Guest bicycle passenger sues for injuries in Mercer County court
A guest rider, Marjorie Guy, seeks $1,000 in Mercer county court after a bicycle she rode with Ruth Coryea was struck by W. E. Black's auto on Route 108 near Leesburg. The suit names Black as defendant and cites October 15, 1939, as the injury date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Scott W. Guy
Volant
W. E. Black
R. D
Marjorie
Ruth Coryea
Black
Route 108
Leesburg
Dorothy Campbell
West Salem Township
William Craven
Craven
Miss Campbell
College Avenue
Greenville
Leesburg church notes highlight society meetings
The Junior Christian Endeavor Society meets Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Queen Esther class gathered Tuesday evening. A miscellaneous shower honored Mrs. Carl Huey. Mrs. James Oakes and Sara Mabel Rice hosted. The Women's Missionary Society held an all day meeting with Mrs. Paul Wymer, a returned missionary from China, as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
Queen Esther
Carl Huey
Dorothy Bulford
James Oakes
Sara Mabel Rice
Women's Missionary Society
Paul Wymer
China
Local residents and visitors spend time with friends and relatives
Burdell Conners of Utica and Jennie Whenry of Plaingrove visit Mrs. Blanch Hedglin. Wendell Lizzie and family from Sharon spend the weekend with Mrs. Annie Tunstall. Ronald Palmer, a draftee, reports for draft duty in New Cumberland. Several other local couples host or visit relatives across Oak Grove, Ellwood City, New Castle, Pitcairn, and Grove City during weekends and weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Whenry
Plaingrove
Blanch Hedglin
Wendell Lizzie
Sharon
Annie Tunstall
Lawrence Mellon
Buffalo
N.Y
Sam Foster
Ronald Palmer
New Cumberland
Lloyd Ward
Glassport
Herbert Ward
William McCracken
Norman Hassell
Grove City
A. D. McCandless
Darlene Hassell
Donna Hassell
Mary Ellen Croyle
McKeesport
Mary Ellen
Thomas West, Jr
Ernest Brooks
Ellwood City
William Genkinger
Norman
New Castle
GNCA to Mail 1940 41 Activity Report to Members
Mimeographing copies of the annual activity report of the Great er New Castle Association was under way today and the office announced that the 1940 41 reports would be mailed to the membership within a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater New Castle Association
Chinese Air Chief Urges U S Warplanes for China War Effort
Major General Mao Pang-chu, Chinese air chief, warned that Japanese fighters outclass Chinese aircraft and urged rapid American aircraft aid. He noted Japan has 741 planes in China by April, cites export limits to Japan and possible South Pacific conflict as reasons for urgency. He linked German blueprints to Japanese aircraft designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Hong Kong
China
Mao Pang-chu
Changtu
Mao
Japan
Europe
South Pacific
Messerschmitts
Heinkels
Stukas
Germany
Heinrich Georg Stahmer
Italy
Officers Reserve To Close Season
The Lawrence county unit of the Officers Reserve Corps will host its final winter conference on Thursday evening June 26 at the New Castle Field Club. Dinner starts at 6 30 p m with Maj. Arthur B Foster in charge discussing Infantry Weapons. Lieut Col W F Jackson oversees and will provide the latest training bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Officers Reserve Corps
New Castle Field Club
Arthur B. Foster
Inf
W F. Jackson
Loyal Ladies and Men Bible Classes Hostesses at New Castle
Mrs Mayme Ashton and Mrs Laura Coates entertained the Loyal Ladies and Loyal Men Bible classes of the Christian church at Mrs Ashton's Wallace avenue home in New Castle. Games and stunts filled the hours and lunch was served. Next meeting at Mr and Mrs Willis Mc Bride Worthington Pa R D 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme Ashton
Laura Coates
Christian Church
Wallace Avenue
New Castle
Willis McBride
Worthington
R. D
Edenburg Notes Highlight Local Visits and Picnic
Mrs Myrtle Mitcheltree of Beaver Falls spent Sunday with Mrs Priscilla Stanley. The Edenburg Women's Club will host a basket picnic dinner Friday in the Community hall at 6 o'clock. Numerous residents visited relatives in New Castle Youngstown Akron and Ellwood City over the weekend. The Simontons returned from a two week vacation to Denver Pueblo and the Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Edenburg
