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Pittston Gazette from Pittston, Pennsylvania • Page 7

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Pittston Gazettei
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Pittston, Pennsylvania
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I THE P1TTST0N SEPTEMBER 7, 1921 Vest Side amounted In most, cases to a few If they are they are entitled to vote. (This opinion is concurred in by John H. Dando, the County Solicitor.) OSCAR C. FOSTER: Fowler News Notes Coal Hauling K. P.

WILDE, 'Phone 1070 The Boston. Store is ovanoiD: SEITiE FOR DAMAGE mm SUGG MID Wednesday my (Uoodrto. Nr. A i 1 TQHISAUI01BU BY IKE PRINCIPAL Crepe de Chine and Silk SHIR king's Wthbowi" 1WYN At a Special Low Price We have a few dozen of these Shirts that are slightly soiled will be 1.. An on sale at a very low price.

Many to so.ect. from all high grade otners be marked way d(Wn shirts, with neat snappy stripes. Come in and look Uiem over. a Have You Tried the "Weldrest Hose?" Nelson Butler, of jT Welles street. lgorty fort, appeared before council night seektmr settlement Tor tlam 1,18 automobile caused when touring car.

winch he was vii, mrucK a small cavc in in tne lOWCr Wvnn.i.. 1MV subsidence was caused by a broken w1i(m rue trout axle ana a wheel were' lirokcn nri ntiwr age done the machine. Butler ontendcd that the borouKh was ncgli i.i iiiji placing a danger signal at the oueninir. i.u,u,. whether the subsitleiiec occurred as the machine was passing over the spot or whether it had been in evidence for some time before.

The matter will be referred to Solicitor W. W. Hall to be taken up with Air. Butlor. On m.ml.m.u tt the sower committee council passed motion authorizing the construction of 12J feet of sewer on Wisner street In Order thill IhiwA how.

no sewer may be beno otrcct commissioner ueorge Wamor was triHlrllctoil In nroccpil in Ollf'O ik'IVh fY, Ji I Jill UI1I1CU 111 U1C IOI lewiug monthly report: Receipts for the month Balance first of month 8,323.71 6,078. 9U orders lCash balance 5,733.89 lltcf of Police Welch's report for month of August v. as as follows: arrests: two accidents: three night Hirers; one bicvele found. Buk gCss StanVon reported six ar artd collections to the amount $140,50. VThr ree building permits were grant as follows: David Richards for garage, rear oi 410 Delaware avenue; Uoy Stroll for gasoline station, 104 Luzerne avenue; Angelo Dcllo 4oi porch, on Salem Orders were drawn on the treasury foe the following amounts: Pay Roll: Streets Sewers Hi.aO 170.00 S0.J0 80.6 79.92 70.7S 21.

5o 1.25 2.00 .237.63 147.20 24.00 13.13 23.95 18.00 30.28 fire? light an'd water Expensie fVilde'i 'garage will Co 1H. Coward Mldilipion O. K. Heal ominK Valley L.umbcr tieral Crushed Stone Co. eph Hileman Sons fchard3on Hand Ludwlg bh.

Hardware i Dershimer Sons ligh Valley Railroad Co. Manhattan Shirts CORCORAN BROS. 28 North Main Street The Famous Schoble Hats for Pall represent the exact needs of the man recizes service reputation and distinction, and wants them in a hat. $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 Glance at our Window Display and see REAL HATS. Indestructo Neckwear Munsing Union Suits I Phoenix Socks THE OLD HOME TOWN llr BY STANLEY! AT THE (JAKI)EX THEATK TAX COLLECTOR Warren L.

Raker Valley station tomorrow morning at eight o'clock to go to White's Ferry, whence they will proceed to Thurston, to spend the day with Mrs. Sarah J. Albright, a member of ttje class, who is spending the summer at her country home. The September meeting of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Ei.r.ieopal Church will be held in the church parlors tomorrow evening at o'clock. L'n paid are to be paid at this time and members will bear in, mind the dlinual mile box opening.

