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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1922
Page
30
In Ellwood City Pa on June 19 Frank Vacarro faced a hearing before Squire Hancher. His wife testified she and their household rely on local poorhouse and citizens for support while Vacarro, a longtime shoemaker and heavy drinker, is alleged insane. The case was continued to Monday.
Seven new members joined United Presbyterian Church at Ellwood City during Sunday morning services. The evening marked the church’s seventh anniversary of the current building dedication with a program including two special anthems and a special address by Rev. James A. Cosby.
Ellwood City June 19. George Clyde Markle, Cedarville College and Seminary student, has arrived home for summer vacation. He preached at the Presbyterian church of Midland where Rev. John Waite, former Bell Memorial pastor, now leads the church and Markle made a favorable impression.
Ellwood City June 19 The Drive Committee of the Bell Memorial church will meet Tuesday evening with church Trustees. The eight o'clock meeting will determine the full result of the fund drive to pay for the new church site.
Ellwood City hosts a WCTU institute Tuesday at 2 30 in United Presbyterian Church. The silver medal contest follows the same evening in the same church with expected good attendance.
Colendula Troop No. 4 of the Girl Scouts will meet in the First Presbyterian church reading room in Ellwood City this evening. Plans will be made for a hike and picnic scheduled for Wednesday.
Ellwood City reports two men were arrested Saturday night on charges of being drunk. They will face hearings this evening before Burgess Ben G. Swick.
Mrs Lula Vann of Fulton Arkansas testifies she suffered monthly cramps and backache until using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports relief enabling full work without pain and urges other women with similar female troubles to try the remedy.
The United Presbyterian Good All Around Class contest honors Hannah P. McDonald A W Classes with second prizes of $20 each while Mrs J A Cosby’s class won a first prize. Winners judged by attendance class work and effort.
Ellwood City Pa June 19 W J Kirk of Spring avenue left for Rochester Minnesota Saturday to spend several weeks at the sanitarium.
Eight objects named as CHINA CHILE SIAM WALES ITALY NETHERLANDS fill eight spaces. reading downward reveals a pretty bird. The solution lists the countries given and interprets the hidden name accordingly.
Report of a chaotic late evening in Ellwood with nine clansmen rushing about in machines, a girl in blue carrying strawberries to a neighbor, an automobile pulling a motorcycle on Fourth street, four men pushing a machine on Spring avenue, and a man in tan overalls clearing around the famous spring near Spring Stop.
Several local graduates are taking summer courses at colleges. Mabel Moore Ethel Wiley Iona Cable and Frances Duncan study at Geneva College while Lois Myers Grace Brun and Mildred Moon attend Slippery Rock State Normal. Helen Liebendorfer, class of 1922 Ellwood High, becomes a stenographer at National Tube Company.
Several local people attended a luncheon at the William Penn hotel Sunday afternoon hosted by Mrs. Abraham Smith and Mrs. I. S. Sil verblatt of Pittsburgh. Among the guests were Mrs. Harry Caplan, Mrs. B. W. Applebaum of Ellwood, and Mrs. Barney Cohen of Wampum.
A large number of local teachers and others planning to teach this coming year visited Geneva college today to enroll for a summer term of nine weeks. Professor C. F. Becker of this city will be one of the instructors.
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Russell Cole of First avenue was buried Sunday afternoon at Lilyville cemetery. Rev W J McCandless of Bell Memorial church conducted the funeral services.
Members of the Woman's club plan a 1 PM luncheon Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church served by the Willing Workers. Special toasts will be given and attendees are expected to have a fine time.
Albert Goffer, injured when a heavy steel plate fell on his leg at Koppel Car Works Friday morning, is improving and his fractured leg is healing well. He remains under care as doctors monitor recovery progress.
Members of the Rosencrantz orchestra will furnish the music for the dance to be held at the Newton platform Tuesday evening.
