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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1928
Page
8
Miss Lenora McCann, a Waynesburg telephone operator, received the Theodore N. Vail medal from South Penn Telephone Company for heroism on October 10 when she saved Greensboro from a major fire. B J Casterman, vice president, presented the award.
Miss McCann remained at her post in a burning building as she swept through Greenstore and summoned outside aid, earning recognition for her brave actions during the incident.
Oscar Robbins, 14, son of Mrs. William French, burned to death in Henley Ohio when gasoline from an automobile tank ignited after he lit a match. He ran a half mile home as a human torch and died from burns.
About 75 people attended a tureen dinner Tuesday evening in the Mahoning Methodist church dining room hosted by the Bible class taught by Mrs. M. M. Tindall with their husbands as guests. Special guests included Rev. and Mrs. Sleppy, Mr. and Mrs. Davy, and Mr. and Mrs. Hellenbaugh. The event featured decorated tables, a program with toasts by several members, a reading by Mrs. W. J. Campbell, and gifts presented to Rev. Sleppy and Mrs. Sleppy. Committees led by nine unit captains organized the dinner.
The Junior Queen Esther society of the Mahoning M. E. church held a picnic at Willow Grove with 23 at table under a grape arbor. Miss Dorothy Steele attended as guest. officers elected included President Mildred Tindall and vice presidents Helen Anderson and Dorothy Johnston. A subsequent meeting conducted the annual officer slate.
Margaret Gormley, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gormley of West Cherry Street, is recovering from pneumonia illness. Crescent tonight features John Guibert in Monte Cristo and the Collegians Ady 11.
GROVE CITY Pa June 20 The summer term of Local High school opened with 90 students enrolled in a special session for those retained for various reasons. Classes meet three evenings per week for seven weeks and are financed by the pupils. Instructors include Hubert Jack in Mental Arithmetic General Science Arithmetic Gilbert Hoyt in Algebra Chemistry Physics Geomety Howard Barnes in Commercial History Commercial Geography Business Administration Democraty and Civics and Miss Lorena Lithgow in English American and European History. Only three students from the graduating class are enrolled.
Police cleared the mystery of a shooting wounding Mrs. Goldie Smith Gatto after charging Francis Schaal of College Hill with failure to stop when signaled by Patrolman J H Ceartoss. The officer says he signaled a liquor car and Schaal attempted to run him down, prompting two gunshots to halt the vehicle.
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