All officers and fi'roiip leaders are urged to the preliminary meeting to be held this evening at the close of the prayer meeting. Fire of unknown, origin in a clothes closet of an unstaiip bedroom in the home of Michael F. McKenna, 210 Susiiuelianna avenue, yesterday afternoon, caused a loss in blur.kcls and clothing estimated at $500. Very little damage was done to tile clothes closet. The woodwork and wall nnoev wpeo scorched.

An alarm was sent in from box No. 75 anu vcsi Pindioii responded, extinguishing the flames by use of chemicals. The loss is not covered by insurance. Coal Hauling K. P.

WILDE, 'Phone 1070 To Cut OT. Sydney Anderson, Mlnnesot representative, la chairman of th Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry. He has been given the Job 'of cutting the cost of living. He has a young army of various ex perts assisting him. A Want unfilled a Gazette Want Ad.

Quick Results. Ik 'i A regular nionihiy meeting ot tlie West Piltslon School Board was held lust evening. Supervising Principal P. Bierly maao a couple of recommendations in order to provide for the unusually "large enrolment in some of the grade Air. Bierly suggested' than an assistant be secured lot' the first grade in the Washington street buildniK.

Fannie r'airclough, the lirsL grata! teacher in that buuu ii.g, now has ali cmldren under her supervision and others arc being ad mitted continually. Mr. lherly pointed out that this number is in excess of the usual number allotted to each rocni. Overcrowded conditions in the fourth grade make an additional fourth grace room necessary, Mr. Bierly reported.

He recommended that an additional fourth grade room be established in the room in the Wyoming avenue schoot building formerly used by the cunimuation school. present enrolment of the fourth grade is 163, with only three teachers in charge. The three rooms are so overcrowded that every desk is occupied and it has been found necessary to place some of the fhil dren at tubles. The recommendations of Prof. Bierly will be considered next Monday night, when the board will again convene.

Mrs. Beatrice A. Shook, gave a. report of her registration of school children in I he borough between the ages of 6 and 16 years, showing a total of 1,481. The report of Charles S.

Beach and Clarence V. Jones, auditors of the school district, was submitted and approved by the board. The report will be printed in detail in the Gazelle in the roar future. Following is a list of the bills passed last evening: Kvans Bros 42.00 Eastern Pcnna Supply Co. 12.78 Sutherland McMillan 6.50 LaBarro Printing Co 26.00 Reynolds Bros.

59.00 W. B. Sera I) ton Rapid Transit Co 4.20 I j. 15. Knott Apparatus Co 86.27 Wm.

J. Peck 27.90 Thomas A. Edison 23.60 It. E. Gilbert 47.39 Bell Telephone Co.

4.60 P. W. Dershimer 23.00 Arthur G. R. Heal 15.88 John Dickinson Son 8.40 Mrs.

Joseph. Shook 74.05 G. Carpenter 12.36 Walter T. Spry 93.35 L. P.

Bierly 1.93 Joseph Hileman Sons Wilfred Marks 266.90 P. H. Magirl 1 35.30 T. R. Davis 237.53 Aditors 286.85 Robert Bryden 5.45 Coal Hauling K.

P. WILDE, 'Phone 1070 BREVITIES Mr. and Mrs. John H. Farrer and son, of Susquehanna avenue, are home after spending a week at Lake Carey.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward of Delaware avenue, left last night for Toronto and the Great Lakes, where they ill spend ten days. Mr. and Mrs.

William Blank have returned from an automobile tour, during which they Eaglesmere, Williainport and Sunbury. Lady solicitors are niakuig a canvass of tin hollies of West I'ittston seeking contributions of articles or cash 'lor tile eom'ing CurnivuV of Nations of the. Eagle Hose Co. Dial Rock Cliaptir. Will hold its regular meeting at the home of Mrs.

