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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1936
Page
7
A fragmentary tax and audit summary from Indiana County and associated welfare figures. It lists auditor totals, taxable property values, debt notes, and exemptions, plus Indiana County Home statistics for 1935 1936 including inmate counts relief figures and child welfare data.
The 1926 audit of C. C. McClain, former Indians County Treasurer, reports a bank deposit of 70 790.42 dollars in 1982 at Citizens National Bank of Indiana Pennsylvania that closed. Indiana County has repaid 36 912.36 dollars from that money, leaving 42 124.99 due from McClain to his successor John M. Thompson as of January 4, 1936.
Multiple obituaries report the deaths of Lagi G. Davie 58 at Memorial Hospital in Indiana County along with Mrs Margaret Bell Berkebile and John E Wadding aged 68. Davie survived by widow and children and was a member of Masonic bodies with funeral at Cooper Avenue M B church. Berkebile died at Brushvalley home from complications with services planned at Cherryhill cemetery. Wadding, a farmer from Rayne township, died in Indiana Hospital with services at Robinson Funeral Home and burial in Oakland cemetery.
Hundreds of area families are urged to secure a weekly bound volume set over 20 weeks from the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph featuring 20 World’s Greatest Literature titles. The notice promotes purchasing the Sun-Telegraph to start the home library and mentions the Liang show titled Step This Way at the High School.
The Indiana County demonstration area of the Soil Conservation Service reports diversion ditches as effective in preventing soil washing on hillside fields. Ralph Nichol of Ambrose praises the ditches for taming heavy rains and protecting soil, planning another ditch soon. Officials say diversion ditches, used with strip cropping or gully control, are among the best methods for soil erosion control in the region.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette offers readers a chance at cash prizes totaling 15000 with a first prize of 10000. Readers are urged to start now and subscribe for home delivery to receive complete details of the Great Names contest.
The fourth to sixth graders entertained parents with a Thanksgiving pageant Tuesday afternoon November 24. A unanimous vote approved buying a silent projector for school use. Dr. Stillman Foster led a discussion on character building with help from Boy Scouts Robert Shotts, Girl Scouts, W C T U, Agnes St Clair, Nora Hamilton, and New Century Club members, followed by a talk on church week-day school aims.
A miscellaneous shower was hosted at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Fleming near Shelocta last Friday night in honor of Mr and Mrs Thomas Franklin. Guests played games and then enjoyed refreshments as the couple received many useful gifts.
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