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Pittston Gazettei
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V. THUKSDAYi PEFTBTON AZETTE JUNE 13, 1940 PAGET! leei 1 ui smsB urn to retio tmizzl AMERICAN Personal Mention J' Local Gleanings FINAL TONIGHT A BON WAS BORN TODAY XT Mr. and Mrs. Robert O'Boyla. of Swallow street, are spending a week Pittston hoapital to Mr.

and Mrs. at the New York World's Fair, NEXT THURSDAY Thomaa Digun, of 19 Carroll atreat PITTSTON HOSPITAL ALTJM Rev. Dr. Peter Emmons, pastor Travelers Cheques Are Good Anywhere Carry year fund this safe, convenient form. We mm any amount yon require at small cost.

of Westminster Presbyterian churoh aae Aaaoclatlon will meet this even Scranton, since November, 1927, will Indications point, to a very successful and enjoyable Garden Party tag at eight o'clock at the hospital. at the gardens of Mr. and Mrs. THE, POPULATION OF PLAINS township has dropped 1,425 tbaj past mark his allver jubilee the Presbyterian ministry Sunday at a special morning service. Exposition Press, New York City, William J.

Peck, on the Sullivan Trail, next Thursday evening, under ten years to 14,619. SUMMER SCHOOL AT WTO the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary of pittston Hospital. At the present time the committee Is urg has accepted poetry written by Miss Ann Callahan McHugb, of 163 Broad street this city, for the 1940 mlng Seminary will open Monday, June 24, and registrations are now being received. Joiners' Savings Bank ing that all persons who expect to edition of the World's Fair An IN OBSERVANCE OF FLAG thology of Verse. The author's mmtm awo shoos STRUTS WTTSIUSI PA.

poem, "Descry," also Qualified in a Say, a legal holiday, the banks of the Plttaton district will not be 3tIPHI6'S 6REATTST DEVIL MAY CARE HERO 11VES open for business tomorrow. $100 prize poetry contest Mra Catherine Mack, of 44 Mar ket street has announced the en FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC ON the Scranton Paleville highway, be easement of her daughter, Miss tween Scranton City line and the Catherine Mack, and. John Sabatlnl, attend shall purchase, their tickets as soon as possible and that members of the committee report on ticket sales to Mra Manganiello, in order that the ladies may know how many to prepare for. The price of tickets, including supper, entertainment and amusements, is 75 i cents for adults and 45 cents for children. Necessarily the number of tickets is limited, and they are going rap Idly.

Those who wish to do so may spend the afternoon in the gardens. Monroe county line near Goulds mm TED boro, will be open to traffic early son of Mrs. Laura Babatlnl, 1203 South Main street, Old Forge. The wedding will take place June 10 at actively engaged In it It is hoped that many will come from all over the upper end of the county. Mea and women representatives of oth er welfare and patriotic organiza tions are particularly invited.

next week. MANAGER M. A. HESTER St Rocco's Church. TOV.N.A.GARDEM Thomas Kelly, of rear 24 Center street announces the marriage of stated that the Plttaton State Employment Office will be closed Friday, Flag Day, June 14.

All claimants who usually report on this day TO JUNE'S BRIDES AND GRADUATES Yow stand on Ae threshold of the future. The very best advice we can give thiss Be money wise. open an account at thfs bank keep it growing with regular deposits. Get started right away. FIRST National Bam MEfflERrEDEXl ALRESERVE'SySTm and provisions will be made for wilii Walter XXU3TOII will report Monday, June 17.

EMPLOYES OF THE WILKES his daughter, Mrs. Mary Baclasky, to Stephen Barbush; son of Jacob Barbush, 431 Foote avenue, Duryea. The ceremony was performed on April 30 in St John the Baptist Church, Scranton, by Rev. Joseph PMTiRH Barre Street Railway Company have started the removing of rails cards if visitors wish to play. Supper will be served, starting at five o'clock, and at eight o'clock the entertainment program will be7 opened.

There will be music by Pittston High School Band, also vocal selec from the Pittston car Garden party plans for the of the Visiting Nurse Aesocia ANTHRACITE SHIPMENTS' Shipments of. anthracite for the month of May, 1940, as reported to the Anthracite Institute, amounted' to 3,426,004 net tons. This is an increase, as compared with shipments during the preceding month of April of 281,877 tons, and. when compared' with May, 1939, shows a decrease ot 779,560 tons. 7 1" Shipments by originating carriers for the months of May, 1940, and; May, 1939, were reported as fo; lows: FRIDAY and SATURDAY line, between Plalnsville and Ewen viaduct.

