Teachers Elected At All Night Board Meet In Center Twp
The Center township board elected teachers for 47 schools for the 1936 37 term, opening August 31, with over 100 applicants and nine incumbents not returning. New and returning staff include Lytle Mabel Brown No 10 Frances McCrea and many others across Cross Roads Guthrie Lucerne Upper Homer Waterman Aultman Graceton and more, six new teachers reside in the township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of School Directors of
Center Township
Lytle
Mabel Brown
Frances McCrea
Brush Hollow
Harry D
Miller Bridenbaugh
Gladys Dorn Risinger
Leona Bracken
Mary Dick
Ruth Lewis
Millard Bennett
Cross Roads
Bessie Hood Tidle
Josephina Gionnino
J. M. Curry Guthrie
Hva Nicholas
Ada Jane Hamilton Luciusborn
Frances E. Schwab
Mary Gallo
Chester Barber
Lucerne
Anne Lockard
Evaline Thompson
Martha Dorka
Neomi Stewart
Marie Szengo
Vesta G. Kelly
Kenneth Davis
Odell Sutton
Upper Homer
Lillian Johnson
Bessie Shurr
Maryann Leboda
Mike Barbasky
Waterman
Virginia Loyd
Thelma Sophia Zellman
Mildred Ruddock
Steve Duffalo
Aultman
Martha L. Johnston
Lois Allison
Edith Gillbreath
Roy Winsheimer
Graceton
Laura Yuckenberg
Ella Patterson
Martha McCoy
Viola George
Eleanor Tuck
Alice Stewart
Wilbur Sutton
Woodrow Phillipps
Margery Binky
Alex Dick
Local Couple Attend Philadelphia Flower Show Bigger Than Last Year
Mr and Mrs Frank H Daugherty of Locust street enjoyed the annual Philadelphia flower show on March 25 noting it was bigger and more beautiful than the prior year. About forty thousand people attended to see the bright display of flowers. Penn State Alumni Dinner slated for Saturday April 11 at Rustic Lodge arrangements are in progress with BE Hirshman expected to attend and reservations via J W Warner Indiana Pa phone 71. Also listed are marriage licenses and a hospital update on a Blairsville man losing his right hand after a coal car wheel crushed it while loading coal on railroad tracks. Five Roosevelt family members have served as assistant secretary of the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank H. Daugherty
Locust Street
Penn State
Rustic Lodge
Rustle Lodge
K. Hirshman
State College
J. W. Warner
Indiana
Mariaville
Blairaville
William Bethel
Blairsville
Indiana Hospital
Real Estate Transfers in Indiana County Listings
A compilation of property deeds shows transfers across multiple townships including White Brushvalley Banks Blairsville and Homer City. Notable deeds include 126 acres in East Mahoning and 108 acres in Montgomery township with values from 1 to 5 333 30 and 10 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Mack
Walter
Scholes
White Township
John P. Artemus
John P. Altelmud
Brushvalley
A. N. Palmer
Mack
First National Bank of
Glen Campbell
Charles &. Bair
Banks Township
Frank I. Mack
Mae Jewett
Homer
Danks Stuchell
Merle Stuchell
Indiana
Second Ward
John W. Snyder
R. F. Webb
Third Ward
Il. M. Peeler
Grace Stahl
Floyd
Saltsburg
L. M. Peeler
Blaire Widdowson
Indiana County Building and Loan Association
Chevy Chase
Al Hart Named Highway Maintenance Supt in District
Al Hart of Indiana has been appointed superintendent of highway maintenance for the district, succeeding George Van Wagner of Blairville, who drew five to ten months in Allegheny County Workhouse after conviction for operating a vehicle under the influence. The district covers Indiana, Armstrong, Jefferson, Butler and Clarion counties with headquarters at this place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Hart
van Wagner
Indiana
George van Wagner
Blairaville
Allegheny County
Armstrong
Jefferson
Butler
Clarion Counties
Walker addresses Lions on three core American values
The Rev Frank A Walker 81 native of Shelocta now in Tarentum spoke to Lions Club members on loyalty to country adherence to the Constitution tied to Democracy and faith in America’s youth. Also announced is a religious drama The Terrible Week by Charles Rann Kennedy to be staged at First United Presbyterian Friday at 8 pm under Mrs Harriet McLuckis direction with free admission and offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A.walker
Shelocta
Frank A. Walker
Tarentum
Lions Club
United States
First United Presbyterian Church
Charles Rann Kennedy
Harret §. McLuckis
Young People’s Society of the Congregation
Herschiel H Shaffer New President of Indiana Merchants Association
Herschel H Shaffer of Browns Boot Shoppe is elected president of the Merchants Association of Indiana at the annual Chamber of Commerce meeting. Walter Fish of the Indiana Poster Advertising Co is named treasurer for the coming year with H Hart Raymond as secretary. Wm J Short Slightly Improved. John M Daugherty Ernest Stewart sail for six week Mediterranean tour on the Excalibur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschiel H. Shaffer
