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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1925
Page
38
A fragmented notice lists car dealers and towns in Pennsylvania including Jordan Motor Co Harlansburg Mahoningtown Pitts Bros Mt Jackson and W T Crowl & Son Fast Brook reflecting a regional automotive trade directory from the era.
Ellwood City High School football coach Peck Lee announces a strong lineup with twenty lettermen from last year and four promising backs and linemen. The backfield averages 183 pounds per man, lines at 174 pounds, and a slate of games begins September 26 at Evans City through November 28 at East Palestine.
Ellwood City Parents and Teachers association meets at First Presbyterian church this evening at 7 o'clock for the annual reception of new teachers. Rev. A M Stevenson has arranged a program with musical selections and brief talks. George B Wilson, PTA president, will lead a short business session before social time. Refreshments served by Mrs Paetzel and Mrs Catherine Charles and assistants.
Ellwood City Pa Sept 22 Mrs Louis Sager 51 died at home on Seventh street after a two week illness. She leaves a husband and several children. Funeral services were held at St Agathas Catholic church this morning at 9 Interment followed at St Josephs cemetery New Brighton.
Mrs Thomas George of Second street will entertain the Isabelle Thoburn Class of the First M E Sunday school on Thursday evening in Ellwood City Pennsylvania.
The Majestic Theater shows The Lost World starring Bessie Love Lew is Stone Wallace Beery and Lloyd Hughes. Advance notice for the film engagement appears in the page advertisement with cast details and screening info.
Gloria Swanson stars in The Coast of Folly at the Penn Theatre with performances Thursday Friday and Saturday. The production teases themes of romance and moral questions as it invites audiences to a wild but gay voyage on the Coast of Folly.
St. John's United Evangelical Protestant church observes its 90th anniversary with former pastors Rev. Dumstrey and Rev. Ernst addressing the gathering. Music by the United Glee Club and pipe organ by Prof. Fehsenfield, church organized in 1835 with 319 in Sunday school and $51,000 raised for a new building. A Young People's Rally is planned for tomorrow evening.
Seniors hosted Juniors in the Shelby Ball Room on Monday night with sunflowers as the class flower. Girls chose sunflowers amid a election dispute and boys supported the choice, bringing carloads of blooms for decorations. Faculty attendance reached over two thirds as about a hundred students filled the event.
Word has come from Rev. Harry K. Belles pastor of the First Christian church who is at the Mayo Brothers sanitarium in Rochester Minnesota. X Ray pictures were taken and the result was to be announced Monday. He planned to return home at once if doctors decide on an operation. He has lost six more pounds in two weeks and is homesick.
In Koppel Pennsylvania the Beaver County Tuberculosis Association praised the school for its sharp health improvements. The report notes a drop in malnutrition from 40.3 percent to 13.5 percent by May after an intensive campaign led by Gerald Mader with state clinic support. Improved attendance and scholastic records followed.
The condition of Mrs. James Carney, stabbed in Ellwood City, is improving this morning per hospital authorities. Do. R. Knallay of Knox Plan spent Sunday with friends in the Beaver Valley.
The J. B. Curry residence on Todd Avenue was hit Sunday evening around seven. A large hole appeared in the slate roof and fuses blew throughout the house. No interior damage, but repairs are expected to cost at least three hundred dollars. the lease is owned by Floyd Frishkorn and insured.
Ellwood City schools will end final exams at term end for the first time with no exemptions. Students will face periodic six week tests as each subject finishes, while a birth is noted for a daughter born to Mr and Mrs George Grown of Pittsburgh Circle.
Class No 10 of the First Christian church will meet in the church basement this evening to sew carpet rags and knot a quilt.
Walter Caplan of Fourth Street departed for the University of Pennsylvania on Monday. Patsy Robino departed for Dickinson College for studies.
Mrs Ralph Conner of Fountain avenue visited Mrs David Foster in Pittsburgh. Charles Moore of Wayne avenue visited Beaver Falls Sunday. Phillip Freidman of Slippery Rock stayed with Ellwood City friends. Charles Demas Angela Barry and Carl Rubberman spent Sunday in Greenville. Homer Garwig left for Erie Indiana for vacation. A M Caplan of Rochester Pa spent the week end here. Mr and Mrs George B Wilson and family rode to Pittsburgh for the Clarion County Reunion at Schenley Park and visited relatives in Wilkinsburg.
Executive Council of the Lawrence County Council Boy Scouts of America will hold a meeting next Monday September 28 at Boy Scout headquarters in the Greer building. Sessions begin promptly at 7 30.
Pix-Marines are asked to attend a 7 30 p.m. Thursday meeting in City Hall council chambers to organize a Marine Corps league for former Marines.
A citizen complained to the mayor about eggs sold as fresh being partly spoiled, asking action against the merchant. Health department will investigate as the case highlights city concerns over consumer goods and official response amid broader budget worries.
J Alfred Double a well known farmer of Clay township near West Sunbury Butler Pa died at his home aged 56 after a rusted nail wound became infected causing lockjaw two weeks after the incident. He lingered after infection worsened last Tuesday.
Rev Robert Montgomery pastor of Bethel United Presbyterian Church departs Saturday to resume university study in Edinburgh Scotland. He leaves after a farewell attended by congregants and nearby pastors following his spring start at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a scholarship to Edinburgh. Anna Dietterlie will attend as a delegate from St Pauls church Senior Lutheran League at the Pittsburgh convention.
Vincenao Dicesoara pleaded guilty before Judge Emery to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was fined $200 plus costs.
Rev. A. M. Stump pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church departed this morning to attend the State Luther League Convention.
Beckford Street residents Shellenberger and McKenzie asked the city council to direct City Engineer F F Miller to provide stakes for laying a sanitary sewer on Beckford Street between Harding Street and the rear alley of Vine Street. Miller was instructed to comply.
Officers Hillers Elder and Long visited the home of Blas Rustman at 11th Fulton Street on Monday afternoon arresting three persons. Rustman was charged as keeper of a disorderly house and paid a $25 fine.
Tin Cepsavage and Marko Minede Kovich were charged as visitors in a disorderly house and paid fines of 25 dollars each. The incident details appear in a dated police record from the era.
The Westfield Grange spelling bee scheduled for Monday evening in the Grange Hall is postponed to a later date. Rev. Ross M. Haverfield of the Westfield Presbyterian church serves as lecturer for the Grange event.
FOR SALE Seven room house and bath Inquire 320 5th St Ellwood City Pa 18e2 Radio and Electrical Merchandise MORE Easy electric washers sold than any other Agency for Ellwood City and vicinity Gardner Bros Co 507 Lawrence Avett
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