Myrtle Mitcheltree
Beaver Falls
Priscilla Stanley
Sarah McIntosh
John Doris
New Castle
Mary Morrow
Will Smith
Alice Whaley
Lee Donaldson
Bessemer
Joseph Vesco
Ellwood City
Bernard Sanger
Charles Robinson
Akron
Ohio
I. M. Hofmeister
Willis McBride
Worthington
R. D
Merlin Felger
Mt. Jackson Road
Frank Kuhn
South Side Hospital
Youngstown
Wilma Flannery
Ray McKay
Crawford Avenue
Frank Hofmeister
Laura Coates
Clarence Jones
Cook's Forest
Fred Wintergreen
Robert
Sharpsburg
Herman Schock
Fred Coates
Carl Mitcheltree
Albert Wigton
Harry Filby
Anna
John Filby
Florence Nicholls
Mr. Filby
Washington
John Robinson
West Fairmont Avenue
W. R. Slater
Edward Slater
Rinehart
Ambridge
Ray Biddle
Erie Street
Francis Simonton
North Side
Denver
Pueblo
Colo
Rocky Mountain National Park
Garden Club
Anna Johnson
Wayne Croyle
Clairton
Sally Hahn
Pittsburgh
Helen Macom
Clarence Hunt
Washington D.C
Myrtle Parshall
Jess Cox
Heckathorne
Raymond Heckathorne
Winifred Jervis O. Slippery Rock
Betty Dean
Clarence Totman
Harvey Totman
Cleveland
Howard Staup
Sandy Lake
Francis Varnum
Helen Burnside
Bernice Richael
Dorothy Shaw
New Hamburg
Mabel McElwain
W.C.T.U
L. T.L
Joseph Burnside
Henry Croyle
Daily Dozen Digest on stomach cancer dangers
The piece cites wartime and peacetime deaths from traffic accidents and stomach cancer, noting early stomach cancer is hard to detect. It warns that initial symptoms mimic digestion issues and urges prompt diagnosis for those over 40 with indigestion.
Peterson's Ointment Promises Quick Pile Relief
An ad proclaims a million dollars spent yearly on pile remedies and promotes Peterson's Ointment as soothing and fast acting. It touts 35c per box and 60c for a tube with applicator, with money back if not delighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Missions and social gatherings fill Harlansburg area
The Baptist missionary ladies plan a June 26 meeting led by Lena Mathews on aid with Bertha Kneram Edna McCracken Rachel Woods and Hazel Dean. Ellen Bell society hosts July 3 with Leona Flack as leader. Topics include China and Utah. Numerous visits and family gatherings are noted along with a Lincoln quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Missionary Ladies
Bertha Kneram
Edna McCracken
Rachel Woods
Hazel Dean
Lena Mathewson
Ellen Bell Missionary Society
Elien Bell
Ejlwood City
Leona Flack
Sarah Stankard
China
Lawrence Brown
Utah
O. P. Brown Jr Named Aviation Cadet in Naval Reserve
Oliver Phillips Brown Jr of New Castle has been appointed an aviation cadet in the U S Naval Reserve and will begin further flight training, the Navy department announces. The article also notes Retsof New York hosts the largest salt mine in America with extensive underground railways.
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O. P. Brown, JR
U. S. Naval Reserve
Washington, D.C
Oliver Phillips Brown, Jr
Moody Avenue
New Castle
Naval Reserve
Navy Department
America
Retsof
N. Y
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Donald Smith
Dorothy Karcer
James D. Smith
Katherine M. Smith
Miss Karcer
Perrine’s Corners
Jackson Center
Hendersonville Road
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Castle Garage
N. Mill St
General Tire
S. Jefferson Street
Silverman’s
East Washington
Ae Ea
Burdell Conners
Utica
GNCA
West
Washington and
Beaver Sts
Armour’s
Automotive
RADIO
North
Mercer Street
U.S
Spinet Pianos
Donati
N East
Washington St
Alexander
the Supreme CO
East Long Ave
Ganon
Majestic Wall Paper CO
North Mill
Penn Auto Stores
Daily Dozen
The
Medical Society of the
State of Pennsylvania
Pierce
Lincoln
Auto Sales CO
Cor, South & S. Mercer Si
Simmons
Hiclatitir
Washington Street
PENNA
Harlansburg
Missionary Society
Roy Harlan
Fred Llewellyn
David Harlan
Glenn
S. M. Adams
Prospect
D. D. Barker
E. ®. Jeffers
Madison, O
L. S. Ulrich
Lakewood
Abraham Lincoln
General Motors
GMC
YMAC
Lawrence Auto Sales Co., Inc
Mercer St
New Castle, Pa
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