Indiana Merchants Association
Merchants Association of Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Herschel- H. Shaffer
Brown's Boot Shoppe
Walter Fish
Indiana Poster Advertising Co
H. Hart Raymond
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Organization
John M. Daugherty
Church Street
Ernest Stewart
College Avenue
New York
No Decision Rendered In Tax Settlement Petition
Commissioners favor accepting Potter Coal and Coke Co settlement offer of 13 489.58 to cover taxes, interest, penalty and costs for 1981 to 19385. Total claimed 29 241.32. Judges have not issued an opinion. Objections cited by Center and Blacklick supervisors and school directors. Settlement partly involves Burrell township. Burrell officials did not object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Coal and Coke Company
E. E. Crepe
Indiana County Commission
Potter Coal and Coke Co
John B. Flenniken
Board of Commissioners
Barclay-Westmoreland Trust Co
Coal and Coke Company
Burrell Township
Three Drivers Sentenced for Driving While Intoxicated
Judge E B Creps imposed fines and workhouse terms on three men accused of DWI on Monday. J F Johns of Johnstown faces $200 fine, prosecution costs, and four to eight months in Allegheny County Workhouse. Wilber Berkey, 23, of Marion Center, receives $200 fine, costs, and three to six months in the Workhouse. Albert Ferringer, 24, of Apollo, fined $200 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Creps
J. F. Johns
Johnstown
Allegheny County
Wilber Berkey
Marion Center
Albert Ferringer
Apollo
Odd Flood Tale: Linen Rest On Ceiling Table
John Caughey of Glenfield recounts a strange flood incident from Broad street. His family moved clean linens to the dining room table to keep them dry, then returned to find the upright table with linens on top as water rose to the walls. The table may have floated to the ceiling and dropped back down, linens dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Caughey
Glenfield
Broad Street
Ford City Choir Performs at Indiana Church Vesper Service
The Ford City vested choir of about 50 boys and girls directed by Miss Elizabeth Gess ler of Indiana sang at the vesper service Sunday afternoon at the First United Presbyterian church. The chorus was well trained and praised for its music, reflecting credit on the director and Ford City supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford City
Indiana
Elizabeth Gessler
First United Presbyterian Church
Edri angler G C Hilty, 86, secures fishing license
G C Hilty of Edri, aged 86, secured a fishing license at the Court House on Saturday. An enthusiastic county angler, he has renewed the license annually for many years and spent part of the 1935 fishing season along Lake Erie and the Juanita river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Hilty
Edri
Court House
Mr. Hilty
Lake Erie
Juanita River
Crippled Children's Clinic Scheduled at State Clinic
A crippled children’s clinic will be held in the State Clinic rooms basement of the Court House on Monday morning April 6 at 9 30 for examination of new cases and re examination of former patients. Drs B F Coe and F J Kellam will conduct the examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippled Children's Clinic
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Court House
B. F. Coe
F. J. Kellam
Indiana Boy Elected President Of Exeter Academy Publication
Ernest Stewart Jr of College avenue, a Philipps Exeter Academy senior, has been elected president of The Exonian the academy’s official publication. He previously served as assignment editor last year and is the son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tindiana
Exeter Academy
Ernest Stewart, Jr
Ernest Stewart
College Avenue
Philipps Exeter Academy
Exeter
N.H
Exonian
Academy
Ernest
Indiana Woman Elected Penn State Theta Sigma Phi President
Miss Mary Winifred Willams of Indiana has been elected president of Penn State Chapter Theta Sigma Phi for the coming year, as announced in The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette readers for $5.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn State
Miss Mary Winifred Willams
Indiana
Theta Sigma Phi
the Progress and
Pittsburgh Post
Gazette
Personal Breevities Highlight Local Visitors and Weddings