The rails are being sold to tions and other entertainment A loud speaker will be installed, so Oberholtzer. Mr. and Mrs. John Secula, 36 Gaughan street Port Griffith, announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary, to Joseph Vaxmonsky, son of Mr. and Mra Thomas Vax a Wilkes Barre Junk dealer.

tlon of Pittston and Vicinity win be carried out regardless of the weather tomorrow afternoon from THE FUNERAL OF MRS. DORA that the program will be broadcast Gentile will be held Saturday morn throughout the garden. The grounds Mile a minute Winds! Blazing Jungle Fires! Roaring Tidal Waves! to o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S.

A. Shoemaker. 31 Ex will be brilliantly Illuminated for monsky, 48 Friend street, Port ing at ten o'clock from the home of her son, Joseph Gentile, 21S Broad Griffith, which took place January the party. Available parking space, in addi eter avenue. West Pittston.

With roses in bloom the garden will be an attraction and in the house there 30 at St John the Baptist Slovak street, with a requiem mass at 10:30 in the chapel of St John's R. C. Church. Interment will be in Pitts ton cemetery. tion to that along the highway adjoining the premises, has been will be a display of antiques and also of articles used In the nursing arranged, inside the grounds and on the township road.

work. A STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL will be held in. the social rooms of 1939 794,024 763,349 368,001 622,471 466,590. 348,377 380,083: 159,354: 303,315 1940 Reading 750,347 L. V.

RR. 629,760 Central RR. 334,672 W. 475,884 D. H.

347,912 Penn. 340,339 Erie 301,089 O. W. 76,982 New England 169,019 For the admission of 25 cents tea The constantly increasing interest Vi St Peter's Lutheran Church on Friday, June 31, under auspices of the Women's Missionary Society, Old fashioned strawberry shortcake, ice cream and coffee will be served. will be served throughout the afternoon, affording a chance for the people from various communities hereabouts to become acquainted with the work and those who are Banquet At Close Of Fire School Church.

Rev. J. J. Bednarcik officiated. Attendants were Miss Helen Stofik and Joseph Kredlo.

They are now residing at 1347 Main street, Port Griff ith. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mangan iello, of 408 Montgomery avenue, West Plttaton, announce the engagement of their daughter. Rose, to Dominick Rostock, son of Mrs.

Rose Rostock, of 191 Elizabeth street this city. Miss Manganiello is a graduate of West Pittston High school. Mr. Rostock Is a graduate of Pittston High school and University of Pennsylvania Extension School of Accounts and Finances in the splendid work being done in all departments by Pittston hospital, commands this most worthy cause to the public, and it is hoped that by means of this a substantial amount can be raised to aid the hospital in its work for suffering humanity. GOV.

ARTHUR H. JAMES WILL 3.426,004 4,205,564 James Keating, James Oakey, instructor. Thomas O'Brien, George Foster, Paul Fearick, Jr, William Mitchell, George Haines, chief of Moosie fire department; Milton Ellis, Donald Williamson, Ray Havard, William Fanning, Ed Rau, Hector Jamieson, David Owens, Eugene Dwyer, Joseph Rowan, William Griffin, William and Donald Jamieson, George Alford, Daniel Campbell, Art Espy. Harvey Huddleson, Joseph Gly cenfer, Max George, Donald Foster, Reginald Ellis, Arnold Embleton, Leroy Dale, chief of West Pittston department; Kenneth Van Sickle, Herbert Jones, Haydn Thomas, Albert Snyder, Glen Carpenter. Boy, Burn, Boost Anthracite.

A banquet was held last even ing at Fern Restaurant here to mark the close of the classes conducted during the past five months and is employed by Swift WYOMING ANNA HUGHES RepimeentatlTe 4 Phone Wyoming 166 by the Fire school sponsored by the Wilkes Barre. speak Saturday evening, June 15, over the National Broadcasting coast to coast blue network. He will be guest speaker at a meeting of the Republican Congressional Executive Committee in Chattanooga, Tenn. Time, 10:05 Eastern Standard Time. A PIANO IS NEEDED FOR Y.

