Portugallo to complete flash ranging crewman course
Army Pvt. Nathan R. Portugallo is set to complete a flash ranging crewman course at Fort Sill Oklahoma on August 3. The 24-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Portugallo of Ellwood City graduated from Lincoln High School in 1957 and previously worked at Anderson's Firestone Store. His wife Mary resides at 101 Glen Ave Ellwood City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Okla
Nathan R. Portugallo
Mary
Glen Ave
Ellwood City
Artilery and Missile Center
Portugallo
Fort Gordon
Paul J. Portugallo
10Th St
Lincoln High School
Anderson's
Firestone Store
Army
Navy advancement for Ellwood City sailor in Williamsburg
Phillip M. Keane boatswain's mate second class USN son of Mr and Mrs John M Keane of 525 Hazel Ave Ellwood City was advanced after passing a Navy wide competitive exam meeting professional and military requirements while serving in Williamsburg Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Phillip M. Keane
USN
John M. Keane
Hazel Ave
Ellwood City
Bible Baptists DVBS Closes After Pleasant Picnic
Closing exercises at Bible Baptists Church Vacation Bible School were held recently. A total of 102 children enrolled with an average attendance of 87. Staff included Eleanor De Rosa Margaret Jordan Susan Schrantz Alice Rink Peggy Deep Mary DeRosa Mrs Hartson Watson Mrs Lena Hawkins Mrs Edna Shaffer and Mrs Kay Ealy. Rev and Mrs Harry Jordan directed the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Baptist Church Vacation Bible School
Eleanor de Rosa
Margaret Jordan
Susan Schrantz
Alice Rink
Peggy Deep
Mary DeRosa
Hartson Watson
Lena Hawkins
Edna Shaffer
Kay Ealy
Harry Jordan
Berstler Receives Henry C Frick Scholarship For Education
Mrs Thelma Berssler of 609 Franklin Ave receives the Henry C Frick Educational Commission Scholarship. She is a Monaca school system teacher and principal who leaves for Wilson College in Chambersburg for a three week conference on Discipline Designs and Diversities in Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Thelma Berssler
Franklin Ave
Henry C. Frick Educational Commission
Berstler
Monaca
Wilson’ College
Chambersburg
Line Painting Begins on Ellwood City Streets
Borough workers started painting crosswalk lines at the Fourth Street Crescent Avenue intersection this morning. The move follows safety complaints from the Mayor's Safety Committee about accident prevention, with statewide highway divisions handling most markings in the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City — Borough
Fourth St.Crescent Ave
Joseph McCandless
N. Michael Marks
Mayor's Safety Committee
Marks
State Boroughs Assn
Philadelphia
State Highway Dept
Drainage Permit Suspended Over Acid Water Discharge
Harrisburg The Sanitary Water Board suspended Ambrosia Coal and Construction Co. drainage permit for a Mahoning Township strip mine after finding continued discharge of acid water into Coffee Run despite a board order to stop. The board also approved Lake Erie Mining Enterprises Inc. for a 25 acre Little Beaver Twp mine with drainage to the North Fork of Little Beaver Creek, an unpolluted stream, while the firm seeks permission to relocate the stream during mining to prevent drainage entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie Mining Enterprises Inc
Lowellville
Little Beaver Two
Little Beaver Creek
Water and Power Resources Board
The
State Department of Forests and Waters
North Ford
Samuel Berkowitz Dies Merchant of Ellwood City
Funeral services were held in Beaver Falls for Samuel Berkowitz a Pittsburgh area merchant who owned United Food Market in Ellwood City for 20 years before retiring in 1953 He died Sunday in Liberty New York from a heart attack Surviving are his wife Elsie Farkas Berkowitz three daughters Mrs Stanley Shapiro of Haifa Israel Mrs Mervin Bokesenbaum of Detroit Susan Berkowitz and five grandchildren plus two brothers Jacob of Lavonia Michigan and Louis of Akron Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Falls
Samuel Berkowitz
Pittsburgh
Ellwood City
Berkowitz
Liberty
N.Y
United Food Market
Elsie Farkas Berkowitz
Stanley
Clarice) Shapiro
