Big Shots In Numbers Racket Pleads Guilty
In Youngstown Ohio on June 27 fifteen men arraigned before Justice R W Raymond pleaded guilty after a large lottery raid led by Sheriff Ralph Elser. Peter Rigas and Nick Brown admitted operating a gambling place as heads of the Big House lottery ring. thirteen others admitted gambling. Sentence was reserved for next Monday.
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Youngstown
R. W. Raymond
Ralph Elser
Peter Rigas
Nick Brown
Big House
Justice Raymond
Plaingrove Reading Circle gathers many for evening meeting
The Plaingrove Reading Circle met at Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Rodgers home with about 150 attendees. A committee led a musical program including Sky Bird orchestra and multiple solos and readings. The next meeting is set for July 12 at Lester Offutts with a children's night and several special guests in attendance.
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Plaingrove
P. B. Rodgers
Chas, Eppinger
Robi. Armstrong
Chas. Stevenson
Sky Bird
Theorede Pollock
Laura
Gertrude Eppinger
Surprise Party Honors Mrs. Claribel Foster
The Young Ladies Sunday School class of the U P church held a surprise party for teacher Mrs. Claribel Foster on Thursday evening at the home of Miss Laura and Mildred Brown. Games and music entertained guests followed by a delicious lunch. A general good time was reported.
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Young Ladies
U. P. Church
Claribel Foster
Laura
Mildred Brown
Women’s Missionary Society of the
U. P
Sara Brown
S. Y. Sankey
Miller
Adams
Jennie Blevin
Margaret Peebles
E. C. Goehle
Buffalo
Plaingrove Alumni Banquet elects officers for year
Saturday evening Plaingrove high school alumni banquet featured Rev. J. C. Fulton as toastmaster and song leader with Mrs. Fulton. Readings by Lillian Patterson and Hazel Moore, trumpet duet by Harold Offutt and John McNulty. Officers elected: President Herbert Book, Vice President Walter Rodgers, Secretary Margaret Montgomery, Treasurer Robert Munnel. Entertainment coordinators were Sara McComb Hazel Moore and James Stevenson with banquet organizers Theodore Pollock Mary Rodgers Burns and Gladys Heckathorne Neely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaingrove High School
J. C. Fulton
Fulton
Lillian Patterson
Hazel Moore
Harold Offutt
John McNulty
Hugh Stevenson
Herbert Book
Walter Rodgers
Margaret Montgomery
Robert Munnel
Sara McComb
James Stevenson
Theodore Pollock
Mary Rodgers Burns
Gladys Heckathorne Neely
Eppinger reunion set for Fourth of July at Melvin Eppinger home
Local notes report visits among families in New Castle and Enon Valley. The Eppinger reunion is planned for July Fourth at Melvin Eppinger’s home, with various relatives listed.
Woman Knocked From Trestle by Train in Creek
In Wheeling West Virginia on June 27 Mrs Maggie Slater 35 was struck by a train and hurled 20 feet into a creek. She recovered consciousness after crew members pulled her from the water and doctors said she escaped serious injury though in shock.
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International News Service
Wheeling
W. Va
Maggie Slater
Open sandwiches with buttered toast and chicken tuna spread
Open sandwiches are popular to serve with cocktails. Spread hot buttered rounds of toast with chopped chicken or tuna blended with salad dressing. Serve immediately.
Lordly Hawk Builds Nest on Old Post Office Roof
A United States inspection engineer and a Federal custodian found a large hawk building a nest on the flat roof of the old post office at North Mercer and North streets. Two eggs were noted in the nest. The site has been vacant since December while officials assess repairs to the old building.
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Lordly Hawk
Old Post Office
North Mercer
North Streets
United States
Washington
W. Y. Brady
George F. Mitchell
Federal Building
Brady
Federal
Local Residents Share News Across Towns
Mrs Tony Vlah of Elm street visited Youngstown on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs William Fisher learned of the illness of the former's mother in Mahoningtown. The Cvribbas of Sharon called on the Bracks in Oak street. Pauline Ketchel was admitted to Jameson Memorial for appendicitis surgery. Joseph Carr of New Castle visited his son and family on Oak street. Alexandra Poushey leaves Bessemer to spend the rest of summer in New York. Mrs L Malevik of Girard visits relatives on West Poland avenue. June Shoup returns home after Jameson Memorial surgery. Mr and Mrs Charles Hovis and sons Eugene and Charles return to Ironton after visiting nearby. Mrs William Chaney and children James and Nora Ruth visit Petersburg, Ohio, with Theodore Crawford family. Clarence Felger and children of Youngstown call on Miss Alice Manewal on North Main street.
