Westminster Hillside Dormitory To Be Renovated This Summer
Hillside dormitory for women at Westminster College in New Wilmington will be completely renovated. A committee of Westminster women graduates will oversee the project with Mrs. Jane Douthett Reed as general chairman. The dining room and fireplace will be especially beautified to make the Hillside more social for the coming year. Built in 1884 and annex added in 1907, the dorm has housed about six thousand women over the years and currently accommodates 90 to 95 residents.
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New Wilmington
Hillside
Westminster College
Ladies’ Hall
Robert Galbreath
Westminster
Jane Douthett Reed
Mercer
Robert M. Russell
John Knox McClurkin
Hillside Dormitory to Be Upgraded in District College Plan
The Hillside dormitory will be remodeled with new papering, painting, and decorating. After enhancements the dining room will serve more students and the building will feature new furniture, aiming to be among the district's most beautiful dormitories.
State To Use Postcards To Cut Postage Costs
Harrisburg June 29 Governor Pinchot said the federal revenue bill would raise Pennsylvania's annual postage by about 150000 unless the economy postcard plan cuts it. Hundreds of thousands of postcards will be mailed next year replacing letters. Postcard cost one cent full letters three cents. 1931 1932 postage totaled 531344 with 193037 for motor vehicle cards and 38000 other first class. The remainder about 300000 was the annual letter postage. The postcard plan would save that amount and reduce the rise in postage under the bill by about 150000.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
New Types Of One Arm Driver
Harrisburg June 29. The one arm driver who steers with one hand while a companion’s waist rests on the other has competition. A state patrolman stopped a car where the driver played a cornet with one hand and steered with the other. Another driver read a daily paper in the other hand. Both were warned that such driving is unsafe.
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Harrisburg
Bon-Port Players to Stage Five Plays at Cathedral
Bon-Port Players announce a five play summer run at Cathedral Auditorium New Castle featuring Are You a Mason Three Live Chests Trial of Mary Dugan Liliom Ghost Train with Norman Porter Donny Bonhoff and Elizabeth Drake in cast. Attendees encouraged by low prices and modern Cathedral facilities. Local residents and visiting families joined weekend gatherings as weather impacts crops with rain aiding gardens but frost damages some corn.
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New Castle
Bon- Port Players
Cathedral Auditorium
Bon-Port
Cathedral Association
Bon- Port
Norman Porter
Donny Bonhoff
The
Passion Players
Elizabeth Drake
Thomas Gorman
John Miller
Mason
Mary Dugan
Liliom
Clairton
Geo. Gilchrist
McBride
Grove City
J. C. Drake
Guy Thompson
Thompson
Buffalo
N. Y
Elmer Flaugenhaupt
Perryville
Chas Holliday
Barkley Mathieson
Northern Line Co
Alice Patterson
Branchville
N. J
Camp Madaline Mulford
Kirkland
Greenfield
van Dyke
Dewitt Williams
Oil City
Joshua Patterson
John Wilson
Chas Cummings
Stephen Lukacs
S. O. Drake
Harold Blake
Co. E. Cummings
Harry Blake
Fredonia
Lester
Co. T. Weaver
Brookville
A. W. Weaver
Raymond Cox
Fayette
Merle Robinson
George Milan
Millburn School Bid Rejection Prompts Brick Structure Bid
At a Springfield Township School Board meeting, bids for a two room schoolhouse at No 5 Mine were rejected and officials decided to advertise for a brick structure of the same size. Thayer Co Architects of New Castle hold blueprints and specifications for the new plan.