Haifa
Israel
Mervin
Sylvia) Bokesenbaum
Detroit
Susan Berkowitz
Jacob
Lavonia
Mich
Louis
Akron
Ellwood City Hospital Notes Births and Discharges
List of local residents with addresses. Notes two births to Bartlett and Downer families on June 25. Mentions discharges of Mrs Nye and her son and Mrs Dobransky and daughter. Includes multiple patient names from Harmony, Wampum, Portersville, New Castle and New Brighton areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Guy
Wampum
Ronald Kugel
Callery
Nicholas Godrich Sr
Summit Ave
Jimmie Bucci
Orchard Ave
William F. Kennedy
Hickerwell
Philip Werner
Harmony
Lou Flinner
Portersville
Catherine Hall
Harmony Baptist Rd
New Castle
Lead Batchelle
Raymond E. Bartlett
Wood St., Harmony
George R. Downer
Brighton Rd
William H. Nye
Silver Springs Lane
New Brighton
Donald E. Dobransky
Glen Ave
Summer Reading Program Slated In Mohawk Area
The North Beaver Civic Club partners with the New Castle Public Library to run a summer reading program for Mohawk area children from pre school to grade six. Four hundred books are prepared. sessions occur Wednesdays in Mohawk elementary building room one from 10 to 12 a.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. Mrs Donald Williams chairs assisted by Mrs Richard Wike and Mrs Clarence Boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Beaver
Donald Winegar Named to Geneva Honor List
Wayne Township resident Donald Winegar of Chewton-Wurtemburg Road earned the honor list at Geneva College for the past semester, as announced by Dr. Harold A. Bruce. He is the son of Byrd L. and Mrs. Winegar and is hired to teach in the Lincoln High School science department. He is practicing teaching in Beaver Falls summer session and will receive his diploma in August. A Wampum High School graduate, he also plays baseball and serves as assistant secretary of Wayne Township supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Twp
Donald Winegar
Chewton - Wurtemburg
Geneva College
Harold A. Bruce
Byrd L. Winegar
Ellwood City
Winegar
Legion Auxiliary to Elect Officers Tonight at 8
The American Legion Auxiliary at the local post will elect officers at 8 p.m. tonight with Mrs. George Harper, program chairman, guiding the meeting. Plans for a party set for tomorrow will be discussed and games with prizes are planned for this evening's session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wampum
American Legion Auxiliary
George Harper
Labor To Ask Explanation Of Absenteeism
The Lawrence County AFL CIO Council will require Edward Gumienny of Ellwood City to explain four unexplained absences from meetings or face removal as trustee. His $4 monthly salary remains in escrow during a leave, with a July 29 decision anticipated. council also backs a housing bill favored by Sen. Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
AFL Cio
Edward Gumienny
Gumienny
Ellwood City
Michael Budai
United Steelworkers
Budai
Council
Martin J. Kovach
Kovach
Las Vegas
Ellwood
Joseph S. Clark
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Cisto Di Mauro Dies at 86 in Ellwood City
Cisto Di Mauro, age 86, of 319 R Hillside Ave died at 2 45 am at his home after a four year illness. He was born in Italy on April 3 1877 and came to Ellwood City in 1910. He worked in the National Tube Co Hot Finish Dept until 1943. Survived by wife Beatrice Faiola Di Mauro and seven grandchildren six great grandchildren and daughters Mrs Angelo DeCarbo Mrs Thomas Bloom and Mrs Roy Esposito. He is also survived by sister Mrs Mary De Nome and brother Sam De Mauro. A son Samuel preceded him in death. Friends may call at Samuel Toolis Funeral Home today 7 9 pm and tomorrow 2 4 and 7 9 pm. Requiem Mass at Purification BVM Church Thursday 9 30 am with Rev Dominic De Blasio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
Cisto di Mauro
R. Hillside Ave
Italy
John and
Margaret di Mauro
National Tube Co
Purification Bvm Catholic Church
Victor Emanuel Society
Working Man's
Sarasota
Fla
Peter
James
Frank DeMauro
Nancy Macage
Patterson
N.J
Samuel
Samuel Toolis
Purification
Dominic de Blasio
Ellwood City Kiwanis to travel for Forbes Field game