M. C. A. Camp Lodge at Vosburg. Must be in good condition.

The gift of one would be greatly appreciated. The Y. M. C. A.

would be responsible for transportation of the piano. Please call Mr. Carichner at the Y. M. C.

A. this week. Bureau of Public Instruction, Bur Mr. and Mra Frank H. Coon, of Li, i Dorothy Robert 1 I LAW PRESTON 1 1 i'i if 0 I Jr I eau of Public Service Institute.

There were 35 members of the fire Clark's Summit, announce the marriage of their daughter, Ruth O. Coon, to Rev. Roy H. Beane, of Mill City. The.

wedding took place departments of Pittston and West Pittston took the course and completed It James Oakey, of the Dickson City Are department was the A Tuesday morning in Milwaukie Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. George M. Bell, Kingston, was assisted at RESIDENTS URGED TO DISPLAY FLAGS Wyoming Monument Post, 396, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a meeting last night adopted a resolution asking the citizens of Wyoming.

West Wyoming and vicinity to display national flags during the present emergency. Thb easy fishin' instructor assigned by the State. Assistant Chief Joseph O'Brien was chairman of the committee on the ceremony by Rev. Verne Smith. Wilkes Barre, and Rev.

Rob Suits fust right! PRET2H "Sticks" ANDROSKY RECEIVES DEGREE Frank A. Androsky, son of Mrs. Charles Androsky, of 139 Stephenson street, Duryea, and brother of Dr. Bernard S. Androsky, received his degree as Doctor of Dental Surgery at commencement exercises this morning of Temple University, Philadelphia.

The young man is a graduate of Duryea High school and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from St Bonaventure's College. ert Wood, Newton. Mrs. Esther arrangements and introduced May Woodrow played the wedding mu IYKJJE OVERMAN J. CARROL NAISH PAUL HARVEY Norma Gens KELSON sic After breakfast at the home of Will make 'em bite! the bride's parents, Rev.

Mr. and Mrs. Beane left on a motor trip, A son was born last night at Pittston hospital to Mr. and Mrs. William J.

Sharpe, of 42 East Fourth street nmmmm They will reside In Mill City, where the bridegroom is pastor of the Handsomely Boxed Methodist Church. 'tUjEKSSSCD or Kenneth J. English as toastmas ter. Remarks were made by Councilman Sylvester C. Grablick, head of the Department of Public Safety, and other members of council.

Mr. Oakey, instructor of the Fire School, gave one of the most interesting talks of the evening. Councilman Edwin Netter, of 'West Pittston, and Ex Chiet Edmund Lewis, of Scranton. Eire Department war others who spoke. The chief speaker was Arthur Espy, of Harrisburg.

head teacher of all the State Fire Present were: Mayor Kenneth J. English; Councilmen Joseph A. Walsh, Dr. S. C.

Andaloro. Roy A. MOVE TO WYOMING Star of the East Commandery, Knights of Malta, located In Pitts ton since January, 1891, has moved to the lodge rooms of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, East Eighth street Wyoming, and will meet the first and third Thursdays of each month. The next meeting will be June 20. The commandery has been reorganised with 15 new members admitted by card.

Twenty five new applications are reported. Sir Harold E. Haines, Forty Fort, is the TIES 49c New colore For Hand PINAL TONIGHT new Sir Knight Commander. R. Mead, S.

C. Grablick: Councilman Edwin Netter, of West Pittston; Ex Chief Edmund B. Lewis, of Men's Gentry PAJAMAS Scranton; Fire Chief Howard Injuries received in an automobile accident at Frederick, last Friday, while he was riding with several Nanticoke young men who had been sought by police for theft of money from a bakery, resulted in the death yesterday in a Frederick hospital of Florlan Shubenski, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Shubenski, 358 East Grant street Nanticoke.

The young man's companions exonerated him of any complicity In their undertaking and said he had merely gone with them In the newly purchased automobile as a passenger. .49 1 Owens; Assistant Chief Frank Cast ner and Joseph O'Brien, Edward Sullivan, Frank Walsh, John Sullivan, Michael Sullivan, Thomas Henzey. William Sharps, Frank Myers, of this city, continues as recorder, and John Parry, of Wyoming, as treasurer. Arrangements are being made to have visiting degree teams confer the degrees during August on the "Eli Fazton Class." E. M.

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