Wesley T. on Friday. Business meeting at o'clock will followed hy a corn roast. Each member may invite a friend. The officers and teachers of the.

Trinity Sunday school will meet this evening at 7:30 in the Sunday school loom to complete plans for Rally Day and make arrangements for promo tion. All are urged to l.c present. Miss Mae Armstrong, who spent the summer months at her home on Exc ter avenue, returned to New York this morning to resume her duties as a supervising nurse at the French hos pital IB Alisscs Jennie and lla'el Allison, ol Montgomery avenue, have returned home from two week's visit with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Smith, of Har risburg.

John Allison spent the past few days at Mehoopauy, Pa. Thomas D. Wyllio, of 204 Luzerne avenue, announces the engagement of his daughter. Emeline, to Robert L. Piper, son of Dr.

and Mrs. Rob en L. Piper, of Tyrone, Pa. Mrs. John Dreisbaugh and son John, of Milan, are visiting the former's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Hushcl peck, of Luzerne avenue. Robert Bierly, of Philadelphia avenue, is spending several days in New York City. Mr. and Mrs.

E. C. Jenkins and sons Rulph and Walter, of Exeter ave nue. and Miss Clara Dietz. of Danville, have Returned after spending ten days camping at West Falls.

Laura Waincr, of Ashley, has returned to her home following a two woks' visit with her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Hushclpcck, of Excelsior street. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Spencer, of Warhir.glon street, have returned home from a week's visit with friends in Philadelphia.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brown have returned to their home in Boston, after a visit with 'Mrs.

Brown's mother, Mrs. D. M. Evans. They were ac companio'l to Boston by Mr.

and Mrs. W. Guy Evans and son. who will be their guests. All ladies of Class No, 3, or (ho Methodist Episcopal Sunday school, are requested to meet at the Lehigh $5.00 School Tax Why were the women of West Pittstou utcsscd 9i for school tuxes when other boroughs made $2 or $3 their niaxlmuii? Answer by voting for C.

Ci rozza for School Director TODAY AXDTOM01UtOV. AVOCA YOUNG MAN WEDS MISS MAUI Miss Tigue. daughter or John of North Main street, I'ittston, and James McCarthy, Avoca. were unit In marriage at o'clock last evening in St. Mary's It.

('. Church, Upper Pittston, by the pastor. Rev. G. .1.

Dixon. Miss Mary Flanntry, a cousin of the bride, and lames McAndrcw, of Avoca, were the nuoncants. The ceremony was performed in I lie presence of a number, of friends ot' the young couple. Tiio bride was attired in a gown of gray canton crepe, trimmed with coral i aiin and opal beads. The bridesmaid wove a gown of brown canton crepe, trimmed with coral satin and iridescent beads.

At ihe conclusion of the church ceremony the bridal party motored to Wilkesbarre and dined at Sterling. Mr. and Mrs. Mc army will reside at the home of the 48tl North Main street. The bride is one of I'pper Pittston's most prominent young women, and had made her home with her grandmother, Catherine Tigue.

The bridegroom is highly respected. He holds a responsible position with 'the Eric Railroad Company. MARRIES MAN A ouiet marriage ceremony was performed at o'clock. this morning in St. John's R.

C. Church, when Ariss Sarah Mitchell, daughter of Mrs. Patrick Mitchell, of Elizabeth street, became the bride of John Dougherty, of Sunbury. Rev. Dr.

P. C. Winters performed' the ceremony; Miss Kathleen Mitchell, a sister of the bride, was bridesmaid, while Joseph Mitchell, a brother, was best man. Miss Mary Gillespie played the processional and recessional wedding marches. During the ceremony Miss Grace MeNamara sang, Promise Me." The bride was in a gown of white cant on crepe with hat to match and she carried a shower bouquet of bride roses.