Kiwanis members will skip the weekly meeting and go by bus to Forbes Field in Pittsburgh to watch a baseball game. The bus departs at 6 p.m. from Trinity Lutheran Church. those not attending may sign the church attendance book. Firemen were called at 1:30 p.m. yesterday to wash gasoline spilled from a car from the Third Street Park Avenue intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Kiwanis Club
Forbes Field
Pittsburgh
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ellwood City — Borough
Third St.Park Ave
Fear of overweight keeps teen girls from proper diets
Washington UPI reports nutritionist Dr Evelyn Spindler warns fear of fat leads many teenage girls to undereat. Miss Spindler cites skipped meals poor snacks and insufficient milk as core issues in a cooperative Idaho study of 274 teens showing 30 percent lacked proper nutrients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Evenlyn Spindler
Spindler
Department
Federal Extension Service
Idaho Department of Public Health
Paxton Fike Resigns from LCHA Director Post
Paxton B. Fike of 400 Patricia Dr Ellwood City resigns today as Lawrence County Housing Authority Director. County commissioners accept the resignation and appoint E R Downing of 519 Denny St Ellwood City to the authority to serve the remainder of Fike's term to Dec 31 1966. Fike gave no reason for resigning. Downing was recommended by R J Schill of Ellwood City Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton B. Fike
Patricia Dr
Ellwood City
Lawrence County Housing Authority
E. R. Downing
Denny St
Fike
Downing
R. J. Schill
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Board to Meet in Ellwood City
Ellwood City Chamber of Commerce directors meet at 8 p m to discuss monthly business. President William Seidel will chair as reports on the Pittsburgh Erie Freeway Beaver Valley Expressway Lake Erie Ohio River Canal and area industrial development are heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directorate
William Seidel
Beaver Valley
Harrier Wins as Penn State Undefeated Season Continues
Penn State’s 1962 cross country squad remains undefeated after a dominant performance led by a standout harrier. The Lions stretched their winning streak in a meet highlighting top individual and team efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn State
Tax Deduction Briefing Slated
A briefing on handling school wage tax deductions for employees will be given to industry and business representatives at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Lincoln High School. The Chamber of Commerce arranged the tax clinic led by Dr. Clarence M. Long, the school superintendent. The 1963-64 school year marks the board of education collecting a tax on earned wages for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Lincoln High School
Chamber of Commerce
Clarence M. Long
Board of Education
Objections to Wampum School Board petition labeled excessive
Alfred V. Papa, attorney for a Wampum property owners group, told Lawrence County Court that objections to a petition seeking the board's removal were excess verbiage. He accused School District Solicitor Joseph Solomon of trying to circumvent court agreements and noted the petition cites code violations by current board members, not acts in their jointure with Big Beaver Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wampum School
Wampum
Lawrence
Atty
Alfred V. Papa
Joseph Solomon
Papa
Big Beaver Two
Wampum Board
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Sixth St. Plaza
Joe Rickert
U.S
Bible Baptists Dvbs
Rea
RCA Victor Transistor Radio
RCA Victor
Haney’s
Mercer ST. OL
Ellwood City Hospital
Claude Stuck
Joseph Spaniel
Beaver Ave
Robert Jeffers
Country Club
Mary Evans
Labor
NEW Castle Business College
NEW Castle High School
Rhodes
New Castle, Pa
Traveloan
HFC Traveloan
HFC
Household Consumer Discount Co
E. Washington St
Oliver
Murphy's
Mary Livingston
Jack Benny
Benny
Rivera Hotel
By Gaylord P. Godwin
Paxton Fike
LCHA
Harrier
ACME
Ford
Daytona
Riverside
Atlanta
Charlotte
N.C
Motor Company
N. Croton Avenue
Bliss Motor Sales, Inc
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