A visiting golfer cries out Heaven and laments a rotten game while a brave caddy asks if he has played before in a brief exchange recorded by the judge.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remover. It claims a few drops of the solution stop pain instantly and allow lifting the corn with fingers, noting the product is sold by druggists in a tiny bottle for a few cents and works on hard or soft corn and between the toes without soreness.
New York June 19 International News Service reports Johann Schultz, a deck hand aboard the steamer Hansa, quit his job claiming he was tired of acting as an elephant's valet and nurse maid to boa constrictors and pythons. He said he would rather do manual labor than groom jungle beasts aboard the circus cargo. The Hansa carried eight elephants seven baboons 25 snakes and 150 birds from Burma and elsewhere. Schultz announced he was through.
Social events honored Miss Edna Kelly and Kenneth and Wallace Kelly as they prepare to leave the Mahoning Valley. Seventy five guests gathered at a Kuhn home and thirty at a Knoll home, with fifty five at another, all sharing games music and refreshments as Edna heads to Kent Normal School.
At the last meeting M. V. Grange initiated 15 candidates in first and second degrees. At the next regular meeting on June 27 these candidates will be initiated in the third and fourth degrees by the degree team of M. V. Grange.
At M V Grange hall on Tuesday evening June 20 the Enon Glee club will stage An Arizona Cowboy. Some Little Beaver Grange members are part of the cast and good attendance is hoped due to strong recommendations.
Edna Kelly and Gladys Taylor travel to Kent Ohio to attend the summer term at the Normal school there.
Mrs. Charles McClelland hosted visitors from North Beaver and families in the past week. Households including the Douglas and Sherrard families attended weddings and visits in local towns, with guests from Ft. Morgan, Colo., New Castle, and New York City. A funeral and a summer visit to Beaver's home were noted, along with a Cascade Park picnic honoring Miss Alberta Vaughn of New Bedford.
A 15 year old Detroit boy Abole Berub was found in Ellwood City Pennsylvania in the Hardup Row district. His parents were notified and it is expected he will be sent home at once through the efforts of Jack Cowan.
Alta Norton of a Burton County Kansas farm travels ten miles passing through three counties each day on her round trip to school.
On June 19, the Pennsylvania Railroad announced a $250,000 appropriation to construct a power house and roundhouse near New Castle. The project, believed to be at Lawrence Junction, sparked local business enthusiasm as a sign of New Castle becoming a major railroad repair center.
RICHWOOD W VA June 19 Jack Clark claiming to be 108 years old still hewing cross ties in West Virginia though he is minus one eye He does the work of a much younger man and finds enjoyment in everything including attending a circus with display of—
Clark, born April 29 1814 in northern New York, spent early years in Peter county PA, work in lumber, moved to West Virginia 27 years ago. He outlived five wives and fathered 35 children, 29 living scattered across America. He wears a heavy beard, is tall, erect, and credits health to simple living and pure air. He is a keen reader.
A firm head learns his son courted the private secretary who had joined the staff to learn the business. She informs him of the engagement, saying she preferred his son and had accepted him, prompting a restrained, bittersweet exchange about expectations.
A brief quote from the Boston Transcript shows a polite exchange asking if Mrs Swagger is at home and noting she has just gone out to call on the recipient. The dialogue reflects friendly social etiquette from a past era.
STATE COLLEGE Pa June 19 The 5000 potato given to President John M Thomas by Somerset county potato growers as their contribution toward the new Pennsylvania State College hospital was planted on the campus at the site proposed for the hospital building The action followed Thomas Farmers Week address urging a small bed of this potato s descendants be grown each year The potato of the Sir Walter Raleigh variety will be placed in front of the 150000 building A portion was planted near the college greenhouse to supply new seed for future plantings The bed will be surrounded by rare flowers and forms part of the August 23 cornerstone laying ceremony.
An official bulletin from Moscow dated June 19 states that Nicolai Lenine is improving health. The bulletin confirms no adverse developments and notes continued recovery efforts.
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