Newspapers:Excerpts from the Pottsville Republican Jan 1941

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Pottsville Evening Republican, Thursday, January 23, 1941

BIRTH
To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph KORAD of Tower City, a son at their home,
Thursday morning. Dr. Evans is the attending physician.

MISS POLLARD CLASS HAS SUPPER MEETING
 The monthly meeting of the Miss Annie POLLARD class of the Methodist
Sunday School was held at the church on Wednesday night. it was in 
the form of a covered dish supper. The table was atractively decorated 
in keeping with the approaching Valentine’s Day, red and white being the 
color scheme.  Those present were: Mrs. Geo. HOUSER, Mrs. J.G. KRAMER, 
Miss Marian E. BETZ, Mrs. Geo. R. MOLL, Mrs. Harry REYNOLDS, Mrs. S.T.
DEIBERT, Marian LEWIS, Mrs.Thos. KLINGER, Mrs. Howard HOBBS, and Mrs.
Leila REID, Miss Sarah BOWEN, Miss Bessie BRITTON, Miss Carrie J. RIGG, 
Mrs. Phoebe KOHR, Mrs. Edw. F. MARBURGER.

NIADNA-STEPANSKI WEDDING AT CUMBOLA
 The marriage of Miss Martha STEPANSKI of New Phila., and Jos. NIADNA,
Jr., of Middleport, took place Jan. 19 at St. Anthony’s Church, Cumbola.   
The attendants wee: Miss Wanda STEPANSKI, a sister of the bride, as maid of
honor and the bridesmaids were Misses Marie LUTKUS and Matilda RUTKA.
John NIADNA, a brother of the bridegroom, was the best man and the ushers 
were,  Edward PETROBITCH, and Jos. TIHANCHY.
     The bride is a graduate of the St. Anthony’s Parochial School and
of the Blythe Twp. High School. The bridegroom is a graudate of the same 
schools and is employed in Tamaqua.
     The couple will leave for New York Monday morning and ontheir
return will make their home with the bride’s parents at 22o Valley St.,
New Phila.

BADLY HURT IN BOOTLEG MINE
 Wm. MOTLEY, 37, of Pottsville, R.D. No. 2, is in critical condition in
the Good Samaritan Hospital as the result of a fall down the slope in the 
bootleg mine in which he was working near Minersville.
     He has a possible fracture of the skull and hip, severe 
lacerations of the hand and arm, a broken upper left arm. The one hand is 
so badly crushed that partial amputation of the fingers will be made.  
The man was brought to the hospital by companions about 1 o’clock.

COUNTY 4-H CLUB GIRLS WIN RIBBONS
 Schuylkill County is well represented in the exhibits at the State 
Farm Show in Harrisburg, the 4-H groups having a number of entries in 
the Room Improvement Classes, as well as in other classifications.
    In the Storage group, in Home Improvement Work, Class 81B, District
Two, East, Kathleen CONWAY, of Pinegrove R.D.2, was first; Arlene BINKLEY,
Pinegrove R.D. 2, third; Lois MOYER, Valley View, fourth, and Anna 
LONG, of Pingrove R.D., fourth.
 In Class 83B, the Sleeping group, June DENRICH, Piegrove, R.D., took a
second place, and Florence FARRELL, Pinegrove R.D., a fourth place.
     In the Dressing Group, Class 84B, Dorothy BECKER, Pinegroove R.D. 
2 took a second place; Gloria HOUTZ, third, and Anna WORKMAN, fourth, 
both being from Pinegrove R.D.
    In the General Display, Ruth HEPLER, of Lavelle, won a third place.