Du Bois Rotarian Proves Best Loved At Belgium Convention
Ostend Belgium June 29 Spencer Free of Du Bois Pennsylvania is named best loved Rotary International member at the recent Ostend convention. For over 25 years Free has sent birthday and Christmas cards to more than five thousand people in all walks of life. He says the hobby started for children but now includes adults too. Free, a surgeon by trade, writes poetry and enjoys music and poker. He once began as a poor columnist earning five dollars a column and inspired the poem The Human Touch to help Irish soldiers in homes opened by Rotary clubs.
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Alice
Nalist
Ireland
Land of
Erin
St. Patrick's Day
Demoiselle
Minds Own Business Lets 102 Year Old Woman Live
New York dispatch notes Marie Carlson of Brooklyn who has reached 102 by minding her own business. She lives alone in two neat rooms and passes time reading the Bible rather than gossiping, a habit she credits as her longevity secret.
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New York
Marie Carlson
A Difference Green They used to say that a woman's face was her fortune
This item presents a cheeky pair of quotes, contrasting old maxim about female fortune with a jab at fashion’s influence. The last line humorously notes irony about divine plans and partisanship.
Fance Prepares Ninth Centenary of William the Conqueror
Elaborate preparations mark July celebrations in France for William the Conqueror's ninth centenary. A historical pageant recreates Hastings return with knights and cour d amour from July 4 to 6, with a town and castle illumination. Festivities move to Deauville and Havre, drawing overflow crowds from Falaise and Caen.
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France
William the Conqueror
Hastings
Cour d'Amour
Havre
Falaise
Caen
Deauville
Trouville
Thiel College Science Hall to be Rebuilt Soon
Thiel College in Greenville Pa plans rebuilding of its science hall after a spring fire caused 3000 in damage on the second and third floors. Bids will be sought soon to finish for the September 23 fall term reopening. laboratories are being re equipped and repairs cover minor items too.
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Greenville
Thiel College
Preaching at Mt Hermon with Patriotic Sermon
Next Sunday evening at Mt Hermon will feature a patriotic sermon by Rev. Gregory. Special music will be provided by the Princeton orchestra conducted by Prof. Eakin. Guests visiting include Mrs. Caroline Hunt and Miss Carrie Hunt, and Mrs. Floence Stevenson and family host other callers last Saturday.
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Gregory
Princeton Orchestra
Prof
Eakin
Effie Boak
Florence Stevenson
Caroline Hunt
Carrie Hunt
George Dean
Viola Boak
W. F. McCracken
Florida
Francis McCracken
J. H. McCann
Mahoningtown
Samuel Kildoo
Floyd Blair
Juanita
Floence Stevenson
Jessie Kildoo
Anna McCracken
Wilberta Boak
State Passes Hundred Million Mark In Tree Planting
Harrisburg reports the Department of Forests and Waters says this year’s tree planting totals 100 million seedlings including 14 million distributed in spring. Over 4000 planters aided by private landowners and industries have expanded plantings since 1899. County leaders list Cambria and Elk as top contributors with Berks leading planters. Plantings could yield 500 million board feet of lumber, matching annual state consumption.
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Harrisburg
Feno Yivgieddo
Department of Forests and Waters
Department
Pennsylvania
Cambria County
Elk County
Berks
Berks County
Luzerne
Indiana
Semiannual election of officers for New Castle Circle No 5
Members of New Castle Circle No 5 P H C will hold their semi annual election of officers at the regular meeting Thursday evening. George M Muse and Frank M Jones, delegates to the supreme convention held recently in Detroit, will report at this time.
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New Castle Circle No. 5
George M. Muse
Frank M. Jones
Detroit
When a person lacks drive to act they turn to cult thinking
A concise note observes that lacking practical disposition can push individuals toward cult beliefs as a coping mechanism and social behavior pattern.
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Donaldson held in Grove City
Funeral services were held at the late residence on Friday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Homer Henderson of the United Presbyterian church of Grove City officiating. Interment followed in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Rawson and daughter Ruth, Harold and Earl Haygood, Jackie Wilson, Mrs. Mary Wilson of Swissvale, and the Moon family and their children Della, Florence, Wallace and Lewis.
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Homer Henderson
United Presbyterian Church of
Grove City
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
John Rawson
Ruth
Harold and Earl Haygood
Jackie Wilson
Mary Wilson
Swissvale
J. R. Moon
Della
Florence
Wallace
Lewis
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