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Seventh Ward Notes Include Old Friends Reunion and Local Happenings
Mrs. Jane Balmer of Wabash and Mrs. Patterson Rue met in Eastbrook near McMahon on Thursday. They recall a wedding attended over 60 years ago where Mrs. Balmer was bridesmaid to Robert Fisher, now a North Cedar Street resident. Other Seventh Ward items note horse arrivals for Mahoningtown track, a large Seventh Ward Methodist banquet with Dr. Bransfield speaking, request for summer street cars, scarlet fever cases, strawberry thefts in North Beaver, opportunities circle picnic prep, and local parish activities. Also reported: Patterson Kerr wedding in Petersburg, and various ward happenings and sick lists amid hot weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Balmer
Wabash Avey
Patterson Rue
Eastbrook
North Cedar Street
Robert Fisher
Oth Ward
Balmer
Fisher
Seventh Ward
Mecca
Fire Men’s League
Orpheus Glee Club
Willian Bransfield
Sharon
F.S. Patterson
Presbyterian Church
Cham
Liberty Street
Cascade Park
Scheher
Alliance
Alro
E. J. Beetle
Eri
J. J. Carney
Ed Mitchell
Cedar Street
BL & IO
Biddle
Auenbury
Shaffer
French Creek
Chester Duvall
Clayton Street
Rusgemer