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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1914
Page
6
Presbytery of Huntingdon convened with Rev. Dr. Reeve as moderator. James H. Potter elected trustee to succeed the late governor. Rev. Edward C. Reeve and others addressed the opening session. committees appointed and ordinations conducted as part of the two day meeting.
A brief church gathering was led by Rev Albert F Vor Pobie with Genediction by the moderator, reflecting on faith and community. No other actions or attendees detailed in the fragment.
A Charleroi paper notes Rev Wellington G Carr of Clearfield has accepted the call to the First Baptist church. He will deliver his first sermon next Sunday morning and his former parishioners express strong support as he resumes religious work in town.
Ralph Edward Spangler manager of Kurtz Bros. store and Emma L Shaffer married at the bride's Somerset home on Wednesday April 15. They will reside in Clearfield from May 1. Spangler is a former Somerset resident.
State Inspector C D Koch of Harrisburg led a conference for high school teachers from Berks, Bedford, Clearfield, Cambria, Huntington, and Blair counties in Altoona. Poor railroad service kept Clearfield teachers away. the section closed at 3.38 this afternoon.
Andrew Dahl and Officer Autley arrested Harry Bepman at Boardman on Thursday. Bail set for him as a witness to the Summerville store robbery at Winburne. Reports say the other two men were seen at Tyrone yesterday, W. Simmers of the West Side mentioned.
A Friday evening accident on Ogden Avenue left five year old Ida DeBeque with a dislocated collar bone after Glen Schnarrs Gar Cuts diverted into the path of a car driven by Gerald Wallace. Witnesses exonerate Wallace, but Schwarns lost control on South Second Street, the steering gear failing as the car struck a curb before stopping near Sanator Dimelins residence.
The Clearfield Trust Company distributes reproductions of government Panama Canal photographs and maps. They illustrate factors in canal building, changes in the Western Hemisphere, steamship routes, and distance reductions between East and West. The souvenirs deserve a place in libraries and among students and citizens.
The Senator class moves toward issuing a high school paper to note school work and scholastic incidents for 1912 14. It will debut around May 20 and be sold at 15 cents per copy to fund the school library.
Michel J. Ityan a Philadelphia Democrat seeking the gubernatorial nomination arrived in Clearfield on the May train. He was greeted by supporters, escorted to the Dimeling and held a voter gathering at the courthouse after dinner. His remarks emphasized Democratic themes.
The board of health plans a cleanup day in Clearfield on Saturday April 25. Citizens are urged to clean their premises of all rubbish that day. Those who neglect the effort may be compelled to pay the cost of removing the rubbish by the local highway department.
A. E. Miller, a warder, confiscated twenty three undersized trout from baskets on a New York Central passenger train near Wellsboro Tioga County. Four violators faced a justice of the peace at Wellsboro Thursday and were fined seventy dollars. others discarded their catches by throwing them from windows.
Bids will be opened at the highway department for 26,925 feet of road to be built under state aid. The project covers seven sections, mainly in Clearfield and surrounding towns, with the largest segment a mile plus along the southeast route through the borough to the railroad bridge. Additional bids include about 30,000 feet of highway to be improved under the state aid plan.
Anglers who fished trout streams on opening days found the rivers high and cold and the fish sparse. Many advised waiting for better conditions as the season gets underway.
The Wanburne High School commencement scheduled for May 1 at ILM WW AL ihell Winburne includes seniors Bertha Hall Harold Moore Lillian Renee Esther Mord Emma Diviney Evan Wethercom. Seven friends and neighbors dropped by Z W Shumers on west side Wil d Rot street to celebrate a birthday with music and food.
The event notes a pricing change for tonight’s opera horse performance and a misprint corrected to begin at 35 minutes past the hour rather than 39 cents. The table lists Begiis at 8 15 and The Ri vals as the featured act.
An April 1914 notice records a borough order to issue debt to fund sewer, paving, street and public works projects. It lists amounts: 1300 for paving South Second, 2000 for Ogden Avenue paving, 500 for a house, 2509 for storm drainage, 400 for a storm project, 2500 for Third Ward equipment, 1000 for public building, 3500 for incinerator, and 3500 for parks and playgrounds plus other line items, with signatures Frederick B. Kerr and Dr. Connelly and Hobart Callahan confirming the official seal.
The Borough of Clearfield Pennsylvania enacts that billiard rooms pool rooms bowling alleys and shooting galleries must close at twelve midnight and open at six in the morning. Violators face fines from five to fifty dollars and possible thirty days in jail. enacted April 15 1914.
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