West Pike visitor Wendell Kunkle. Clara Robing in Braddock. Jaimes Kinter from Dixonville visiting Indiana relatives. Mrs Harvey Buchanan in Williamsport. Maurice Trusal of Dubois visiting family. Yale students George Whitmyre and Leonard Brody home for spring break. Mrs Arthur Growning of New York guest of Dr C Paul Reed. Miss Vona Weamer's marriage to Eugene Downer in Cumberland. New York to Cuba tour by local couples. multiple local visits and family news from Indiana and surrounding towns. birth of Harry Michael Moorefield in St Petersburg Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Kunkle
West Pike
Pittsburgh
Clara Robing
Weat
Locust Street
Braddock
Jaimes Kinter
Dixonville
Harvey Buchanan
South Sixth Street
Vanderjarift
Clyde McQuown
West School Street
George Whitmyre
Leonard Brody
Yale University
Arthur Growning
New York City
C. Paul Reed
North Seventh Street
Kenneth Shomo
Johnstown
Charles Luther
Blairsville
Katherine
Virginia Bennett
Batty Sprankle
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
Birmingham
Russell Jones
Betty
Wilkinsburg
James L. Peterman
Wayne Avenue
Jones
Audley Mabon
Church Street
Waston
C. N. Andrews
C. W. Duncan
South Seventh Street
New York
Cuba
Bart Mack
Forest
Clair
Cleon
Bolivar
St. Clair
Nora St.,Clair
South Eleventh Street
Murray H. Guthrie
Nell Guthrie
Mack Guthrie
Glen Campbell Man Killed in Car Collision
Michael J. Tabatcher, 45, of Glen Campbell, died from a crash near Barnesboro after a Kopera vehicle collided with another car driven by Nellie W. Gray of Union, New Jersey. Tabatcher sustained a broken back and crushed chest. his son Paul and son-in-law Steve Kopera suffered head injuries. funeral held at Glen Campbell Catholic Church with burial at the church cemetery. He left a widow and children in Erie Cleveland and at home.
Aged man crushed to death on Gamble Farm
Louis A. Hoffman aged 76 of Armstrong Township died after a large tree fell on him while he uprooted it on the Frank Gamble farm on Thursday. He worked alone, lived in Butler County before moving to Armstrong, and leaves several children in Butler and the Pittsburgh district. Remains sent to Pittsburgh for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Hoffman
Armstrong Township
Gamble Farm
Whig
Indiana Hospital
Frank Gamble
Armatrong
Butler County
Pittsburgh
Pomona Grange Meeting Draws Indiana County Attendees
About 250 patrons from Indiana county gathered Thursday at the Methodist church in Indiana for the quarterly Pomona Grange session with delegates from most of the 25 subordinates. Key talks covered farm credit, local taxes, and budget restraint, and the next meeting was set with Marchand Grange in late June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marchand Grange
Indiana County
Methodist Church
Indiana
Mutual Grange
M. . Church
James Heilburn
Harry
Kunkle
Howard Park
J. P. Weaver
Department of Agricultural Economies
Penn State
Farm Credit and Credit Facilities
the Grange
Savan Grange
Marion Center Grange Orchestra
Marion Center Grange Quartette
Pomona
Marchand ‘Grange
Th. B. Dorsett
Pennsylvania State Grange
America
Grange
Cherry Tree suits seek six-figure damages in 1934 fire
Four Cherry Tree property owners sue Sinclair Refining Co and Cyrus Green in Indiana County Common Pleas Court for 67176 dollars claiming damages from a November 8 1934 gasoline station fire in Cherry Tree. Tank truck driver Karl Lancey allegedly overflowed a service station tank causing ignition and property damage on Bridge Street. Plaintiffs include The First National Bank of Cherry Tree recipient Frank Tate seeking 11000 dollars and R H Dunlap claiming 34000 dollars, with others seeking 12000 and 176 dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Tree
Indiana County
Sinclair Refining Co
Cyrus 8
Green
H. Vernon Fritchman
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Karl Lancey
Refining Company
Bridge Street
Malntiffa
First National Bank of Cherry Tree
Frank D. Tate
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Cherry Tree
Liaeiet Ia
R. H. Dunlap
County Flood Areas Rapidly Recover Under Red Cross Efforts
Under Indiana County Red Cross leadership, Mrs. Claude B. McCartney and Mrs. Janet Thorson report flood victims improving. Fewer than 200 feared in Sokol Hall Blairaville as homes are repaired and made habitable, with cash donations continuing to meet urgent needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
The
Red Cross
Claude B. McCartney
Janet Thorson
Sokol Hall
Blairaville
Mary Cindrie Held for Murder in Concealed Child Death
Mary Cindrie, 20, of Indiana Domestic, is held for court on a murder charge for concealing the death of a newborn. A Justice of the Peace saw the case after the child’s body was found in a satchel beneath a bed in her employer’s home on February 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cindrie
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
J.D. Hill
Mary Cindric