The bridesmaid was attired in orchid taffeta with hat to match and tdit carried a of Ophelia roses. The bridal party dined at Hotel Redir.glon. Wilkesbarre. and later Mr. and Mrs.

Dougherty left on a wedding lour to N'w York City and Atlantic City, Upon their return they Will reside in Sunbury, where the bridegroom has a responsible position with the Armour Company. TH CM IflSI LIVES BY DROWNING Klixahcililown, Sept 7. Peter Butler Olney, third, aged six: his sister Cornelia, eight, and their cousin. Wilson Olney. were drowned Sun lay while bathing in the BoU'pict River, near here.

Screams of the children and their nurse, who made a desperate effort to rescue them, attracted the attention of Judge Augustus Hand and A. J. Wadhnms. both of New' York, and Peter B. Olney, of Cednrhurst, X.

father of the drowned brother and sister, but they arrived too late t6 save their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Olney, live at New Hamilton. N.

II. The fathers of the children are nephews of the late Richard Olney, former Secretary of Slate Under rover Cleveland. Muiicl C'liuidt PaJniertoit Allen town. Relhli'hcm. ICuKtoii and I'hilliphlmrs Kxcnrslon via New Jersey Central.

Sunday, fcpi. II. Special train leaves Pittslon. n. ICastern Standard Time.

$2.22. War tax 18 cents. DAVIS BE 1 i EO WUSSLER WHOUtl IVERS WASHMGS POR MI5 XfrrfZii NIFE. SAYS THE UNUSUAL HOT SUMMtP HAS SA BCCN GOOD FOR BOSiMEbS. GQRAY JENKINS FOR COUNCIL Will Apinwlau Your Vote and Support.

RS CAN VOIE ON LAST YEAR'S RLCflPTS IdKor Gazette: The statement Is bc madc and circulated in some of newspapers, that the woman vot will not have the right to vote at coining primary and general elcc and will not Jje perniilted to for the reason, that they have paid the present years (1921) Any woman, and also any man, 1, years, whose name appears on rcgistors' list of voters, and who paid a Stale or County lax witli (2) years is cligu to vote. person who is 21 ycai sof age and has not reached their 22nd. birth cait vote on without the pay or any tax whatever. lo women voters who paid their about one year ago, which UST ARRIVED Fresh Shipment of Good Luck Oleomargarine J. HOWELL Phone 76H 423 Lux.

Ave. alp the Helpless In Ireland" All Makes of UT0M0BILE STORAGE ATTERIES CHARGED AND REPAIRED Expert Service Wney Bros. Blectrioai Con rc tors Kb Main 8t. Pluatoo IT LP HESS Beef. Pork and ALLAN 1IK S1UIZCMW A four passenger Stutz touriinr Vnr Ij luiiKii'K to Allan Olennon, oT Suk qui'lianna avenue.

West Pittston, wns stolen trom In front of the Sterling Hotel at Wilkesbarre Monday niKht. The car had a blue body and wire wheels and bore the license number 290 K4G. Any information concerning tin. cai will be fcladly received liy iv Clcnnon. Fathers Bring Your Sons, Mothers Bring Your Daughters Vote for J.

W. Kasper for Burgess. GARDEN THEATER Today and Tomorrow BASIL KING'S Powerful Drama of the Unseen World. "Earth Bound" Admission 17c and 22c. 51 AY'lictfecr It lie tcimcil "Capitul" or "Ijabor' our'cffoiis, your cf forts, at Ibis lime are directed to National, to grucrul, prosperity Wc ure the most prosperous people In lie world today; our work ins conditions are the best.

llcgurdless of your clussillcation this Hank is here to help yon where and when and how we can. Don't You Think It Is Time for a Change in the Working Policy of the WEST PITTSTON COUNCIL? OSCAR H0UCK SCOTT ELLIS mm DAVID KENNETH FOR BURGESS Never Ran for. Office before and Lamb Luzerne Avenue, THEY AHE RIGHT KASPER 1.

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