirty hours after his mother died of a heart attack. The Allegheny County Coroner's Office released the details as a double funeral for Mrs. Mary Monaco and her son was planned for Friday. Miss Dilla Kidd and Miss Lillian McElheny of Mars returned home from visiting Mr. and Mrs. George H. Detwiler at 320 Garfield avenue.
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Ronald L. Shaner
Ronald Leroy Shaner
George K
Thelma Duffy Shaner
Mercer
R. D
Elmer Shaner
New Castle
Stephen Duffy
Findley Cemetery
Cunningham Funeral
Pittsburgh
INS
Kenneth L. Monaco
Irwin
Allegheny County
Mary Monaco
Dilla Kidd
Lillian McElheny
Mars
George H. Detwiler
Garfield Avenue
Williams and McGuire celebrate births in town
Memorial Hospital reports new arrivals for June 17 including a daughter to Mr and Mrs Boyd A White on Neshannock avenue and to Mr and Mrs W E McGuire 808 Wilmington avenue a son born June 17. Also a son to Mr and Mrs Joseph Winger R D 7 on June 17.
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M Memorial Hospital
Boyd A. Whitehill
Neshannock Avenue
W. E. McGuire
Wilmington Avenue
Joseph Winger
R. D
Women's Missionary Society Luncheon at Mrs Paisley’s Home
Highland U P residents are invited to a Friday luncheon at 1 p.m. hosted by the Women's Missionary Society at the home of Mrs. Carl Paisley, 327 Park Avenue.
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Highland U
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