Pittsburgh flood claims Langham kin and worker
William Taylor Long, 26, grandson of the late R. W. Langham of Indiana, drowned in the Pittsburgh flood. He collapsed in the office of G. M. McDonald, real estate dealer, and died after overwork exhaustion. His mother was Miss Sarah F P Langham before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gramison
RR. W. Langham
Pittsburgh
William Taylor Long
R. W. Langham
Indiana
G. M. McDonald
Sarah Fp, Langham
County Mik Show Opens Thursday and Banquet Planned
The Indiana County Mik show opens Thursday April 9 with exhibits placed in J. M. Stewart Co. display windows and milk samples accepted until 10 A.M. April 8. A banquet is set for April 18 at First United Presbyterian church social rooms where Holstein and Guernsey Breeders Associations will award prizes in class divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
J. M. Stewart Co
Flist United Presbyterian Church
Holstein and Guernsey
Prominent Clairsville Doctor Dr John St Clair Dies at 88
Dr John Milton St Clair, long time Indiana County physician and dean of the Indiana County Medical Society, died at his West Philadelphia Street home after a career of 56 years in medicine. He was born in 1847, studied at Lafayette College and University of Pennsylvania, and practiced in Elderton before moving to Indiana in 1890. He was survived by five children and his second wife Ada McBryar. Interment followed at Saltland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Milton St. Clair
Indiana County Medical Society
Indiana
West Philadelphia Street
Isaac
Sarah (Miller) St. Clair
White Township
Jacksonville Academy
Elders Ridge Academy
Lafayette College
University of Pennsylvania
Elderton
Alice Wright
Jacob Wright
Novemer
John G. St.Clair
Farmera Bank & Trust Company
Blanche
Hart B. Daugherty
Paul N. St. Clair
Paul N. St. Clair, Deceased. In 1891 Dr. St Clair
Ada McBryar
William M McBryar
Apollo
William M. St. Clair
Robert A. St. Clair
Alice St. Clair
Fred C. St. Clair
Linesville
Lyle 2. St. Clair
Reading
Town
Robert N. Clark
R. M. Offutt
Thy Qaltand
Miss May Scott Funeral Rites Held at North Seventh Street
Miss May Scott died Friday at her Water street home after a long illness. Funeral services were Monday at Mrs. John A. Scott’s residence in North Seventh Street, followed by interment in Oakland cemetery. She was born in Clarksburg, educated at Washington Seminary, and worked at Marshall Klines and George Kilne stores before starting a millinery business in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Scott
North Seveenth Street
Oakland Cemetery
May Scott
Water Street
Thomas J
Sarah Anderson Scott
Clarksburg
Washington Seminary
Indiana
Marshall & Kine
George K. Kilne
Johnstown
Harrisburg
Graceton Man Sentenced In Assault and Battery Case
James Smith of Graceton pleaded no defense and drew six months in the county jail plus costs after a County Court session presided by Judge E. B. Craps. He was charged with assaulting Mrs. Clara Kosice of Center township on January 18. A naturalization court also met with about 30 people seeking citizenship papers. A separate note reports a home robbery in Clyde where a diamond ring and a cake were stolen on Saturday night. The Tennessee river remark appears as a stray line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naturalization Court
Crepa
James Smith
Graceton
E. B. Craps
Smith
Clara Kosice
Center Township
Flood relief effort organized by Indiana County prisoners
Prisoners at the Indiana county Jail notified Mrs. Trelan Ghasser, executive overcury of Indiana County Chapter Red Grass, that they will help flood victims by mending clothes, repairing shoes or other useful work within their power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Mra
Trelan Ghasser
Red Grass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Center Town‘ship School
Russell Smith
Gipsy June Brickell
Gipsy
Anthony A. DePirro
Rossiter
Virginia Serlan Punxsytawney Sherman Scholfield White
Coral Jennings
Harold Vinton
Ruth Extrom
Roosevelt
Wm. J. Short
Br. H. B. Butterbaugh
G. B. Simpson
B. F.coe
Lillian M. Hollahan
American College of Surgeons
Buffalo
H. A. Best
R. A. Bennett
Hagerstown
Clold Altman
Indiana State Teachers College
Jane Stewart
Apollo Schoola
Muale
John Stewart
College Avernue
Washington, D.C
School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
Aubrey Moorefield
St. Petersburg
Fla
Moorefield
Helen Bennett
Harry Bennett
Harry Michael Moorefield
Pomona Grange
Wendell A. Waly
Winne
John M. ST. Clair
Miae May Scott
Sara E. Miller
H. R. Widdowson
Hale K K. Hoover
Clairsville
Miss May Scott
John D. Wert
Clyde
State of
Tennessee
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