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Springfield Township
Thayer Co
New Castle
New Castle Limestone Company
Millburn Grange
Peter Williams
Cash McCoy
Pleasant Valley Grange
P. M. Cox
Volant
T. C. Buckley Sr
T. C. Buckley Jr
Jimmy
Ralph Buckley
Fredonia
Esther Drake
University of Wisconsin
Edith Drake
Newspaper Ads Battle Low Mood Amid Depression Boosts
New York report shows 25 firms maintaining or increasing newspaper ad spend in 1931 had only a 7 percent drop in net income versus a 73 percent decline for those cutting ads. Auto and electric goods makers credit newspaper spending for higher earnings, with one auto firm up 40 percent and an electric refrigerator firm posting 460 percent sales rise. Tobacco firms improving ad spend generally gained earnings.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association Today
Community Notes From Bessemer and Nearby
The Frances Griffin Bible Class held its regular meeting at Mrs. John L. Carlson’s home. Several residents and visitors travel between towns, visiting relatives and friends in New Castle Pittsburgh Alliance and East Palestine. Local households report trips, calls and attendance as weekend visitors and family gatherings across multiple streets and towns. Exposure to regional ties appears in visits among McCutcheon Nord Gallo and related families.
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Frances Griffin
First Presbyterian Church
John L. Carlson
Robert M. Long
Alabama
J. A. Johnson
South Main Street
Thomas Shefler
Lois Martin
New Castle
D. G. McGarey
Walnut Street
John Galletto
Frank
Pittsburgh
Louis Susany
Tony Vlah
Joseph Susany
Emma Schnable
Youngstown
Ed Schnable
Wilbur Sumners
Clemens Brown
W. H. Brown
Lee McCutcheon
New Brighton
Wesley Kerr
Buddy
East Palestine
Ohio
E. E. McCutcheon
West Poland Avenue
E. B Manewal
Grove City
Will Groce
Twila
Marjory Nord
J. A. Neuman
Alumni Reunion Tickets Move Fast for July Cathedral Dinner
Alumni of the High School are urged to buy reunion dinner tickets now for July 1 at 6 30 p m in the Cathedral. Ticket centers report rush and many expect a further surge today and tomorrow. A mistaken belief that only contacted members may attend is false. all former students may purchase tickets for a dollar and are welcome.
Class Dinner Encourages Attendance for 1890–1900 Graduates
A notice invites alumni from the 1890 to 1900 classes to attend a dinner with dancing and card playing. Members should report their plans to attend through their class chairman or individually to ensure good participation.
Mrs White and Mrs Jones Bicker Over Radio and Telephone
Mrs White jokes her husband would not buy a radio for her. Mrs Jones replies he allowed a four party telephone in stalled.
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Mrs. White
Mrs. Jones
Local Social Notes From Little Beaver Area Visitations
Virginia and Berniece Stenicke return home to Pittsburgh after a week with parents. Harry and Mrs Porter of Pittsburgh stay with Myra Scott. Sandy McRoberts and daughter visit Bentfield’s home. Millie Stauffer and Bertha Lampus vacation in Cleveland. Evelyn Riggle visits Beaver Falls aunt. William Ralph and family stay with Ira McPher son. Earl Chaney visits Beaver Falls relatives. Norman Staffer from Pittsburgh visits parents. Nellie Pratt from Pittsburgh stays with Robert Stauffer family.
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Virginia
Berniece Stenicke
Pittsburgh
Harry Porter
Myra Scott
Sandy McRoberts
Darlington Road
Bentfield
Millie Stauffer
Bertha Lampus
Evelyn Riggle
Beaver Falls
Wm. Ralph
Ira McPherson
Little Beaver
Earl Chaney
Norman Staffer
Robert
Nellie Pratt
Robert Stauffer
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Westminster Girls
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J. R. Frew
Clover Farm
Westinghouse
Kirk Hutton & CO
East Washington St
Lawrence
Mercer St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kelvinator
Marvin
N. Mercer St
Cathedral
Millburn
East Washington
East Long Ave
Wieners and
Bologna, Tb
Eckerd
Bessemer
Butler
Wright's Market
Gilda Gray
Lux
Ethel Clayton
All Stars
G Brown
Lansin
Edward Thayer Monroe
U. S
Bell Telephone Company OF Pennsylvania
Atkinson Paint & Glass CO
N. Mill St
Cleveland
Coats
Amwicate
Cowan Pottery
Strouss-Hirshberg’s
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