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Tony Vlah
Elm Street
Youngstown
William Fisher
Mahoningtown
Joseph Cvribba
Sharon
Anthony Brack
Oak Street
Pauline Ketchel
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Joseph Carr
New Castle
John Carr
Alexandra Poushey
Bessemer
New York
Charles Hovis
Eugene
Charles
Ironton
Ohio
William Chaney
James
Nora Ruth
Theodore Crawford
Petersburg
Clarence Felger
Allen Felger
New Middletown
Alice Manewal
North Main Street
Princeton Station CHURCH SERVICES and Local Visits
Princeton Station news notes morning worship at Oak Grove U P church at 10 30 with Sunday school and evening Y P C U at 7 Rev W C Billica pastor. Numerous local visits and family news including Beryl Book in Coitsville Mable Myers with Mrs Bill Gibson Castlewood Alice Palmer in New Castle and many greetings among neighbors. Birth announced of daughter to Mr and Mrs Ed Boak at Jamestown Memorial hospital.
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Oak Grove U. P
W. C. Billica
Beryl Book
Coitsville
Mable Myers
Bill Gibson
Castlewood
Alice Palmer
New Castle
Ed Boak
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Robert Allen
Camp Phillips
New York
Myers Young
Charles Davis
New Castile
H. D. Henry
Crisswell House
Princeton
Roy Samuels
Billy
Kennedy’s Mill
Edith Mershimer
Norman Book
Betty
Martha Myers
Paul Rees
Fred Lockhart
Harry Edwards
Howard Wilson
Kennedy's Mill
Evelyn
Mae Douglass
James Wimner
Myrtle Douglass
Wurtemburg
Paul Hofius
Sharpsville
Margaret McConahy
Jennie
Annabelle Gibson
D. F. Henry
Program Postponed For Bessemer High School Event
The Friday June 28 program at Bessemer High School has been postponed due to unavoidable events and will be rescheduled for a later date.
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Bessemer High School
Ex-King Joe Cohen Lazarowitz Aims Stable Life
Joseph Leon Cohen Lazarowitz arrives by fast freight in Philadelphia and says he will quit on the road. He plans marriage to a Youngstown, Ohio girl, and a future in farming with the preacher in Youngstown. He believes the right partner will wait.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Joseph Leon Cohen Lazarowitz
Joe
Youngstown
Surrender of Office Amid Lockup of Town Hall Records
The official surrendered his office, retained the town hall key, and secured all records, prompting questions about governance and future access to municipal documents.
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Frigidaire
Tors
Supreme Court
Union High School
Ben Franklin JR
National Security Assn
Circle
P. B
Mrs
Paul Shoaff
Jessie Hamilton
Elizabeth
Greenville
Eppinger
Melvin Eppinger
Ralph Minor
Sheakleyville
O. S. Minor
Shoaff
Miss Foster
Grove City
Harry Moore
John Moore
California
Carl Heckathorne
Seth Neely
John Crawhbouth
Pennsylvania
Treesdale Farm
Allegheny County
June Shearer
Wilbert Boyd Stewart
Beaver Falls
Stewart
Sanker
Enon Valley
Donald Lambright
Sue Roger
Pittsburgh
George Thomas
F. C. Stark
Ed. Stevenson
Robert Stauffer
Floyd Young
Pine Lake
Laura Riddle
Ool. Riddle
Robert Roger
George Roger
George Inboden
Earl Best
Emsworth
Harry Best
Emmett Coblentz
Theodore McCown
Salem Hospital
Phil Fisher
J. O. Fisher
H. C. Best
Pauline
Theodore McCoy
Marjory Gibson
New Castle Hospital
Ralph Russell
Russell
Rhoda Lambright
N. E. Avery
Callie Riddle
Emmett Shaffer
Peterspurgs
Mary Inboden
Wilmar Crook
East Fairfield
Rightmyre
O. Riddle
Frank Kale
Cincinnati
C. C. Hoover
Detroit, Mich
Mrs. Jackson
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Eek
Bessemer Notes
Princeton Station
Hobo
Zak For
Bese Cve
Freedom Dealer
Cem
Morton
Wash
Patterson
Morton Town
U. S
U. S. Guard
U.S
Storage Battery & Electric Service Co
N. Mercer St
United States Rubber Products, Inc
New Castle, Pa
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