Summer's Entrance Draws Crowds To McConnell's Mills
On the first day of summer crowds flocked to McConnell's Mill Breakneck and Eckert's bridge with about 200 cars and an estimated 1500 visitors. Families swimmers hikers pic nickers and sun bathers enjoyed a warm day as Old Mouse and three guides managed traffic the scene included a young woman in a Hawaii dress and a dipping tot at the water's edge. Cruiser Police Criswell and Birt arrested four loiterers on the Diamond benches and one sleeping man before a Sunday lecture led to their release.
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MecConnell’s Mill
Breakneck
Eckert’s Bridge
Old Mouse
McConnell’s Mill
Eckert
Hawaii
Criswell
Birt
Joe Samuels
Frank Sutton
Alex Maxwell
Julius Treetel
Purse Stolen From Kitchen Table Saturday
Mrs. J. E. Perry of 907 Almira avenue reported a theft of 3 dollars from her purse left on a kitchen table Saturday.
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J. E. Perry
Almira Avenue
Pvt. Delliquadri in Tokyo with First Cavalry Division
Pvt. Lawrence M. Delliquadri, with the First Cavalry Division, serves in Tokyo as a cannoneer in the 61st FABn. Overseas since December 1946, he entered the Army in September 1946 after basic training at Fort Knox. He attended New Castle High School. his parents live in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Forty five men at Wheatland yards eligible to vote.
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Eighth Army
Japan
Lawrence M. Delliquadri
First Cavalry
61St FA Bn
Ft. Knox
New Castle High School
Delliquadri
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wheatland
Paratrooper Wayne Shelar Joins 11th Airborne Glider Artillery
Cpl Wayne Shelar of New Castle Pennsylvania has completed jump training at the 11th Airborne training center in Yamato Japan and earned the wings and boots of a paratrooper. He serves with the 472nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion of the 11th Airborne Division. His parents are Mr and Mrs Leigh F Shelar of 412 Florence Street New Castle. After discharge he plans to pursue further education.
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Eighth Army
Japan
Wayne Shelar
New Castle
Penna
472Nd
11Th Airborne Division
Leigh F. Shelar
Florence Street
Cpl. Shelar
11Th Airborne Training Center
Yamato
Sendai
Army
Cpl Shelar
Volant College Reunion to Gather at Church
Former Volant College alumni will meet at the Presbyterian church in Volant on Wednesday June 25 at noon for the annual reunion dinner. President John B. Shaw will preside and Judge W Walter Braham will be the principal speaker. good attendance is expected. The college has been extinct for years, but the reunion grows more lively than 25 years ago.
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Volant College
Presbyterian Church of
Volant
John B. Shaw
W. Walter Braham
Garden Notes on Mite Control and Plant Care Tips
Infestations of red spider mite on junipers can be controlled by periodic fine sulfur dustings. Remove excessive sucker growths below grafts on lilacs, cherries, roses and flowing almonds. Cut back forget-me-nots violas candytufts to encourage new growth after first bloom.
Goats Nibble Not Tin Cans But Paper Labels Says Study
A specimen note explains goats do not eat tin cans but lick paper labels containing salt vital to ruminants. It also recalls Octavius Brooks Frothingham as an American Unitarian clergyman and his father Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham as Harvard's first rhetoric professor.
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Octavius Brooks Frothingham
Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham
Harvard University
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State P Gee
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Ing
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Wlyi
Guy Keystone
Aves
Grocer
General Tires
Bargate
Bailey’s Sales & Service
Butler Ave
Chambers Motor CO
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B.f.goodrich Silvertowns
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Keer TS
Lawrence Savings & Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
E. Washington St
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Federal Reserve Bank System
Lawrence Ave
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